Brett Slabaugh Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Next Metal Gear Solid May Be Too Controversial to Release

Ground Zeroes won’t be afraid to cross a few lines. The Metal Gear saga has a bizarre stance on maturity. The stealth/action games ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 23, 2013

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Dreamfall Chapters Takes a Turn for the Cyberpunk

Prepare to point and click your way through the rain-slick, neon-lit streets of Europolis. Red Thread Games has found success Kickstarting Dreamfall Chapters, ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 22, 2013

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Ubisoft is Already Itching for the PS5

The head honcho at Ubisoft doesn’t want to wait another seven years. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot made an appearance at the PlayStation Meeting ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 22, 2013

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Activision “Realigns” With Layoffs and New Focus

About 30 employees got the cut in Activision’s latest restructuring. Activision Publishing has a bad case of the layoffs. The publisher recently confirmed ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 19, 2013

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Fan-Made StarCraft MMO Deploys to Battle.Net

There may not be a canonical StarCraft MMO, but this is pretty darn close. In January of 2011, Ryan Winzen unveiled a StarCraft ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 19, 2013

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Sony Patents “EyePad” Controller

The next PlayStation accessory could be a confusingly-named tablet. Sony has a habit of filing patents for all sorts of potential products that ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 18, 2013

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Epic Games Boss Dreams of a Future Without Physical Retail

The digital future could be about more than just convenience. Epic Games founder and CFO Tim Sweeney has a vision for the gaming ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 14, 2013

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GDC Lifetime Award Goes to BioWare Founders

The BioWare Doctors will soon have something else to display next to their degrees. Each year, the Game Developers Choice Awards honors an ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 13, 2013

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Gearbox Can’t Increase Borderlands 2‘s Level Cap (Without Breaking It)

Players might be ready for more level-ups, but their hardware isn’t. Borderlands has always had a pretty good track record with DLC expansions, ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2013

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The White Wolf Returns in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Geralt of Rivia is back, and this time, it’s personal. If you’ve been itching to dive back into the morally ambiguous world of ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 5, 2013

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L.A. Noire‘s Gag Reel Bridges the Uncanny Valley

You don’t have to be a detective to find the humor in these motion-captured outtakes. Back in 2011, Team Bondi’s L.A. Noire turned ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 4, 2013

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Crunch Magic Predicts Your Next Favorite Game

Play this game about your old games to find new games. There’s an old saying: “You never truly know someone until you dangle ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorFebruary 4, 2013

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