Today is the day for excited fans of the much-anticipated release of Overkill’s The Walking Dead as it sees the light of day on PC for North and South America, Europe, and the rest of the world. In celebration of this, publishers Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment and 505 Games have also thrown in a rather short,
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Yesterday, I sat down with Sam Lake, the creative director of Remedy Entertainment, alongside Courtney Hope, who voices Jesse, the protagonist in Control. The two shared some new information with me about what other actors will be a part of Control’s story. James McCaffrey, the voice actor behind Max Payne, as well as Matthew Porretta, the voice behind Alan Wake, will be in Control. Of
There’s still not a whole lot of information out there about Remedy Entertainment’s upcoming project Control, but every now and then they do release some brief new dev diaries about the game. Yet another one of those videos was released today and this time around, the topic of conversation was on Control’s protagonist, Jesse Faden. Even though her
In April 2017, Far Cry 4 Creative Director Alex Hutchison left Ubisoft and partnered with Technical Director Yassine Riahi and Executive Producer Reid Schnieder of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to form a new indie developer called Typhoon Studios. While not much has been heard about Typhoon Studios’ first game since the developer’s inception, that title
Fans of Portal Knights finally have some new content to enjoy. Today, developer Keen Games and publisher 505 Games released a brand new update for the sandbox RPG and it’s centered entirely on brand new enemies. Most notably, the Villainous Update adds three brand new bosses to the game: the Slime Queen, the Knight Hunter, and the All-Watcher. Details
In a blog post on the studio’s official website, Roll7 announced that they are no longer working on Laser League, and have handed off future development duties to publisher 505 Games. Roll7, which put themselves on the map with the OlliOlli series and Not a Hero, has spent the past few years working on Laser League, a
Today, OtherSide Entertainment and 505 Games announced Underworld Ascendant will be headed to the Steam Marketplace on November 15, 2018. From the minds of Warren Spector and Paul Neurath, Underworld Ascendant is a follow-up to Ultima Underworld, a game known for paving the way for the immersive sim genre. As seen in the new trailer
Remedy Entertainment has today released the third entry in their ongoing dev diary series all about the studio’s upcoming project, Control. In today’s episode, Sam Lake and other members of the team at Remedy focus on discussing the world and setting of Control. The game takes place in a location known as The Oldest House, which is
The upcoming game from developer OtherSide Entertainment and publisher 505 Games, Underworld Ascendant, is a follow-up to the incredibly influential game Ultima Underworld. Known for ushering in the immersive sim genre, this 26-year-old game has influenced beloved titles such as BioShock and Minecraft. Underworld Ascendant attempts to bring the magic of its predecessor back truly
When No Man’s Sky was originally released a couple years back, many fans were left understandably disappointed and quickly stopped playing the game. Now, the game is finally making it’s way to Xbox One, and some fans are coming back to give the game another chance. Hello Games and Xbox have decided to speak directly to these players,
For years, Remedy Entertainment has focused on narrative first and gameplay second. From the long monologues of Max Payne to the inner-workings of a writer in Alan Wake, and the episodic television experiment found in Quantum Break, it has been easy to see this emphasis on storytelling in almost every one of the studio’s titles. This focus on story over gameplay isn’t necessarily
All the way back in 2015, I was surprised to see Lab Zero Games move on from an immensely enjoyable fighting game like Skullgirls to Indivisible, a Valkyrie Profile-inspired Metroidvania-RPG hybrid. I tried and had a lot of fun with the Prototype Demo back when Indivisible was crowdfunded on Indiegogo and was curious to see
On Thursday, publisher 505 Games released a trailer announcing that Objects in Space is now available in early access on Steam. Developed by Flat Earth Games, Objects in Space is a 2D open-world stealth game set in Apollo, a huge cluster of star systems far away from Earth. The game uses starships that are modeled after Cold War
Skullgirls developer Lab Zero Games released a prototype for and successfully crowdfunded its platformer-RPG Indivisible back in 2015. The developers have been diligently working on the title since then, but it unfortunately got delayed to the first half of 2019 last month. This year at E3, I met Lab Zero Games and publisher 505 Games
While Lab Zero has been working hard on its RPG platformer Indivisible since its KickStarter campaign in 2015, the developers still need some more time. While the title was originally poised to release sometime this year, Lab Zero announced today that Indivisible has been pushed back to the first half of 2019. According to the
