Sony has released a new video that features Naughty Dog providing a look into how decisions and gameplay mechanics, such as dodge, jump, and prone, will provide Ellie with the means to survive in The Last of Us: Part 2. In the video, Naughty Dog starts off by discussing how they want the player to experience how hard certain decisions will be for the characters which will ultimately make it hard for the player as well....
The news comes from a report published by GamesIndustry.biz, which concludes that The Last of Us Part 2 sales have knocked 2016’s Uncharted 4 off its perch as the fastest-selling PS4 exclusive of this console generation. Sales from its opening week have been approximately 1% higher than that of Uncharted 4 — although the GamesIndustry report specifically clarifies that digital sales are not factored into this statistic, meaning that The Last of Part 2 may have smashed the record by an even wider margin....
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carolyn Strauss will also executive produce The Last of Us series along with Naughty Dog president Evan Wells. The series will focus on the events of the original game, and its possible content from The Last of Us Part 2 will be included. “Neil Druckmann is without question the finest storyteller working in the video game medium, and The Last of Us is his magnum opus....
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD soared into storefronts last week on Friday, July 16. So, it might be too early for a sale, but gaming retailers don’t seem to think so. If you’ve been feeling FOMO about Skyward Sword discourse, you can now join the high-flying fun for $10 off. For context, Skyward Sword costs about $60 at full price. The discounted versions cost about $50. Take to the skies with purchases at these select stores: It might not be a crazy 50% off deal, but it’s worth considering for a game that basically just released last weekend....
Players who take part in the Shattered Relics league must compete to make it through the content available to them to earn valuable rewards. These in turn will allow them to access harder and harder content, and re-experience the game in a whole other light. During the tutorial, everything is locked off. Players first unlock a limited set of skills they can use, including defence, thieving, fishing, and a combat skill of their choice....
What also makes The Urbz bizarre, as is the case with a few other titles in The Sims series, is that both the console and handheld games are different. Now, regardless of which version you played, both versions of the game prove to be rather wacky. They’re games that I look back on fondly, and I don’t know about you, but I miss the days when Maxis would churn out distinct spin-offs in the series....
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gives players the choice of either going in with a clean slate or answering a few questions about Geralt’s part in the events of previous games. The choices yield different results, but it’s not clear which is which from the outset. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the first game in the series to come to a PlayStation and Nintendo platforms. It’s also the series’ first new-gen instalment, which means importing saves from The Witcher 2 is impossible....
It’s also one of the first instances where your choices will lead to significantly different quest endings, though whatever you do, it won’t affect how the main story ends. This guide contains some spoilers for how the quest ends, so bear that in mind if you want to go in completely fresh. The Witcher 3: On Death’s Bed You’ll receive this quest after visiting Tomira, the herbalist in the western part of White Orchard....
The Witcher Netflix series has new characters coming with Season Two and the company announced the cast today. Yasen Atour (Ben-Hur) will play the Witcher Coen who trained Ciri in sword combat; Agnes Bjorn as Vereena a powerful bruxa; Paul Bullion (Peaky Blinders) will portray Lambert, a younger Witcher from Kaer Morhen; as previously reported, the cursed Nivellen will be played by Kristofer Hivju; Danish actor Thue Ersted Rasmussen has been cast as Eskel, another Witcher; Lydia the sorceress will be played by Aisha Fabienne Ross (Alleycats); and Mecia Simson (Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model) will lend her talents to the elf Francesca....
Filming for The Witcher season 2 actually kicked off in February, but the new information about Geralt’s witchery companions only surfaced online today. The report features an image from Rasmussen’s Instagram story, which can be seen below. This trailer pretty much concludes that Rasmussen is on set and actively filming his scenes for season 2. It’s also worth noting that Rasmussen recently posted that he was working with Barry Gower (the prosthetic artist who brought you Game of Thrones’ White Walkers) on Instagram....
Fans of The Witcher series on Netflix will be pleased to hear that the long-awaited Season 2 will premiere on the service on December 17. According to information provided today during WitcherCon, the season will span eight episodes and start where things left off last year with Geralt and Ciri finally meeting up. And it looks like Geralt will also come into contact with a Leshen this coming season. Yikes!...
The news comes from Twitter, where the official Ubisoft Montreal account posted a tweet following on from yesterday’s eight-hour Assassin’s Creed Valhalla reveal stream. You can check out the tweet below. “We’d also like to thank the 14 co-dev studios all around the world. You know who you are, and we’re thankful for your dedication! Skàl!”
We’ve seen plenty of games created and recreated in Dreams. The toolset is advanced enough that even certain user creations have invited the ire of Nintendo. But while everyone else was figuring out how to come up with compelling gameplay for their projects, creator Bad Robo was instead pushing visuals to the extreme. Bad Robo has been creating simple scenes from nature within Dreams. The only catch is, they’re at near photo-realistic levels, the sort you’d see advertising engines like Unreal or Unity....
In The Falconeer, you will choose between competing factions, all of which are at the mercy of the Great Ursee, a near-infinite body of water. In the skies, the rich and the powerful have airships defended by mercenary Falconeers, while “revolution and dissent brews among the downtrodden and poor” on the waters below. But it isn’t clear who is the “good guy, or the bad guy.” In the game, you will support your chosen faction while flying on missions from the back of a warbird....
Voice actor Troy Baker and Mediatonic – the studio behind smash-hit Fall Guys – are raising money for UK mental health charities via a livestream later this week. This is a collaboration with UK video games trade body Ukie, with the stream taking place on Friday, December 18 to raise money for Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), Head to Toe, and Safe in Our World between 4pm and 6pm UK....
The game is slated for PC and Consoles in 2022.
Back 4 Blood is an in-development zombie first-person shooter from Turtle Rock, the original developer of Left 4 Dead, and the ill-fated Evolve. The co-op game was first announced well over a year ago, but neither Turtle Rock nor publisher Warner Bros. have revealed anything about the game since then. To this day, the game does not have an official trailer, cover art or any promotional material. So you’d be forgiven for completely forgetting it existed....
The new content includes a new challenge mode level and a collection of items and decorations. There are balloons, a new vase, a duvet, and a tunnel of love. Cupid will also visit your campus, and if impressed with your work, they will leave behind Love Bombs to put your students in a romantic mood. All items and the challenge mode will stick around after the event ends. In case you are unfamiliar with it, Two Point Campus is a university management simulator that tasks you with building and running a university campus....
Ubisoft is continuing its promotion of free games to celebrate the holidays. Following on from Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and a few other in-game cosmetics, the time has now come for another free game. This time, it’s the standard edition of Trials Rising, available for a limited time on Ubisoft Connect. Trials Rising is the most recent game in the series, continuing its tradition of nail-biting, tough platforming challenges with your bike across side-scrolling levels....
That’s according to various Skull & Bones developers at Ubisoft who spoke with Kotaku recently. What started off as an offshoot of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag back in 2013, instead of being released as a post-launch update, the project became its own title and went into development at Ubisoft Singapore. The game was announced at E3 2017 as a cooperative multiplayer title with PvP and plenty of environmental factors to contend with such as the wind and ocean currents....
