"Not necessarily the stiff upper lip." The idea of having a mentor figure in the game was always part of the plan, 007 First Light’s main writer Michael Vogt told me at IO Interactive’s office in Brighton last week. “Since it’s an origin story and he’s entering MI6, there always was a mentor figure,” he […]
The Vault Breaker mode will be available for two weeks, ending 4th August. It takes place in the Cryo Archive map and supports solo, duos and trios. Anyone can jump in, regardless of their Runner level. As seen in the latest gameplay trailer, Vault Breaker plays out like a roguelite where you increase your power
These brutal cuts were accompanied by a slew of reports that painted an extremely gloomy picture. There were fears that its brilliant id-tech engine might be put out to pasture. That the next Doom game might be made in Unreal engine. That id Software is now the size of a support studio – perfect for
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This year’s Next event, set for 21st August, will seemingly switch to being entirely online rather than in person; Activision referred to it as “a global event”. You can expect a developer briefing on what the show will feature, before it throws it to live gameplay from creators. This is not the only thing being
Palworld continues to prove that it’s more than a flash-in-the-pan novelty. The survival-crafting romp with legally distinct pokémon just had its second weekend since it hit 1.0, following a couple of years in early access, and it’s only getting more popular. The second weekend saw concurrents approaching a million on Steam (961,867, to be exact),
I’m not sure who thinks we need a Call of Duty movie, but it’s officially a thing, and it’s coming out on June 30, 2028. It’s “an authentic and exciting experience for longtime fans and newcomers alike.” While this tidbit was confirmed earlier in the year, Activision and Paramount gave us little more than that
Well, it turns out that Bethesda’s executive producer Todd Howard and I have at least two things in common—we’re both roughly 5 feet 6 inches tall, and we’re both chronic Reddit lurkers. Admittedly, I only have IMDB to go by when it comes to the height thing. Maybe it’s wrong! But the Reddit thing is
It’s that time of year again: The next Call of Duty is on deck, and Activision’s got the beta dates to prove it. Modern Warfare 4 won’t hit the streets until late October, but the multiplayer beta begins a full two months ahead of time. As usual, Activision is holding two beta weekends: One for
Of the many remarkable abilities possessed by Dishonored hero Corvo Attano, perhaps the most remarkable is, well, possession: Corvo can possess creatures, most famously the game’s plentiful rats, to get up to all sorts of trouble, including accessing locations that would be inaccessible to his full-sized body. As it turns out, this wasn’t an entirely
What would you say to the following pitch: a Deus Ex fan mod, in the works for seven years, set in a Deus Ex forum whose moderator has been abducted. The factions consist of people like goat worshippers and llama devotees, some enemies use sporks, and people use phrases like “What the radish?” without cringing.
