The Last of Us Online finally cancelled because Naughty Dog thinks it will ‘severely impact development on future single-player games’

The Last of Us Online has been cancelled after more than three years in development. Naughty Dog made the announcement today, arguing that the ambitious project would require the studio to pivot entirely to post-launch support (read: a live service future) rather than their raison d’etre: big budget singleplayer narrative adventures. “In ramping up to…

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Creative Assembly apologizes for ‘missteps’ and says Total War: Warhammer 3 DLC will become better value and players will receive partial refunds for Total War: Pharaoh

The Total War: Warhammer series has a tradition of excellent DLC, whether it adds new armies like Curse of the Vampire Coast, expands existing ones like The Warden & The Paunch, or offers an entirely new campaign mode like the free Mortal Empires and Immortal Empires add-ons. The recent Shadows of Change DLC for Total…

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The Crew removed from sale, will become unplayable after April 1: ‘We understand this may be disappointing for players still enjoying the game’

The Crew is being taken off the streets: Ubisoft announced today that sales of its online racing game have been halted on all storefronts, and it will no longer be playable on any platform after March 31, 2024. “We understand this may be disappointing for players still enjoying the game, but it has become a…

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Retro FPS Beyond Sunset is a precision-crafted cyberpunk potpourri of all the great megawads that came before it

The perpetually rain slick streets of Sunset City might be the best environment ever rendered in GZDoom—it’s uncluttered, atmospheric, and sexy in that vintage cyberpunk way. The outside areas evoke yellowed paperback memories of Neuromancer’s Sprawl, with sparsely decorated interiors that feel right out of Johnny Mnemonic. Moody synths call to mind Vangelis’s work on…

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Acclaimed movie studio A24 joins the Death Stranding film project: ‘We are creating a Death Stranding universe that has never been seen before’

Hideo Kojima revealed today that film and television production company A24, whose previous projects include Midsommar and Everything Everywhere All At Once, is collaborating with Kojima Productions on the Death Stranding film project. The Death Stranding film was announced in 2022 with a promise to bring “new elements and characters” to the world of Death…

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