The Game Critics Awards nominees are in for E3 2015, with Star Wars Battlefront leading the pack with five nominations, including Best of Show. The list of winners will be revealed on Tuesday, July 7th. Star Wars Battlefront wasn’t the only one to garner a ton of attention from the Game Critics Association, either. Fallout 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn nabbed four nominations each, and both are also in contention for Best of Show....
The new Elden Ring story trailer that premiered during The Game Awards was clearly designed to trigger a few debates about the game’s lore, but the biggest question that the trailer raises has to be “What, exactly, is the Elden Ring?” Ever since Elden Ring’s teaser trailer debuted in 2019, many fans have been working under the assumption that the Elden Ring is…well…a physical ring. It seemed to be the most logical explanation available at the time, and the idea of a magical ring as a McGuffin has certainly been featured in a few famous pieces of fantasy fiction....
As reported by Reuters, the European Union will rule by March 5 whether or not to approve Microsoft’s proposed $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax, which owns Bethesda, the publisher of the Fallout, The Elder Scrolls and Doom franchises. The EU can approve the deal with or without concessions during its initial review or open a full-scale investigation if concerns arise. EU competition law regulates market competition by cracking down on anti-competitive conduct....
This article is sponsored by CCP. Start playing the game now by signing up here. EVE Online may be turning 16, but it’s never looked better. In fact, there are few current-gen sci-fi games that can match EVE’s amazing visuals. Across the fictional galaxy of New Eden, there are plenty of mind-blowing sights to see, whether they be massive planets and stars, strange nebulae, or the remains of bloody battles still floating in the vacuum of space....
In the remake of Resident Evil 2, there’s a deceptively large arsenal, on par with the remake of RE 3. Some weapons are exclusive to Leon, some to Claire, but regardless of who’s using them, most of them have some type of utility. Most of the weapons in the game are pistols and larger guns that use explosives, which are great for dealing with the Tyrant, who presents an increasingly more real threat as the player raises the difficulty, ranging from a minor annoyance to a run-ending juggernaut....
Legos and gaming are very similar. Both allow you to immerse yourself in a world that is outside of the real waking realm that we occupy every day, but with Lego Super Mario, things get even better as you build your own real-world game. Today, we are going to take a quick look into the internal workings of the Lego Super Mario and see how it all comes together. Lego and Nintendo teamed up to create a unique way to play Mario that should create lots of cool ideas and videos....
For the longest time, Fallout 76 was the butt of many gamers’ jokes. The multiplayer game lacked the cohesive narrative of its RPG-based predecessors. Bethesda’s attempts to support the game also faltered, as new updates would cause new glitches. However, the game’s latest Wastelanders expansion attempted to restore some goodwill - and it seems to have succeeded. Wastelanders has brought Fallout 76 to the series’ roots by introducing NPCs and a storyline....
Bungie details Destiny’s upcoming Crimson Days event, which features Crimson Doubles, a new PvP game mode that buffs players when their partner is dead. The next big addition on the horizon for Destiny is another live event, which Bungie has dubbed Crimson Days. Like the game’s Halloween celebration, Festival of the Lost, Crimson Days is in observance of Valentine’s Day. The biggest feature of Crimson Days is a new Crucible gametype called Crimson Doubles....
Hideo Kojima reveals that the new iteration of Kojima Productions is going to be relatively small in scale, with the developer putting a cap on the maximum number of staff hired. After Hideo Kojima’s acrimonious split with publisher Konami, many gamers were left wondering exactly what the acclaimed developer would do next. Once Kojima had met with a number of high-profile names, including The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams and Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment, some were expecting Kojima to easily return to the grand scale of his previous games....
One of the most intriguing developments from Sony’s E3 2016 presentation was the presence of Detroit: Become Human, the next game from Quantic Dream. The studio that made Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls made a huge impact with a purely cinematic trailer detailing a dystopian future where androids were treated as slaves, and many fans expected more news to emerge over the course of the year. While that didn’t happen, Detroit: Become Human had a major presence during Sony’s E3 2017 presentation....
