They might adapt From Software games into films and TV shows, too A lot of former PlayStation exclusives have been ported to PC over the past two years, and Sony seem to see the benefit of doing more. Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, says that “Further investments in areas that will strengthen the expansion on to PC, on to mobile and into live services, that’s definitely a possibility for us....
It’s due to release this year Electronic Arts' next Need For Speed game will be revealed this coming Thursday, October 6th. The official Need For Speed Twitter account shared the news that the reveal trailer would land at 8am PT/4pm BST/5pm CEST. Here’s the tweet, which contains a logo and a little music: EA, meanwhile, have grown their share of the racing game genreby buying Codemasters last year.
Alas, the Vera update is nothing to do with a certain Geordie detective Sci-fi gacha MMOTower Of Fantasyis heading to Steam on October 20th, the same day as its Version 2.0 Vera update arrives. The update adds the realm of Vera, where you’ll find the Gobby desert (really) and its cyberpunk city of Mirroria. Watch the very neon and sandy trailer below. While the name Vera may summon mental images of actor Brenda Blethyn in a trenchcoat, scarf and big floppy hat for some, this update actually adds new areas to Tower Of Fantasy....
Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word In this guide, you’ll find three handy hints that you can use to solve the Wordle answer today. If you aren’t looking for clues and just want to know the answer, simply scroll down a little further. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle October 4 hints The Wordle answer today is a tough one, but we can point you in the right direction....
We’ll have more recs on the way later this week In case September didn’t add enough new indie games to your burgeoning Steam wishlists, Valve are back today with another edition of their demo-packedSteam Next Fest, and we’ve been playing some of its many, many, many demos to help give you a few pointers on where to start. You can viewthe whole of October’s Steam Next Fest right hereif you’d rather just dive in headfirst, but below you’ll find some hand-picked highlights we’ve been enjoying ahead of time - including a new Return Of The Obra Dinn-alike, a first-person skeleton shooter, an underwater citybuilders and a platformer where your gun is also an umbrella....
No promises yet, but it’s something Since Google announced they were giving up on Stadia last week, some developers and publishers are taking steps to ensure players don’t lose their progress when the platform shuts down in January. So far, Bungie, IO Interactive and Ubisoft have issued statements to reassure Stadia users that they’re investigating ways to salvage their saves. It’s a welcome development following Google’s sudden shutdown revelation. Other devs followed suit....
ZA/UM’s Martin Luiga has revealed the involuntary departure of its lead writers and artist The Mediumpost, titled The Dissolution Of The ZA/UM Cultural Association, was more than slightly cryptic, and didn’t explain what had led to the staff leaving ZA/UM. “The reason for dissolving the cultural organization is that it no longer represents the ethos it was founded on. People and ideas are meant to be eternal; organizations may well be temporary,” Luiga said....
That’s certainly a big chunk of the gaming web Pop culture wiki service Fandom has acquired a whole bunch of gaming and entertainment sites including media sites GameSpot and Giant Bomb, the company announced today. As part of the deal with Red Ventures, Fandom also gain Metacritic and GameFAQs, along with broader entertainment coverage through Comic Vine and TV Guide. The cost of the purchase wasn’t disclosed. It seems the deal will see Red Ventures’ gaming and entertainment content folded into the Fandom platform, which Fandom say will, you guessed it, “drive engagement”....
It’s looking really, really good When action RPGFlintlock: The Siege Of Dawnwas revealed in March, its cinematic trailer struggled to conjure up anything more than a slight tinge of excitement. Then a gameplay reveal arrived later at Summer Geoff Fest and it immediately slid into the “Cor, this game looks a bit good doesn’t it?” category of my brain. Finally, another game befitting A44, the studio behind minimalisticAshenwhichBrendy quite enjoyed....
The base game might be getting a remaster, too, for some reason Horizon Zero Dawndevelopers Guerrilla Games are working on an online multiplayer instalment in the retro-futuristic, robot battling series, a new report claims.MP1stsay multiple sources allege the project exists, and another suggests it could include co-op involving some form of customisation based on tribes from the Horizon series. This multiplayer version of Horizon would come to PC alongside PlayStation consoles....
There will be blood, eventually Fancy playing a newLegacy Of Kaingame at some point in the indefinite future? Well, Crystal Dynamics are running a survey seeking opinions about where a hypothetical next instalment in the series might go. They’re also checking whether anyone would be up for remasters or remakes of earlier games, such as Legacy Of Kain:Soul Reaver. If you don’t enjoy the sound of a satirical co-op beat ‘em up set in the vampiric realm of Nosgoth then you might want to chime in with your thoughts....
A great price for a brand new high-speed SSD from Ebuyer. The WD SN550 is going cheap at Ebuyer’s Ebay UK page right now, with a 2TB drive costing just £118.98. That’s an awesome deal for what is already one of the best value PCIe 3.0 SSDs, offering sequential read speeds up to 2600MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 1800MB/s. That’s about five times faster than even the fastest SATA drive in terms of peak read speeds, making this an excellent choice for handling large files such as 4K videos, disc images and so on....
Admiring more interesting indie games Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by automotive horror, great goop technology, flirting with Hercule Poirot, and the most beautiful little cat. I feel it’s been an eternity since I last sawBeware, the horror game about horrible car chases through dark countryside and villages....
