Author: Sarah Connor
UPDATE 12.10pm UK: Following this morning’s leak, Crytek has now officially confirmed Crysis 4.The developer released the short CGI trailer below just after midday UK time, less than an hour after a social media post spoiled the surprise. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
A unionisation bid by QA staff at Call of Duty studio Raven Software will continue, despite Activision Blizzard missing last night’s 11pm deadline to respond and voluntarily recognise the group.The bid will now be filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an independent government agency.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
A PS5 update is adding the ability to auto-upload screenshots and videos to the PlayStation mobile app.A beta of the app feature was previously tested in select regions, but now appears to be rolling out globally.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
For a genre defined by unpredictability, roguelikes often sound staggeringly boring. These are games for initiates, cast in the image of celebrated forebears – you at least have to know what Rogue is, whereas a first-person shooter speaks for itself. They are also firmly systems-led to the point of dryness. As such, their marketing materials tend to read like anatomical checklists, the same vital organs passed from developer to developer.Vagante’s Steam feature sheet certainly didn’t set my world on fire: procedural generation, “choose how you play”, “tough but fair”, some unabashed debts to Spelunky plus a dollop of RPG-style levelling.…
Call of Duty’s next three titles will reportedly still be making their way to PlayStation consoles, despite Microsoft’s recent acquisition of series publisher Activision Blizzard.Following last week’s buyout news, many questions still remain – not least how Activision Blizzard’s current roster of multi-platform titles will be affected by the purchase, with many predicting that Xbox exclusivity might soon be on the cards for the publisher’s biggest franchises under Microsoft’s stewardship. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Following a fairly significant delay last September, Life is Strange: Remastered Collection is finally almost upon us, and, in preparation for its February release, publisher Square Enix has shared the first significant gameplay footage of its freshly spruced-up Life is Strange 1.Square Enix’s Life is Strange: Remastered Collection bundles up the original Life is Strange alongside its prequel Before the Storm, with both games set to receive enhanced visuals for characters and environments, alongside engine and lighting upgrades, as part of the release.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Don’t expect Battlefield studio DICE to make a third entry in the Star Wars Battlefront series.That’s according to a new Venturebeat report, which has dug further into this afternoon’s flurry of Star Wars details. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
New content based on the Saw film franchise is coming to Dead by Daylight.Tome 10: SAW will be available in the Archives mode from 26th January – the first fully licensed Tome.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Bless you, The Pokémon Company. Despite widespread leaks which have splashed Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ story and full Pokédex across the internet, today’s new press release about the game pretends everything is fine.With just a couple of days until launch, today brings one final trailer for Legends Arceus – which you can view below. There’s not an awful lot in it we’ve not seen before.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Respawn is making three new Star Wars games, EA has announced.One is the expected follow-up to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, with game director Stig Asmussen at the helm.Read more Source – eurogamer.net