A couple of months ago, EA’s chief design officer Patrick Söderlund decided that the time was right for him to part ways with the company. Striking out on his lonesome, Söderlund’s big plan was to venture into game development territory with Embark Studios. Officially revealed this week by Maple Story publisher Nexon over at a Tokyo earnings call, Embark Studios has big plans for the future.
Say what you want about BETAs being glorified timed demos, but they’re genuinely are useful slices of gameplay that allows developers to receive some necessary feedback to help them rejigger the parts of a game that just aren’t working. Take Fallout 76 for example, as Bethesda’s upcoming life after the apocalypse simulation is in need of plenty of fine-tuning ahead of its release next week.
Not just a done in one game, Final Fantasy XV was designed for longevity and as a platform for more content to thrown into its mix along the way. That was two years ago, and in a new announcement from Square Enix, it looks like the tale of brotherhood has finally reached the end of its road. Albeit far earlier than intended.
The Humble Store is running a special for the next two weeks with the Humble Warhammer Bundle, as well as a few properties from Games Workshop that are thrown into the mix. For a single space-dollar, you’ll get the original Dawn of War in its comprehensive Game of the Year edition, Talisman: Digital Edition and the expansions Blood Moon, Harbinger and Sacred Pool.
Ashe may be playable right now on the Overwatch PTR server, but she wasn’t the only character revealed. After being hinted at for months, Echo finally appeared and stole the show.
Still feeling burned by Diablo Immortal? Fear not if you're on PS4, as Path of Exile is coming next month to dry up those crocodile tears.
A chuffing 30 gigglebytes of patching needs to be done to Fallout 76, with fixes ranging from minor to massive thanks to exploits such as a frame-rate bug that allows people to pretend that they’re the Flash as they scoot away from danger.
Operating under Vegas rules, what happens in a sidequest, generally stays in a sidequest. Unless you’re CD Projekt RED that is, as the Polish developer is looking to make these missions more substantial in Cyberpunk 2077.
In today’s digital world, a website is often the first impression a business makes. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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