Hi there, Tommaso from Housemarque speaking. It’s about time we shed some light on a few aspects of Alienation that have been shrouded in mystery up to now. Today’s the day we take a look at what we call Alienation’s metagame! Two things that set our latest effort apart from the previous games we made…
“Because of this work, he was delayed in going to the hospital”. Astro Boy: Omega Factor is one of the highlights of the GBA catalogue and arguably shows Sega’s Hitmaker studio (which collaborated with Treasure on the game) at its finest. However, working on the game came at a considerable cost for artist and designer…
Map skills. The Nintendo Today! app has continued its never-ending stream of Switch 2 information drops with a closer look at the new Pro Controller’s fresh rear buttons, specifically, how easy it is to set them up. In a new app segment titled ‘How to Use the GL and GR Buttons’, Nintendo explains that mapping…
Hello everyone! I’m Nobuo Uematsu, the composer of Fantasian Neo Dimension. When Producer Hironobu Sakaguchi first contacted me about Fantasian, I had decided that this would be the last video game title which I’d produce the full soundtrack for, solely on my own. Because this was going to be my final full soundtrack project, I…
A long-awaited adventure is about to begin. Final Fantasy XV launches next week on PS4. Royalty. Sacrifice. Friendship. Final Fantasy XV tells the story of the young Prince Noctis. On his way to meet his betrothed, Noctis and his three closest friends are shaken by the news that his kingdom has been invaded by an…
Now coming in the summer. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction is one of our most-anticipated releases for the Switch this year. There’s no more perfect a marriage between side-scrolling beat ’em up and IP in our mind, and after Bitmap Bureau’s Terminator 2D: NO FATE, we’re eager to see…
E3 2016 is just over a week away! Nick, Justin, and I take a break from the madness to sing the praises of Overwatch, Downwell, and Doom. And a special treat at the end of the show: a spoilericious Spoilercast dedicated to Uncharted 4. Enjoy! Subscribe via iTunes, Google or RSS, or download here Stuff…
Yes, I know: more AI. Love it or hate it, that’s the way things are going. For us gamers, it started with upscaling, then frame gen, then Multi Frame Gen, and soon, it seems, fully AI-generated frames. At GDC today Nvidia announced that “neural shading support will come to DirectX preview in April, unlocking the…
November is a time for looking back at the past, whether that’s through Bonfire Night, Thanksgiving, or in a more recent tradition, randomly patching up old-ass games. Last week, Valve were patching decades-old bugs in Half-Life as part of the game’s 25’th anniversary celebrations. Now Star Wars: Empire at War is getting 64-bit support, 17…
You don’t reach the top of Hollywood without stepping on heads. It’s a rough game out in La-La Land, and only the most ruthless and bloodthirsty can survive long enough to get their star on the Walk of Fame. Like Bob Odenkirk, for instance, who gave us a taste of the killer instinct under that…