It seems like only yesterday that the Mac platform was being left out of the loop from most high profile video game releases. However, since Steam came to the platform many more PC titles have became available for Mac users. The latest in high profile releases: Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Edios Montreal’s crticially acclaimed and highly profitable action-RPG hybrid will be coming to Mac platforms in winter 2011/2012. The Mac port will be handled by Feral Interactive, a Mac-centric publisher that has dipped its toes in high profile Mac releases before....
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the gaming industry, as it has delayed the release dates for several games. But the pandemic isn’t holding Blizzard back from pushing forward with development for Diablo 4, according Game Producer Rod Fergusson. Fergusson said in a recent GDC live stream Q&A that, despite the challenges of working from home, development on Diablo 4 is progressing smoothly. “And we on Diablo continue to – it’s been challenging, but the team is just moving forward," Fergusson said....
Both Doom and Wolfenstein are series that have been rebooted in the last five years and have both received massive amounts of success with both critical and financial acclaim. Both games series have been compared a lot ever since their very first iterations back in the 90s and those comparisons haven’t stopped in this new age of gaming. This being said, there has been a debate on which games are better so we are going to further add to that debate by covering five things that we felt the Doomseries did better and five things that we feel the Wolfenstein series did better....
It may be hard to believe that Doom Eternal has been out for almost six months. During that time, the game has garnered a great amount of positive attention from many longtime fans of the series. Now, after nearly six months of waiting, an id Software developer has given Nintendo fans a long awaited update on the Switch port of Doom Eternal. When Doom (2016) initially launched, the game was only available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC....
An extremely skilled DOOM player takes on id Software’s exceptionally difficult first-person shooter, and ends up beating the game on the hardest difficulty without dying. It’s been one week since DOOM was released, and the gaming community has been quick to embrace id Software’s latest first-person shooter. Countless players have already completed DOOM’s lengthy single-player campaign, and some have started tackling the title in various challenging ways. In fact, one player recently made the headlines for speed running through DOOM’s single-player campaign in less than an hour and a half....
Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV, commonly known as Dr Disrespect, is a common sight on Twitch, where he streams games including Call of Duty, Apex Legends, PUBG and Fortnite. Known for his larger than life persona, it appears he’s training up his daughter to take his place. Known as Baby or Daughter Disrespect, his adorable four-year old made a visit to the Docs stream on March 26, to compliment her father and diss his competition....
While there’s still no official title for Dragon Age 4, BioWare’s upcoming RPG sequel, the developer recently released a cinematic trailer. Debuting at The Game Awards 2020, the trailer confirmed many fan theories about the fantasy RPG, and set the rumor mill grinding. Dragon Age 4 doesn’t have a release window yet, but there’s still a lot to learn from the teaser. To fans of the series, there are some interesting similarities between the Games Awards Dragon Age 4 trailer and Warden’s Calling, an early CG trailer in the Dragon Age series, which released at E3 2009....
“We’ve got 50+ years left,” says Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw half-jokingly about the future of the franchise. Laidaw responded to several questions posed by fans on Twitter regarding plans for Dragon Age, stemming from one inquiry about a potential ending to the series. No reveals were forthcoming from Laidlaw about current Dragon Age plans or titles in production, but he did confirm that the franchise was nowhere near its conclusion....
Taking to Twitter, Bandai Namco US posted a cryptic teaser for the next DLC fighter joining the Dragon Ball FighterZ’s Roster. While Fused Zamasu has been officially revealed to be one of the next DLC fighters joining the 2.5D fighting game, the previous DLC introduced a pair of fighters: Bardock and Broly. The idea that Fused Zamasu wouldn’t be the only upcoming fighter has been prevalent for some time, but the latest teaser practically confirms Vegito after a recent trailer also teased his inclusion....
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot fans have been waiting quite a while for news about the game, and it seems that the recent V Jump scans have finally answered that plea. Contained within the scans full of Dragon Ball Z related news was yet another glimpse at the Card Battle mode coming to Kakarot soon, this time with a promise that it would arrive with the next update. Unfortunately, the next update doesn’t have a release date/window yet, so that isn’t much to go off of, but it should be arriving soon....
