EA has done what I was starting to worry was impossible: Make a rational, popular design decision around Battlefield 6 classes. Earlier this year, the studio caught heat for a series of dev blogs detailing how Battlefield 6’s class system would carry over an unpopular Battlefield 2042 change that allowed all classes to use all…
Ubisoft has confirmed that the Prince of Persia Remake, which was showcased back in September last year, has been delayed once again. The debut showing of the remake frustrated a number of long term fans of the prince with its unusual vintage visual style. While the Prince of Persia Remake hasn’t been officially confirmed for…
“Most of the CG designers were college students doing part-time work”. Developed as the first game to specifically require the use of the DualShock controller, Sony Computer Entertainment’s 1999 platformer Ape Escape (known in Japan as Saru Getchu) was built around a pretty simple yet ingenious premise. A bunch of mischievous primates have escaped from…
Comics publisher Dark Horse has announced that it will release a coffee table book showcasing the art and behind-the-scenes development stories of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The hardcover will retail for $54.99 when it releases November 18, and can be preordered on Amazon or Barnes and Noble right now. The 192-page book will…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn’t the first videogame to have a compelling story or an in-depth narrative—you and I both know this—it does, however, feel like an vital milestone on the road to getting everyone else to take the medium and (more importantly the people who make it, mocap actors included) as seriously as they…
2K & Take-Two make cuts. The video game industry continues to suffer from layoffs, with Visual Concepts Austin becoming the latest studio hit with cuts, Game Developer reports (via Eurogamer). The 2K Games and Take-Two division based in Austin, Texas already reportedly laid off a number of staff back in September 2023, and Game Developer…
Amazon’s AI-powered layoff of 14,000 employees will see “significant” cuts made to its game division, according to a new Bloomberg report, which will result in a reduction in development efforts on big-budget games, including MMOs like New World. The Bloomberg report cites a memo sent to Amazon Games employees by Steve Boom, Amazon’s vice president…
“We actually see A Link to the Past as the real sequel to The Legend of Zelda”. The Legend of Zelda series is now 40 years old, and in that time we’ve seen plenty of sequels, spin-offs and remakes. One title which stands apart from the rest of the lineage is 1987’s Zelda II: Adventure…
Here’s an intriguing little number that slipped through the cracks amid the deluge of game announcements pouring out Gamescom. The Killing Stone is a virtual card battler interweaved with a twisted folk horror narrative, where you play against demons and the devil himself in papery duels to the death. I say card game, but the…
So, what will it be? With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie rolling in the dough right now, it makes absolute sense that Nintendo and Illumination are looking ahead to the future. And, it seems like the two studios have a plan. Universal Pictures International Spain’s release schedule lists an unannounced movie from the gaming and…