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Any self-respecting franchise game gets a making-of these days, and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (opens in new tab) is more self-respecting than most. Starting now, The Coalition will be releasing a behind-the-scenes video about its upcoming remaster every week. The first episode in the series (which you can watch …

The closed alpha for Hitman keeps leaking (opens in new tab) like a faucet. But as annoying as these too-early gameplay videos must be for Square Enix and IO Interactive, at least 47’s latest adventure already looks like a slick return to form for the silent assassin. This five-minute long …

While Batman and Superman might be hogging top billing on Dawn Of Justice, Wonder Woman will also be making her bow in Zack Snyder’s superhero extravaganza, with Gal Gadot (who plays Wonder Woman) describing her character as “strong and inspiring”. “I’m so excited about this role,” Gadot told Interview Magazine …

Half-Life and Half-Life 2 (opens in new tab) are first-person shooters about a scientist named Gordon Freeman who – somewhat inadvertently – becomes the savior of Earth when aliens invade the planet. Hotline Miami (opens in new tab) and Hotline Miami 2 (opens in new tab) are top-down shooters about …

While at the London Film and Comic-Con this past weekend, Sigourney Weaver shared her thoughts on the low point of the Alien franchise, and her response is one that most fans will do doubt agree with. “I heard that Fox was gonna do Alien vs. Predator, which really depressed me …

Here’s a shocking and entirely original revelation: Bloodborne is quite the dark adventure. Shocking huh? We’ve already quizzed game director Hidetaki Miyazaki on the challenge of creating conventional stories and the importance of having to work for Yharnam’s tastiest victories, but now it’s time to grill him on overdrive. In …

Speaking at this year’s Develop, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has said he wants to make a new Duke Nukem game, potentially via second developer. Hopefully, not taking as long to complete as the now legendary 14 year development that finally gave us Duke Nukem Forever. (opens in new tab) “I …

If you weren’t able to snag one of those gorgeous PS4 20th Anniversary Edition (opens in new tab) systems (which wouldn’t be surprising, seeing as Sony only made 12,300 of them), now you can turn your regular old PS4 into the next best thing with this original PlayStation skin. UK …

Update: Yager told GamesIndustry.biz (opens in new tab) that the split arose when the two companies’ “respective visions of the project fell out of alignment.” Yager plans to reveal more of its future plans at Gamescom in August. Original story: Yager is no longer working on Dead Island 2. Publisher …

Robert Kirkman is taking a step away from the shuffling hordes on The Walking Dead to bring us a new brand of small screen body horror. Based on the comic he co-created with artist Paul Azaceta, Outcast isn’t so much about the dead walking the Earth as demons walking the …