Games

First Umbrella Academy and now Umbrella Corporation – Netflix’s quest to dominate all pop culture umbrellas knows no limits. The streaming service is developing a TV series based on the long-running video game and film franchise, Resident Evil. Deadline first reported the news. The TV series will be a Netflix original and debut globally if picked

Infamous Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has revealed via Twitter that he was once part of discussions that may have led to a unique Alien action game.   “Funfact: Before BKP shut down we were in talks to do a new game in the Aliens franchise with Fox,” says Bleszinski via Twitter. “Then Disney bought

As previously rumored, BioWare is planning a major overhaul of Anthem which will see the studio reconsider some of Anthem‘s core concepts as part of an extensive process. They also commented on the relative failures of the game thus far and the negative reception it has garnered.   “One year ago, we were preparing to launch

On the recently launched PS5 website, Sony promised that “the upcoming roster of PS5 launch games” will be revealed soon. At the time of this writing, there have been no launch title exclusives announced for the PlayStation 5. But the fact that Sony has been so tight-lipped about its next-gen console’s launch lineup has us

The developers from Arc System Works have announced a huge new collection of their classic games. Bringing together 18 fondly remembered titles, the Double Dragon & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle is set to launch on February 20th, 2020 for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. The bundle will include some games that have come to North America

In an official earnings call that Eurogamer reported on, Ubisoft has revealed its intention to release five triple-A games between now and April 2021 (the end of the next financial year). The gaming giant had already announced its plans to release the Brexit-inspired hacker game Watch Dogs Legion, the open-world fantasy adventure Gods & Monsters, and

During a recent earnings call, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack revealed that World of Warcraft‘s subscriber count has doubled since the release of WoW Classic.  “Given the content updates for modern WoW, and the cadence that we have for Classic, we exited our year with a subscriber base that was double what it was at

Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of gaming and therefore the overlord of all things Xbox, has thrown some serious shade at Sony and Nintendo. Even though the Xbox Series X is due to launch around the same time as the PS5, into a market where the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite have both sold very

“Dead Static Drive is Grand Theft Cthulhu”, reads the official description of the first trailer for an upcoming indie game called Dead Static Drive. And if that isn’t enough to grab your attention, we don’t know what is. Come on, it’s Grand Theft Auto but with creepy creatures in it! Yep, this really is a game

Since the early ’00s, the Evolution Championship Series has been like the Olympics of one-on-one fighting games. The three-day event will return once again on July 31-August 2 to the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Formerly called the Battle by the Bay, this will be the 19th official Evo tournament (not counting the recent installments of

In an interview with Eurogamer, Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi clarifies that the studio currently has no plans to introduce an easy mode for Nioh 2.  “I’m not against easy modes at all,” says Hayashi, “When you look at Nioh and its priority, the concept is the tension of samurai combat so it didn’t quite work.

Release Date: January 28, 2020Platform: PCDeveloper: BlizzardPublisher: BlizzardGenre: Real-time Strategy There’s a question at the heart of every Warcraft 3: Reforged discussion that makes the seemingly simple process of reviewing it so much more complicated than it needs to be: “How much credit does Blizzard deserve in 2020 for releasing a truly great game in 2002?” At the time of Warcraft

John Mamais, the boss of CD Projekt Red’s Krakow studio, has been chatting about the number of side-quests you’ll be able to experience in Cyberpunk 2077. Since this is the next game from the team that brought us The Witcher games, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there will be quite a lot of optional

During an earnings call in May 2019, EA’s Blake Jorgensen revealed that EA is working to bring Apex Legends to mobile devices and to port the game to China.  “We are in advanced negotiations to bring Apex Legends to China and to mobile, and we will update you on timeframes when those negotiations are concluded,” Jorgensen

One of the most beloved entries in the Final Fantasy series is being remade from the ground up for a new generation of consoles and fans. Final Fantasy VII boasts all new visuals while delivering the same memorable story.  The remake of the 1997 JRPG classic was first unveiled at E3 2015, where it received

