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A Modern Take On Masters Of The Universe
18.3.2021
Artist Eddie Del Rio, who we last featured here with his contributions to Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ attempts to get a Metal Gear movie made, spent a bunch of time last year, like everyone else, stuck at home. Unlike most other folks, though, he decided to spend a bunch of that time reimagining iconic...
Dying Light 2's Developers Are Indulging Toxic Gamers
18.3.2021
As promised, Polish developer Techland put out a video today updating the world on the state of zombie parkour thriller Dying Light 2. and it’s an extremely concise look at one of the most toxic cycles underlying the video game industry.Read more
Go, Fortnite Chicken, Go
17.3.2021
Perhaps you, like me, forget which games have fall damage and which don’t. You get spoiled by the invincibility of Apex Legends, only to switch to Breath of the Wild and plummet to your death. At least you won’t be doing that in Fortnite anymore, if you can catch a chicken.Read more
Disco Elysium’s Beefed-Up Director’s Cut Coming March 30
17.3.2021
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam, and Stadia on March 30, developer ZA/UM announced today.Read more
The Worst (And Not-So-Bad) Video Game Movies
17.3.2021
More often than not, video game movies take something we know, love, and obsess over and transform it into an unrecognizable monster at worst—or a forgettable, underwhelming experience at best. Happy endings in the video game movie genre can be hard to come by.Read more
A Short Film From Medal Of Honor Has Been Nominated For An Oscar
17.3.2021
It’s not quite a video game winning a film award, but a short film that was part of Respawn’s 2020 VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). It’s possibly the first time a video game studio has been nominated for...
What's New on Disney+ in April 2021
17.3.2021
Little ones, gather ‘round. Let me tell you a story of the dark times in the galaxy far, far away. Before the prequels, sequels, and the animated series, there was a time after Return of the Jedi came out, when Star Wars just...stopped. George Lucas had no interest in making more movies. Action...
Players Aren't Happy About Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Transmog Tax
17.3.2021
A couple months after release, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla finally has transmog, but not as some players had originally envisioned it. The feature falls short of how it’s been implemented in past games, and comes with a 50 silver tax on each transaction to boot, leaving a lot of us, myself included...
Evangelion Train Line Comes To Japan For A Limited Time
17.3.2021
To mark the release of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, the Aonami train line in Nagoya has been renamed the Ayanami Line. Read more
Sony Chose PlayStation's First Office Location With Late-Night Drinks In Mind
17.3.2021
When Sony Computer Entertainment first established its flagship PlayStation brand in 1993, its executives’ chief concern was making sure the company’s first offices were located in an area with late-night bars. At least that’s the story Ken Kutaragi, who’s widely known as father of the PlayStation...
Jade Raymond Forms New Studio, Working On Unannounced Game For PlayStation
16.3.2021
Former Assassin’s Creed producer and EA manager Jade Raymond announced the formation of a new independent studio called Haven today. It’s first project will be a brand new IP being developed for PlayStation, she wrote in a post over on the company’s blog. Read more
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16.3.2021
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Grab an HBO Max Subscription So You Can Reaffirm What You’ve Already Decided About the Snyder Cut
16.3.2021
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Animator And Character Designer Minako Shiba Dies
16.3.2021
Today, both P.A. Works and Studio Pierrot announced on Twitter Minako Shiba has died.Read more
Ratchet & Clank Weapons, Ranked
16.3.2021
This weekend, I played through the “re-imagined” 2016 Ratchet & Clank for PlayStation 4 (free via PlayStation Plus this month). And I started feeling that familiar itch, the itch to compile an underexplained list. As such, here’s how I rank the weapons in its arsenal based on various...
Fan Fixes GTA Online Load Times, Rockstar Makes It Official
16.3.2021
Earlier this month, GTA Online player t0st found a way to cut down the game’s load times by 70%. It must have been a clean, effective fix, because Rockstar themselves have taken a look, agreed with it and will soon make it part of an official update.Read more
Ghost Of Tsushima Devs Didn't Think Those Fast Load Speeds Were So Special
15.3.2021
If you played Ghost of Tsushima, you were likely floored by how fast it loads. Despite taking place on an enormous open world, you can fast-travel from one end to the other in seconds, which might give you the impression that Sucker Punch, the game’s developer, employs literal wizards. That’s...
Warren Spector Thinks Deus Ex Is Too Real For 2021
15.3.2021
The Game Developers Conference kicked off today as a week of virtual talks. In a live chat alongside a rebroadcast of his 2017 GDC talk, Deus Ex designer Warren Spector talked about why he wouldn’t make the game today.Read more
Where to Stream the 2021 Oscar Nominees
15.3.2021
For a while, the biggest film story of 2020 was what movies weren’t coming out, as the pandemic closed theaters and bumped release dates for some of the year’s biggest would-be blockbusters (see you later, Black Widow and No Time to Die, hopefully) and buzziest awards-bait (or is there another...
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Gets Transmog Tomorrow In Next Big Update
15.3.2021
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s 1.2 update arrives tomorrow and adds transmog so that players can finally wear whatever they want without hurting their stats while murdering the English countryside.Read more