Portal Knights was released on Nintendo by Keen Games and 505 Games last November, but did not have an accessible free demo for players to check out like the other versions of the game had. That changed today though, as a free Portal Knights demo has made its way onto the Nintendo Switch eShop. According
The arcade-style multiplayer sport title from developers Roll7 and publisher 505 Games, Laser League, will finally leave Steam’s Early Access and release on PS4 and Xbox One on May 10. There are 6 different classes to choose from, including Blade, Ghost, Shock, Smash, Snipe, and Thief. You can customize your character with over 250 various
The Banner Saga first debuted in 2014 and brought players an epic, sweeping story of strategy, depth, and heartbreak in a fight to survive, and now developer Stoic Games is bringing the series to its proper conclusion this summer with the release of The Banner Saga 3. Publisher Versus Evil has announced today that The Banner Saga
While Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky was quite divisive upon its release, many still actively enjoy it on PC and PS4 to this day after various updates. Today, the game’s developers revealed that a new free update, called No Man’s Sky Next, would be releasing later this year; furthermore, this update will come alongside and
Fans have been eager to get their hands on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night since its original Kickstarter reveal back in 2015. Unfortunately, while it is scheduled to release this year, no specific date has yet to be given. Fortunately, though, that might finally change next month. During a panel about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night at SXSW
Developers Re-Logic and Pipeworks Studios alongside publisher 505 Games is bringing Terraria‘s massive 1.3 update to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. This update will give the game more parity with the PC version. In a statement from the press release, Neil Ralley, President of 505 Games, discusses this, as well as how it will
Developer Klei Entertainment and publisher 505 Games have announced that the Don’t Starve Mega Pack will be getting a physical release for home consoles. This bundle includes Don’t Starve, the Don’t Starve Together multiplayer add-on, and the game’s other expansions. According to 505 Games, the physical version will be released on April 17 in North America and
Five years after it released on consoles and PC, Payday 2 returns to bring heisting on-the-go to the Nintendo Switch this week, while its publisher, Starbreeze Studios, is looking to iron out a way to give players the chance to communicate and organize their heisting wherever and whenever. In a statement to Kotaku AU, a spokesperson from
There’s a certain thrill that comes to outrunning (and outgunning) the law, and video games have been no stranger to that. Of course, the Payday series has made its bank (literally and figuratively) on giving players the chance to live out their lives as a band of on-the-run outlaws pulling off the perfect heists, and now with
Coming up on the game’s fifth anniversary, Payday 2 will get a new life on the Nintendo Switch with the latest version of the game arriving this week, and new details have come to light on what to expect from the game’s Switch edition. In a statement to Polygon, publisher Starbreeze Studios clarified some details on the
Last fall, developer Roll7, known for titles like OlliOlli and Not A Hero, and publisher 505 Games held several Closed Betas for their futuristic multiplayer sports game Laser League. Today, they announced the game’s first Open Beta, which will be held on Steam this weekend and released two new screenshots and a new trailer for
Payday 2 brought players the chance to gather together on elaborate heists across consoles and PC, and now those heists will be taken on-the-go with the upcoming Switch version of the game when it arrives for the system next month. During today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, Nintendo revealed that Payday 2 will release for the Nintendo Switch
A short Closed Beta for Roll7 and 505 Games’ upcoming multiplayer title Laser League began today and will run through Sunday, December 17. In order to celebrate the arrival of this Closed Beta, the developers released some new, crisp looking screenshots for the game alongside a brand new developer diary. These screenshots showcase some of
The Nintendo Switch version of PAYDAY 2 was slyly announced back in April 2017 during a Nintendo Direct, and at the time we only had a release window of Winter 2017. Well, that’s all changed, as developer Overkill Studios and publisher 505 Games have announced that the game is set to hit store shelves and the e-Shop on
If you just so happen to own Payday 2 and be an h3h3 fan on YouTube, it’s your lucky day. One of the two producers behind the channel, Ethan Klein, revealed via Twitter that DLC featuring him and his wife is finally available on Steam. The DLC had been teased for a while on their channel