If you’re a longtime player of IO Interactive’s Hitman games, you know that the real star of the series isn’t bald-headed assassin Agent 47, but the levels through which he travels, hunting down his marks. In that sense at least, it looks like the new 2016 Hitman (opens in new …
Read More »MGS 5s ending IS finished argues Japans biggest Metal Gear expert (but its complicated)
WARNING: WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENDING SO THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. There’s no doubt that MGS 5 is an excellent game but the odd pacing and strange ending led many to argue that it was ultimately unfinished – with the ongoing disintegration of Kojima and Konami’s relationship (opens in new …
Read More »WW2 shooter Battalion 1944 adds single player stretch goal for [spit take] 1.2 million
Okay, okay, £1.2 million for a single player campaign isn’t huge money in the world of game development – it probably doesn’t even buy you good hair – but when your Kickstarter is only on £251,393, with six days to go, it’s probably safe to say it ain’t going to …
Read More »Batman v Superman: Henry Cavill is asking kids whos top hero
Kids say the darndest things, especially when being questioned by celebrities. To help promote an Omaze campaign (opens in new tab) aimed at funding wildlife conservation, Congo advocacy and a basketball-based leadership program, Batman v Superman star Henry Cavill has appeared in a video to ask young superhero fans one …
Read More »Kojimas working on a “big, extremely edgy game” for Sony
You’ve probably forgotten that Kojima was working on a new game, what with all the teasing hanging out with ex-PT stars (opens in new tab), or naming Shaun The Sheep as one of his films of 2015 (opens in new tab). But he is, and last night he talked briefly …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline: Betrayal expansion brings swords to a SWAT fight
Battlefield Hardline (opens in new tab) is about to take its game of cops and robbers in a decidedly more feudal direction. The upcoming Betrayal expansion, which will come to Premium subscribers in March before reaching general players two weeks later, is adding swords to the mix. Freaking. Swords. Look …
Read More »A live-action Sonic movie is coming in 2018 – this is fine, everythings fine
A live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie is coming in 2018, courtesy of a partnership between Sony Pictures and Sega. Hajime Satomi, president and CEO of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. (the parent company of Sega as we know it), revealed the news in an interview with The World Folio (opens in …
Read More »Michael Fassbender compares Assassins Creed to The Matrix
A video game movie thinking about other films and different ways to approach the story? You’d think they were taking the whole thing seriously. Assassin’s Creed movie producer and double Assassin Michael Fassbender opened up to Empire (opens in new tab) about his take on the franchise’s genetic memory storyline. …
Read More »Is it time to bring back World War 2 shooters? Heres what you think
There’s a reason Second World War shooters went away: fatigue. They didn’t stop being good, they just got tired like an overused muscle. Medal Of Honor, Call Of Duty, Brothers in Arms – even things like The Saboteur – wore the material to a tissue paper thinness. Borrowing ideas, tropes …
Read More »Watch The Division betas invisible invincibility glitch in action
The Division (opens in new tab)’s Dark Zone is easily the most tense part of the game… unless you happen to be invisible to all the other players and invulnerable to all damage. We already told you about glitches in The Division’s closed beta (opens in new tab)that mess with …
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