May, 2015

• 29 May

  SOMA, from the Amnesia: The Dark Descent devs, hits PC and PS4 in September

  

  The next horror game from the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent is coming to PC and PS4 on September 22. Developer Frictional Games announced the release date for SOMA along with a new 12-minute gameplay video pulled from the PS4 version. You may want to give the video a …

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• 28 May

  Rick Baker auction to see $750,000 worth of props go on sale

  

  A chance to own a piece of movie magic is on the horizon, with $750,000 worth of prop masks, puppets and costumes from legendary makeup effects artist Rick Baker set to go under auction tomorrow. Collectors and fans will be able to bid at no reserve on 417 lots from …

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• 28 May

  How SHIELD Android TV is going to disrupt entertainment

  

  For the past couple of years NVIDIA has been valiantly plugging away at establishing its own entertainment platform on its own terms, first with the SHIELD portable (opens in new tab) – an all-in-one portable device built into a controller with its own 720p multi-touch display – and then with …

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• 27 May

  Is 2K teasing a new Bioshock? UPDATE: XCOMs looking like a strong option

  

  UPDATE: There’s some pretty compelling evidence to suggest that this might be XCOM related. Posting on a Take Two forum, user Hobbes__ (opens in new tab) discovered these images in the concept art: The use of two images from XCOM Enemy Unknown suggest a strong link to the series, along …

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• 22 May

  The Little Prince reaction: Cannes 2015

  

  This animated adaptation is visually impressive, but falls short when it comes to story. Here’s Jordan Farley’s reaction… Since its publication in 1943 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s illustrated novella The Little Prince has become one of the best-selling books ever made, with nearly two million copies bought every year. It’s beloved, …

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• 22 May

  Vlambeers Rami Ismail on broadening gamings cultural range

  

  Rami Ismail bids us “good morning” in a voice that betrays his jetlagged state. It’s little wonder he’s tired: three weeks earlier, he left his studio in Utrecht, flying to Chicago to take part in a game jam during the 52-hour train journey from the Windy City to GDC in …

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• 21 May

  Green Room reaction: Cannes 2015

  

  Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) directs an unlikely siege movie starring Patrick Stewart as a neo-Nazi. Here’s Jordan Farley’s reaction… Almost every year a film screening out of competition in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes becomes the talking point of the festival, with whispered hyperbole (or justified praise) spreading along the …

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• 21 May

  Blizzard talks Hearthstones future: “We cant just keep adding cards forever”

  

  Have you heard of Hearthstone (opens in new tab)? It’s quite popular in that ‘maybe an intervention is in order’ kind of way. Speaking to GamesMaster, director Eric Dodds wants it to stay like that, he just hasn’t worked out how yet. “I want Hearthstone to be played over a …

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• 21 May

  Vivica Foxs character not a stripper in Independence Day 2

  

  The long-gestating sequel to Independence Day is finally looming on the horizon, with returning star Vivica A Fox giving an update on what we can expect from her character in round two. The new film will be set some fifteen years after the events of the original, with Earth readying …

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• 20 May

  Opinion: “The RPG-ification of video games has reached critical mass”

  

  No, this isn’t another ‘contrary’ dig at the cult of Destiny (opens in new tab), dear reader. Instead, my potent ire is directed at something far broader and mainstream than men, women and children who get up at the crack of dawn to mine spinmetal with their chums. My beef …

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