May, 2015

• 11 May

  The X-Files revival to debut January 2016

  

  Fox has unveiled details of its 2015-2016 TV line-up that makes mention of a certain conspiracy-themed cult revival due to hit screens next year. A brand new limited season of The X-Files is now set to premiere in the US on Sunday January 24, 2016 as part of a two-night …

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• 10 May

  Guitar Hero Live fills its stadiums using 400 actors and a two ton robot camera from The Hobbit

  

  When it wasn’t filming hobbits, wizards and dwarves in questionably fragmented fantasy prequels, a certain two-ton camera was used to capture the live-action concerts of Guitar Hero Live. The giant robot was previously used to film two shots at once, thus helping The Hobbit director Peter Jackson seamlessly combine them …

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• 9 May

  The COD studios check out each others games but dont share ideas

  

  With three separate studios working on three different Call of Duty entries simultaneously, do the devs involved ever get together to share ideas? Or is everything super hush hush until it’s revealed to the world?According to Mark Lamia, the studio head at Treyarch, the team behind Call of Duty: Black …

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• 8 May

  Love Towerfall? Heres what the creator did next…

  

  Now, I know there’s been a lot of pixels lately. It’s like the indie world has decided en masse to pretend the last twenty years of gaming didn’t happen. And, if it means it’ll erase Kane and Lynch 2, maybe that’s not such a bad thing… However, if you only …

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• 8 May

  Orion: Prelude makers want devs to stand by their (possibly awful) games

  

  If I started selling a product I’d been dreaming about making for years and everybody absolutely hated it, I’d probably flee to Tibet and join a monastery. Somehow the creators of Orion: Dino Beatdown/Prelude overcame that instinct, overhauling their tragedy into a surprising success story through three years of work. …

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• 7 May

  Star Wars Battlefronts single player “inspired by moments from the films”

  

  By design director Niklas Fegraeus’ own words Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) is “first and foremost a multiplayer game”. It’s what the series is known for, but what about the single player side of it? The ‘Missions’ mentioned when the game was announced? Fegraeus describes these as “crafted …

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• 7 May

  Treyarch want to “break the rules we invented” with Black Ops 3 multiplayer

  

  Playing with Call Of Duty’s multiplayer component must be a nightmare, given the zealous nature of the players. It’s something Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab) dev Treyarch knows only too well after design director David Vonderhaar received death threats following gun tweaks to Black Ops 2. So obviously …

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• 7 May

  Project Root review

  

  For my sins I love a good old-fashioned shoot-’em-up, so I was secretly a little excited when a download code for Project Root popped up in my inbox – a game I knew little about, other than it was vaguely reminiscent of EA’s old Desert Strike series. That I immediately …

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• 6 May

  Prison of Elders is a semi-random horde mode thats too tough for Bungie

  

  Bungie gave players a look at Destiny (opens in new tab)’s new (and evidently pretty tough) Prison of Elders mode in a live stream earlier today. The short explanation is “yep, it’s definitely a three-player horde mode” – but with all the flourishes and quirks you expect from high-level Destiny …

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• 6 May

  Harley Quinn co-creator approves of Suicide Squad look

  

  Reaction to the first costumed ensemble shot from Suicide Squad has been universally positive, with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn one of the undoubted high points. It’s a view shared by the character’s co-creator, Bruce Timm, who has revealed he was pleasantly surprised by Harley’s big screen look. “I’m actually really …

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