Author: Garry Smith
“It’s quite a stunning world that [the developers] created, so it gave me an opportunity to write some very beautiful music,” says Forspoken co-composer Garry Schyman. “It really was an opportunity to write something that’s not just combat and not just dark; it was an opportunity to write melodies.” Forspoken is the latest fantasy epic from Square Enix, following a young woman named Frey who finds herself transported from modern day New York to the strange world of Athia. Composers Garry Schyman (the BioShock series, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, and more) and Bear McCreary (God of War Ragnarök, and Amazon’s…
Dying Light 2 will shortly turn one year old, and to mark the upcoming anniversary, developer Techland has confirmed the zombie game franchise has collectively shifted more than 30 million units. As part of the first anniversary celebrations, Techland also revealed that it has a “plethora of celebrations and updates for the community”, including a 50 per cent off sale and hints that the franchise has plans to branch out to “other medias”. There’ll be a week-long celebration wherein players can win goodies by completing community goals in the Bloody Anniversary event and Dropkick Weekend, where premium bundles can be…
Capcom has released 12 whole minutes of new Resident Evil 4 Remake footage. Capcom partnered with Game Informer to share the new teaser, sharing “an extended gameplay walkthrough of the game’s fifth chapter”, set right after Leon meets Ashley. You can check it out below (thanks, Resetera): As well as showing off the church and cemetery sequences – and lots of meaty combat, of course, including a battle with Luis Serra – the video also reveals a sneaky QTE (you’ll find it at 6.38 mins in) which is interesting given Resident Evil 4 Remake reportedly has “barely any” QTEs at…
Evil Dead: The Game’s new – and free – Splatter Royale mode is now live. The 40-player battle royale mode introduces two new weapons – the long-range Grenade Launcher and the Scythe – as well as new premium character Ruby Knowby, voiced by Lucy Lawless. There’s also a new free Kandarian Facelift outfit for Pablo, too. Alongside the free battle royale mode, players can also get hold of the Immortal Power DLC Bundle, which includes Ruby Knowby, who – as a dark one – can regenerate health, increase her possession resistance, and boost the damage of her weapons. She can…
Like Gatsby, I guess I know the power of the green light. Out on the dock, down in the dungeon – the light! The light! I reach for it. I can’t wait. It’s not love. It’s better than love. It’s – wait! It’s only the chance to split my fireballs into three and ping them all off in different directions. Superfuse is an action RPG very much in the style of the Diablo games, You see things from an above-ish angle, and you are small as you crawl across the various faces of the game’s worlds, surrounded by hordes of…
Xbox 360 owners, beware. A range of top titles from Microsoft’s aging console will be removed from sale from the Xbox 360 Marketplace this month, beginning on 7th February. The exact number of games and range of titles affected varies by country, though here in the UK it includes blockbusters such as Mass Effect 2, Dark Souls and various Assassin’s Creed entries, including Brotherhood, 3 and 4: Black Flag. A selection of smaller-sized classics are also impacted, including Limbo, Spelunky, Castle Crashers and Peggle 2. All will be removed from digital sale. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and…
It’s astonishing how, eight years on and now freshly added to Game Pass, Darkest Dungeon still manages to feel unlike anything else. Blown up on my telly, this could easily be something new. That horror-movie voice over still shakes my bones, that paper-drawn art still oozes style. But it’s not that which really stands the game apart.What stands Darkest Dungeon apart is an invisible line, drawn in the ground somewhere, that determines how far developers go – how far they’re prepared to go – to challenge their audiences. Cross that line and a game becomes unfair. Cross it, and you…
Activision Blizzard will pay $35m USD to settle charges raised by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following a probe relating to workplace misconduct. The SEC launched its investigation into Activision Blizzard in September 2021, subpoenaing CEO Bobby Kotick and other senior executives to provide their internal communications regarding the company’s response to the high-profile allegations of widespread misconduct and harassment within the company. After concluding its investigation, the SEC charged that the publisher had failed to maintain disclosure controls and procedures that would ensure it could adequately collect and analyse employees’ complaints of workplace misconduct. As a result,…
Developer Smilegate has announced the impending closure of its year-old Xbox multiplayer shooter CrossfireX, which will shut down on 18th May – a move that’ll also affect its Remedy developed single-player campaign. CrossfireX – the console version of Smilegate’s hugely popular PC shooter Crossfire – launched for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S last February, combining the multiplayer component of the PC original with a specially developed single-player campaign. A little over a year on from that troubled launch, Smilegate has announced it’ll soon be ending support for the game. “It is with the deepest regret that we are informing…
Developer Innersloth has shared its development plans for the next 12 months of social deduction hit Among Us, confirming the year ahead will bring the likes of improved matchmaking and a brand-new map. Innersloth’s roadmap is a little light in terms of ETAs, but it’s first order of business – user interface and user experience updates for Among Us – are said to be “coming soon”. “We want to make playing Among Us an easier, more intuitive experience,” the developer explained in a post accompanying its new roadmap. “This means big focus on adding multiple updates to the UI and…