When Marvel’s Avengers was first unveiled back in 2017, I immediately had high expectations. Coming off of the back of the announcement of Marvel’s Spider-Man in 2016, it seemed like Marvel was finally ready to take things in the realm of video games seriously. With a competent developer at the helm of the project in Crystal Dynamics,
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Coming after this weekend’s earlier conferences like EA and Microsoft, Sunday night was Bethesda’s chance to shine with plenty of new looks at upcoming titles, some surprises, and a couple updates to recent game releases. While obviously we were expecting some new looks at titles like Wolfenstein: Youngblood and DOOM Eternal — which are both coming later
FIFA 20 was unveiled at EA Play yesterday, and it comes with a whole suite of improvements that players have come to expect from each new entry in the annual series. In addition to the features covered in last month’s blog post, there are also gameplay tweaks to ball physics, improved animations, controlled tackling that
UPDATE: It’s also worth mentioning that Nintendo Switch is noticeably an absent platform for Marvel’s Avengers going off of this signage. While that isn’t necessarily shocking, it does seem to dash hopes for those who wanted to see it on Nintendo’s platform. Still, this isn’t official by any means and could easily turn out to be
Want to hear some very unlikely news? According to Evil Dead series star Bruce Campbell an Evil Dead game is hopefully slated to launch in late 2019. Though it may seem far-fetched on the surface, E3 is the week for the remarkable and surprise announcements — and I frankly don’t want to question someone with so much experience
Bungie revealed this morning that Destiny 2 is set to come to Google Stadia later in the year and soon after, in its own live stream hosted by Bungie, further unveiled the full scope of what the future of the game will involve. Bungie detailed quite a bit of information ranging from a new expansion, a
As the first ever Stadia Connect livestream goes on, Google are making some interesting announcements regarding games coming to the platforms. While avid gamers will be pleased to know that new titles like Baldur’s Gate 3 are coming to the system, some ports are also in the pipeline like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Doom Eternal.
Yesterday, a new report indicated that the upcoming third-person shooter Ghost Recon Breakpoint would be coming to Google’s game streaming platform Stadia upon launch. Today, that report has been confirmed as true. As announced during today’s Stadia Connect stream, Ubisoft is planning to bring Ghost Recon Breakpoint to Stadia when the service arrives later this year. This
Last month, Ubisoft unveiled Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, a successor to 2016’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands, for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. While the platform was not included in the initial announcement, Kotaku is claiming that Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is coming to Google Stadia. This rumor was briefly mentioned within a bigger report regarding cross-save support and
This morning, data miner Ginsor discovered an image that seemed to reveal that cross-save support was coming to Destiny 2. As fans of Bungie’s game started speculating about this being announced during tomorrow’s livestream, Kotaku came out with a report stating they have heard from sources that cross-saving is coming to game. Not only that,
We’re in the thick of it now. With just a few days to go until E3 kicks off with a string of livestreams and press conferences, announcements aplenty are starting to crop up. If you take your attention away from the Pokemon Sword and Shield Direct and Google Stadia presentation going on over the next
As we near the leap to the next-generation of consoles, many are starting to theorize and estimate how the shift to next-gen might work out for major players like Sony and Microsoft. Recently, one former executive of PlayStation has given his own take on what he anticipates of the next-generation leap and more specifically what
It’s been nearly a year since we’ve seen anything substantial related to DOOM Eternal, id Software and Bethesda’s follow-up to 2016’s DOOM. While we’re set to see a whole lot more of it next month at E3 2019, Bethesda has in the meantime shown fans something new of the game to hold them over. Over on Twitter recently,
Blizzard announced on Overwatch’s official Twitter that the Overwatch Anniversary event returns to the game this week. Overwatch is well known for making events during prominent times of the year. With these events Blizzard adds a plethora of new cosmetics items as well as highlight intros. Even for just logging into the game you will
If you’re planning on attending E3 2019 in Los Angeles this summer, then now seems like a good time to start getting hyped. Earlier today, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) released the first official floor plans for the showcase and it shows off where most publishers and developers will be located, although there are still
Even though they’re often pitted against one another by fans and consumers, Microsoft and Sony announced today that they will be partnering with one another in the future in the realm of game streaming and other related services. As announced via Microsoft’s official website, the two companies moving forward “will explore joint development of future
We all know of Mega Man, the blue-bombing robot who kicks butt and consistently delivers the world from the grips of Dr. Wiley. We also all know God of War, and the Nordic makeover that Kratos received in his PS4 debut. But what if someone merged both together — a combination of sci-fi and historical garb.
