The future is bad. With the release date for Cyberpunk 2077 pushed back to September 2020, now’s the ideal time to consider playing Cyberpunk in its original form: as a tabletop RPG. Drawn from the seedy worlds seen in books such as Phillip K. Dick’s Blade Runner and William Gibson’s Neuromancer, the main setting of
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Games industry veteran Hideo Kojima is interested in developing more projects outside of video games. Which probably isn’t a big surprise to anyone who has played his heavily film-inspired, cinematic games. Speaking in the February edition of Famitsu (as translated by DualShockers), Kojima and character artist Yiji Shinkawa described what projects they would like to
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 26 January 2020 21:43 GMT An intriguing back-and-forth between Fortnite and Warner Bros. over social media appears to tease the battle royale’s next big crossover event. Following a tweet from the official Warner Bros. account – a video featuring the film’s cast – Fortnite offered this curious response: “See you soon
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 26 January 2020 18:06 GMT You’ll have to wait even longer for the long-awaited Uncharted movie. Sony Pictures is delaying the release of the live-action film until March 5, 2021 – pushing the cinematic release back three month from its planned December 18, 2020 release, Deadline reports. The movie has been
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 26 January 2020 17:17 GMT China’s League of Legends Pro League competition has been delayed indefinitely due to the recent coronavirus outbreak. Week 2 of LPL competitions was originally scheduled to take place the week of February 5. But China has since introduced severe restrictions on travel in the country and
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 25 January 2020 16:03 GMT Epic Games has extended Fortnite Chapter 2: Season 1 and has announced it’s moving the game to Unreal Engine’s Chaos physics system. Season 1 of Chapter 2 will now end for Fortnite players on Thursday, February 20. That’s when Season 2 kicks off. Before the current
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 24 January 2020 19:52 GMT Studio Wildcard has announced a release date for the first of two drops for Ark: Genes. Ark: Genesis is the next chapter for Ark: Survival Evolved, and part one of the expansion will be released on February 25. The expansions contain new biomes and a new
Cramming almost a decade’s worth of anime – 291 episodes, to be precise – into one game is a Super Saiyan task fit for Goku himself. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot summarises the lot with aplomb, but like many anime games before it, struggles to do away with the glacial filler while keeping the iconic characters
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 24 January 2020 16:32 GMT Monster Hunter World is hosting an Appreciation Event, and you can revel in the festivities from today. Monster Hunter World players can enjoy the Astera Appreciation Fest and the new Seliana Grand Appreciation Fest to celebrate the game’s two-year anniversary. There are limited-time event quests for
By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:58 GMT Disco Elysium just got harder. If you want Disco Elysium to be harder, that is. A new update was released today bringing Hardcode mode to the RPG. Alongside the new mode, the game is now available to play on Steam with widescreen support. Here’s what to
By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 23 January 2020 17:06 GMT Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has been updated with a new map that takes players of the original game back to Drachenfel. Vermintide 2 players can enjoy the first Drachenfels map, Old Haunts, for free. It will be added to your game upon updating on Steam. Besides Drachenfels, this
By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 23 January 2020 14:03 GMT DLC has been announced for Nioh 2 alongside story details and a new trailer. The story trailer for Nioh 2 gives you an idea of what to expect in the game, but Team Ninja has provided a few more details. It’s the year 1555 in wartorn
By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 17:04 GMT Xbox One users can now play the Story Modes previously only available in Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC, PS4, and Stadia. Red Dead Redemption 2 players can Xbox One can now not only play through the Story Modes, but also enjoy additional weapons, horses and
By Sherif Saed, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 09:40 GMT The full cut of the recently leaked Godfall trailer has made its way online. If you missed it, someone posted leaked footage of an unreleased Godfall trailer earlier this week. Those six seconds of footage piqued players’ interests enough that the same Reddit user returned with
By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 19:46 GMT Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution is coming to Netflix next month. Pokemon fans can watch Pokemon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution on the streaming service starting February 27. A CGI version of the first Pokemon movie, the film was was released in Japan
By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 16:13 GMT You can now play each game in the Half-Life series free. Valve is celebrating the upcoming release of Half-Life: Alyx by making all games in the Half-Life Series free to play for Steam users until the VR title is released. This includes Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life
By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 16:13 GMT An interesting notification was sent to Steam users yesterday, stating the Half-Life Collection would be free-to-play. As noted by various Steam forum users, the notification described a Half-Life: Alyx event where the Half-Life Collection would be free until the game’s release. Thing is, as PC Gamer notes, there
By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 16:00 GMT The Last Autumn is the latest expansion for Frostpunk, and it releases today. Described as the biggest and most complex Frostpunk scenario yet, The Last Autumn is available on Steam and GOG today. The Last Autumn is a prequel story taking place before the endless winter,
Once upon a time, a game series called Onimusha attempted to appeal more to western audiences. Its secret weapon? Jean Reno, a French actor best known for his role as the titular assassin in Leon, armed with an energy whip. While Reno is an excellent performer, he wasn’t chosen for his skills as a thespian.
