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Support studio Certain Affinity may be working on a new game mode for Halo Infinite.The news broke around the same time rumours bubbled up that Certain Affinity is also reportedly working on a Monster Hunter style co-op game with Xbox. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
An assassin made of insects and knives shrieks somewhere in the dilapidated church behind me. I’ll deal with that in a minute, for now I need to focus on something even more terrifying: a man with a rifle. Moments before, he’d landed a headshot on my partner before disappearing back into the treeline. We think he was alone – but you can never be too sure. By now, he could be anywhere, but I’m banking on him being exactly where I would be: cowering in a bush, healing, reloading, and getting ready to emerge again. If he isn’t, aiming out…
System Shock TV adaptation will be helmed by writer of last year’s Mortal Kombat movie
Last October brought the new that LookingGlass Technologies’ cult-classic 1994 sci-fi horror System Shock was to be the latest entry in a rapidly ballooning list of video games getting the live-action TV adaptation treatment – and it’s now been revealed that Greg Russo, writer of last year’s Mortal Kombat movie, will be handling its transition to television.The show – which will retell the story of the Citadel space station and its rogue AI, SHODAN – is a collaboration between Nightdive Studios, which currently holds the System Shock license, and Binge.com, an “immersive streaming platform created for the gaming universe”.Read more…
World War Z developer Saber Interactive has announced a second delay for its Evil Dead game, which will now launch for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC on Friday, 13th May this year.Saber’s Evil Dead game – a co-operative experience that brings together familiar faces from all across the Evil Dead franchise to battle the forces of Darkness – was initially expected to arrive in 2021. However, the developer made the decision to delay its release last August, pushing the game into February 2022 in order to implement a single-player option for those occasions when co-op companions aren’t readily to hand.Read…
Finding the best gaming mouse is a challenge, but we’re here to help. I’ve tested hundreds of gaming mice over the years so I’m pretty confident in these gaming mouse recommendations. I’ve also included a general guide so you can choose the right gaming mouse based on your favourite games, hand size and more at the bottom of the page.It’s also worth mentioning that unlike choosing the best graphics card, there’s no clear best gaming mouse on the market – but there are definitely better and worse options based on our extensive testing. While we have taken what critics and…
EA has collaborated with Brazilian drag artist Pabllo Vittar on a new Carnaval Streetwear Kit for The Sims 4.The Create-A-Sims outfits and accessories are inspired by the vibrancy of Brazil’s Carnaval event and street parties, as well as Vittar’s own sense of style.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Valorant developer Riot Games has been forced to clarify that its popular character Killjoy does not enjoy collecting NFTs. “Whoopsie!” Riot wrote in an unusual statement published to Valorant’s official German Twitter account last night (thanks, PC Gamer).Read more Source – eurogamer.net
A NetherRealm developer has teased Mortal Kombat 12 in a now-deleted tweet.Jonathan Andersen, senior production manager at NetherRealm, tweeted the image below before scrubbing it 10 minutes later. But of course the internet spotted it and saved it for analysis (thanks, reddit!).Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Death Stranding Director’s Cut – the tarted up version of Hideo Kojima’s acclaimed damp hillside traipsing adventure – will be making its way to Steam and the Epic Games Store on 30th March, with a $10 upgrade offer for owners of the original.Death Stranding Director’s Cut initially launched for PS5 last summer, introducing new story elements, a photo mode, expanded combat, new gadgets – including a laser gun and mounted machine guns – plus a variety of other tweaks to the original. Oh, and and it through in a fully featured racing mode too, because why not? The new PC…
AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative, the sequel to publisher Spike Chunsoft’s acclaimed 2019 serial killer mystery AI: The Somnium Files, now has a release date, and will be launching for PC, Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on 24th June.The original AI: The Somnium Files – which was the work of Zero Escape series creator and director Kotaro Uchikoshi – was a noir-ish murder mystery set in a technologically-advanced modern-day Tokyo. Nirvana Initiative, which once again sees Uchikoshi on scenario writing duties, retains the deductive premise of its predecessor but switches things up with a new pairing of…