Author: Garry Smith
Yuji Naka, known as the father of Sonic the Hedgehog, has reportedly been arrested in Japan on suspicion of insider trading. The news was reported this morning by Japanese newspaper Mainichi, and comes a day after two other men were reported to have been charged with insider trading connected to Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix. Naka, you may recall, worked with the company for a brief stint, creating platformer Balan Wonderworld. Naka, 57, is accused of purchasing shares worth 2.8m yen (around £16.8k) in Aiming, a Japanese developer which Square Enix partnered with to make a Dragon Quest mobile game,…
Netflix has released a new trailer for the forthcoming Sonic Prime, revealing its multiverse storyline. Back in September, the first teaser trailer showed Sonic racing against Shadow in the Green Hill Zone. Now, though, it seems Sonic will be travelling across a shattered multiverse – check it out in the trailer below. 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.
If you’ve already swiped this week’s Epic Store freebies – Evil Dead: The Game and Dark Deity – and still remain unsated, you might want to pop next Thursday in your diary when something else shoots down the freebie pipe in the form of EA Motive’s Star Wars: Squadrons. Star Wars: Squadrons is something of a spiritual successor to LucasArts’ beloved X-Wing and TIE Fighter games. It’s set during the final days of the Galactic Empire, after the events of Return of the Jedi, and sees players engaging in deep space dogfights, both in multiplayer and in a bit of…
Crystal Dynamics has told fans it hears them “loudly and clearly” after a recent survey gauging their views on a potential Legacy of Kain revival received an overwhelmingly positive response. Back in October, Crystal Dynamics launched a detailed questionnaire asking if the community would be interested in seeing the dark fantasy action-adventure series – which spanned five titles between 1996 and 2003 – make a comeback. And the response, it turns out, was substantial. “In the past, we’ve found that surveys typically get between 1,000 and 3,000 responses,” Crystal Dynamics and Eidos CEO Phil Rogers explained during parent company Embracer…
Actor Scott Porter, who played Harry Osborn in Marvel’s Spider-Man, has said he won’t be reprising the role in Insomniac Games’ upcoming PlayStation 5 sequel. Porter – who recently portrayed Heimdall in God of War: Ragnarok – was heard in audio logs but only rarely glimpsed as Osborn in the first Spider-Man. However, post-credits sequences found in that game and its Mile Morales follow-up appeared to be setting the character up as Venom in Insomniac’s “darker” Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Given that Insomniac has already teased Venom as a major antagonist in next year’s sequel, it seemed a distinct possibility Porter…
The Dark Pictures Anthology’s first season will conclude tomorrow with Supermassive Games’ The Devil in Me. As with previous entries in the series, the game concludes with a trailer for the series’ next title – which has already been posted online. However, unlike previous entries to the series, the upcoming game – known as Directive 8020 – looks set to take players to space. Yes, this will be yet another game to add to the ever-growing space-horror genre which is having quite the renaissance of late (looking at you Callisto Protocol, Dead Space Remake and Fort Solis). Read more Source…
Obsidian’s Josh Sawyer has said Pentiment never would have been made without Game Pass. The medieval-em-up is definitely something of a unique experience and is the latest exclusive to hit the Xbox subscription service. Speaking to Waypoint Radio, Sawyer said the game was only possible because Game Pass allows for unusual, niche games alongside blockbusters. 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.
The president of NetEase, the Chinese publisher of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, has blasted the actions of an unnamed “jerk” for the breakdown in relationship between his company and Activision Blizzard, which is run by the controversial Bobby Kotick. WOW, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Diablo 3, Heroes of the Storm and the StarCraft series will become unplayable in China from 23rd January 2023, when NetEase’s current license expires. Diablo Immortal is unaffected. This morning, NetEase president Simon Zhu – who says he’s spent “10,000 hours” playing the above games – reacted to the announcement in an extraordinary statement posted publicly via…
Bethesda has responded to recent claims made by composer Mick Gordon, calling his lengthy account of mistreatment while working with id Software on the Doom Eternal soundtrack “one-sided and unjust” and a “distortion of the truth”. Back in May 2020, Doom Eternal executive producer Marty Stratton took to Reddit to address “speculation and criticism” surrounding the the game’s soundtrack’s release, and admitting to “eroded trust” between Gordon and id Software. Then, last week, Gordon took to Medium to share a lengthy statement rebutting Stratton’s claims, releasing screenshots of emails and legal documents as evidence of the true timeline of events.…
Xbox’s November update is rolling out today, making a number of previously Insider-only features – including improved Discord support – available to all users. Discord server voice chat support for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S initially launched in September, but was somewhat hampered by its convoluted mobile app requirements. Today’s Xbox update streamlines the whole process, meaning users simply need to launch a Discord server via their console’s Parties & chats > Discord option then pick a voice channel from their available Discord servers – and as long their Discord and Xbox accounts are linked, they’ll be able to…