Sony and Microsoft had better think long and hard before pricing the next generation of consoles at $1000, as one prominent industry analyst predicts that could result in a huge drop in sales compared to the current generation. According to a new report from Ampere Analysis (via VGC), there is a specific set of circumstances […]
2019Hayden Christensen says he wants to make a live-action Clone Wars series with the OG cast of the prequel series… and that everyone would be down to come back. “I know that Ewan McGregor would love to do more with it,” Christensen said on the Hey Jonas podcast, when asked by Kevin Jonas if there […]
2019
Red Dead Redemption lead multiplayer designer Kris Roberts once tried enjoying his much-needed compensated time off. The 2010 open-world game’s demanding pre-launch period put him in “an amnesiac state” of sleep deprivation, and he was starting to get irritable with his bosses at Rockstar. But then he got assigned jury duty, and then Red Dead’s […]
2019The creator of open-world game Future? No Thanks! says Valve has repeatedly flagged his game as deserving an adult-only rating on par with outright porn games, yet refused to explain its reasoning, reflecting what he calls a “monopoly” on PC gaming that forces devs to comply with opaque rules. Aftermath spoke to several game developers […]
2019
Gearbox is sticking to its word and continuing to support Borderlands 4 with big new content drops despite what it’s admitted was a “softer” launch than expected. The developer has released the full details for the $20 Borderlands 4 Story Pack 2, titled FL4K and the Last Resort, and, as you might’ve gleaned from that […]
2019FromSoftware president and longtime Souls series director Hidetaka Miyazaki says the studio doesn’t make games to target a specific audience. In his case, he says he just makes the games he wants to see. Miyazaki discusses his, and the FromSoftware team’s, design philosophy in an interview with IGN. “We don’t really have a set audience […]
2019Development of 2XKO is shutting down this year. Riot Games has announced that its League of Legends fighting game did not attract enough players to sustain future support, and the final content update will land in October. The game itself will remain playable both online and offline for the foreseeable future. “Over the last few […]
2019Aesthetic and thematic similarities, not to mention the word “blood,” have many FromSoftware fans convinced The Duskbloods is related in some way to the beloved 2015 action RPG, Bloodborne. To be fair, they’re definitely related by virtue of the fact that they’re both developed by FromSofware with Hidetaka Miyazaki at the helm, but according to […]
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