Wayfinder studio Airship Syndicate says layoffs are necessary to ensure it ‘can continue to operate and deliver great experiences’

Wayfinder developer Airship Syndicate has confirmed the layoffs of 12 employees, originally reported by Nicole Carpenter of Polygon, as part of an effort to keep the studio open and operating. In an unusual twist, Airship Syndicate said company president Ryan Stefanelli and CEO Joe Madureira are also taking pay cuts. “I can confirm that today…

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The next Metro game is a ‘story-driven VR adventure’ where you turn into a ‘supernatural being’ while you look for your wife

A new addition to the Metro series was revealed at today’s State of Play showcase called Metro Awakening. It’s coming later this year, and yes, it’s a VR game. Metro Awakening is not being developed by 4A Games but by Vertigo Games, whose previous releases include the VR shooter Arizona Sunshine and, more recently, the…

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Ken Levine’s upcoming FPS Judas couldn’t look more like BioShock 4 if it had a lighthouse, a man, and a city

Sony’s latest State of Play featured a story trailer for Judas, the long-in-development first-person shooter from Ghost Story Games. Seriously, this thing has been in the works since 2017, when Take-Two shut down Irrational, with Ken Levine and a handful of other developers sticking together to form Ghost Story Games. The trailer opens on a…

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