Cities in the sky have long been a trope of both fantasy and science fiction literature, having only made the jump to games in the last fifteen years or so. While those cities are normally representative of the narrative setting, actually using the city itself as the crux of a title hasn’t really been seen before. In enters the upcoming Airborne Kingdom from stage left, bringing the world of city building to the atmosphere....
Earlier today, technology giant Nvidia revealed 28 new games that will support DLSS at launch. Amongst these games that will support DLSS was the upcoming Alan Wake Remastered. The remaster of the 2010 adventure game is set for an October 5 release. It will be an Epic Games Store exclusive as Epic Games itself is publishing it. The additional 28 games announced owe the Unreal Engine 4 DLSS plugin for making this possible....
That being said, Vikander is just waiting for the sequel to be given the green light once more. “I think Misha [Green, who is currently attached to the project as its writer and director] and I have been ready, so it’s kind of in somebody else’s hands, to be honest,” she shared. While Vikander admitted that she “can’t really say” all that much about what Green has in store for Lara’s next big screen outing, she does say she is “excited to show the world”....
In the middle of 1983, James Cameron suddenly found himself unexpectedly busy. He had rewrites to do on The Terminator, a project that was supposed to start filming that summer but wound up being pushed back due to its star Arnold Schwarzenegger’s other work commitments. At the same time, he also had two other scripts to write: a Rambo sequel for Carolco and an Alien sequel for 20th Century Fox....
When players begin their journey in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, they can choose between three Starter Pokemon: Quaxly, Fuecoco, and Sprigatito. However, one of the most significant factors in this decision is their evolution forms, a feature that changes their appearance and boosts their strength for battle. With this guide, we’ll focus on all Sprigatito evolutions in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to give you an idea of what to expect with this Grass type....
The Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta is one of the most anticipated gaming events of the Spring, and Epic Games has been very coy about revealing the official details. That is, of course, until today. Gamers dying to play the candidate for this year’s biggest gore-fest will be delighted to know that they can jump into the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta starting April 25, 2011. How does one get into the beta?...
Opening cinematics have a clearly defined purpose - to give players a look at content they’ll soon be able to enjoy, and to put the player in the mood that the game’s designers want. So for Gran Turismo 5, a single introduction video has to not only give a stylish look at the new standard in racing simulation, but also make up for the six-year wait fans have had to endure....
It’s difficult to objectively see a score of 72-74% as a failure instead of a moderate success, but it seems that investors are following a very different way of thinking. With the tolerance for anything but a triple-A experience getting lower and lower by the day, publisher THQ found out just how hard-hitting a little disappointment can turn out to be. When the market closed yesterday, THQ stock was trading at $4....
Ubisoft is bringing a bespoke version of its popular multiplayer online shooter Rainbow Six Siege to phones and handheld devices in the aptly titled Rainbow Six Siege Mobile. The studio has now confirmed wave 7 of the beta will be arriving to all Beta countries on their roadmap. The countries participating in this round of closed beta will likely be: Canada, US, Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Philippines and India. The studio first announced the beta during its Ubisoft Forward earlier this month....
It would be hard to make an argument that Valve isn’t looking more favorably towards Sony than Microsoft with the upcoming release of their environment-puzzler Portal 2. Even though you might expect a company like Valve to remain staunchly loyal to its PC roots, statements made over the past year have made it abundantly clear that if the developer had to choose a side, it would undoubtedly be that of the PlayStation 3....
The popular exploits of Nathan Drake, the protagonist of the Uncharted games, will be made available in a print format in Fall 2011. Not necessarily the news fans of the game series were looking forward to, but if you’re yearning for more Nathan Drake in your life then this is how you’ll be getting it in 2011. Especially considering there has been no official announcement regarding third Uncharted game. Entitled Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth and written by Christopher Golden (Hellboy, Body of Evidence series, and Ghosts of Albion series) will have Drake traveling the globe once more in search of history’s greatest mysteries....
Putting out a video game alongside a film release used to be commonplace even if this meant the two properties had nothing in common with each other. There is a Little Nicky game for the Game Boy Color. What? It never ceases to amaze us what movies get made into games. That’s why we weren’t that shocked to see the ten games below on our list that got canceled. While interesting we can also see why they were canned....
Hyperdimension Neptunia is a fun, colorful series that’s been around for quite some time. This JRPG (or Japanese Role Playing Game), features a wide cast of cute characters, has a generally light-hearted story throughout the series, and is overall rather comedic. The games are still going strong today, being released on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC. The games take place in a world where video games are an important part of life, almost central to everything....
Every Sunday, we dust off one of our favourite articles from the archive for you to enjoy again or maybe read for the first time. As Hearthstone goes into open beta and Blizzard sits on the cusp of another potential phenomenon, we thought we’d go back to November 2009, as World of Warcraft celebrated its first five years. World of Warcraft celebrated its fifth anniversary last week. On 23rd November 2004, Blizzard launched its MMO in North America....
Freaker Hordes are perhaps the greatest threat a player will face when playing through Days Gone. While players should almost always opt to avoid triggering a horde, there are times when it’s simply impossible to avoid. In fact, in later parts of the game, the player will actually find themselves becoming a horde hunter, tasked with taking on hundreds of freakers at a time. To make this difficult task a little easier and give players a fighting chance, here are some basic and essential strategies to whittling down horde hunting to a more manageable feat....
Revolver Ocelot is one of Metal Gear Solid’s most complicated characters. He starts off as a soulless villain, but his role becomes greyer as the series goes on and the bigger picture reveals itself. Regardless of whether or not his goals align with the player in any particular game, he is always doing something morally corrupt. The following list will detail the ten worst things he does throughout the franchise. This will also include transgressions he commits while under Liquid Snake’s control....
With decades of gaming spanning different consoles, platforms, and countries, even the greatest video games are a mixed bag of aesthetics, mistakes, and questionable stylistic choices. Like the fashion choices of the early 2000s or the extreme hair of the 1980s, some games have graphics that astound, confuse, and will go down in history - for nearly ruining a bunch of really decent games. As any gamer knows, bad graphics do not necessarily make a bad game....
Look. Video games are amazing and an important part of my life. That said video games are also really dumb. Ludonarrative dissonance is a popular term when it comes to criticizing a game. It basically boils down to a disconnection between a game’s narrative and the gameplay. For example, let’s say you’re a protagonist trapped in a yard surrounded by a chained fence and a locked door. In reality, one could simply climb that fence, but because that gameplay mechanic is not implemented for players, they have to find a key or device to open it....
Developers 2K have upset their fair share of fans this year two of their biggest releases. The first is NBA 2K20 with its unending drive in pushing microtransaction, gambling mechanics, and its own share of bugs and glitches. Now, of course, it is WWE 2K20, a game where its original developers Yukes left to create their own unnamed wrestling game without the pressures of a yearly release schedule forced by the WWE 2K franchise....
The Quarry is a new standalone, choose your own adventure horror game from developer Supermassive Games. A spiritual successor of sorts to Until Dawn, the game puts players in control of a group of summer camp counselors on the final day of camp as they have one final blowout bonfire before heading home and potentially never seeing each other again. Of course, things go awry as soon as night falls....
