I have a personal attachment to the classic gaming scene. IÄ‚Ë€â„Ëve been a (broke, but still trying) collector of games since 1999, when I would save the quarters and dimes of my lunch money to hit the local Funcoland for new games at a dollar or less a pop. IÄ‚Ë€â„Ëve always wanted something "new" to play, no matter the age.
In 2010, Keiji Inafune—creator of Mega Man, Onimusha, and Dead Rising—left CAPCOM after he was unable to fulfill a personal dream project. In 2013 he took to Kickstarter to seek funds for an evolution of the Mega Man idea, with Mighty No. 9! Check out what we know about this title, nebulously dated for Spring 2015! [Latest word is that Deep Silver is in charge of publishing it in September. ~Ed. Nick]
Avalanche Studios appears to be busy making kickass trailers for open world games. The studio has followed up its Mad Max gameplay trailer with another gameplay trailer, this time for Just Cause 3.
WWE 2K15 came out last year on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The PC is notably absent from that list, but the wrestling game makes its debut on the platform today.
Sony Online Entertainment cut ties with Sony a couple months back, and now the developer begins anew as Daybreak Games. Gamesindustry.biz recently spoke with Daybreak president John Smedley about the state of the company's MMO H1Z1 and the entire genre.
Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment revealed the Batman: Arkham Knight season pass this morning, which comes with a hefty price tag.
The $40 season pass includes six months worth of content, which means it lasts until the end of the year. A tweet from the official game page says the DLC touts additional "story missions, super-villains, and more." Warner Bros. went on to note that Batmobile skins, character skins, challenge maps, and race tracks are also included in the season pass.
May, as it is the month before E3, doesn't have too many releases, which is why it's perfect for CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3. I haven't played any of the Witcher games yet (still in my stack of shame), but even I'm psyched to explore its massive world and stand in awe at Geralt's facial hair on ultra settings. Ooo...
A major Dota 2 event is currently underway, ready to wrap up the pre-playoff phase and declare which five teams from around the world will battle for the grand prize.
At 2:00PM PST today four professional North American Dota 2 teams will compete in the Group Competition portion of the Red Bull Battle Grounds. These four teams are:
Team Tinker
Not Today
Root Gaming
Summer's Rift
The surviving team of today's matches will earn a spot in the playoffs against Invictus Gaming (CN), Team Secret (EU), Hellraisers (CIS), and Team Malaysia (SEA). The playoffs will take place on May 5th and 6th in Santa Monica, California before the grand finals arrive on May 10th host in San Francisco.
Good news, Heroes of the Storm fans. If you missed out on Sunday's Heroes of the Dorm tournament you'll be able to watch it in its entirety on Twitch today from the comfort of any one of a number of devices.
Xbox head Phil Spencer says this year's Microsoft briefing will have "some interesting changes." While this sounds like what's said every year by every company, 2015 may prove Spencer to be right.
It isn't common that you see a high budget racing simulator hit the market, especially these days when Gran Turismo games are as rare as flying unicorns. So, it goes without saying that racing enthusiasts are excited to see what will become of Project CARS, a game that vowed to be true to the spirit of racing during its crowd-funding campaign. Arriving May 7th in the United States, it won't be long until we find out.
Treyarch plans many new changes to refresh and push the formula of the Call of Duty series forward, not the least of which is gender inclusiveness.
According to Gamespot, in the upcoming entry to the iconic first-person shooter franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops III players for the first time will be able to play through the campaign as a male or as a female soldier. With the campaign supporting co-op for up to four players, this allows for a badass female squad in addition to a badass male squad or a badass co-ed squad.
Beckers, rejoice, as the Kickstarter smash Mighty No. 9 finally has a release date, and though it may be outside of the initial window, the delay brings some promising additions.
Keiji Inafune, the creator of Mega Man and head of comcept, the studio in charge of Mighty No. 9 has announced that the game will launch on September 15 in North America and September 18 worldwide. When it does so, it will be with new partners Deep Silver (the people behind the Saints Row series) at its side.
Valve announced the introduction of paid mods to the Steam Workshop last week, and Gabe Newell followed up with a Reddit AMA over the weekend. But in a quick turn of events, Valve has removed the feature entirely.
Konami has delisted itself voluntarily from the New York Stock Exchange as of April 24 as noted by a SEC document made available today.
Not very good news, which comes after the company confirmed the cancelation of Silent Hills which would have involved Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro, and Norman Reedus.
With the recent news about Hideo Kojima planning to leave Konami after the completion of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Side by Side takes a look back at the Metal Gear franchise with the game that really started the use of cinematic stories and many gameplay innovations that are the series staples: Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake! Check it out below:
Developer Codemasters announced a new Overlord game last week, but the company is best known for the Dirt series. Well, Codemasters revealed Dirt Rally earlier today and then promptly released it on Steam Early Access.
The announcement of paid mod support on Steam last week was met with plenty of skepticism, so Valve head Gabe Newell participated in a Reddit AMA to help alleviate concerns.
First off, Newell explained the reasoning behind Valve's decision to introduce paid mods to the Steam workshop.
Our view of Steam is that it's a collection of useful tools for customers and content developers. With the Steam workshop, we've already reached the point where the community is paying their favorite contributors more than they would make if they worked at a traditional game developer. We see this as a really good step. The option of MOD developers getting paid seemed like a good extension of that.
He also clarified that the 75/25 revenue split for modders in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim isn't decided by Valve. Game developers set the percentages on a game-by-game basis.
The release of Batman: Arkham Knight is just a couple weeks away, and Rocksteady has released a new trailer that emphasizes a potentially exciting new feature.
Catwoman, Nightwing, and Robin make appearances in the trailer. They're kicking ass much like the Caped Crusader himself, and apparently it's not just for show. Players will be able to control Batman's companions as well.
Horror in recession
I remember in the late 90's it felt like I was overwhelmed with great horror games. The original Silent Hill stands as one of the best of the genre and Resident Evil showed how horror can be infused with exciting action, There was also Clock Tower, Dino Crisis, System Shock, Alone in the Dark, and Square's uniquely fantastic Parasite Eve. Each of these games were memorable, shaping high expectations for years to come.
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