You’d be right to point out that no game development task is easy, of course. It’s all difficult. But in the case of Sonic Origins, Sega had been dealt a pretty strong hand to begin with; a perfect starting point for this collection. Great, high quality, modern engine versions of Sonic 1, 2, and CD already existed on mobile - and the versions in Origins have their roots there. They also had Headcannon, part of the crew behind the barnstorming Sonic Mania and familiar with the engine that powered those mobile ports, to ply for help....

Depending on your perspective, it’s a pretty good time to be a Sonic fan. Sure, Sonic Frontiers is far from perfect, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a real good time anyway. The next instalment in the film franchise is only a couple of years away too, and there’s that Knuckles spin-off series. And next month, Netflix is giving us a brand new show, Sonic Prime, which puts our favourite little quipster in quite the pickle - one where Eggman appears to rule various worlds across the multiverse....

For those of you who haven’t had a chance to see the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and can’t now due to theaters closing all over the place, there’s a bit of good news for you. According to Variety, Paramount Pictures will release the film digitally on March 31, just 46 days after its February 14 theatrical release. The film will be made available on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 19....

Speaking to Yahoo Japan, Matsuda once again spoke of his desire for Square Enix to incorporate the blockchain into Square Enix’s games - something he mentioned at the start of the year, despite acknowledging the widespread backlash to all things blockchain and NFTs. “In the future, we would like to try our hand at providing ‘autonomous game content’,” Matsuda said in the interview (translations by VGC). “Until now, in most games, we provided the content as a finished product and the players played that content....

Since then, we’ve heard and seen nothing from developer Aspyr, which makes today’s report all the more frustrating. According to Bloomberg [Paywall], the development of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake has been put on ice. The game has effectively been delayed indefinitely. Citing people familiar with the goings on, Bloomberg’s report says Aspyr fired the game’s art director Jason Minor, and design director Brad Prince last month....

Him and the other actors are standing inside the performance capture volume - a stage filled with props to simulate a saloon - and Davis takes a seat at the table. The director, Rod Edge, wants him to stand by the bar, but Davis thinks the scene would play out better if the argument starts when he’s sat on a stool instead. “I got into a little bit of a snit about it, as one does, and Rod came over and asked why I wanted to be sitting at the table,” Davis remembers....

As my hands-off preview begins, I find it hard to contain my excitement. I watch the silhouette of our furry protagonist simply doing ‘cat things’ while in their idle animation. Producer, Swann Martin-Raget, walks us through the game and explains what we can expect from the adventure, deftly avoiding giving away any plot details. Stray’s setting is the “perfect playground” for a cat He starts us by walking the furry, ginger cat through the streets of Midtown; the setting is dark and dreary – yet outstandingly beautiful....

But if you didn’t stay in to watch the show live, we’ve got a full list of announcements from the show that you can quickly find below. Street Fighter 6 - Guile gameplay reveal trailer Guile - one of the classic eight world warriors - was shown off in Street Fighter 6 via a gameplay trailer that kicked off the Summer Game Fest. The trailer shows off a fresh new redesign, a stylish age up, and some of their favourite moves brought back into this shiny new title....

The annual event has been another massive success, with the final figure coming in at over $2,904,585 from over 40,000 donations over the course of the marathon. The GDQ team dropped a huge $250,000 into the tracker towards the end of the marathon (raised from money from sponsors, Twitch subscriptions and other miscellaneous amounts) pushing the total up to over $2.5 million at the time. Thanks to that sum – which is the highest figure a Summer Games Done Quick has ever achieved – the grand total raised for charities by the even now stands at an eye-watering $34m....

While this isn’t the first leak for Tactics Ogre: Reborn, it is the most in depth one. As reported by Gematsu, details leaked through the PlayStation focused website PS Deals, which even potentially confirmed a release date of November 11. And the title will supposedly come to both PS4 and PS5 when it does launch, though other platforms haven’t been ruled out yet. “Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots,” reads the description of the game....

