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Release Date: August 30, 2019Platform: PS4 (reviewed), XBO, PCDeveloper: Supermassive GamesPublisher: Bandai NamcoGenre: Interactive Horror Game The latest release from Supermassive Games, the makers of the horror favorite Until Dawn, is an intriguing offering called The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan. It’s a horror game set at sea, which allows the player to control various

It appears that Telltale Games is making an unlikely comeback after a company called LCG Entertainment purchased the shuttered studio’s assets. The specifics of this arrangement are still being sorted out, but it sounds like LCG Entertainment intends to open a game development studio under the Telltale Games name. The studio will be headed by CEO Jamie

You’re not dreaming. The Matrix 4 is happening. Co-creator Lana Wachowski is back to write and direct the movie (her sister Lilly is busy with other projects), while Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are set to reprise their iconic roles. Sati’s question at the end of The Matrix Revolutions — Will we ever see Neo

Ion Fury developer Voidpoint has decided not to remove a controversial slur from their game.  This strange story starts about a week ago when some Voidpoint staffers made homophobic and transphobic comments on the company’s Discord channel. Shortly thereafter, users found similar controversial content in Ion Fury itself. For instance, an area of the game

Release Date: August 27, 2019Platform: PS4 (reviewed), XBO, PCDeveloper: Remedy EntertainmentPublisher: 505 GamesGenre: Action-adventure If Remedy’s sci-fi game/tv show Quantum Break felt like a bit of a thematic departure from the Finnish studio’s haunting, hypnotic Alan Wake, their latest title, Control, falls somewhere in the middle, offering super-powered shooter gameplay in a sci-fi setting that

After spending the better part of the last month teasing the possibility, Paradox has revealed that they have been working on a sequel to the cult classic RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. The appropriately named Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a full sequel to the original game and not a remake or

In celebration of Halloween, Intellivision has risen from the grave and will release a new console in 2020.  The Intellivision Amico is described as a family-friendly console that is primarily designed to appeal to younger gamers. Every game will be rated E in North America (or your local equivalent of that rating) and it seems that

Uncharted, an adaptation of the acclaimed, top-selling adventure video game franchise, has been sitting on the movie adaptation backlog of Sony Pictures for several years. Previously circled by a wide and diverse array of would-be stars and directors, things are finally taking shape for Uncharted, notably with a new face of the film franchise: Tom

Sarah Connor will be a playable character in Gears 5, with Linda Hamilton reprising her iconic Terminator role in the game’s multiplayer Horde mode. Clearly, the Gears 5 version of the character has been modeled on Hamilton’s in the film Terminator: Dark Fate, which marks the third attempt in recent memory at relaunching the Terminator

Variety is reporting that Metro 2033, the post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel from Dmitry Glukhovsky, is being adapted into a movie.  “The book by this Russian author has become known throughout the world, and it is embedded in the cultural code of sci-fi fans and gamers all over the planet,” says producer Valery Fedorovich of the project. “For us and

It’s safe to say that nobody went into E3 2019 expecting Bloober Team, the studio behind modern horror masterpieces such as Layers of Fear and Observer, to reveal a new game based on The Blair Witch Project. While it’s only been three years since a new Blair Witch movie was released, it’s been 20 years since

A report by Motherboard reveals that Xbox contractors were able to listen to audio recorded by Xbox One Kinect, Cortana, and other products.  “Xbox commands came up first as a bit of an outlier and then became about half of what we did before becoming most of what we did,” says a former Microsoft contractor.

Square Enix, Crystal Dynamics, and Eidos Montreal have lifted the lid on their upcoming Marvel’s Avengers, with the first open-to-the-public demos taking place at Gamescom in Cologne this week. Den of Geek went along to the event, tried out the demo, and went behind the scenes to watch a presentation from the developers. From this,

Release Date: August 23, 2019Platform: PC, iOSDeveloper: Sam Barlow & Furious BeePublisher: Annapurna InteractiveGenre: Full motion video With Telling Lies, video game auteur Sam Barlow expands on the concept of his first independent foray, Her Story. Players unravel an intricately woven story of betrayal, sex, obsession, espionage, and murder (and any other neo-noir motif you can think of) by perusing

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (that’s a mouthful) will feature an exciting recently announced mode that lets you experience some retro 2D gameplay.  “Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is taking the series to another dimension for the first time with classic 2D and exciting 3D events,” says Sega

