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Supermassive Games’ The Quarry is going to be much “lighter” than Until Dawn.  According to director Will Byles, speaking to IGN (opens in new tab), the game will stick close to more traditional horror tropes that audiences will no doubt recognize. Byles says the adventure doesn’t have a “set profile,” …

The new Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie poster is one big reference to the classic Sonic 2 box art.  The artwork, which debuted upon Sonic 2’s release 30 years ago, depicts Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik leering over a checkered “2” pulled straight from the classic Sega Genesis cover. Front and …

Beware how brazenly you proceed when making your way through The Last of Us 2’s Grounded difficulty mode – the enemies can hear you reloading.  Eagle-eyed Redditor u/DEMONITIZEDZ (opens in new tab)discovered a few enemies with sharp hearing in a short clip featuring Ellie hiding behind a wall. As she …

It looks like Xbox is holding an E3-style showcase later this year. Whilst not formally confirmed by Microsoft, the rumor comes courtesy of industry insider Jeff Grubb, who recently claimed that the show’s organizers are talking to publishers about its own digital event expected to be held sometime in June. …

ID@Xbox is teaming up once more with Twitch to launch a new indie showcase this month.  The live streamed event is set to take place next week on March 16, 2022 at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM BST and will feature news and announcements on upcoming indie titles …

Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki outlined the game’s often-obtuse story in a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu (via Frontline Gaming Japan). While you can discern much of the story by paying close attention to conversations with NPCs and digging into item lore, it’s good to have a go-to resource so …

Yakuza developer RGG Studio has many more projects in the works beyond Yakuza 8. In a recent interview with Japanese outlet Den Famitsu Gamer (opens in new tab) (via The Tojo Dojo (opens in new tab)), new RGG Studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama confirmed that there are “a lot of unannounced …

FromSoftware’s latest game, Elden Ring, could be the developer’s most successful launch of all time. According to game sales data (GSD) released to GamesIndustry.biz (opens in new tab), Elden Ring is the biggest UK video game launch outside of Call of Duty: Vanguard or FIFA since 2018’s Red Dead Redemption …

Valve hopes that a fix for Elden Ring’s Steam Deck “heavy” stuttering will be available by next week. According to Valve coder Pierre-Loup Griffais, Steam Deck’s “graphics team” has been “hard at work” to address the issues, and while there’s no definitive date for when the fix will be publicly …

Details of an unannounced Batman Arkham Collection bundle for Nintendo Switch have appeared on a French retailer’s website. Though neither Nintendo nor Warner Bros. have confirmed any such collection is on the way to Nintendo’s handheld system, the listing – which is still live at the time of writing over …