2K Games has announced that retired pro-wrestler Steve Austin, better known to wrestling fans as Stone Cold, has been confirmed as the cover star for . Which character do you want to play as in the game? Let us know in the comments.
The video game industry stands to benefit if the executives at the companies that make them actually play.
That's according to Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, who shared his thoughts on subject recently. He went on to praise PlayStation Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida as being one such example.
Spencer on stage at E3 2015
"I think our industry is better when more people who [make] decisions on games play. Shuhei Yoshida is one of those people," Spencer --and playing quite well.
And just to be clear, Spencer was not being sarcastic.
Felix Kjellberg, better known by his online alias PewDiePie, earned 63 million SEK (around $7.5 million) in 2014, according to financial documents.
According to Swedish newspaper .
He currently has 37 million subscribers and generates over $4 million in ad sales per year.
In 2014, Kjellberg said his videos, in some ways, are designed to encourage developers to create games that are not only fun to play, but to also fun for others to watch.
"It's cool to have this kind of influence, but at the same time it's kind of scary," Kjellberg said.
According to Kjellberg, the original name for his YouTube account was PewDie ("pew" for the sound of a laser gun and "die" for death), but after he lost his account password he had to come up with a new name, so he added "Pie" to it.
He also said his popularity on YouTube is somewhat unsettling: "I'm so central to YouTube now, and that puts me in the spotlight and raises a lot of questions like 'Why is he so big?'" Kjellberg said. "I'd much rather prefer to have something like 5 million subscribers."
Acclaimed visual novel series Zero Escape is set for a third entry, publisher Aksys Games has announced.
Revealed during the Aksys Games Panel at Anime Expo in LA, Zero Escape 3 will be released in 2016, and takes place on Mars. More specifically, the game is set on a test facility designed on Mars designed to evaluate the viability of establishing a colony on the planet.
At the centre of it all is a group of people, whose mental state and their personal dynamics, will be one of the driving forces behind the narrative.
Zero Escape 3, which does not have a subtitle yet, will once again be developed by Chunsoft, with writer and director Kotaro Uchikoshi returning for the project.
The game is scheduled for release on we said "there aren't many [games] that leave you contemplating and debating their story and worldviews long after the final set of credits has rolled ... Virtue's Last Reward takes its place proudly among this crop of games."
Sega of America has registered domains for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3, sparking speculation that a sequel to its acclaimed real-time strategy series may be on the way.
Minecon 2015 happened, and we got the reveal of Telltale Games' episodic adventure game: Minecraft: Story Mode, and the announcement of Minecraft for Windows 10!
This week Europe gets F1 2015, Xbox One owners get SMITE while PS4 owners get Pneuma and Skullgirls 2nd Encore. The Red Solstice comes out of early access and Rocket League explodes its way into our hearts.
Bungie has published a list of everything included in that "we plan to prove that The Taken King is more than DLC--it’s a game."
A list of content included in the DLC, as written by Bungie, is pasted below.
New story missions and an array of sidequests that conspire to tell the story of our battle to defend our Solar System against Oryx and his Taken army
New narrative driven by cinematic cutscenes starring an engaging cast of characters
New Exotic Weapons, Exotic Armor, and Exotic Questlines
The Dreadnaught, a full new destination, with unique secrets, rituals, and treasures to uncover
A new breed of enemy combatants, The Taken, armed with new abilities and weapons
An increased Level Cap, and new ways for your Guardian to grow more powerful
The most substantial injection of new, unique, and redesigned weapons, armor, and talents to date
New subclasses with all new Supers and abilities
New cooperative Strikes with unique and dynamic new Boss battles
Redesigned and reimagined Strikes – Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III – are now overrun by the Taken
New Crucible multiplayer maps with new Crucible modes, including the previously revealed Rift and Mayhem
And, of course, last but not least, our biggest six-player Raid yet.
While these promises regarding content have been made now, Bungie says in the weeks ahead it will also discus "a range of topics that we know are important to you, including weapon rebalancing, economy improvements, an overhauled quest experience, bounty enhancements, faction allegiances, end game content, and more."
Minecon 2015 happened, and we got the reveal of Telltale Games' episodic adventure game: Minecraft: Story Mode, and the announcement of Minecraft for Windows 10!
This week Europe gets F1 2015, Xbox One owners get SMITE while PS4 owners get Pneuma and Skullgirls 2nd Encore. The Red Solstice comes out of early access and Rocket League explodes its way into our hearts.
