UPDATE 22/3/16 9:00am: Remedy has released a statement explaining resolution and image quality on Quantum Break. It verifies our initial hypothesis on how t… | Continue reading
Video game marketing is kind of a known formula. First you have your teaser, then comes the announcement, then a few gameplay reveals and pre-order incentives before launch day. With such a predictable cycle, it's easy to convince ourselves that we know how video game development … | Continue reading
If you go to the Museo Del Prado in Madrid, you can look at a painting that seems to know you are there. It's called Las Meninas, or The Maids of Honour, and it's the greatest masterpiece produced by Diego Velazquez, a 17th century artist who only really seemed to deal in masterp … | Continue reading
Telltale Game's upcoming Batman series is due this summer, the studio announced at a SXSW panel today.The developer noted that the series will focus primarily on Batman/Bruce Wayne and not the extended "Bat-family" like Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, etc. Supporting characters like A … | Continue reading
Blizzard has announced that Overwatch will be the first video game to support Dolby's latest surround sound technology, Atmos. This tech, usually associated with cinema, allows audio to move around in three-dimensional space, which is not a sentence I fully understand.Games have … | Continue reading
Microsoft came under fire last night as a corporate-sponsored GDC party made numerous attendees feel unwelcome due to the presence of exotic dancers dressed as scantily-clad schoolgirls.Various video game developers found Microsoft's use of exotic dancers at what should be an ev … | Continue reading
It's taken just over a week, but someone has already maxed out their character in The Division, hitting the level caps in both the main game and the Dark Zone. Step forward, Chaos 3SK, and know those 130 hours weren't spent in vain. While it takes only around 30 hours to reach th … | Continue reading
We've still got a few weeks before Hitman's second Italy-bound chapter drops in April, but IO Interactive has kept good on its word of supplying further con… | Continue reading
It is a period of civil war. Star Wars followers finally have EA's new Battlefront to play, but other fans still long for something else: the cancelled Battlefront project once in development at British studio Free Radical Design.Free Radical's Battlefront was canned a decade ago … | Continue reading
Julian Gollop, the creator of the original XCOM, has announced a new game.In a brief tweet Gollop described Phoenix Point as "our new game - turn based tactical combat - world based strategy". It sounds a lot like XCOM to me!That's all we have to go on for now. A Phoenix Point we … | Continue reading
As Hearthstone's latest expansion - Whispers of the Old Gods - looms large on the horizon, time is ticking for some of the card game's most iconic decks. Wh… | Continue reading
Bayonetta is an awesome game, but it didn't come as a shock when Johnny admitted he'd never played it before. I remember being unsure of it myself when it first launched; it looked like a frantic and somewhat pandering mix of gunplay, gore, and a hell of a lot of crotch shots. Bu … | Continue reading
Unlike Street Fighter 5, Wii U fighting game Pokkén Tournament punishes rage quitters. Not only that, the game asks you not to rage quit before you ven… | Continue reading
Doubtless you've already heard that Microsoft is opening up Xbox Live to cross-network play - leaving it up to developers to decide whether or not they're interested in the idea. Luckily someone let Chris Bratt loose in a big hall full of developers this week, so he asked a few o … | Continue reading
Hyrule Warriors may be 18 months old, but it's still set to get fresh DLC - Nintendo just announced a new Season Pass full of the stuff.New characters from Zelda games such as Link's Awakening, Phantom Hourglass and A Link Between Worlds are headed to the game, along with fresh w … | Continue reading
This week Valve launched the Custom Game Pass system for its hugely popular MOBA, Dota 2.It lets custom game creators monetise their mods by selling access to extra features.The first Custom Game Pass went on sale this week, priced $1. It's for popular mod Roshpit Champions, and … | Continue reading
It's been just over a week since The Division's launch, and it's been a successful start for Ubisoft's online RPG so far - week one sales for the game saw it topple Destiny as the the biggest new IP launch, with it taking in some $330 million in just five days. With around 50 hou … | Continue reading
Fallout 4's Season Pass is currently free on the UK PlayStation Store. Clearly, this is not meant to be the case. Sony will likely rectify this as soon as possible - so it's worth grabbing while you can.Here's a link.Read more… | Continue reading
Sheltered has turned me into a child slaver. Sort of.. I mean, my children are regularly fed and watered. They get sleep whenever they need it and opportunities to use the restroom, even shower when we've had a proper rain. The only thing I ask of them in this post-apocalyptic su … | Continue reading
This week Oculus revealed a virtual reality version of racing game Project Cars. It's due out alongside the Rift headset later this month.Now, via developer Slightly Mad Studios, we see how Project Cars' virtual reality version looks - and it's pretty impressive.The video, below, … | Continue reading
A modder has turned Street Fighter 5's M. Bison into fan favourite Q.Capcom plans to release a number of downloadable characters for Street Fighter 5, including Alex, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Juri and Urien. Q, who first appeared in Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, has so far remaine … | Continue reading
Bungie has finally begun teasing its next Destiny update, which has been dated for release on 12th April.Destiny update 2.2.0 will include new PVE missions - the first since September - and a new strike, named Blighted Chalice. Data mined from Bungie's servers suggests Blighted C … | Continue reading
After two beta tests, some might say that The Division was a well-known quantity even before its full release. Ubisoft's multi-platform testing was exhausti… | Continue reading
Cliff Bleszinski's upcoming gravity-manipulating first-person arena shooter LawBreakers is no longer going to be a free-to-play title.Bleszinski announced the change of direction at a GDC panel this afternoon attended by Eurogamer.Why the new payment structure? As it turns out, m … | Continue reading