The annual Madden NFL Super Bowl prediction series is in a funk. EA Sports’ official pregame tradition has dropped the ball in four of the last six championship games ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. Rather than hide in the shame of a slump, EA went bigger than ever

James Ohlen, the lead designer on many BioWare classics like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur’s Gate, and Dragon Age: Origins, joined Wizards of the Coast last year, and we now know he will serve as head of the new studio opening in Austin, Texas called Archetype Entertainment. Ohlen will be joined by fellow ex-BioWare

Release Date: January 28, 2020Platform: PS4 (reviewed), Xbox One, PCDeveloper: Typhoon StudiosPublisher: 505 GamesGenre: Action-adventure The first game from Typhoon Studios is called Journey to the Savage Planet, and it’s a colorful sci-fi experience that is very easy to fall in love with. The game wins you over so hard in the first hours –

Try not to be shocked, but it turns out the Nintendo Switch is incredibly popular. Actually, go ahead and be a little shocked. The latest Nintendo financial report reveals that the Switch has sold over 52 million units to date. If that number and the estimated sales figures for some other consoles are correct, that

It sounds like Capcom is planning to stick with the first-person perspective of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard when it comes to designing the gameplay of Resident Evil 8, the next mainline entry in the beloved zombie-shooting video game franchise. But however interesting this nugget of new information is, it’s worth remembering that this game is

Sony has always done well in the console business, but this might be the best generation yet for the Japanese electronics giant. While the PlayStation 4 doesn’t pack quite as much raw power as the Xbox One or the portability of the Nintendo Switch, it’s been absolutely killing it with a steady stream of exclusives

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the world of games like never before? Well, the big-wigs at Atari have come up with a unique new experience to offer you: they’re planning to open a chain of Atari-themed hotels around the USA. No, we aren’t making this up. The former console-making giant Atari has announced

Warner Bros. Animation has revealed an upcoming animated movie based on the Mortal Kombat franchise called Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. The movie will star Joel McHale as Johnny Cage and Jennifer Carpenter as Sonya Blade. It’s set to be directed by Ethan Spaulding (director of Batman: Assault on Arkham, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, and Scooby-Doo: Return

In an interview with PowerUp, lead effects artist Hadidjah Chamberlin noted that Blizzard briefly worked on a VR version of Hearthstone.  “They actually prototyped a VR version of Hearthstone during that time,” says Chamberlin. “You could walk around the tavern and sit down to play a game with someone. They only had two weeks, so they

For over twenty years, the Guilty Gear series has been synonymous with amazing visuals and ridiculous character designs in the realm of fighting games. Well, that and head-scratching titles. This is the series that gave us such games as Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R and Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign. Now they’re giving us something

Developer Ninja Theory has announced that it has started work on a new title currently known as Project: Mara. “Project: Mara will be a real-world and grounded representation of mental terror,” says Ninja Theory. “Based on real lived experience accounts and in-depth research, the goal is to recreate the horrors of the mind as accurately

It looks like the original trilogy of Mortal Kombat games is due to make a comeback on modern consoles, as well as entering the online realm, with IGN reporting that PEGI (a rating board that decides on age-based guidelines for game releases in Europe) has accidentally let the news slip out. An entry titled “Mortal

The developers from inXile Entertainment have announced that Wasteland Remastered is coming to Xbox One and PC. This is your confirmation, then, that the much-loved first game in the Wasteland franchise is all set to make a big comeback. Fans will remember that the original Wasteland was a post-apocalyptic role-playing game that launched in 1988,

The evolution of esports continues to reach new levels, and today we’ve learned that official Fortnite competitions are going to be held for high school and college students throughout the USA. And, better yet, these experiences will be free to take part in. A company called PlayVS – which also runs tournaments for Rocket League,

Some fascinating images from the canceled The Last of Us animated movie have appeared online and seem to paint a portrait of what could have been.  Animation studio Oddfellows posted the pictures on their website, but they’ve since been taken down. Thankfully, you can still view them via a saved Google Cache page. The images