All signs have pointed to Wardogs being a hit for a while now. Its beta weekend in August was rapturously received, with half a million players lining up to check out its prerelease playtest. When the game launched into early access last week, so many people rushed to get on board that it collapsed the…
Polyarc, the studio behind the Moss series of VR platformers, has announced it is shutting down, three months on from releasing its latest game on Steam. “After nearly 12 years riding the joyous rollercoaster of emotions that is making video games, our time together has come to an end,” the studio posted on LinkedIn (via…
“It appears that some people felt uncomfortable about this”. It’s no secret that Level-5 has embraced Generative AI when it comes to game development, and CEO Akihiro Hino has been very open and honest about the fact that the company is using the technology in its games – but few expected the recent Level-5 Vision…
The calm after the storm. Hey y’all. What a week, huh? What a week. The big highlights, of course, were the two Nintendo Directs. First up, Nintendo treated us to a substantial glimpse at The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Switch 2, confirming that it will launch very soon on 5th November…
“Keep those monkeys rolling”. Sega recently announced triple pack physical collections for Sonic the Hedgehog, and now Super Monkey Ball is getting the same treatment. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Expect an announcement via the Nintendo Store app. Earlier this week, Nintendo announced a new Zelda-themed Switch 2, Pro Controller and various other items celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the series. Unsurprisingly, many of these items have already sold out in multiple locations around the world. In an update, Nintendo has now confirmed restocks are…
Launching in Japan this December. The mainline Monster Hunter series will debut on the Switch 2 this December with the release of the new entry Monster Hunter Wilds. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
In a Gamescom interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Saber Interactive CCO Tim Willits revealed that the company has “no real development in North America anymore,” with only publishing operations continuing in the region, while game development occurs at a host of global subsidiaries. “We are not afraid of any territories,” Willits said. “Some publishers are afraid to…
You’ve no doubt spent dozens of hours in GTA 5 doing millions of dollars of property damage with your fleet of speeding vehicles and arsenal of deadly weapons. But what if you could do something good for the city of Los Santos while still satisfying your insatiable bloodlust and appetite for destruction? For example, blowing…
Insomniac’s long-awaited Wolverine is out, and, well, it’s not great. I mean that in the very literal sense: It’s fine—good, even, at least in some ways—but it’s not great, and that’s a problem for a game that was positioned as one of Sony’s biggest PlayStation 5 exclusives of the past few years. The bar was…