GTA 6 currently feels like such a juggernaut that the entire industry is bracing for its impact, but the head of one of the world’s biggest gaming events says he’s not worried that Rockstar won’t be at his show. Speaking to GamesRadar+, Stefan Heikhaus, brand director at Gamescom, acknowledged that “games like GTA or other […]
GTA 6 leaks persist despite Take-Two taking action, and the hacker’s now dangling strip club footage in front of Rockstar

Despite Take-Two and Rockstar Games’ best efforts, the GTA 6 leaks aren’t dying down. In fact, the hacker known online as Cyberleek is now teasing footage of the open-world game’s strip clubs. Parent company Take-Two isn’t exactly having the best week – the plumbing that contains GTA 6 has been dripping for days, which is […]
2019“They don’t make ’em like they used to”: How flash player games defined an era of indie horror

I haven’t played flash player horror games for 15 years, but I think about Hotel 626 often. The live-action horror walking sim was only accessible in your web browser between six PM and six AM – from six to six, if you will – and it was the coolest thing 13-year-old me had ever seen. […]
2019Parts of The Duskbloods are “very similar to a lot of RPG elements you might find in a tabletop RPG,” says FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki

Some elements in The Duskbloods were pulled straight from director Hidetaka Miyazaki’s experiences playing tabletop RPGs, which might just explain why you can propose to an enemy player mid-match. Speaking to IGN, FromSoftware boss and game director Hidetaka Miyazaki says “there are two points I would say that can specifically be pulled from the board […]
2019Kingdom Hearts modder turns an indie love letter to the JRPG series into an even more blatant Kingdom Hearts-like

Duskfade is a new indie love letter to some classic PS2 action platformers, Kingdom Hearts included. And, now, a Kingdom Hearts modder had made the Kingdom Hearts-like even more like Kingdom Hearts. The developers of Duskfade have been pretty open about their inspirations in the past. It’s a fast-paced action game where you swing a […]
2019FromSoftware enters the skill-based matchmaking debate with The Duskbloods: “We definitely plan on having the matchmaking system work in a way so that it’s ranked”

FromSoftware plans to have some kind of skill-based matchmaking in The Duskbloods to avoid a situation where Soulslike veterans routinely make newcomers miserable, but eventually, director Hidetaka Miyazaki also wants to give old-timers and newbies a reason to work together. Asked about a system that would separate pros and fresh-faced newcomers in the upcoming PvPvE […]
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