This round of MultiVersus has gotten so intense I’ve just phoned the police on Bugs Bunny. To be clear: this is an alien move for me. I was born and raised in Glasgow, a city whose coat of arms, I’m pretty sure, features the phrase snitches get stitches, and I …
Read More »Meet the Minecraft builder recreating the entire Star Wars galaxy one planet at a time
It may have been 11 years since Mojang’s blocky sandbox was first released, but Minecraft builders continue to dazzle and amaze us with their mind-boggling builds. Some of the most impressive have been the block-by-block recreations of film and TV worlds. We’ve already seen the entirety of Tolkien’s Middle-earth (opens …
Read More »What the hell is a Souls-like? Game devs break down FromSoftwares accidental genre
We’ve seen lots of genres explode in the last decade, from autobattlers to battle royales, but none quite as singular, impenetrable, or arguably misused as Souls-like. I don’t know what a Souls-like is at this point. I think I do, but you’d probably disagree. Everyone seems to have their own …
Read More »Marvels moon is destroyed in Fantastic Four – Reckoning War Alpha preview
The explosion of Earth’s moon seemingly kicks off Marvel Comics’ first big event of 2022, The Reckoning War. While the Moon was seen exploding in the previously released trailer, this just-released preview to February 2’s Fantastic Four: The Reckoning War Alpha #1 (opens in new tab) begins after the fact, …
Read More »Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is the end of an era for TT Games
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga feels like the end of an era. Arriving April 5, 2022, it’s the culmination of a 17-year celebration of arguably the most iconic film franchise in history. Developer TT Games is set to deliver an adaptation of all nine entries in the Skywalker Saga, …
Read More »Matchpoint Tennis Championships looks to bring Top Spin magic to PS5 and Xbox Series X
It’s been an eventful start to the tennis calendar year, with world number one Novak Djokovic exiled from the Australian Open due to his vaccination status. While there’s no way Victoria-based developer Torus Games can match that level of surprise, it’s making its own attempts to shock the racket-swinging world …
Read More »The making of Enter the Matrix, the most expensive licensed video game of all time
Games based on a license have been around almost as long as the medium itself, with most gaining a reputation for being cheap tie-ins or ill-produced cash grabs that needed much longer in the development oven. It’s an unfortunate fact that, in most instances, the creative teams tasked with making …
Read More »The making of Splinter Cell – How the decision to “ruthlessly enforce stealth” created a classic
By 2002, we had seen Tom Clancy’s name on plenty of games – Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Red Storm Rising, and many more. It was already a mark of quality and reason enough to get excited about a game. The world was excited for a hardcore, thinking person’s take on …
Read More »New Batgirls series is about young characters, but “written for a wide audience”
The newly-plural Batgirls – Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, and their mentor Barbara Gordon AKA Oracle AKA the original Batgirl trademark holder – finally get their own new ongoing series on December 14 after months of build-up by DC. (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) The series creative team of …
Read More »Meet the hobbyist filmmaker painstakingly turning GTA 4 into a Netflix-style crime drama series
A broad-shouldered goon bursts from the restaurant kitchen and blindly opens fire. The target, a man dressed in a smart pinstripe suit, ducks left, hugs the wall, then puts two bullets in his aggressor’s head. The third to the chest is a courtesy, staining his dark green bomber jacket red, …
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