PS2 classic Ico turns 20 years old
Posted on March 21, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
PlayStation 2 classic Ico has turned 20 years old.
In the 2001 adventure game, developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico and directed by Fumito Ueda, you play a young boy born with horns who encounters a princess called Yorda. The pair work to escape a castle, while Ico helps Yorda evade shadowy creatures.
The hook - apart from Ico's gorgeous, minimalist visuals and design - is the player controls Ico while assisting Yorda.
[Read More]Scarlet Nexus director discusses desire for an "even more mature" sequel
Posted on March 21, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
The director of Scarlet Nexus has discussed his desire for an "even more mature" sequel.
The anime styled action RPG was released last year across both console generations, and was later added to Xbox Game Pass in September.
Game director Kenji Anabuki, along with producer Keita Iizuka, spoke with Inverse on a potential sequel.
"If there is a sequel, I would personally want to utilise the 'superpower' theme in areas other than battles,"
[Read More]Shenmue 3 Future Dream quest and reward choice explained
Posted on March 21, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Future Dream is a side-quest you can come across in Shenmue 3.
It revolves around helping a child in Panda Market, Zhi Mao, who needs your help with getting a soccer ball.
Doing so presents you with one or two Future Dream rewards - and we're here to explain the choice you're about to make.
On this page:
How to start and complete the Future Dream quest in Shenmue 3 Future Dream reward explained: Capsule toy or fishing spot?
[Read More]Tom Clancy's Elite Squad shuts down a year after launch
Posted on March 21, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Tom Clancy's Elite Squad will shut down a year after launch, Ubisoft has announced.
Elite Squad, developed by Owlient, the Paris-based studio behind horse breeding games, is a kind of Tom Clancy all-stars action RPG for mobile devices drenched in a Fortnite-esque graphics style.
A trailer shown at last year's Ubisoft Forward event starred Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher - complete with iconic night vision goggles - alongside characters from the likes of Rainbow Six (Montagne and Caveira), Ghost Recon (El Sueño from Wildlands) and The Division.
[Read More]Until Dawn review | Eurogamer.net
Posted on March 21, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Weird, gory and surprisingly moving - Sony's long-delayed slasher tribute is a flawed but memorable step forwards for “interactive movies”. "Interactive movie" is a troublesome phrase. Games developers have chased this phantom grail for decades, and the result is usually ambitiously flawed at best, absolute dog muck at worst.
David Cage's Quantic Dream studio is one of today's most dedicated proponents of the genre, plugging away with titles like Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls.
[Read More]Where to pre-order The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD on Nintendo Switch
Posted on March 21, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
In the wake of yesterday's Nintendo Direct, the company has announced the release of a full HD remake of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Nintendo Switch, the earliest ever game in the Zelda timeline and one of a very small number of games where you can sit on a shoebill bird.
Skyward Sword originally came out in 2011 on the first Wii, and Nintendo seems to have gone to the effort of translating the motion controls to the Switch's Joy-Cons, meaning you can swing them about the room and have Link wave the Master Sword in the same way.
[Read More]Blizzard's new Warcraft mobile game is free-to-play "tower offence" Arclight Rumble
Posted on March 20, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Back in February, Activision Blizzard revealed its long-running Warcraft franchise would be heading to mobile this year - and we now know exactly what form it'll take thanks to the official reveal of free-to-play "tower offence" game Warcraft Arclight Rumble for iOS and Android. Arclight Rumble is being pitched as a combination of strategy game and tower defense, that sees players choosing from one of several leaders across five factions - Alliance, Horde, Beast, Blackrock, and Undead - each with their own abilities and specialisations.
[Read More]Civilization 6 gets long-awaited warmonger penalty tweak
Posted on March 20, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Civilization 6 is a game I very much enjoyed, but most players agree the warmonger penalty was too harsh.
Civ 6 would end up hitting players with punishing warmonger penalties seemingly whether they were playing aggressively or not. You could end up getting punished even if you were defending yourself from the already aggressive civ AI.
As part of the Spring 2017 update for Civilization 6, out this week, the developers at Firaxis have added nuances to the warmonger penalties so they only hit with their full strength if you are "
[Read More]Destiny 2 Wanted Bounty locations and how to get Lord of Wolves
Posted on March 20, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Destiny 2 Wanted Bounties have been introduced in the Forsaken expansion, tasking players with hunting down escaped prisoners from the Prison of Elders.
These involve you exploring Lost Sectors, patrol spaces and even Adventures in order to complete them, resulting in Legendary and Powerful Gear rewards - and even the chance to collect Lord of Wolves Exotic.
On this page are Wanted Bounty locations for the weekly reset between October 2nd and October 9th:
[Read More]Devil May Cry 5 voice actor pulls racist and transphobic videos from his own YouTube channel
Posted on March 20, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
UPDATE 20/3/19: Devil May Cry 5 voice actor Joey Camen has apologised for the offensive videos he recently removed from his YouTube channel. In a statement to Eurogamer, Camen explained his "edgy" comedy - labelled as racist and transphobic - was "parody", but still pulled the videos as it "was the right thing to do". Here's his statement in full: "I'm sorry and I truly apologise to anyone who was offended,"
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