While Sony has happily revealed a new version of the PS4 (opens in new tab) launching in the region at the end of the month, it appears that Microsoft just can’t catch a break in Japan. As reported by Kotaku (opens in new tab), between June 8th and June 14th, …
Read More »Exclusive – Michael Biehn remembers The Terminator
You don’t need to be wired into the Skynet mainframe to know that Terminator fever is upon us again. Not only is Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the iconic role of the T-800 in Terminator Genisys – out 2 July – but James Cameron’s classic original Terminator is back on the …
Read More »Halo 5 lets you pay real money for fancy armor and new guns
Update: We’ve received clarification from Microsoft. In their words: “Players earn REQ Points after each multiplayer match in Arena and Warzone and redeem the points to acquire REQ Packs. There are 3 tiers of base REQ packs that can be purchased: Gold, Silver and Bronze, and requisition cards are categorized …
Read More »Things that should (and should not) be changed in the Final Fantasy 7 remake
If it’s (not) broken… Square-Enix’s announcement of a Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab) at E3 2015 (opens in new tab) was a shock to the system. What was long regarded as nothing more than a fanboy’s fantasy is finally becoming a reality, and we couldn’t be more …
Read More »Fable Legends forces you to play nice with others, or die a lonely death
So, okay, I might have been a little bit aggressive while playing Fable Legends (opens in new tab). In my defense, my character looked the part; a young woman wearing no shoes, a tattered dress, and an uncompromising smirk as she hunched over a giant sword, she immediately seemed ready …
Read More »Ex-Bethesda and CD Projekt Red developers helped build Horizons open world
You might’ve noticed that Guerilla Games’ newest project Horizon: Zero Dawn has lush environments that look far more open than Killzone’s linear corridors. That’s because Horizon’s design is more organic than anything the studio has worked on in the past, with wandering herds of robo-dinos that you can happen across …
Read More »Be a hero of liberty (and destructive bastard) in Just Cause 3
I know a few things about the town I’m currently destroying. It’s somewhere in the sun-kissed Republic of Medici, a tranquil and fictional Mediterranean nation dreamed up for Just Cause 3. I know that I, as series protagonist Rico Rodriguez, am supposed to be liberating it from a tyrannical dictator …
Read More »Devolver to deliver retro-style radness to PS4 with Mother Russia Bleeds and Eitr
Sony’s press conference at E3 2015 once again affirmed the PlayStation 4’s place as a home for indie development, with publisher Devolver Digital taking the stage to show off the crimson-soaked fury of Mother Russia Bleeds and the creeping terror of Eitr. Mother Russia Bleeds looks a lot like Sega …
Read More »Uncharted 4 gets back to its roots with ridiculous car chases and witty repartee
We may not get to take control of Nate for a few months yet, but Sony saw fit to tide us all over during its E3 2015 press conference with another look at the gameplay for Uncharted 4. Nate and Sully (who we’re seeing for the first time since the …
Read More »Halloween Returns will resurrect Michael Myers (again)
Earlier this year talk of another Halloween movie suggested that the next go-around for Haddonfield’s most notorious resident would not be a straight-up sequel. Or a reboot. The two writers attached, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, described the film as a “recalibration”, and according to new reports it will be …
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