Author: Garry Smith
Ubisoft is aiming to drum up some additional interest in last year’s excellent Mario + Rabbids sequel Sparks of Hope with a new two-hour demo, available now on Switch. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope was well-recieved by critics when it launched at the end of last year, drawing praise for a solid evolution of its wonderfully engaging 2017 predecessor, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, that melded exemplary XCOM-like strategy action with expanded puzzles and more open-ended exploration. Eurogamer’s Christian Donlan liked Sparks of Hope enough to slap it with a Recommended badge in his review, calling it “knockabout XCOM…
Let’s be honest, “Minecraft’s 1.20 update” wasn’t exactly a phrase that tripped off the tongue, so thank goodness for developer Mojang, which has now officially given Minecraft’s next major release a far more memorable name: Trails & Tales. Mojang says it’s chosen the name as it “represents the journey that Minecraft takes us on, and the unique stories that each of us bring back”, and because its additions are all about “self expression through representation, story telling, and world building.” But while Trails & Tales’ name might be new, details of the features it’ll bring are not, with Mojang having…
Long-in-the-works open-world zombie shooter Dead Island 2 is finally – after eight years and multiple delays – almost upon us, and in anticipation of its 21st April arrival, publisher Deep Silver has just shared 14 new minutes of combat-focused gameplay. This latest airing follows Dead Island 2’s slightly odd showcase in December – which buried a few juicy snippets of gameplay amid a heap of largely uninformative live-action sequences – but the focus this time is on gameplay from beginning to end. Deep Silver’s latest gameplay reveal picks up in Bel Air, just a few hours into the game, as…
Rapper and TV producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has sparked speculation he is involved in a Vice City-related Grand Theft Auto project, following a cryptic tease posted to his Instagram. “I will explain this later,” he wrote, alongside an image of a neon pink Vice City logo. “This shit bigger than POWER trust me.” While best known for his career in music, Jackson has found further fame in recent years with the hugely-successful Power, the crime drama TV series which he starred in and executive produced. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners.…
Publisher Focus Entertainment has announced the release date for Atlas Fallen, the next game from The Surge developer Deck 13. When it was first announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live last summer, details of the game were light and a release window of 2023 was given. The game’s first trailer mostly contained of cinematics showing off the game’s desert setting and monster enemies, with perhaps some short snippets of gameplay sprinkled in at the end. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit…
Humble Bundle has launched a new charity bundle in aid of Türkiye-Syria earthquake relief efforts. All funds from the Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Relief Game and Book Bundle will go to supporting three charities in their ongoing efforts: Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, and Save the Children. The bundle is available now until 8th March and features over $1000 worth of PC games, books and comics for just $30. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Telltale Games has delayed The Wolf Among Us 2 out of its 2023 launch window and into 2024, in order to avoid burnout and crunch at the studio. The Wolf Among Us 2 – the sequel to Telltale’s acclaimed 2013 narrative adventure based on Bill Willingham’s Fables comic books – has had an eventful development. It was first announced in 2017, but progress halted after the studio shut its doors the following year. It was then unexpectedly re-announced in 2019, after Telltale was resurrected under new management. This new version – which is being co-developed by AdHoc Studio, co-founded by…
Developer Sloclap’s acclaimed martial arts adventure Sifu will – after a year of PlayStation and Epic Games Store exclusivity – be making its way to Xbox and Steam on 28th March. Sifu, if you’ve not yet had the pleasure, is a third-person, single-player action game – focused on intense hand-to-hand combat – that charts a young Kung Fu student’s quest for revenge following the murder of his family. It also features a magic pendant capable of resurrecting the protagonist on defeat, but he’ll grow older with each revival, making its uses finite – but at least you get to keep…
If the old screen capture trick isn’t quite getting the results you’re after in Tango Gameworks’ gorgeous, eminently snappable rhythm-action treat Hi-Fi Rush, the studio now has you covered with an official photo mode, which launches today on Xbox and PC. Once today’s update is downloaded and installed, players can pause the action as required and summon in protagonist Chai and friends ready for their close-up (or otherwise). All characters can be posed, and the photo mode also features a choice of frames, filters, and camera effects to memorialise the moment in style. Alongside the new photo mode, today’s Hi-Fi…
Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has criticised the term JRPG, sparking debate among players online. In an interview with Skill-Up following previews of the game, Yoshida was asked about how JRPGs have advanced in comparison to action games. According to the interviewer, Yoshida was visibly uncomfortable with the phrase. “One thing [Yoshida] wants to get across is that when we create games, we don’t go into them thinking we are creating JRPGs, we are just creating RPGs. The term JRPG is used by western media rather than users and media in Japan,” said localisation director Koji Fox. Read more…