A group of Blizzard employees have penned an open letter criticising the company's "abhorrent and insulting" response to the ongoing sexual harassment suit. The letter, which has since amassed nearly 2,000 signatures from current and former Blizzard employees, calls on ...
2021-07-27 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostDevelopers 343 Industries recently confirmed that "hundreds of thousands" of players who register for the currently-live Halo Insiders programme will net an invite to the game's upcoming technical test - which could happen as soon as next weekend. According to their official d...
2021-07-26 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing on from a spate of rumours over the past few weeks, EA Motive's remake of the 2008 sci-fi horror classic was officially announced during yesterday's EA Play Live showcase. We unfortunately didn't get a release date, though it was confirmed that the remake is next-gen specific - meaning P...
2021-07-23 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe lawsuit was filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing this week following a two-year investigation into allegations of harassment, bullying, and unfair pay at Activision Blizzard. The lawsuit alleges that female employees (who make up around 20...
2021-07-22 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing a spate of rumours to the effect last week, Netflix confirmed via their latest financial results that the company is "in the early stages" of developing a games offering. The expansion will apparently build on the foundation laid by earlier dalliances with games like Stranger Things and Blac...
2021-07-21 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] The Superweapons of Azeroth](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/1/lj/ze/4e9b88-019e8425-f5f2-7613-b027-c5179738fca0.jpg)
We're all a bit focused on Shadowlands, but back on Azeroth...
There's a huge list of world-ending (and beyond) weapons: Bioweapons, nukes, cannons, and more, all waiting to be utilised by bad actors or the Alliance or Horde military.
John put a bunch of time and effort into this video, so let us know what you think about our Blender-ma...
2021-07-20 14:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostTom Clancy's XDefiant was revealed yesterday as a "high-octane" 6v6 arena shooter where "fast-paced firefights meet punk-rock moshpit." Despite surely being one of the most bizarre descriptions ever for a Tom Clancy game, XDefiant promises a mixture of realistic gunplay and special abilit...
2021-07-20 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostRumours of another upcoming upgrade to the base Nintendo Switch have been knocking around since the OLED model was announced a few weeks back. The prevailing belief among those disappointed by the lack of a full Switch Pro is that the OLED model is a sort of stopgap update, with a more pronou...
2021-07-19 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing a spate of rumours in May, Valve have officially announced the Steam Deck - a portable gaming PC with a similar form factor to the Nintendo Switch. Set to release sometime this holiday period, the Steam Deck comes in three models with varying amounts of internal storage - the 65GB model costs $399, t...
2021-07-16 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn a new official blog publisher earlier this week, developers DICE went into some detail on two of the Battlefield franchise's most requested features. DICE confirmed that both cross-play and cross-progression are features that they're "looking to build and test for Battlefield ...
2021-07-15 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostConfirmation came earlier this week via the game's official Twitter account. A statement from developer Tango Gameworks reads that, while they want players to be able to "experience the unforgettable version of a haunted Tokyo" present in the game, they also want to protect the health of everyone a...
2021-07-14 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe upcoming Death Stranding Director's Cut was a pretty interesting announcement to come out Summer Game Fest, but it turns out creator Hideo Kojima isn't too pleased with the title. In a series of tweets, Kojima very publicly voiced his displeasure at the insinuation that his v...
2021-07-13 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostNew information on the upcoming next-generation upgrade came courtesy from this weekend's WitcherCon. Developers CD Projekt Red reiterated that the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S version of the 2015 epic will release later this year - though we're still waiting on a concrete date - and it'll be a free upgrade ...
2021-07-12 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostGoichi Suda and Hidetaka Suehiro (just in case you didn't know their real names) announced back in 2019 that they wanted to make a horror game Hotel Barcelona. They also mentioned that they wanted Devolver Digital to publish it, something Devolver had no prior knowledge o...
