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 …
Read More »Leaked Hitman footage is real, but devs say its already looking better
Update: Hitman community manager Travis Barbour handled the leaked gameplay footage about as gracefully as possible, saying on Twitter that the game has improved quite a bit from this early build. The game looks and plays a lot better than most of what you’re seeing out there today. Proof to …
Read More »First teaser for Robert Kirkmans Outcast
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 …
Read More »Jade Raymond is working on Amy Hennigs Star Wars game
Former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond is starting an EA studio, and its very first project is collaborating with Uncharted director Amy Hennig and Visceral on their new Star Wars game (opens in new tab). That’s quite a way to break the silence after Raymond left Ubisoft (opens in new …
Read More »The Witcher 3s Ciri alternative look DLC is coming out for real this week
An alternative outfit for Ciri is hitting The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab) soon, and this time, it won’t break your game. Developer CD Projekt Red has announced that the next piece of free DLC for the game will roll out for good later this week. CD Projekt Red’s …
Read More »Dont expect backwards compatibility from Sony: our focus is creating PS4 games
Sony may have ‘won’ this year’s E3 with its triple whammy to the nostalgia glands, but Microsoft still made some big waves of its own with the announcement that Xbox One will now offer backwards comptatibility on certain Xbox 360 games. In the latest issue of Edge, the team caught …
Read More »How Nintendos most famous castle changed Mario forever
The outside of Peach’s Castle was 3D gaming’s gentle introductory playground. It seems oddly sparse today: just a cluster of trees and a lake devoid of traditional game-like challenge. But that’s the point. Nintendo built Mario 64 on a foundation of technological breakthrough with its sprawling 3D worlds, but nothing …
Read More »Let Nolan North ruin Uncharted 2s Tibetan village scene for you
Oh, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Why do we love you so? Well probably being one of the best games ever made probably has something to do with it. And we’re not the only ones – Nolan North, the man behind Nathan Drake’s voicebox and swagger also has a soft spot …
Read More »Im buying Black Ops 3 strictly for its Zombies mode
I’m an, uh, unabashed lover of all things Jeff Goldblum. I adore his turns as a brilliant mathematician with a strange laugh (opens in new tab), an expert on artisan knots (opens in new tab), the confident spokesman for Waitmate (opens in new tab), a neurosurgeon named New Jersey (opens …
Read More »Black Ops 3 has a special-edition exclusive Zombies map
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab) has a remake of Der Riese, the final map from Call of Duty: World at War’s original Zombies campaign – but you can only play it if you buy one of the special editions. Activision and Treyarch announced that The …
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