Share of the Week: Awe-inspiring

Share of the Week: Awe-inspiring

Last week, we asked you to share gaming moments that left your jaw on the floor using #PSshare and #PSBlog. From hulking scenery to epic attacks, here are this week’s awe-inspiring shares: Astro stares around in wonder in Astro’s Playroom, shared by KUSH7710. SindyJ_B shared the stunning aquarium from The Last of Us Part II….

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Skyrim lead praises Todd Howard for trying ‘desperately’ not to micromanage and be a ‘bottleneck’, even though he still ‘does what he calls seagulling where he swoops in and changes things’

In a new interview with PressBoxPR, Bethesda veteran and Skyrim’s lead designer Bruce Nesmith has gone over his time at the studio, addressing topics like why it wouldn’t make sense to switch to Unreal Engine. One of the questions he’s asked is about studio head Todd Howard, and how the public perception of him differs…

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Johan Pilestedt is taking a sabbatical from Helldivers 2 after working ‘around the clock’ for 11 years, will move on to ‘the next Arrowhead game’ when he returns

Arrowhead boss Johan Pilestedt is taking a break. The chief creative officer, who has been the face of Helldivers 2 through the ups and downs of its first year, will be on a sabbatical from the studio for “a while,” and when he returns, he’ll be working on a different game. “I know a lot…

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Remedy’s new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to ‘scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value’

Remedy Entertainment’s new CEO is Jean-Charles Gaudechon, a former Electronic Arts and CCP Games executive who most recently headed up a couple of sports betting platforms. Gaudechon is not a name you likely recognize from his time at EA or CCP, but Remedy said he “held senior executive positions with full P&L responsibility” at both…

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New Midnight Black Collection of PS5 accessories launches next month

The latest PS5 accessories get a new look with the Midnight Black Collection – bringing the galaxy-inspired Midnight Black colorway to the PlayStation Portal remote player, DualSense Edge wireless controller, Pulse Elite wireless headset, and Pulse Explore wireless earbuds. Play Video These accessories perfectly complement the Midnight Black PS5 accessories already available, including the DualSense…

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Overwatch 2 is getting radical changes that might finally help that ‘2’ make sense, starting with a third-person mode and over 160 hero perks

Two months ago, the internet gathered around and informally crowned Marvel Rivals as the new popular hero shooter of note. I’m having lots of fun with it, but its rule-breaking heroes and experimental abilities have kept a question nagging in my noggin: Why isn’t Overwatch 2 trying anything like this? Well, now it is. In…

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Recent News in Keitai Game Preservation

  Japanese feature phone games, also known as keitai games or I-Mode games, remain one of the stranger side quests in gaming history. At a time in the aughts that started to see more official releases for Japanese-only titles in the West, keitai games from the aughts remain locked in time addition to space due…

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After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he’s received ‘countless’ hateful messages: ‘This can happen to you too when you sacrifice over 2,000 hours of your time to help the industry’

Amir Satvat, the recipient of the first “Game Changers” award at this year’s Game Awards, says he’s received “countless hateful messages” as well as “disturbing comments” following his acceptance of the award last week, including antisemetic remarks about his wife. “I am continuing to do my best to tune this out but it is quite…

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