Cyberpunk creator says ‘Contact me’ after Keanu Reeves said he wants to be Johnny Silverhand again, then tries his luck and tells Scarlett Johansson, ‘I have roles for you. You can do anything’

Egotist, terrorist, lovable scamp: these are descriptors I associate with Johnny Silverhand, the Cyberpunk setting’s mashup of David Bowie and Andreas Baader, who was played by Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk 2077. Reeves, god bless him, hasn’t been shy about voicing his desire to play the character again. Which sounds like it’d be pretty tough, given…

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Eternal Hunters Is A New SNES Action RPG That Looks Part Secret Of Mana, Part Chrono Trigger

French composer Raphaël Gesqua is working on the soundtrack. The SNES is getting a new action RPG called Eternal Hunters – The Branford Legacy, and legendary French composer Raphaël Gesqua is on board to contribute to the soundtrack. Gesqua, whose previous games include Flashback, Mr.Nutz, Shaq-Fu, Fade to Black and Moto Racer, has already written…

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Battlefield 6 is introducing a casual Breakthrough mode ‘to create a more relaxed way to play’, making it easier to progress and complete challenges

Battlefield 6 has added a new mode for players who just want to complete challenges and take it easy. Casual Breakthrough has already been added to the main menu and will offer a far chiller version of Battlefield 6, where players can go to take shelter from the sweats and professional jet pilots. “We understand…

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Sega Technical Institute’s Cancelled Mega Drive RTS ‘Dark Empires’ Has Just Been Dumped Online

‘Dark Empires’ was a dragon-based RTS for the Sega Mega Drive. The video game preservation website Hidden Palace has just released a prototype of Sega Technical Institute’s dragon-based real-time strategy game Dark Empires, in collaboration with the Sega Retro researcher Alexander Rojas. Dark Empires began life at Sega Technical Institute in 1990, shortly after the…

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Our pick for 2024’s best tactics game just got a community pack of featured levels—which ignore the dev’s difficulty balance goals because ‘our community, god bless em, have no such qualms’

Tactical Breach Wizards was one of my favourite games from last year—you can read my full thoughts in my Tactical Breach Wizards review—but in case you’re unfamiliar, it’s a turn-based tactical RPG with great writing, interesting worldbuilding, and a razor-sharp sense of humour. It also just happens to be a really solid tactics game on…

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