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Nintendo didn’t want an open world Metroid Prime 3 because it didn’t know what bounty hunting was
Metroid Prime 3 was once an open world game, but it fell through because Nintendo didn’t understand what a bounty hunter is. News of an open world Metroid game surfaced last year when Bryan Walker, senior producer on Metroid Prime 2 and 3, mentioned the idea on the Kiwi Talkz podcast, as previously reported. However, speaking to YouTube channel DidYouKnowGaming, new details have surfaced. 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.
Unreal Engine 5 recently emerged from early access, with a full version now available to games creators. Simultaneously, the ‘city sample’ portion from the brilliant The Matrix Awakens demo was also released, giving users a chance to get to grips with MetaHuman crowds and large-scale AI in a vast open world, with buildings, roads and more created via procedural generation. In short, Epic is opening up a staggering wealth of new technologies to all and UE5 is, effectively, the first paradigm shift in games development seen since the arrival of the new consoles. So what have we learned from this…
Sonic Origins is a compilation of four remastered Sega classics, and it’s due on 23rd June for Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.Included are remastered versions of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic CD, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Sonic 3 & Knuckles, where you can play Sonic, Tails or Knuckles.The Sonic Oranges trailer below shows off each games’ Classic and Anniversary modes, and mentions a Digital Deluxe version of the game with “bonus hard missions”. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners.…
“We don’t think it’s possible to capture every queer experience with a single work”: The philosophy of Unsighted
Spoiler warning: This piece contains spoilers for Unsighted. Every once in a while, along comes a game I just can’t stop thinking about. Sometimes it’s just because of a single moment, like the boss fight with Ludwig, The Holy Blade in Bloodborne. Or like how Nier slowly lets you in on its story through multiple playthroughs. More often than not though, it’s because of how the world is realised. And I don’t think 2021 had a more fleshed out world than the metroidvania Unsighted. So to attempt to unpack what makes the game so interesting, I sat down with the…
Destiny fans are hoping to find a clue to Bungie’s next project buried in Destiny 2. The hunt began when Bungie director Christopher Barrett admitted the studio had hidden an Easter egg to his team’s new project within Destiny 2. “Have you left an Easter egg in Destiny for your new IP? I would be disappointed if there wasn’t,” one fan asked via Twitter (thanks, GamesRadar). “Yes,” Barrett replied. “Maybe :)” 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.
Samsung have been making great electronic products since 1969, with their name stretching across TVs, monitors, refrigerators, washing machines, smartphones and tablets, and more. If you’re in the market for a new SSD or laptop then you’ll be happy to hear that CCL Computers have a sale on everything Samsung for today only. You simply need to use the code ‘SAMAPR’ at the checkout to get an extra 5 per cent off every Samsung product.There’s a lot of Samsung items to sort through on CCL, so we’ve gone through and chosen some of the best value deals to pick up…
Lego Builder’s Journey, the gorgeous diorama puzzler from developer Light Brick Studio, has made the leap from iOS to console, and is now available to purchase on PS4 and PS5.Lego Builder’s Journey, which originally launched as an Apple Arcade release toward the end of 2019, is, conceptually, a fairly simple thing, tasking players with building a path across a selection of beautifully presented Lego dioramas so their little Lego pal can push onward.Eurogamer’s Christian Donlan was quite taken with Lego Builder’s Journey’s breezy, tactile charms at the time, and spoke highly of its “meditative, contemplative tapping and twisting and reworking…
World of Warcraft Dragonflight expansion heading to Dragon Isles with new race-class hybrid
Blizzard has detailed World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Dragonflight, which will be taking adventurers on a journey to the long-lost Dragon Isles, and introducing a new playable race-class hybrid and flyable dragons along the way. Additionally, the developer has confirmed 2008’s Wrath of the Lich King expansion will come to World of Warcraft Classic later this year. First, Dragonflight, which grants access to the long-hidden ancestral home of dragonkind, the Dragon Isles, recently reawakened following a period of calamity for Azeroth. This new region – described as lush and primal, bursting with elemental energy – will incorporate everything from icy…
Nolan North, the man behind roguish hero Nathan Drake, has shed more light on the departure of Uncharted creator Amy Hennig from Naughty Dog during the making of A Thief’s End. North was a guest on Couch Soup this weekend, as hosts Liam McIntyre and Todd Lasance began their playthrough of Uncharted 4. Just before the opening sequences began rolling, North was asked more about how this final version of the game came about. Clearly not wanting to shy away from the elephant in the room, North went straight into chatting about Hennig, and the changes made after she left…
Uncharted creator Amy Hennig is returning to the Star Wars universe to work on a new “richly-cinematic action-adventure game”. Hennig, memorably, spent three years working on Project Ragtag, the ill-fated Star Wars game left “on the shelf” by EA after developer Visceral Games was shut down. The project is the second major game in the works at Skydance New Media, Hennig’s new studio, which is also working on an unannounced action-adventure game based around a Marvel property. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with…