Developer Techland made the official announcement today over social media. “We were initially aiming for a Spring 2020 release with Dying Light 2,” writes CEO Pawel Marchewka in a statement, “but unfortunately we need more development time to fulfill our vision.” “We will have more detailsto share in the coming months, and will get back to you as soon as we have more information,” the post continues. “We apologize for this unwelcome news....

Below you’ll find a list that’ll send you straight to the section you’re interested in, or you can read the breakdown in full. TFT set 7.5 release date TFT set 7.5 — dragon trait rework TFT set 7.5 — Treasure Dragon Rework TFT set 7.5 — New traits TFT set 7.5 — Removed traits TFT set 7.5 — New champions TFT set 7.5 — Removed champions TFT set 7.5 — Item changes TFT set 7....

What is the best Rosaria team comp for DPS in Genshin Impact? Main DPS:Rosaria Sub DPS: Bennett or Xiangling Sub DPS: Kaeya Sub DPS: Xingqiu This build foregoes support of any kind in favor of dealing heavy damage through continuous Elemental Reactions. You’ll frequently switch through each party member, pulling off Skills and Bursts in quick succession for a stream of Elemental damage. Rosaria’s Burst is key here, since it creates a Cryo field that lasts for eight seconds, while Bennett’s imbues each character with Pyro for 12 seconds....

Following the launch of House of Ashes later this year, Supermassive Games will launch the fourth game in the series assumedly in 2022 (there’s been one Dark Pictures title per year since 2019). Man of Medan hit in 2019, then Little Hope arrived in 2020. Neither developer Supermassive Games nor publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment made this announcement; instead, the information has been leaked by a trademark filing with Justia Trademarks, which appeared online with a new trademark on 1 July, 2021....

After what seemed like weeks of silence, Raven Software has confirmed today that its teams are working on a weapon balance patch for Call of Duty: Warzone. The update, which does not have a release date, will target the Black Ops Cold War weapons currently ruining the game. More specifically, you can expect a nerf to the DMR 14, the Type 63, the Mac 10 and the akimbo Diamatti pistols....

Headed up by Starward Industries, which is a super-group of devs who can list such esteemed projects as The Witcher 3, Dying Light, and Call of Juarez on their collective CV, The Invincible is an adventure game based on an acclaimed genre work by a celebrated Polish author which I haven’t read and neither have you. That’s where its similarities with The Witcher games start and end. The Invincible is a landmark work of hard science fiction which explores the perils of space colonisation and the very nature of alien life: the forms it may take, whether we’d recognise it, and how our prejudices might affect our decision making when encountering it....

VG247’s resident video producer Alice Liguori picks up the controller to tackle Ellie and Joel’s return, and you can watch our stream right here with us. The Last of Us Part 2 comes seven years after the original game, and is a sequel that our review describes as a generation defining masterpiece. We’re not the only ones gushing over it like a bleeding head wound, as reviews are praising Naughty Dog’s swansong on the PS4....

The Entertainment Software Rating Board has a listing for The Medium on PS5 (thanks, Gematsu). Bloober Team’s third-person psychological horror title was first announced for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and was a day-one release through Xbox Game Pass. The game puts you in the shoes of Marianne, a medium haunted by visions who can interact with two worlds: the real, and the spirit world. Released back in January, the game was met with generally favorable to mixed and average reviews....

Call of Duty trailers usually end with a multiplayer tease, whether that be news of a proper multiplayer reveal event, or simply confirmation of an alpha/beta test. Modern Warfare 2, however, did not seem interested in sharing such news. This is also when keys will be sent to customers, strongly indicating that this is when the beta is going to begin. The same message appears across the pages of the different versions of the game....

The game is a whole new take on the Outlast survival horror experience, The Outlast Trials is set in the same universe as the previous titles for one to four players, set for release during 2022. Set in the height of the Cold War era, players take on the role of test subjects abducted by the shadowy Murkoff Corporation. Imprisoned in a secret Murkoff facility, players will be thrust into a series of physical and mental ordeals, tormented by iconic characters, and challenged alone or in teams to survive with their sanity intact....