Glen Schofield was confident when he applied for his first job in the game industry some 30 years ago. “I can do this,” he remembers telling himself. “Little did I know how hard it was!” Either way, he could hardly have imagined that, three decades later, he’d have worked with …
Read More »Artist mutates his Witcher fandom into a new comic called RDW – A Tale of Lost Fantasy
The Witcher novels and games are known to inspire fans with their own ideas for stories set in those universes, and comic writer/artist Marco Rudy has taken that inspiration and run with it. Much like Geralt of Rivia’s upbringing, Rudy took his infant idea and mutated and molded it into …
Read More »The Invincible is a branching narrative sci-fi adventure from former CD Projekt Red and Techland devs
You’ll be forgiven if The Invincible has, so far, escaped your radar. This is a fresh sci-fi, first-person, adventure thriller from a new developer, after all, so you’re allowed some leeway. But, after its teaser trailer and the details revealed at the Golden Joystick Awards, you should put The Invincible …
Read More »Halo Infinite hands-on: 343 could finally step out of Bungies shadow
343 Industries has now been at the helm of the Halo franchise for longer than Bungie ever was. And as difficult as it can be to wrap your head around the unrelenting march of time, I need you to focus. With Halo Infinite, we will see what 343 is able …
Read More »With Forza Horizon 5, Playground wanted accessibility to be a “core piece of the game”
The team at Playground Games committed to making Forza Horizon 5 accessible to as many players as possible. While Forza Horizon 4 included a suite of accessibility settings, designed to let players tailor the experience to their specific needs, Playground changed its approach when it came to developing the Xbox …
Read More »Donnie Darko at 20: How director Richard Kelly made the cult classic
Boy meets girl – it’s an everyday story. Except when boy meets girl in a Tangent Universe created by a rupture in the space-time continuum, due to boy sleepwalking as a jet engine falls on his bedroom, setting girl on the path to being run over by a car driven …
Read More »Forspoken writer Gary Whitta on building its “lustrous new fantasy world”
With its blend of fantasy meets reality, some seriously slick magic powers, and vast environments to parkour through, Forspoken has quickly become one of the most highly anticipated and intriguing 2022 releases. After what we saw of the game during the PlayStation September showcase, it’s hard not to be drawn …
Read More »God of War Ragnarok director on continuing the emotional saga of Kratos and Atreus
With 2018’s God of War, Sony Santa Monica turned an action hero into the heart of an emotional epic about fatherhood. Now, with God of War Ragnarok, it looks ready to do it all over again. GamesRadar+ spoke to Eric Williams, director of Ragnarok, and Cory Barlog, the director of …
Read More »How Back 4 Blood and The Anacrusis are building on the legacy of Left 4 Dead
Co-op shooters are having a bit of a moment. From The Anacrusis and Back 4 Blood to Rainbow Six Extraction and Arkane’s Redfall, the genre is suddenly swarming like the last hallway before a safe room in the common ancestor Left 4 Dead. But despite some shared blood, today’s co-op …
Read More »Teen Titans Academy writer talks Gorilla Grodd showdown, Red X identity timetable
Yes, Tim Sheridan knows readers really, really want to know who Red X is. But while the writer of Teen Titans Academy and its sister title Shazam! realizes he’ll have to give readers want they want eventually, he’s also gratified that along the way they’re also developing an affinity for …
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