Author: Garry Smith
The Ascent looks set for launch on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 soon.Gematsu spotted a listing for The Ascent on the website of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). This follows a similar listing spotted last month in Taiwan. I imagine an announcement isn’t too far off.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Russell Lees, a video games industry veteran with a long career at Ubisoft, has passed away. Word of Lees’ death was shared on Twitter last night by Assassin’s Creed narrative director Darby McDevitt, who led tributes to his colleague.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Westworld series co-creator Jonathan Nolan is set to direct the premiere of Amazon’s Fallout TV series, Deadline reports.Production begins this year. Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel) and Graham Wagner (Silicon Valley) are showrunners. There’s no release window yet.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time, the end-of-the-year break delivered: Postal rounds, a magical hat, nasty consequences and a genuinely classic series.If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
The creator of viral word hit Wordle has said he intends to keep the engrossing daily puzzler free – and free of obtrusive advertising. Wordle captured the attention of the internet over the Christmas holidays, and now my Twitter feed is a constant stream of people sharing their scores. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Nobody Saves The World, the next game from Guacamelee developer Drinkbox Studios, is due out later this month on PC and Xbox.Unlike the team’s previous luchador Metroidvania, Nobody Saves The World is an action RPG with an emphasis on creating your own personal playstyle.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Castlevania’s 35th anniversary will be marked by the launch of the “Konami Memorial NFT Collection”, which is exactly as it sounds. Artwork, video clips and music tracks will be hawked as NFTs on the OpenSea auction site next week, from 12th January, using the controversial Ethereum currency.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
DICE has removed the fan-favourite Rush game mode from the featured playlist in Battlefield 2042’s Portal mode.The removal comes despite the positive reception towards the mode and calls to keep it in the game permanently. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
If you’re wishing Christmas could last a little longer, well, in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla it can. However, this is also because Christmas is actually yet to arrive for many players – but should finally turn up today.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Hello! We’re going to start the year off with a handful of pieces looking forward to 2022. Sometimes we’ll be looking at trends we’ve spotted or themes that will probably be continuing to define things in games for a while. Sometimes we’ll just be thinking about things we’ve enjoyed and where they could lead. Have a lovely new year all!So, dilemma: the next-gen patch for Cyberpunk 2077 is nearly here – like, really nearly actually here after all this time. God, imagine if you’d waited for it before continuing your launch campaign! Oh hang on that’s what I did. But…