Serious Sam developer Croteam has released the source code for the Serious Engine, the backbone of both Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter.This is in honour of the series' 15th anniversary this month. "Historically, this version of Serious Engine is … | Continue reading
Zero Time Dilemma - the third entry in the Zero Escape series after 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue's Last Reward - will launch on Vita and 3DS on 28th June in both Europe and North America.A Steam release will follow.As reported by GameInformer, the announce … | Continue reading
Xbox 360 fan favourite Alan Wake is now available to download and play on Xbox One.Microsoft has also added Castlevania: Shadow of the Night and Pac-Man to its backwards compatibility service.Alan Wake arrives ahead of its developer Remedy's upcoming Xbox One exclusive Quantum Br … | Continue reading
Revolution: the 25th Anniversary Collection was supposed to come out last Friday, but it didn't due to pesky production issues. Instead, it's coming out this Friday, 18th March.That's exclusively for PC, priced £29.99.The collection is the first time all of UK developer Revolutio … | Continue reading
Total War Battles: Kingdom - the free-to-play Total War game - comes out on 24th March.That's for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android devices, PC and Mac.Total War Battles: Kingdom launched in beta form on Steam in April 2015, and since then developer Creative Assembly has worked t … | Continue reading
Lego Marvel's Avengers is getting a cinematic universe-full of extras, which publisher Warner Bros. Interactive has now detailed.More than 60 characters and another five levels are headed to the game over the next few months, all of which are wrapped up in the Lego Marvel's Aveng … | Continue reading
Since getting some hands-on time with the latest build earlier this week, I've spent a fair amount of time telling my friends about Enter the Gungeon. More often than not, this leads to the erroneous assumption I'm prattling on about a game filled with colourful buckets of slime. … | Continue reading
Nintendo has also revealed the first set of rewards available via its new customer loyalty programme, My Nintendo.Free game downloads and discounts can be acquired in exchange for Points - which you'll earn for buying games, setting up your Nintendo Account and playing Miitomo, t … | Continue reading
This week, Sony finally revealed details of its upcoming PlayStation VR headset - which will launch in October with the eye-catching price of £349.Not only will PS VR be the the most affordable virtual reality experience to launch this year, it will also have the might of Sony's … | Continue reading
It looks like the oft-rumoured BioShock: The Collection is nearing release.Xbox Live Arcade watchdog Lifelower spotted a listing for the unannounced compilation on a Taiwanese game rating website. Accompanying the listing is box art and mention of PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One a … | Continue reading
Last week, Microsoft dropped the bombshell that it would open up Xbox Live to allow cross-network play between Xbox One and other platforms - including other console platforms such as PlayStation 4. It was a bold announcement - but now the ball is in Sony's court. How would it re … | Continue reading
Valve's The Lab for HTC Vive is a virtual reality demo suite that offers the immediacy, wonder and thrill of the arcade in its pomp. | Continue reading
The Game Developers Choice Awards paid tribute this evening to the life of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who passed away last year.In a short, but rather… | Continue reading
Capy's procedurally-generated roguelike Below was announced nearly three yeas ago at E3 2013, and now it's finally on the horizon with a summer launch planned for Xbox One and Steam.There's even a new trailer showing us a hint of the game's combat and a whole lot of stylish desce … | Continue reading
That Dragon, Cancer's behind the scenes documentary, Thank You For Playing, will be available digitally on 29th March.It will also be available in certain US theaters this Friday following a successful Kickstarter campaign. When asked about a UK theatrical release, the filmmakers … | Continue reading
Bloodborne is getting its own licensed card game.The spin-off was announced on Twitter via card game designer Eric Lang, who created XCOM: The Board Game and A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, among many other licensed projects."For those who follow me and have gotten to know my s … | Continue reading
At Gamescom 2013 Deadlight developer Tequila Works announced a very pretty PS4- exclusive adventure game called Rime. Now, there's a distinct chance it may not stay exclusive as the developer has reacquired the rights to the title from Sony."Tequila Works has chosen to reacquire … | Continue reading
Doom developer id Software has revealed details about its nine multiplayer maps and released the following trailer teasing each of them.Some maps will include bounce pads, explosive barrels and teleporters. It's worth noting that gunfire won't travel through these.There will also … | Continue reading
Valve has released a list of 38 titles coming to Vive as part of its GDC showcase this year.The following titles aren't 100 per cent confirmed to be ready at launch, but most, if not all, should be available shortly after Vive ships in early April.It's worth noting that not all o … | Continue reading
In the wake of its GDC 2016 announcements of price-point, release date and headline software, Sony has begun to reveal more of the inner workings of PlaySta… | Continue reading
Microsoft has teamed up with esports league ESL to introduce a new Xbox Live SDK for standardised esports tournament support.This will allow developers and publishers easier access to organise esports events within their game, over Xbox Live. Furthermore, this will extend to Wind … | Continue reading
The first Nova Covert Ops mission pack for StarCraft 2 arrives 30th March and you will be able to play it without owning the main game. All you need is the… | Continue reading
Surprise! Shadow Complex Remastered is now available on Xbox One.Chair's newly-revamped shooter costs £11.99/$14.99 to download. The remaster's console release (a PlayStation 4 version is also due) follows its PC debut in December.A side-scrolling 3D Metroidvania, Shadow Complex … | Continue reading
Oculus showed 41 games for the Rift VR headset in San Francisco ahead of this week's Game Developers Conference. Impressively, a full 30 of them will launch with Rift in a couple of weeks on 28th March. Most of the remaining 11 will follow hot on their heels. This is great softwa … | Continue reading