Marvel announced in January 2017 that it has signed a multi-year, multi-game deal with publisher Square Enix to develop titles based on the popular superhero universe. The first title in the works is Marvel’s Avengers.  According to Marvel, the game will feature a completely new and original story, and will introduce a universe gamers can play

Gamescom 2019 arrives at the tail end of summer, closing out what has been a busy games season that kicked off with an explosive E3. While Gamescom isn’t quite as big as E3 in terms of game reveals and announcements, it is a source of news and new footage for the year’s upcoming fall and

Hideo Kojima, the famed creator of the Metal Gear series, returns from a brief hiatus after his highly publicized exit from Konami with his strangest concept yet: Death Stranding, a game that’s all about connections, according to the developer. Kojima’s goal is to create a game where players interact with each other beyond just trying

In an interview with Game Informer, members of the Call of Duty team recalled their time working on 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Specifically, they remember how the game’s design direction was influenced by the success of Halo.  “All my friends were playing Halo, and I couldn’t convince them to give CoD 2

Many modern video game movies suffer from the delusion that they must be “good.” Mortal Kombat didn’t have that problem. Released in 1995, Mortal Kombat followed what some call the unholy trinity of early ‘90s video game adaptations: Super Mario Bros., Double Dragon, and Street Fighter. The legacy of those films are forever entangled, but it’s not

In one of the more surprising and welcome moments of Xbox’s E3 2019 presentation, Microsoft confirmed that they are working on a new Microsoft Flight Simulator game.  Simply titled Microsoft Flight Simulator, we’d call this a reboot of the franchise, but it’s not like there were any complex plot threads tying the series to its roots.

Writer/designer Sam Barlow and Annapurna Interactive are teaming up to bring us a spiritual successor to the revolutionary indie game, Her Story.  Called Telling Lies, this title is described as a “spiritual successor to Her Story.” It deals with the process of how governments can collect feeds from various personal cameras across the world. Specifically, it

Mortal Kombat was the fighting game franchise that distinguished itself as the ostentatiously ultraviolent Chinese grindhouse-inspired alternative to the cartoony quarter-munching of the Street Fighter franchise, notably with its over-the-top characters. However, its de facto main character has been, for the most part, the ascetic and honorable chopsocky Shaolin monk warrior, Liu Kang. Consequently, it’s

Halo Infinite Creative Director Tim Longo has left developer 343 Industries. This information comes from Kotaku who first heard rumors that Longo had left the studio. When they reached out to Microsoft, the company confirmed Longo’s departure.  “We have recently had two changes to the Halo Infinite development team,” reads a statement from Microsoft.  ”Our Executive

Ben Irving, the Lead Producer on Anthem, has shockingly decided to leave BioWare.  “After 8 amazing years at BioWare I have made the decision to move on and have accepted an exciting opportunity at another gaming company,” says Irving via Twitter post. “Since the first time I played Baldurs Gate many many years ago, BioWare

If you just can’t wait to see Henry Cavill play Geralt in Netflix’s adaptation of The Witcher, there’s a PC mod for The Witcher 3 out there that may just give you a slight sneak peek of what to expect from the former Superman.  A modder named Adnan has posted his creation over on Nexus

Need For Speed Heat has been revealed as the next game in the massively popular racing franchise, with the game’s first trailer drifting onto the web today. “We’re delivering more options than ever before for players to be unique and make themselves known,” promises creative director Riley Cooper from Ghost Games. Cooper continues: “Our fans have

While the highlight of the new Apex Legends Ice Crown event should be the addition of a limited time solo mode to the team-based game, all most players can seem to talk about are the absurdly expensive cosmetics that may just rank among the most outrageous microtransactions we’ve seen in recent years.  Apex Legends‘ new

In an interview with Game Informer, Xbox first-party studio boss Matt Booty was asked whether or not a studio like Double Fine (which was recently acquired by Microsoft) would be allowed to develop for other platforms. His response was surprising.  “I think that the question is less binary about, ‘should it be on Switch, should it

During Microsoft’s E3 2018 conference, the studio shed a little light on a recent Kickstarter project called Session that looks to revive the skateboarding genre.  As you might imagine, Session leans heavily on your nostalgia for classic skateboarding experiences like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and the Skate series. That’s a sensible strategy, but it is