Author: Garry Smith
Will Wright, legendary creator of SimCity and The Sims, has discussed his plans for a metaverse game. The project, named Voxverse, will allow players to buy and own land using cryptocurrency, and mine resources which can then be turned into items for sale. Wright discussed the project with Axios alongside collaborator Lauren Elliot, the co-creator of Carmen Sandiego. Together, the pair have a blockchain-focused startup working on the game alongside engine maker Unity and NFT game platform Gala Games. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes…
Last night brought us our best look yet at Capcom’s ambitious Resident Evil 4 remake, which Eurogamer’s editor-in-chief Martin has now got hands-on time with. In a separate round of interviews, Capcom staff have been discussing the project further – including the original’s slightly contentious inclusion of button-mashing quick-time events (QTEs). The good news here is the Resi 4 remake will tone these down – and in-game cut-scenes will no longer force you to quickly pick up the controller and spam a button to avoid death. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners.…
Nintendo 64 party games Mario Party 1 and 2 will be released on Nintendo Switch Online 2nd November. Released in 1999 and 2000 respectively, these games launched the popular series that already has two Switch games. They are known for their popular themed boards and frantic minigames. Both games were among a list of classics confirmed for the subscription service’s expansion pass. There’s no news yet on a release date for Goldeneye, however. 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…
Apex Legends’ 15th season, Eclipse, is right around the corner, and the usual promotional blitz is has begun ahead of its 1st November arrival – this time bringing a new cinematic trailer giving a first look at recently revealed new hero Catalyst’s goopy abilities. Catalyst – an “experienced terraformer and defensive conjurer”, and the first trans Legend to join the Apex Legends’ line-up – made her introductions earlier this week in a new animated episode of Stories from the Outlands. Here, we got a glimpse of her early years on the planet of Boreas – as she becomes unwittingly embroiled…
Saturnalia – the striking new survival horror from acclaimed studio Santa Ragione – is free on the Epic Games Store next week, alongside Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Santa Ragione, if you’re unfamiliar, previously released the celebrated likes of MirrorMoon EP and Fotonica, but Saturnalia – which is heavily influenced by the folklore of Sardinia – looks to be its most ambitious title yet, trapping players in an ancient village steeped in murky rituals and challenging them to uncover its many secrets. Although a solo experience, players take control of four different characters as they investigate the village’s labyrinthine, and decidedly psychedelic,…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is calling on the public to share its views regarding Microsoft’s proposed $69bn USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This is the next in the CMA’s ongoing investigation into the acquisition, which entered Phase 2 at the start of September when the regulator decided the deal required more in-depth scrutiny. Last week, as part of Phase 2, the CMA released its Issues Statement, detailing the focus of the inquiry’s second stage and setting out the potential areas of concern – known as “theories of harm” – it’s investigating. These relate to the acquisition’s impact…
As Netflix’s gaming strategy grows ever bolder following its first tentative steps into the market, the streaming service has now revealed it’s “seriously exploring” its own cloud gaming offering. That’s according to Netflix’s vice president of gaming Mike Verdu, who, speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt (thanks TechCrunch), explained the company saw the technology as “a value add” for subscribers. “We’re not asking you to subscribe as a console replacement. It’s a completely different business model. The hope is over time that it just becomes this very natural way to play games where wherever you are.” Addressing the elephant in the room…
“At the beginning it was a little bit complicated, I’m not gonna lie,” Patrick Klaus, general manager of Motive Studio tells me. We’re talking via Zoom following another public briefing from his team on its upcoming Dead Space remake, Motive’s eagerly-anticipated revival of the space-set survival horror series which is due out on 27th January. But the purpose of our chat is far broader than Dead Space – taking in Motive’s past and looking to its future, where a massive new Iron Man – the studio’s most ambitious project yet by far – now sits on the horizon. Until recently,…
House of the Dragon and Dragon Age 2 have something in common, and every time I watch an episode of Targaryen Family Dinners I am reminded of it. It’s nothing to do with dragons, nor is it anything to do with inbreeding, because that would be weird. But it has everything to do with time. One of the most interesting ideas in Dragon Age 2, which was fairly criticised at the time (2011) for being rushed out and cutting corners, was that the game would take place across a number of years. It wasn’t many: it jumped one year, then…
As part of the Silent Hill: Transmission stream this evening, a new game known simply as Silent Hill f was announced. This marks the first new mainline game for the series in over a decade. There are still very few details about this particular entry to the Silent Hill franchise. We do know its story is by Ryukishi07 (who created the When They Cry visual novel series), its characters and creatures are designed by Kera and its producer is Motoi Okamoto, whose name you may recognise from Nintendo.Development duties are being handled by Neobards Entertainment, which has previously worked with…