Author: Garry Smith
Not all video game remakes are recreated equally. For every genuinely game-changing Final Fantasy VII Remake or Metroid: Zero Mission, you have comparatively more surface-level restorations like 2018’s Shadows of the Colossus or 2020’s Destroy All Humans! that transplant most of the original material into a new game engine that looks nicer but doesn’t really change how it works. Until Dawn fits firmly into that latter camp. Its colourful cast of horny teenagers and spooky snowy mountain setting have never looked better, but its gripping, life-or-death decision-based gameplay is more or less identical to how I remember it from the…
Another day, another video game adaptation has been announced. This time, it’s Sega’s Shinobi series.Universal and Sega announced Tuesday that they’re developing a film adaptation of the hack-and-slack video games, and they’ve found a director appropriately well-versed in action to take the helm. Sam Hargrave, a stuntman and filmmaker best known for directing the Chris Hemsworth-starring Netflix movie Extraction, is on board to direct. Ken Kobayashi will write the script.Plot details haven’t been revealed yet, but the Shinobi series largely followed the ninja Joe Musashi as he fought evil. The first Shinobi game originally launched in arcades in 1987, with…
A new closed beta test for open-world dress-up game Infinity Nikki is now underway on PC and mobile. Ahead of this, IGN got to check out a whole new area of the sprawling Miraland map, playing through two fun new dungeons and a challenging boss battle, while also trying out useful new abilities that help Nikki and her faithful feline friend Momo navigate the rich open world.The new locations I visited are known as Stoneville and Stonewoods Abandoned District. They stretch westward from Wishfield, which we explored in a previous demo. In contrast to Wishfield, which was full of lush…
[Lists updated for Day 2!] Just when you stockpiled some spare cash, Amazon went ahead and made another sales event, this one called “Prime Big Deal Days.” Practically no one outside of Amazon calls it that, however, so let’s just roll with Prime Day 2, because that’s the basic gist. Bargains aplenty!Starting from October 8 and running through to October 13, this is a Prime Members Only event that will bring the bargains thick and fast. The good news: you can easily join in with a free with a 30-day trial membership that’s easily cancelled for no cost. You might…
Roblox Corporation stocks dipped on Tuesday after a new report from investment firm Hindenburg Research, which accused it of deliberating inflating its daily active user stats and fostering what it described as an “X-rated pedophile hellscape” for children.As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Hindenburg Research is a well-known short-selling firm known for investigating high-profile stocks and making bets against them, which sometimes leads to investigations by the U.S. Justice Department. Its previous targets have included green transportation company Nikola, India’s Adani Group, and Super Micro Computer.A former data scientist told us that activity in Vietnam ‘inflated a lot of…
The Resident Evil 2 remake hits Apple iPhone, iPad, and Mac on December 31, and publisher Capcom has revealed players can enjoy a free trial before purchasing fully.Capcom revealed more information on the port, “A limited part of the base game can be played for free,” reads the game’s App Store page. “In order to play the full game, an in-app purchase is required.”Resident Evil 2 will be available on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, and all subsequent mobile releases from Apple. All silicon-powered iPads and Macs will support the game too, and buying on any…
Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare finally hit PC on October 29, 2024 — 14 years after Rockstar’s Wild West epic first launched on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 back in 2010.“For the first time in its storied legacy, John Marston’s beloved journey can be experienced on PC in stunning, new detail, with both Red Dead Redemption and its iconic zombie-horror companion story, Undead Nightmare, arriving to PC on October 29,” Rockstar said.The PC port, developed by Double Eleven (Double Eleven worked on the 2023 PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch ports of Red Dead Redemption), adds PC-specific enhancements including native…
Update: Diablo 4 Season 6 and the Vessel of Hatred expansion are out now.Update: Blizzard announced “a small delay” for the launch of Vessel of Hatred due to technical issues. According to a blog post, Blizzard will “begin locking out new logins for Diablo IV. Players already logged in prior to 4pm PDT will still be in-game on Patch 1.5.2, but they should expect to lose connection to the game over time while we do additional work to get the simultaneous launch prepared.”Global Director of Community for Diablo, Adam Fletcher, said he hopes the delay will only last a couple…
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, the next game from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, was originally a concept called Like a Dragon: Tuna where original protagonist Kiryu Kazuma was a fighting fisherman.RGG Studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama revealed the origins in a PlayStation Blog post discussing Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii ahead of its February 28 release date. The game stars the fan favorite Majima Goro as he wakes up on a beach with no memory and, in a sea-faring alternative to his yakuza roots, becomes a pirate.It wasn’t originally going to star Majima at all, however. “For quite some time,…
Sony Santa Monica’s God of War Ragnarok will indeed get a PS5 Pro Enhanced update after the first-party PlayStation Studios game skipped the announcement of the $700 mid-gen upgrade.Push Square spotted the PlayStation Store listing for God of War Ragnarok now includes the ‘PS5 Pro Enhanced’ label. Neither Sony nor Sony Santa Monica have announced the game’s PS5 Pro support yet, and there’s no detail on what it will involve, but of course the hope is Ragnarok’s resolution will be boosted while maintaining 60 frames per second.God of War Ragnarok joins the likes of Blizzard’s Diablo 4 in a list…