Author: Sarah Connor
Fresh from winning the BAFTA Games award for Performer in a Leading Role, Returnal star Jane Perry discussed the importance of having an older woman “kicking butt”. Speaking to Eurogamer, the actress behind Returnal main character Selene Vassos and Hitman’s Diana Burnwood discussed the tension between being a parent and having a career. “I think that’s very unique, and kudos to Housemarque. I think they took a risk, they could have had a younger gal, or they could have had a man, but no,” she said. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners.…
Paramount’s Halo TV has revealed yet more of its famously-suited star – and fans remain split on whether this is a good thing. After revealing the face of Master Chief (AKA actor Pablo Schreiber) in its premiere episode, the series’ third slice has now unveiled his naked bottom. Fans have expressed surprise at seeing their suited hero standing in the butt, sorry, buff during the episode screened last night via Paramount+ in the US. (The show remains unavailable to watch in the UK.) Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is…
In Resident Evil 3, mutant monstrosity Nemesis pursues Jill throughout a burning Raccoon City. But how was Umbrella’s relentless scaremonger made? Fresh concept art shines a light on how that might have gone – had it been realised in virtual form. Capcom, via the Resident Evil Twitter account, released four pieces of artwork, each revolving around Nemesis. We see him on a table in an Umbrella lab, hooked up to various tubes and with technicians in hazmat suits making notes. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational…
We’ve seen some deals on gaming laptops with the RTX 3060 and the budget-oriented RTX 3050. However, the RTX 3070 has seemed pretty elusive.This is why we’re welcoming a deal on this MSI Katana G66 gaming laptop, with an RTX 3070, available from Amazon for £999.99. This is nearly a £400 saving off the RRP.MSI are one of the more trusted gaming hardware manufacturers. This laptop has an 11th gen Intel Core i7-11800H processor, which has eight cores and can turbo up to 4.6Ghz. And the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 is one of the higher-end GPUs you can buy today,…
Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants Lara Croft to have fewer father issues in the forthcoming next game. Speaking to Eurogamer at last night’s BAFTAs, Pratchett confirmed she’s not working on the newly announced title, but is “very excited to see what they do with Lara next”. “We had a really fun time evolving her character, so I would like to see probably less father issues,” she said. “And that’s coming from me!” 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…
If you hurl yourself over to the Epic Games Store right now, you’ve a strong selection of freebies to choose from in the form of Rogue Legacy and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, but if your lust for a bargain remains unsated, Epic has more to come, with developer Firaxis’ XCOM 2 now confirmed as next week’s free game. XCOM 2 is, of course, a bit of a winner, refining the base-building, alien-annihilating turn-based tactics of its 2012 predecessor (itself a refinement of Julian Gollop’s classic X-COM series) to create a prettier, tougher, richer game of extraterrestrial slaughter. As Chris…
A new report has highlighted staff concerns at Riot Games, as the League of Legends developer has begun encouraging staff back into its Los Angeles-based office. Employees told Vice that Riot’s decision to drop its mask mandate and stop testing for unvaccinated employees put them at risk, as hybrid working with three days in the office per week was being encouraged as the new norm. Today’s report comes just a week after similar criticisms and staff walkouts at Activision, which also has studios in California. Both companies said the changes reflected their state’s recent relaxation in Covid safety rules -…
The release of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga marks an incredible 17 years between this new instalment and the very first game in the series, 2005’s LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game. While the original game may almost be old enough to pop down to the Mos Eisley Cantina for a Fuzzy Tauntaun or two, since its inception, the LEGO Star Wars video game brand has spawned a surprising amount of adventures both old and new.Some of these games have been lost in the sands of time and are either no longer playable, no longer canon to the series,…
Developer Cellar Door Games has announced that Rogue Legacy 2 will officially launch on PC, as well as Xbox One and Series X/S, on 28th April 2022.”Rogue Legacy 2 is finally reaching v1.0 and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out,” the developer wrote today. “Our goal for Rogue Legacy 2 was always to make ‘Rogue Legacy 3’ because we didn’t want to settle for just more. It had to stay true to the original, but also stand on its own as something new. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners.…
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we’re celebrating the return of Monkey Island and Max Payne!A brilliant April Fool’s announcement from Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert has become a very-real revival for everyone’s favourite pirate Guybrush Threepwood. Meanwhile, Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar is lending the Max Payne franchise back to Control developer Remedy.Chatting with me about all this – and what we’d like to see revived next – are Eurogamer news reporters Ed Nightingale and Victoria Kennedy. We discuss playing as a digital Sam Lake, mangle poor Guybrush’s name, and hum the F-Zero theme tune. Read more Source -…