By Kirk McKeand, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 09:38 GMT You know those annoying tweets where someone asks a simple question and they’re just after loads of quote RTs but you still can’t help but answer them? I’ve seen a few that are the same over the past few weeks: “What video game series would you
By Sherif Saed, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 09:19 GMT Godfall, the only PS5 exclusive announced so far, looks great in this first look at gameplay. Godfall is Counterplay Games’ “looter slasher”, announced in December at The Game Awards as the first PS5 game. The reveal trailer showed a small snippet of stylised gameplay, but not
By Emily Gera, Monday, 20 January 2020 21:23 GMT A new job listing from Naughty Dog suggests the developer of the PS4-only The Last of US: Part 2 is seeking out someone with a PC programming background. Naughty Dog is looking for a graphics programmer for a role attached to The Last of Us sequel.
By Emily Gera, Monday, 20 January 2020 16:09 GMT Dying Light 2 will be delayed past its planned spring 2020 release. Developer Techland made the official announcement today over social media. “We were initially aiming for a Spring 2020 release with Dying Light 2,” writes CEO Pawel Marchewka in a statement, “but unfortunately we need
By Kirk McKeand, Monday, 20 January 2020 15:54 GMT Gideon Emery, the actor behind Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s tiny robot, BD-1, had a particularly strange approach to capturing the droid. Tom Keegan, the performance director on Jedi: Fallen order, had worked with Emery before when he played Fergus in Wolfenstein: The New Order. According
Bringing human characters to life through motion capture is one thing, but something else entirely when you’re dealing with characters that may not exist in real life. Noshir Dalal is a master of motion capture in games. The actor is behind more characters than you’d think, even if he’s more famously known for his voiced
By Sherif Saed, Monday, 20 January 2020 14:56 GMT Monster Hunter World continues to produce the best motion capture footage of any game. Part of the reason why Monster Hunter World‘s monsters convincingly behave like wild animals about to ruin your day is that Capcom uses motion capture actors to form the basis of some
A new Exotic weapon is now available in Destiny 2, so it’s off to speak with Saint-14 in the Tower. Now that the Corridors of Time puzzle has been solved, you’re able to jump in and begin the Bastion Exotic quest a week early. After you’ve collected the Chronometric Weapon Core, head over to the
By Kirk McKeand, Monday, 20 January 2020 13:03 GMT This week we’re running one feature per day about acting in video games. We’ll be covering topics such as the distinction between VO and performance capture, stunt performers, mocap, and vocal strain. We’ve reached out to our friends in the industry for insider insight, speaking to
Rockstar and UKIE have responded to a Taxwatch UK report claiming the developer received £37.6 million in tax relief meant for smaller developers. Update: Following the publication of this story, Rockstar reached out with a full statement, saying that tax reliefs have allowed Rockstar to create over 1,000 jobs in the UK. “The UK’s program
Capcom will quickly catch PC up to consoles when it comes to Monster Hunter World updates. Capcom has shared a roadmap for content coming to Monster Hunter World over the course of the next few months. The big news, outside of the content itself, is the fact that PC and console update schedules will finally
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