Rockstar co-founder and former lead writer Dan Houser thinks, in some ways, there’s “no greater compliment” than being compared to his best Grand Theft Auto games. At the same time, he hopes his new projects at Absurd Ventures can hold up on their own. After leaving the famed open-world developer in 2020, Dan Houser opened […]
2019PlatinumGames boss Atsushi Inaba says the famed action studio wants to make more Bayonetta projects in the future, despite the fact that many of the series’ lead developers have moved on. Bayonetta was an iconic release in the genre during the Xbox 360 and PS3 generation, and the monster-spanking witch only solidified her place among […]
2019
PlayStation’s former boss Shawn Layden is sceptical about people buying into expensive next-gen PS6 and Xbox Project Helix consoles if their technical improvements are too minor. As current generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles keep getting more expensive, many analysts expect that the next-generation machines could potentially cost around $1,000. That’s not a price […]
2019
Developer Jagex has announced a fourth Runescape MMO that’s planned to sit alongside all the other games in the long-standing fantasy series. Jagex revealed the “entirely new Runescape MMORPG” at RuneFest Birmingham this weekend with the apt working title of RS4. The studio stressed that RS4 won’t be the name this MMO launches with, but […]
2019Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony, but what about the Seven Havens? Avatar: Seven Havens is almost upon us… but what is it? And do you have to watch other Avatar stories for it to make sense? Below, you’ll find a mini guide that explains what the new show is, how it […]
2019Picture it: a suited exec walks onto a stage and announces a new game about influencing and controlling people, about good and evil. And the clincher: it’ll all be driven by machine learning. In 2026, that game has to be a dystopia. That’s where our imaginations go now when we hear anything about AI and […]
2019