Pre-orders open later this month. Ahead of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie and Knuckles Paramount series, First 4 Figures has shared a “sneak peek” of its new ‘Knuckles Standoff’ figure. This is the second statue in the same series which also features the ‘Sonic Standoff’ figure. As you can see, instead of Knuckle’s look…
Ubisoft has excelled itself with the PR for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, coming up with one of the daftest PR stunts I’ve ever seen and, yes, I’m writing about it so it worked. Forget people in vans with parcels. What the gamers need, you see, is a bird of prey delivering the latest hotness straight to…
Misty-eyed. Y’know, given the fact that the first Pokémon movie was quite literally called Pokémon: The First Movie, we perhaps should have known that more would be on the way. But there are 24 now. 24. With a 25th on the way very soon, in fact. And so if you fancy playing catch up and…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has a new video going over some of his principles for game design, and as you might expect has some strong opinions on the intersection between design intention, and what players actually end up doing. “Rule one, our game is non-linear—don’t assume that players will go somewhere first or talk to…
Monolith has been keeping busy. Following the success of 2014’s hit Shadow of Mordor, the studio began concepting a direct sequel that would attempt to fully deliver on the scale, spectacle, and savagery only hinted at in Mordor. The result? Middle-earth: Shadow of War, a sprawling action-RPG epic due out on PS4 this August. Last…
The Outer Worlds is an excellent game but the Nintendo Switch version was blasted by some critics due to its performance on the system. However, it sounds as though refinements will be coming later this month via a software update for the Switch version. It’s not clear what fixes the patch will contain, but hopefully…
Gaming is an expensive hobby. I mean, don’t get me started on how much you’re expected to shell out for even middling rig upgrades these days, or how full-price game releases are now asking for $70 of your hard-earned cash. In such a landscape, with console prices going up instead of down over time, is…
“It was my first time learning about 3D motion sickness”. Given that Yuji Naka’s star has fallen slightly in recent years thanks to his conviction for insider trading, it’s easy to forget that, at one time, he was one of Sega’s most valuable developers. Even before he helped bring Sonic the Hedgehog to the world,…
In an interview with Collider, Craig Mazin, the showrunner behind The Last of Us TV adaptation, has confirmed that the show is more likely to wrap after four seasons. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this, as Mazin started referencing the “four season plan” back in 2023, but this is all the confirmation we…
A necromancer’s body betrays its own head, cutting it off and burying it underground before lumbering off to pursue immortality. Some time later, the skull rises from the earth and summons a skeletal army to take on its own headless corpse. As opening cutscenes go, it’s certainly unique. And it’s pretty much all the setup…