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Perfect Dark Reboot Adds Avengers Dev Crystal Dynamics as a Development Partner

Microsoft has drafted Crystal Dynamics, the team behind Marvel’s Avengers and the mid-2010s Tomb Raider reboot, to assist developer The Initiative in bringing ...

By Damien Lawardorn22 hours ago

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God of War Ragnarok Trailer Hypes Up Kratos’ Last Norse Adventure

Sony Santa Monica Studio revealed the first full-length God of War Ragnarok trailer at the PlayStation Showcase, with follow-up interviews confirming that it ...

By Damien LawardornSeptember 9, 2021

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Project EVE Is a Futuristic Bayonetta-Like Action Game Headed to PS5

The second game to take the spotlight during Sony’s PlayStation Showcase today was Project EVE, a high-octane post-apocalyptic action game from South Korean ...

By Damien LawardornSeptember 9, 2021

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Broken Roads Challenges Your Philosophy in Innovative Ways in a Doomed Australia – Interview

Broken Roads may be a journey through post-apocalyptic Australia, with turn-based strategic combat and plenty of classic CRPG questing, but it’s also going ...

By Damien LawardornSeptember 9, 2021

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Necropolis Suite Is an Immersive Roguelike Spin on Cosmic Horror

Necropolis Suite sounds like what happens when you take a pinch of Bloodborne, a dash of Gone Home, and a sprinkling of Hades and ...

By Damien LawardornSeptember 7, 2021

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From Halo Infinite to Activision, the Video Game Industry Has a Transparency Problem

The video game industry has a transparency problem. Review embargoes, tightly controlled press engagement, NDAs for workers, and systemic silence surrounding certain events ...

By Damien LawardornSeptember 2, 2021

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Black Myth: WuKong Trailer Shows Off Incredible UE5 Boss Battles

Black Myth: WuKong continues to impress in its latest trailer, a 12-minute epic showcasing the game’s switch to Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) technology, ...

By Damien LawardornAugust 20, 2021

Spec Ops: The Line director Cory Davis & Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck open the Eyes Out game studio to make a cosmic horror game.

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Spec Ops: The Line Director & NIN Guitarist Form Eyes Out for ‘Visionary’ Cosmic Horror Game

Headed by Spec Ops: The Line director Cory Davis and Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck, Eyes Out is a new game development ...

By Damien LawardornAugust 12, 2021

Team Salvato Doki Doki Literature Club Plus DDLC+ Side Stories uses your mind and subjectivity against you to make it nerve-wracking

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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Side Stories Play You More Than the Original Ever Did

This article contains spoilers for Doki Doki Literature Club Plus (DDLC+) and its Side Stories. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! is unsettling. Anyone ...

By Damien LawardornJuly 21, 2021

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The Forgotten City Is Leaving Skyrim’s Shadow to Craft a Cerebral Mystery – Interview

Many video games subject players to the tyranny of waypoints and cleverly masked pathways guiding them from one objective to the next. Time-travel ...

By Damien LawardornJuly 15, 2021

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Dead Space Revival Reportedly in the Works at EA Motive

EA’s attempted resurrection of its early 2010s glory days may be set to continue, with fresh reports suggesting that a new Dead Space ...

By Damien LawardornJune 22, 2021

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Terra Nil Is a Genius Subversion of City Builders – Hands-On

Free Lives’ Terra Nil takes the familiar and turns it upside down. By definition, city builders tend to be about urbanization. In some, ...

By Damien LawardornJune 17, 2021

Perfect Dark Reboot Adds Avengers Dev Crystal Dynamics as a Development Partner

God of War Ragnarok Trailer Hypes Up Kratos’ Last Norse Adventure

Project EVE Is a Futuristic Bayonetta-Like Action Game Headed to PS5

Broken Roads Challenges Your Philosophy in Innovative Ways in a Doomed Australia – Interview

Necropolis Suite Is an Immersive Roguelike Spin on Cosmic Horror

From Halo Infinite to Activision, the Video Game Industry Has a Transparency Problem

Black Myth: WuKong Trailer Shows Off Incredible UE5 Boss Battles

Spec Ops: The Line Director & NIN Guitarist Form Eyes Out for ‘Visionary’ Cosmic Horror Game

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Side Stories Play You More Than the Original Ever Did

The Forgotten City Is Leaving Skyrim’s Shadow to Craft a Cerebral Mystery – Interview

Dead Space Revival Reportedly in the Works at EA Motive

Terra Nil Is a Genius Subversion of City Builders – Hands-On

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