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Big Xbox Shakeup Might Avoid Another Redfall Debacle
26.10.2023
Today Microsoft announced a re-organization within its Xbox division that will see ZeniMax and Bethesda Game Studios report more directly to head of game services, Matt Booty. The shift comes after vampire shooter Redfall was so poorly recieved that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer went on a...
Redfall Finally Gets 60fps Mode On Console In Its Biggest Update Yet
6.10.2023
After months of silence, vampire shooter Redfall is receiving its biggest update yet following a disastrous launch back in May. The second big patch will add the Game Pass multiplayer game’s long-awaited 60 frames-per-second mode on Xbox Series X/S, as well as a host of gameplay improvements...
Meet The Fans Still Playing The Worst Xbox Exclusive Of The Year
7.7.2023
Earlier this year, Arkane Austin’s Redfall entered the pantheon of terrible game launches. Taking up its place alongside Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 76, No Man’s Sky, and many more, the long-awaited Xbox exclusive struggled with performance, felt incomplete, and was full of opposing ideas that just...
The Joker Looks Wild In The Suicide Squad Anime By Attack On Titan Folks
6.7.2023
Warner Bros. Japan and Spy x Family producer Wit Studio announced at Anime Expo 2023 a new anime centering the DC supervillain team the Suicide Squad. The series, titled Suicide Squad Isekai, does not yet have a release date or an associated streamer, but it will no doubt unite the worst people...
Amazon Prime Is Giving Away Some Pretty Good PC Games, Overwatch Levels For Free
23.6.2023
Amazon Prime Day is still a couple weeks away, but from now until July 12 you can begin picking up some extra free gaming perks for those already subscribed to the service. First up is Prey, the excellent 2017 immersive sim that Arkane Austin made before shipping the troubled Game Pass exclusive...
Xbox's Last Big Exclusive Was Missing From Showcase After Getting Panned
11.6.2023
Microsoft’s 2023 Xbox Showcase was filled with a ton of cool games and a deep-dive into Starfield, the platform’s biggest blockbuster in a long time. What it didn’t include was any mention of Redfall, the multiplayer vampire shooter that came to Game Pass a month ago and promptly bombed. Read more
Report: Xbox Exclusive Redfall Suffered From Few Resources, Poor Direction
1.6.2023
While Redfall’s rough launch and poor reviews scores caught many Xbox fans off-guard, Bloomberg now reports that developers at the studio behind it, Arkane Austin, were aware of the issues for years. The online vampire shooter was pitched as a live service game with microtransactions,...
Xbox Boss 'Upset With Myself' Over Redfall's Terrible Launch
4.5.2023
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer was contrite following the overwhelmingly negative response to Redfall this week. In a new interview with the Xbox podcast Xcast, the executive confessed to being disappointed with some quality issues and the critical reception of Arkane’s vampire shooter this...
People Are Not Having A Great Time With Redfall
3.5.2023
Redfall, a vampire shooter out this week on Xbox and PC, was developed by Arkane Studios, the same team behind classics like Dishonored and Prey. It’s one of Microsoft’s first-party exclusives for 2023, a big release for the company’s Game Pass subscription service. And by most accounts,...
The Best Version Of Xbox’s Next Big Exclusive Won’t Arrive At Launch
12.4.2023
Just days after Redfall gameplay footage from IGN was lampooned across the internet for looking stiff and unimpressive, Microsoft revealed that its first big blockbuster of 2023 won’t support 60fps at launch. It’s another disappointing data point for a first-person shooter arriving as a new-gen...
After Backlash, Xbox's Next Big Game Wants To Ditch 'Always Online'
22.3.2023
It recently became clear that Xbox and Arkane’s upcoming shooter, Redfall, would require an always-online internet connection. This isn’t great for a host of reasons and people, predictably and understandably, cried foul, launching a barrage of complaints. Now, it seems Arkane has heard...
Studio Behind Megan And The Purge Also Making Horror Games Now
21.2.2023
Announced earlier today, Blumhouse—the Hollywood production company behind hit horror films like Megan and Get Out—is launching its own video game studio led by some game dev vets. The new studio, like its parent company, will focus on scary games with smaller budgets.Read more
Prey Director Says He Felt ‘Gross’ Using That Name, Was Forced To By Bethesda
31.8.2022
Prey (2017) is a very good game, one of my favorites from that year in fact. Yet its name always seemed…weird. It has no connection to the 2006 Prey or its never-released sequel. Now, in a new interview, the director of the game has explained how he and the team were forced by Bethesda to use that...
Two People Made A Killer Immersive Sim That Holds Up Against Prey, A Genre Classic
4.8.2022
Imagine if I told you there was a new immersive sim—think Prey, Dishonored, etc—but made by a team of just two people. And then imagine I told you it was really damned good. And now stop imagining, because it’s real, obviously. It’d be a weird intro if it weren’t. Ctrl Alt Ego is a PC game about...
New Predator Film’s Composer Got The Job After Director Heard Her Work In Assassin’s Creed
2.8.2022
Sometimes decisions in Hollywood happen only after months and months of research, auditions, testing, and more. Other times, a director might just find exactly what they needed by luck. Such is the case of Prey director Dan Trachtenberg, who was playing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla while preparing...
Bethesda Really Wants Y’all To Know That Redfall Ain’t Left 4 Dead
14.6.2022
Redfall is the next big game from Bethesda and Arkane, makers of immersive sims like Prey and Dishonored. It opened last weekend’s Xbox showcase event. And a lot of the trailers and footage shown so far make it look a lot like Left 4 Dead. Bethesda, it seems, is not pleased about those comparisons...
Sci-Fi Horror Masterpiece Prey Currently Free On PC, Along With Other Great Games
12.5.2022
Arkane’s fantastic sci-fi immersive sim Prey is currently free via the Epic Games Store alongside two other great games. And we’ll talk about those games in a moment. But first let’s chat about what makes Prey so damn good. Read more
Six Years (And One Bethesda Problem) Later, Shadow Of The Colossus Tribute Is Finally Out
15.12.2021
It was all the way back in 2015 that I first wrote about a game called Prey For The Gods, an indie homage to Shadow of the Colossus. Six years later, with a name change along the way, the game is now out.Read more
New Harley Quinn Clobbers Comic Industry Ableism
12.10.2021
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series is hands down my favorite piece of DC Comics media. The show’s sharp, raunchy writing, alongside its thoughtful characterizations of Harley and the rest of Batman’s rogue’s gallery, have injected new life into these once-familiar characters for me. It also doesn’t...
Deathloop, As Told By Steam Reviews
12.10.2021
It’s safe to say that Deathloop stood tall as one of the most anticipated games of the year. Amid a release slate flush with sequels and remakes, here was a brand-new concept from Arkane, a studio that hasn’t missed in nearly a decade, making creative use of its time-loop feature to deliver a truly...