Month: December 2020

While video games are full of passionate and excited people, there are certain people in the gaming industry that have a huge impact. Games are certainly more than one person, but sometimes there are names that bubble to the top. This isn’t about one single person, and we’d certainly love to honor everyone who helped

Katsuhiro Harada is best known as being the Producer and Director of the Tekken franchise, but now he’s working on something different. According to CyberConnect 2’s “Piro Live! New Year’s Live Broadcast Special 2021″ programme, his latest project for Bandai Namco Entertainment is turning out to have the largest development cost ever in the publisher’s

We’re a PlayStation site, so no, Hades did not make this (or any) list. The good news is that means it qualifies next year, should Supergiant Games grace us with its presence. However, that gives room to a number of other great indie experiences this year that we loved. (And as much as I wanted

Sony hasn’t announced any plans to release a PlayStation 5 console with anything other than white faceplates, so it has been up to third party companies to add a spot of variety. As reported by Gaming Bible, the latest of those efforts are Reddit users whattheefth and SUP3R5 who have created a “30th Anniversary of

Actors bring more than just their voices to video games. The technology that allows actors to do full performance capture means video game actors are actors, and 2020 was another landmark year of incredible performances across a number of genres. It was tough to narrow this one down to the nominees, and even more difficult

Nearly every game lets you “shoot,” whether its a gun or some kind of ability or anything else. As we define shooters here, we require the ability to aim with a reticle and fire a projectile of some sort, which means shooters can be first-person or third-person, but shooting must be a central mechanic to

Narrative is reason. Narrative is drive. Narrative is feeling; feelings of happiness, sadness, curiosity, pleasure, and pain. It gives us the motivation and meaning behind the actions we take in games. It provides essential context, transforming gameplay and the world into something more than pixels and button presses. Narrative is the air that games breathe,

Call of Duty: Warzone already has a second map, albeit a much smaller one, thanks to the recent arrival of Rebirth Island to go alongside Verdansk. Despite this, there are rumors starting to spread about a third map, one that would be more in line with the full enormity of Verdansk. According to Charlie Intel,

NieR: Automata director, Yoko Taro, and producer, Yosuke Saito, have revealed that they’re working on two new projects together. The duo shared this news during the ‘Games Industry Chit-Chat 2020 Year-End Party’ live stream. According to Gematsu’s translation of the conversation, Taro contacted Saito with a proposal for a new game about a year ago. However, Saito wasn’t

FromSoftware’s Promotion, Marketing, and Communication head Yasuhiro Kitao recently took to Twitter to thank fans who voted for Elden Ring at The Game Awards 2020. The title won an award for ‘Most Anticipated Game,’ beating the likes of God of War sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, Resident Evil Village, and Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild sequel. Our sincerest

In a rare move, Sony has apparently automatically refunded players who recently purchased a copy of Maneater after announcing that the game’s PlayStation 5 version will be part of January 2021’s PS Plus lineup. This was first brought to light by Reddit user BraeWhyit, who revealed that despite the refund, the game was not removed