Assassin's Creed veteran Russell Lees dies
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Russell Lees, a video games industry veteran with a long career at Ubisoft, has passed away. Word of Lees' death was shared on Twitter last night by Assassin's Creed narrative director Darby McDevitt, who led tributes to his colleague.
At Ubisoft Montreal, Lees wrote several story arcs for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, as well as the game's Ireland-set Wrath of the Druids DLC.
As a writer and narrative designer, Lees also contributed to Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed 3's Tyranny of King Washington expansion.
[Read More]Blizzard apology does not silence protestors at BlizzCon 2019
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
The apology Blizzard issued today, regarding the Hearthstone pro banned for supporting the Hong Kong protests, has not silenced protestors at BlizzCon 2019.
A collection of groups gathered in the street leading to the Anaheim Convention Center, where the event is being held. The groups included people dressed as Winnie the Pooh, a character banned by China. They banded together holding placards, chanting (I heard "Blitzchung did nothing wrong - free Hong Kong"
[Read More]Borderlands 3 on PS5 and Xbox Series X has four-player split-screen
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Borderlands 3 is coming to both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5 with some cool new features, Gearbox announced during PAX Online tonight.
First up, the looter shooter has a free next-gen upgrade that applies to all content you've bought, as well as your saves. Basically, you carry everything over to the next-gen.
Borderlands 3 runs at 60 frames per second and in 4K resolution on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 in single-player, Gearbox stressed.
[Read More]Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 makes $1bn a day quicker than Modern Warfare 3
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 made $1 billion a day quicker than Modern Warfare 3, Activision has announced.
That's $1 billion in worldwide retail sales in 15 days since launch, based on Chart-Track and internal figures. Modern Warfare 3 took 16 days to cross the $1 billion mark.
For comparison, James Cameron's Avatar made $1 billion in 17 days.
Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top ten grossing films of 2012 combined, Activision boss Bobby Kotick said.
[Read More]Diablo Immortal has started its global roll-out on iOS and Android devices
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Diablo Immortal - Blizzard's free-to-play take on its long-running dungeon crawler series - has started its global roll-out, and is now available to download on iOS and Android devices in certain territories. First announced at BlizzCon in 2018 - where it was less than warmly received by attendees - Diablo Immortal takes place between the events of Diablo 2 and 3, adapting the classic dungeon crawling formula of its predecessors for mobile devices - which, among other things, means a free-to-play monetisation model based around in-app purchases.
[Read More]Don't expect Fall Guys on Nintendo Switch or Xbox this year
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has confirmed that the game's delayed Nintendo Switch and Xbox versions won't arrive before the end of the year.
These editions were originally due in the summer, but in April were pushed back to an undefined date - and we've not heard much since. As for when they will arrive, those details will have to wait for 2022.
Mediatonic acknowledged the wait in a blog post detailing the launch of Fall Guys' sixth season, Party Spectacular, which is out now.
[Read More]Fallout 4 on Xbox One X delivers a detail-rich 4K experience
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
There are still a number of high-profile Xbox One X titles still in the pipeline (Forza Horizon 3, anyone?) but two significant upgrades arrived in tandem yesterday. Bethesda's Skyrim upgrade looks to deliver a native 4K experience in line with the PS4 Pro version - and we'll be reporting on that in the next day or so - but it's Fallout 4 that seems to be bringing much more to the table.
[Read More]Fallout writer Scott Bennie dies
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Scott Bennie, a writer and contributor to the original Fallout, has died aged 61.
Bennie served as a designer, writer and producer of numerous games during his time at Interplay in the 1990s, including The Lord of the Rings, Starfleet Academy, plus Starfleet Command and its sequel. On Fallout, Bennie memorably said his career had peaked with the popular naming of its canine companion, Dogmeat.
"I didn't have that much to do with Fallout.
[Read More]Guilty Gear Strive looks like a Game Boy Advance game with potato mod
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
What if Guilty Gear Strive was a Game Boy Advance game? It might look a bit like this.
Modder FGCdraft created a Potato Low Spec mod for Arc System Works' wonderful anime fighting game to help people get it running on underpowered hardware, and in the process created a pixel art aesthetic I'm very much on board with.
FGCdraft's video, below, shows off the potato mod in all its glory. The download instructions are in the video description.
[Read More]Leaks suggest Nintendo's Retro Studios making Star Fox racing spin-off
Posted on June 5, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
A round of internet leaks has suggested Nintendo's Retro Studios - developer of the Metroid Prime trilogy - is working on a Star Fox racing spin-off. The leaks appeared online over the weekend on reddit and 4chan, and were then reported this morning on multiple gaming sites and blogs. So, what do we believe? Well, as improbable as Retro making a Star Fox racing spin-off may sound, Eurogamer sources have heard similar.
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