Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 creative director outlines its ‘visceral immersive combat’

The latest dev diary for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is dedicated to the horror RPG’s combat system, outlining three gameplay styles players will be able to choose between. Alex Skidmore, creative director at The Chinese Room, begins with the “strategic stalker” playstyle, which is your stealth assassin package for backstab-likers.  “Did you enjoy…

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Footage of a canceled, 10+ year-old sci-fi Call of Duty developed by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater studio Neversoft has leaked online

First spotted by CharlieIntel, two videos supposedly from a cancelled Xbox 360-era Call of Duty game called “Future Warfare” or “NX1” internally have been shared on Twitter. Their provenance has seemingly been confirmed by a former senior Neversoft developer who worked on the project. The first video was shared by an account with the handle…

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Dark and Darker dev claims Nexon’s preliminary injunction has been dismissed, court rules that the game ‘cannot be considered an infringement of Nexon’s copyright or trade secret’

First reported by TheGamer, a member of Dark and Darker developer Ironmace has stated on the game’s Discord that they have achieved an early victory in staving off Maplestory publisher Nexon’s copyright lawsuit, with a South Korean court dismissing the publisher’s preliminary injunction. I’ve put a full timeline of the Dark and Darker saga below…

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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch Visual Novels

Reader’s digest. Updated with Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Bahnsen Knights! Hold it (and enjoy!). The portability of Nintendo Switch makes it a great system to play a wide variety of genres, and while visual novels can be enjoyed perfectly well on your TV, there’s something about playing them on a handheld which just…

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Mountain keeps, hobbit holes, and sick castles: Enshrouded players are hard at work with that excellent building system

New co-op survival game Enshrouded has been picking up Steam in the past few days, as the survival-crafting action RPG has not just pretty compelling combat but a really nice, rather in-depth building system. Per our predictions last year, Enshrouded’s impressive system of terrain alteration and building is giving rise to some truly delightful community…

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