Author: Garry Smith
A new report has detailed a long-lost title from Totally Games, the developer best remembered for its work on the X-Wing series. Known as Knights of Decayden, it was planned as an early exclusive for the original Xbox before its cancellation and subsequent fade into obscurity. Totally Games was, of course, a big deal back in the 1990s, having made a name for itself with LucasArts’ hugely popular series of Star Wars space shooters, which included the likes of X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and X-Wing Alliance. Sadly, the studio closed in 2015, following a string of critically and commercially disappointing releases…
Former Mass Effect writer Drew Karpyshyn has discussed some of BioWare’s early ideas of how it would wrap up the game’s iconic sci-fi trilogy – and also some of the issues the developer still had to iron out. Karpyshyn served as lead writer for Mass Effect 1 and 2, though left BioWare part-way through the second game’s development. Discussing the trilogy in a new reddit AMA, Karpyshyn said that when he was in the Mass Effect 2 writers room, BioWare had “some very ideas planned out”. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners.…
Unity boss and former EA exec John Riccitiello has been slammed for his comments regarding mobile developers who don’t seek to squeeze monetisation from their smartphone games. Riccitiello raised eyebrows when discussing developers who don’t prioritise monetisation as part of their creative process. “It’s a very small portion of the gaming industry that works that way,” Riccitiello told PocketGamer.biz, “and some of these people are my favorite people in the world to fight with – they’re the most beautiful and pure, brilliant people. They’re also some of the biggest fucking idiots.” Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images…
Pre-orders are now open for the many different editions of God of War Ragnarök – the most expensive of which, the Jotnar Edition, is priced at £230. This includes lots of fancy physical items and a digital code for the game – but no disc. As detailed last week, Ragnarök will be available in four separate editions upon launch in November. Slightly less expensive, and also without a disc, the God of War Ragnarök Collector’s Edition costs £180. The Digital Deluxe edition costs £80 – as you might expect from the name, there’s no disc there either. Finally, a standard…
What do Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Cyberpunk 2077 have in common? The answer is obvious, you might reply: they are both video games. That is correct, but there is another, less obvious, answer which is that they both represent Realism. Specifically, the artistic movement of Realism that began in France in the mid-1800s and has, in one form or another, continued to evolve to this day. The painter who first coined this expression was Gustave Courbet. He presented paintings that shocked the artistic elite of the time. His painting, ‘A Burial at Ornans’ (1850-51), was a portrayal of the…
Join Starfield audio director Mark Lampert and composer Inon Zur as they discuss Starfield’s sound design in the latest Into the Starfield behind the scenes episode. The pair reveal how they went about constructing and finding the tone for the main theme, and the importance of invoking a sense of discovery and returning home in its melody. We also get a look at the orchestra that brings Starfield’s music to life. Starfield arrives exclusively on PC and Xbox Series X|S on November 11, 2022. It’ll be available on Xbox Game Pass day one. Go to Source (IGN.com) All content and…
Developer Survios is teaming up with 20th Century Fox to create a new single-player, action-horror game based on the Alien franchise. Details on the new venture – currently being referred to as “Aliens” – are pretty scarce right now, with Survios only saying it’ll feature an original storyline set somewhere between the events of Alien and Aliens, with players taking on the role of a “battle hardened veteran [with] a vendetta against the Xenomorphs”. Given Survios’ background as a primarily VR-focused developer – it’s worked on the likes of Creed: Rise to Glory, The Walking Dead Onslaught, and Puzzle Bobble…
Fans eagerly awaited fresh news of EA’s highly-anticipated new Skate game have been given their wish, but it mighn’t be quite what they were expecting. EA and developer Full Circle have shared a new 18-minute video, announcing, among other things, that their long-awaited skateboarding revival will be a free-to-play live-service game. Despite having variously been known as both Skate 4 and a Skate reboot since its development was announced in 2020, Full Circle now says the game “isn’t a sequel, it’s not a remake, a reboot, [or] a prequel.” Instead, it’s described as an “authentic evolution” of the series -…
Following its reveal last week, Ubisoft has now shown off three minutes of gameplay footage from its upcoming free-to-play mobile shooter The Division Resurgence in a new trailer. Resurgence (not to be confused with Heartland, Ubisoft’s upcoming free-to-play Division game for PC and consoles), will, like other entries in the series, be an open-world third-person shooter RPG set in post-crisis America – in this case, Manhattan – following a deadly virus outbreak. It does promises a fresh story campaign, in which players once again take on the role of an agent allied to the Strategic Homeland, delivering a “new perspective…
Don’t expect to see an Aztec setting for Assassin’s Creed in the near future – despite a high-profile rumour to the contrary. Yesterday, a claim the next Assassin’s Creed game would be set in the Aztec era gained traction online, sourced from a Twitter user who had previously leaked details of fellow Ubisoft series Far Cry. Now, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier has debunked the Aztec claim – while also corroborating Eurogamer’s reporting earlier this year that Baghdad would be featured in the franchise’s next title. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This…