Author: Garry Smith
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has issued a new blog post detailing plans for Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard franchises, following today’s announcement from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority that it will scrutinise the deal in detail. As you would expect, Call of Duty, Overwatch and Diablo will be made available via Xbox Game Pass, Spencer said, if and when Microsoft’s $68bn buyout of Activision Blizzard is completed. Spencer also made the guarantee that Xbox was “committed to making the same version of Call of Duty available on PlayStation on the same day the game launches elsewhere”. Read…
“Good writing” is a phrase that gets used quite often, and it can mean a lot of different things. Is good writing a good story? An unguessable twist? Fancy prose or deliberate themes? I’m sure I’ve used it at some point when what I meant to say is really: “lots of long words I don’t completely understand.” Still, Pentiment has good writing – wonderful writing, actually – and in this case I do know what it means. This game’s writing is witty, it has tempo and timing, it is genuinely, wickedly funny. It is also, above all, natural – something…
Content warning: this piece contains descriptions of the mortuary process.Morgues. All I have to do is write the word and it evokes a reaction. These places are steeped in our fundamental fears and preoccupations with death, and those fears and preoccupations are preyed upon by entertainment and amped up for horrors or police dramas. Chances are, you’ve never been in a morgue, but I bet you have an idea of what one looks like.I’ve been thinking about morgues this week because I’ve been in a couple and they made a strong impression on me. They’re not real, they’re in games,…
In the run up to New Tales from the Borderlands’ release on 21st October, developer Gearbox has shared 18 minutes of new gameplay footage, offering the best look yet at this long-awaited follow-up to Telltale Games’ acclaimed original. New Tales from the Borderlands follows the same choice-driven “interactive fiction” template as its predecessor – indeed, Gearbox has hired “key alumni” of the original Telltale Games narrative team for the project – but features three new protagonists in an all-new adventure. This time around, all eyes are on Fran Miscowicz – out for revenge after a Maliwan laser hits her frogurt…
As governmental scrutiny of Microsoft’s proposed $69bn USD acquisition of publisher Activision Blizzard grows – particularly in relation to its impact on PlayStation – Microsoft has revealed a commitment to keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation platforms for “at least several more years” beyond Sony’s existing marketing contract. That’s according to The Verge, which says the commitment was made in a letter from Xbox boss Phil Spencer to PlayStation head Jim Ryan earlier this year. “In January,” Spencer told the publication in a statement, “we provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee Call of Duty on PlayStation, with feature…
Developer 1047 Games has announced it will be “ending feature development” on its acclaimed free-to-play sci-fi shooter Splitgate in order to shift its focus to creating a new game set in the same universe. Splitgate – which has been described as “Halo meets Portal” in some quarters – made quite the splash last year. Despite having been around on PC since May 2019, an open crossplay beta for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC proved so popular that 1047 Games elected to delay the game’s multi-platform early access launch in order to better accommodate its surge in popularity. 1047 Games has continued…
Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has seemingly decided to take a break from streaming. Ninja is known for streaming Fortnite and is currently the most followed channel on Twitch with over 18 million followers.After some unusual behaviour on his social media accounts, it’s left some people confused as to what exactly has happened. 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.
Indie Gladiator game Domina has been delisted from Steam, after its developer went off on a transphobic rant. Developer Nicholas John Leonhard Groissen took it upon himself to use his game as a platform to spout these comments in a recent ‘update’ announcing Domina’s new name – Dominus. “We’re Out of Ideas, Mentally Unstable, Totally Degenerate, & Desperate for Clout – Let’s Pretend We’re A Completely Different Game to Regain Relevance!” the post began. 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…
After two years of operation, Nintendo has decided to scrub Mario Kart Tour of its gacha-like elements. Nintendo’s smartphone version of Mario Kart currently allows you to dump currency into an in-game warp pipe in exchange for randomised rewards, such as characters and karts. This will soon be replaced by a Fortnite-style rotating item shop, where you can exchange currency for items directly. 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.
It’s fair to say that eyebrows were both raised and furrowed when Sega first shared footage of Sonic Frontiers back in June, but its latest trailer – a three-minute overview video breaking down the various features and gameplay flow of Sonic’s latest adventure – offers the clearest explanation yet of how things will unfold come its launch on 8th November if you’re still a little puzzled by the whole thing. Granted, Sega’s plentiful, if scattershot, drip-feed of information over the last few months means none of the information in today’s trailer is particularly new, but it’s certainly more digestible -…