Author: Garry Smith
The British Film Institute has announced a new 10-year plan designed to “support film and the moving image”, including video games. The new initiative, entitled Screen Culture 2033, will “advocate for the value of the full breadth of screen culture, including video games and interactive work”. Describing screen culture as “young, dynamic and expanding”, the BFI says “it presents a wider screen landscape that encompasses film, television, digital media, extended reality (XR) and video games” and says “it has become the dominant means of communication, information and storytelling for Gen Z and beyond”. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content…
A new PC mod is replacing the face and voice of a Judgment character whose original likeness was unceremoniously pulled several years ago following a drugs arrest. Originally, the character model and voice for Judgement character Kyohei Hamura was based upon Japanese musician and actor Pierre Taki. Shortly after his drugs arrest, however, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios scrambled to replace him with the voice and likeness of Japanese actor Miou Tanaka instead. Modder Timo 654, however, has brought Taki back to life – so to speak – by meticulously restoring the original voice lines and likeness. Read more…
Nier Automata’s spin-off anime series, Nier Automata Ver 1.1a, will premiere in January 2023. Whilst we’ve yet to hear of a definitive date, creator Yoko Taro was at least able to confirm the release window during Aniplex Online Fest, which took place over the weekend. Interestingly, Taro also revealed that due to the differences between storytelling via games and traditional mediums – and despite Aniplex’s hopes of a faithful retelling of the game – the anime’s story will differ. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes…
Elden Ring has been turned into a Silent Hill-esque horror game using a new mod. Of course, that can only mean one thing: fog everywhere! Streamer LilAggy – best known for his Elden Ring speedruns and completing Dark Souls using poop – installed a mod that adds the blizzard effect from the Consecrated Snowfield across the entire Lands Between. 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.
Renting games as a kid was frequently the only way I could play many new games. I was lucky that I’d typically receive a game for my birthday and for Christmas, but the rest of the year, games were expensive and out of reach through any other method than renting. It was the 1990s and the idea of cheap digital downloads to stave off the lack of games seemed unfathomable. The advantage to renting games is I had the opportunity to experience many more games than I ever would have risked asking for as a gift. The disadvantage? The competition…
This article originally went out to Eurogamer supporters as part of the Eurogamer Essentials newsletter that goes to all members every Friday. If you’d like to find out how to become a Eurogamer supporter you can find out more here. If’ there’s anything as fascinating is the incubation of a triple-A game – something exposed in spectacular fashion last weekend by the GTA 6 drama, with leaks that stripped away the gloss and exposed the wheels and cogs (as well as the ignorance of how exactly video games are made, something we could all do a better job of educating…
It’s weekend two of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 beta – and now PC, PlayStation and Xbox players are all getting stuck in, cheaters have entered the battlefield. And, in response, console players are disabling crossplay in a bid to avoid matching up with those on PC – the platform believed to have the most trouble with hackers. If it sounds like you’ve read this story before, it’s because the same thing happened with the beta for last year’s Call of Duty Vanguard and 2020’s Black Ops Cold War. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images…
PUBG developer Krafton has released a new visual teaser for its unannounced project based upon the Korean fantasy novel, The Bird That Drinks Tears. The developer says the trailer “illustrates” what audiences can expect from future entertainment projects based on the IP” as well as “guide the aesthetic and tonal directions of various multimedia projects based on The Bird That Drinks Tears, including a graphic novel and motion picture”. “The visual concept trailer was created using Unreal Engine 5 and highlights the mystical tone Krafton is aiming for with entertainment projects based on The Bird That Drinks Tears,” explains Krafton.…
Sega Europe’s Brian Ayers has died at the age of 42. His colleague, Ryan King, broke the news on Twitter earlier today, and linked to a crowdfund campaign that confirmed Ayers had died yesterday, 23rd September, “after a short illness”. “Devastated that we’ve lost @Kaaaaneda who was truly the best of us – warm, funny, brilliant, a huge loss to us all,” King tweeted. “Games industry, please share this link far and wide xxx” 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…
Infinity Ward has revealed the minimum and recommended specs required to run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on PC, just in time for this evening’s beta. The developer recommends at least a GTX 1060 or RX 580 video card, paired with at least a i7-4770K or Ryzen 7 1800X processor with 16 GB of RAM. Those of you with older machines, you’ll need at least a GTX 960 or RX 470, paired with a i5-3570 or Ryzen 5 1600X with 8GB of RAM. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article…