Author: Garry Smith
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has addressed the persistant internet rumours that he has something to do with PlayStation 5 vapourware project Abandoned. Blue Box, the developer of Abandoned, gained internet fame for continually teasing that there was more to its survival horror game than met the eye. Fans pounced on the suggestion it was linked to Kojima, or was one of the many Silent Hill projects in production. Neither is the case. “Users just kept sending me pictures of this Hasan [Kahraman, Abandoned’s creator]. They still send me collages and deepfake images – like 20 a day. It’s…
Frogwares has shared a first gameplay trailer for its upcoming remake of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened – the studio’s Lovecraft-themed crossover from 2007 – alongside news that the project will be launching early next year. Frogwares revealed its plans for a “full remake and substantial rewrite” of The Awakened back in July, launching a Kickstarter campaign shortly after to secure additional funding to complete the game – a step the Ukranian studio said was necessary due to complications arising from Russia’s ongoing invasion. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, in its new guise, will rework the events of the original to serve…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 composer Sarah Schachner has revealed she’ll no longer be writing music for the game or have any involvement in its soundtrack release, blaming an “increasingly challenging” working dynamic with the project’s audio director. Schachner – whose extensive CV includes composing credits on the likes of Anthem, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – was widely praised for her work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s soundtrack in 2019. Schachner returned for this year’s Modern Warfare 2, but has now confirmed she won’t be providing any further music for the title -…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Double Fine and iam8bit’s Day of the Devs indie showcase, and organisers are celebrating that milestone this Saturday, 5th November, with a big in-person event. Ahead of that, though, we got a taste of some of the titles that’ll be in attendance courtesy of a brand-new Day of the Devs livestream. You’ll find everything that got an airing – some of it new, some of it not – detailed below, but if anything takes your fancy, it’s worth checking out the livestream, which contains plenty of new footage from each game. Mina the…
PlayStation fans are now manually listing the games leaving PlayStation Plus, as Sony removes its Last Chance to Play tab. Last week we reported that Sony had seemingly removed expiry dates from PS Plus, with only one game listed in the Last Chance to Play tab. Now that tab has disappeared. Rez, the only game in the tab at the time of writing, is still currently listed as a PS Plus game, but without an expiry date. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with…
As part of Halo Infinite’s Winter Update, 343 is giving its rather unpopular match XP system a welcome overhaul. It was previously revealed that players will soon be able to earn XP just through playing, but now we have more detail. When this update goes live on 8th November, Halo Infinite’s “Match XP Beta” will see players rewarded for playing “whatever mode they want”. 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.
Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard has filed a last-minute attempt to delay the counting of votes from some of its workers seeking to form a union. Last month, Blizzard’s Albany-based band of Diablo testers formally won the right to form a union following a months-long process. Ballots were subsequently sent out, with the result due to be announced on 18th November. Now, Activision Blizzard has entered a motion to impound those ballots, GamesIndustry.biz reports. The company’s top brass is currently appealing the Diablo testers’ ability to unionise, and claims any announcement of the results would prejudice future results. Read…
Ubisoft has finally got around to sharing more concrete information on Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope’s season pass, which has been available to purchase for some time now, breaking down the three content drops owners will receive throughout 2023. First up is The Tower of Doooom, planned for launch in “early 2023”. This sees Madame Bwahstrella enlisting Mario, Rabbid Peach, and pals to help save her friend Spawny – a task that’ll require players to battle their way to the top of the titular tower in what Ubisoft is calling a “highly strategic” new combat game mode. The Tower…
I put together the intro of the video embedded on this page to highlight not just the main problem with Sumo Digital’s PC port of Sackboy: A Big Adventure – but also a recurring blight on a wide range of PC titles coming to the market at this time. Rendered side-by-side against PlayStation 5, one of the most powerful and expensive gaming PCs you could conceivably build cannot the game as smoothly as the far less capable Sony console. It should be astonishing, unbelievable – ridiculous even. Instead, it’s becoming the norm with a great many PC releases. It is,…
With Modern Warfare 2 now out in the wild, developer Treyarch studio has confirmed the game’s ranked play won’t be launching until sometime in 2023. In a tweet announcing Modern Warfare 2 ranked play’s planned release window, the studio said it was working with partners to deliver a number of key features at launch, including competitive modes, competitive rewards, ranked skill divisions, and top 250 leaderboards – with more details to be shared at a later date. As part of its announcement, Treyarch also confirmed Activision will be terminating league play in Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War…