No matter your opinions on the subject, there’s no escaping this fact: loot boxes, and by extension microtransactions in general, are a hot topic in the games industry right now. While the threat of U.S. legislation has been hovering over the heads of gamers for a few years now, I never thought it would actually
QuakeCon is typically just a single event that is held in Dallas, Texas every summer, but this year, the convention will also be headed overseas. Bethesda announced today that QuakeCon 2019 will also be held this July in London, England. QuakeCon Europe, as it is being called, will run in tandem to the main event
If you have been catching up with the history and lore of Cyberpunk 2020, your efforts most certainly aren’t wasted. Debunking an out of context quote, the creator of Cyberpunk 2020 has debunked a pernicious rumor that the RPG will have a separate timeline in Cyberpunk 2077. Where did this rumor come from? It appears the origins can be
Last December was the 25th anniversary of the original release of DOOM and, to celebrate, Bethesda launched the Slayers Club. At that point, the Club just gave you a skin for the upcoming DOOM Eternal release and not much else. Now, the team has blown the Slayers Club up, adding a bunch of new prizes
Japanese economy magazine Nikkei Business published a lengthy interview with Hideo Kojima as part of a big feature on 5G. Hideo Kojima answered multiple questions regarding 5G, streaming technology, and how it’ll affect the gaming industry. Hideo Kojima also spoke about how cinema and gaming evolved in a similar way, and how new technologies change
Over the past year we have seen several strides towards making games more accessible. Microsoft released the Xbox Adaptive Controller, CVAA legislation ensured that future titles will have communication systems that are accessible by those with disabilities, and Toys for Bob finally added cutscene subtitles to Spyro Reignited Trilogy after Activision said they weren’t an industry standard.
Bear With Me, developed by Exordium Games–a Croatian indie studio founded back in 2014–has a simple yet distinctive premise that’s sure to turn heads. The title first released in 2016 with three episodes in which you play as a little girl named Amber who, along with adorable yet pithy detective Ted E. Bear, uncovers the truth
During GDC 2019, I was given the chance to sit down with Paul Wedgwood, CEO of the newly formed Supernova Capital and Michal Szustak, CEO of Flying Wild Hog, the Shadow Warrior developer that Supernova just acquired. Our meeting took place in one of the W Hotel’s conference rooms just across from the North Hall
Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds is one of the most intriguing and exciting releases of 2019. Led by some of the creators of the original Fallout, The Outer Worlds is one of the first true single-player RPGs that we’ve seen in quite a bit, separate from the mold of games-as-a-service or other multiplayer factors. The Outer Worlds seems to be
There has been a lot of talk about Stadia, Google’s upcoming streaming platform, ever since it was revealed at GDC a few weeks back. Some tend to believe that Stadia could be the future of gaming while others are hard-pressed to think it will find success in our current Internet climate where speeds are often
There’s no question about it: Borderlands 3 hype is in full swing. Following the PAX East reveal from developer Gearbox Studios, most gamers aren’t waiting until the April 3 announcements for more information. Instead, they are diving right into other Borderlands games on Steam driving chart numbers across the board. Analytics come directly from site SteamCharts, which reviews both
Since its release last summer, Dead Cells has emerged as a cult hit thanks to its challenging roguelike gameplay and addictive Metroidvania elements, and with the game having been such a success, developer Motion Twin seems to be moving ahead on continuing to support the game while also exploring the potential of Google Stadia. Speaking in
Google just announced Stadia, their game streaming service that will supposedly allow you to stream high-quality games to your devices no matter where you are if you have the bandwidth to handle it. Alongside that announcement, Google also unveiled its very own controller for the service. It will remind many of the Switch Pro controller,