The Dead Space series is not dead, and is in fact an “important” IP for publisher Electronic Arts, Visceral Games general manager Steve Papoutsis says. Speaking with Kotaku UK, Papoutsis said there is a lot of love for the series at EA. “Is Dead Space dead? Not for me it’s not,” he said. “I love […]
The upcoming Silent Hill game that Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro are working on together is going for an extreme scare-factor. During yesterday’s special livestream, which was focused primarily on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Kojima also took some time to outline his plans for […]
Sony’s long-in-development PlayStation 3 adventure game The Last Guardian was nowhere to be seen at E3 and we didn’t see it this week at Gamescom, either. Just because Sony isn’t showing the game publicly, and doesn’t plan to soon, doesn’t mean it’s been canceled, the company said this week. Asked by Eurogamer if Sony would […]
Microsoft and Playground Games are showing a new demo of Forza Horizon 2 here at Gamescom 2014, and it’s one that’s absolutely packed with new features. It includes a look at the new day-night cycle, a feature that lets you hang out in a parking lot trading liveries with other players, and the return of […]
When you’ve founded a new colony and are trying to manage its development, you’ll notice a number of new additions. The most obvious is the switch to hexes over the series’ traditional squares. In gameplay terms, that means that structures that afford bonuses to specific kinds of adjacent buildings can enhance more structures at a […]
The world’s biggest games expo is taking place right now in Germany, with Gamescom 2014 officially in full swing. We’ve been bringing you all the latest news, features, and videos direct from Cologne, so keep it locked to our Gamescom hub for the all the latest updates. In the meantime, here’s a selection of some […]
For all of The system doesn’t really make counterattacks any easier to perform, but simply gives you far more of an incentive to perform them. There is one concession to accessibility some players might not like, though, in that you don’t necessarily have to attack the same enemy that hit you. Land an attack on […]
Oh, the life of a massively multiplayer role-playing game. Modern games typically evolve and grow even after they’re fully released, but MMOGs have strikingly lengthy lifespans. Guild Wars 2 is no exception; the Living World’s second season has just reached its mid-season finale, so it seemed like a great opportunity to talk to developer ArenaNet […]
Quantum Break is a game about a man seeking to rescue the very fabric of time. But if you caught the gameplay demo that Remedy debuted on stage at Microsoft’s Gamescom 2014 press conference, you might be under the impression that time must be rescued with a whole lot of gunfire and slow-motion punches to […]
Getting Xbox One games to run at the same resolution as PlayStation 4 games is important to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, but it’s not the only thing that matters. Speaking with CVG, Spencer said frame rate can often be more important to gameplay. He also mentioned that Microsoft works closely with development partners and is […]