2021-07-09 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostUbisoft this week released a blog detailing a very intriguing future for the Assassin's Creed franchise. Rather than focusing on one specific time period, the currently-codenamed Assassin's Creed Infinity will act as a live-service title, offering an ever-expanding and evolving game wo...
2021-07-08 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostEA confirmed this week that CEO Frank Sagnier and CFO Rashid Varachia are set to leave Codemasters at the end of the month. The pair leaving a full four months after EA's acquisition of the racing giant was finalised is a little curious, though EA's statement confirming the departures e...
2021-07-07 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This time, we talk about.... time!
The Bronze, the Infinite, Chromie, all of WoD, Elisande. Time is a difficult one to wrap your head around, but I think we managed to do a decent job!
Not to spoil the episode, but.... we come to some pretty strong realisations for how the future of the WoW story could unravel in a way that could ti...
The recently released version 12.1.0 update lets players free up space to install new patches by first removing existing data from the game. This means that if a player wants to install a patch but their Switch storage is full, they can simply opt to jettison unneeded...
2021-07-06 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey!
Here's the sweet loot that Jess & the art team have cooked up for this month. 'tis cozy!
2021-07-05 21:18:10 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://www.notion.so/bellular/Research-c7d2281edf91419ea57a9a8fcbc0b049
We have a video guide scheduled for Tuesday on the BG channel - everything you need to do in the first week of season 2 of Shadowlands.
To make that ...
2021-07-05 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Postid Software's executive producer Marty Stratton confirmed over the weekend that Doom Eternal's Invasion mode, where players would sneakily invade other players' campaigns as demons, has been officially shelved. Instead, id will focus their efforts on a new Horde mode a...
2021-07-05 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostRumours pointing to a collaborative project between Xbox and Kojima have been swirling around since April, and this week VentureBeat reported that Kojima has signed a letter of intent confirming that his studio will work alongside Microsoft on a new Xbox game. The supposed ...
2021-07-02 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to General Chat episode 2! This is technically the third, but the second one just wasn't good enough for you guys - our bad!
In this ep, we talk about Michael playing Survival Hunter, class design stuff, the launch of 9.1, Blizzard hiring a new associate game director to help Ion out... and a bit more! As an example, I completely ...
A new blog post published earlier this week sees the game's art director, lead character artist, and associate art director go into some much-requested detail on the game's classes and enemies. The content on display is reportedly "pretty polished" and "a good representation" of the final product ...
2021-07-01 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostRemedy this week announced plans to partner with publisher 505 Games on a number of additional Control-related projects. One is a co-op multiplayer shooter of all things, while the other is a "bigger budget Control game" that is intended to "further expand the Control franchise." So tha...
2021-06-30 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! As we've said a few times, we have a new full-time member of staff: Dackor.
He joined on a full-time basis so that he could lead our 9.1 content, and he has done a stellar job. He created a document that contains EVERYTHING that editors and writers needed to understand and create our content, and it's expansive.
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During the recent showcase for new fighter Kazuya Mishima, Smash Bros. game director Masahiro Sakurai reiterated that development work on the game will conclude once the next DLC character releases. Kazuya (of Tekken fame) is the fifth of the six fighters that make up Smash B...
2021-06-29 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHere it is! An episode of Losing Our Marbles! General Chat 2 out tomorrow, and Lorewalking 3 soon after.
This episode is about our soft Patreon relaunch has went, the new hires, how 9.1 prep is going and even some talk about marketing a game at the end - including when our game will be revealed to the world, and why it's going to be a bit...
The confirmation comes courtesy of studio CEO Adam Kiciński who, speaking during a recent conference, outlined that the game's performance has now reached a "satisfying" level following six months of patches and updates. Kiciński also suggested that the studio now feel comf...
2021-06-28 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostLast year Niantic made a number of changes to Pokémon GO to make it still possible to play in the middle of a pandemic. These included extended Incense duration and new features like Remote Raids - but one of the most useful pandemic-era changes was the ability to interact w...
2021-06-25 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post