The FromSoftware team were relieved when they heard about the Nintendo Switch 2 since the studio was apparently struggling to get The Duskbloods up and running on the base Switch console, according to game director and subgenre pinoeer Hidetaka Miyazaki. Speaking to The Verge, Miyazaki says the studio’s upcoming multiplayer game actually began life on […]
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto never wanted to compete with other game devs: “I view the Rubik’s Cube as my eternal rival”

Shigeru Miyamoto might be the most influential game developer of all time, but don’t expect him to care about his rankings among other industry legends. Even in the ’90s, Miyamoto wasn’t terribly concerned about competing with other devs who were incrementally pushing existing game genres forward. His true rival? The Rubik’s Cube. “Since my background […]
2019Former Rockstar Games lead says GTA 6 leaks are a “nothing burger” because “90% of future players” aren’t searching for the clips online

A veteran developer who used to work at Rockstar Games thinks the massive GTA 6 leaks are no biggie because the majority of people who will inevitably buy and play the game aren’t going feral over the various two-minute clips that have been spilling onto the internet. For the past week, a hacker known online […]
2019LA Noire still stands as Rockstar’s extravagant, cinematic ode to noir fiction that could have changed everything

As it swaggered onto consoles in 2011, LA Noire did so on a red carpet laid down by Tinseltown itself. This was a game that wanted to be a movie star, with a glamorous cinematic ambition that held a mirror up to its Hollywood setting. Seven years in the making, Rockstar’s detective drama was one […]
2019New Banjo-Kazooie releases are “native ports,” so devs could add cut content and “bonus features” to the N64 classics

Evercade has just come out with a new physical release combining both Banjo-Kazooie platformers, but the retro handheld maker didn’t rely on emulation for its new double pack. The Banjo-Kazooie re-releases are “brand new native ports” because Evercade wanted to retroactively add cut content and features to the classic platformers. In a new video diving […]
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