I'm sad to see you go, but goodbye
Characters familiar to the post-80s are starting to disappear
The process of growing old is slowly saying goodbye to everything familiar.
Many of my friends remember Mr. Akira Toriyama by saying that when they were young, they followed the Dragon Ball serials and went to the bookstore every week to ask if the next volume was coming. I envy them for being the first to wander into the world of Dragon Ball as a child.
I’m not quite the same, may be in the northern 18 line small county, information ...
Sculpting 'The Last of Us' with Fungi, She Takes the Emmy Podium
Sculpting ‘The Last of Us’ with Fungi, She Takes the Emmy Podium
The Last Of Us” title was laid out on a carpet of fungi at the end of a shimmering piece of music.
Last year was the year that game adaptations broke the mold.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the U.S. series The Last Man Standing both set new benchmarks for game adaptations in both movies and TV episodes this year.
And not long before The Last Survivor opened, HBO released an early animated opening sequence for the show. Word of m ...
Prince of Persia:The Lost Crown makes neat use of mocap tech
Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown hits store shelves today, and it’s the first game bearing the Prince of Persia name since 2008. Its Montpelier-based branch took a new direction for the platforming adventure series, mixing the linear sidescrolling 2D structure of the original games with an explorable world like the kind seen in Nintendo’s recently-released Metroid Dread.
The new game also has a fresh, colorful aesthetic, far removed from the washed-out desert looks of the 2000s run. It ...
Square Enix wants to make fewer, better games
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President Takashi Kiryu says Square Enix’s future lies in fewer, albeit better games that get proper time to shine.
Going forward, Square Enix will make fewer games, but to make sure they’re more diverse and well-regarded by players and critics.
“I want to structure our development function so that we are able to ensure higher quality from each title by slimming down our lineup,” explained president Takashi Kiryu.
In a late 2023 financial briefing recently clocked by Genki, he said ...
Lethal Company sold an estimated 10 million copies
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Zeekerss’ co-op scavenging game has become extremely popular in the last three months, and may have the money to show for it.
2023’s breakout horror hit Lethal Company is believed to have sold 10 million copies since its Early Access release in mid-October.
Push to Talk estimated both its sales milestone and gross revenue of $113.9 million. The latter was determined with the Boxleiter method, which considers user reviews, pricing, and Valve’s cut among its factors.
With that same m ...
Rocksteady co-founders open new studio, Hundred Star Games
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The Batman: Arkham veterans set up a new studio that’s aiming for the triple-A space with a smaller staff on hand.
Rocksteady Studios alums Jamie Walker and Sefton Hill have reportedly established a new studio. Per Polygon, it’s called Hundred Star Games and has already pulled in several Rocksteady staff.
Hill and Walker exited the DC Comics game developer last year. The pair founded the studio in 2004, and Hill would go to be a key creative on its Batman: Arkham trilogy.
Hundred S ...
Ninja Theory is giving Hellblade II a digital-only release
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Ninja Theory is going strictly digital for Hellblade II so the game can be as the developers want it to be.
When Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II releases on May 21, it’ll be digital-only release.
Ninja Theory revealed its upcoming sequel will run $50 and won’t have a physical release. Other big Xbox exclusives like Starfield and Halo Infinite had physical editions, making this change notable.
By going digital-only, the developer says it could make the game it wanted, “reflecting the sho ...
China led mobile game spending and downloads for 2023
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On a global level, mobile titles like Honkai: Star Rail and Roblox were extremely popular with players throughout 2023.
A new report from data.ai shows a slight dip in the mobile game industry in 2023. Player spending hit $107.31 billion last year (down 2 percent from 2022), continuing a downward trend that began in 2021.
Despite those decreases, it’s up nearly 7 percent from 2020’s $100.53 billion.China led the charge on that front with $37.6 billion in player spending. It was ...
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Alan Wake II lead 2024 DICE Awards nominations
The upcoming DICE Awards offer one final look back and ceremony for 2023’s biggest games.
Nominees for the 2024 DICE Awards have been revealed, and the list is headlined by 2023’s biggest titles.
Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has the most nominations at nine overall. Along with Game of the Year, it’s nominated for Game Direction, Best Character (Miles Morales), and Animation.
Remedy’s Alan Wake II trails behind with eight nominations, including Art Direction, Character (Saga Anderson), ...
Second Dinner raises $100 million to continue growing Marvel Snap
Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner has raised $100 million to continue supporting the lucrative card battler while creating new titles.
The Series B investment round was led by Griffin Gaming Partners and according to Second Dinner co-founder and chief development office, Ben Brode, will perhaps allow the studio to diversify its portfolio.
“Most of Second Dinner is focused on Marvel Snap but we’ve also got a couple other things cookin’,” he said.
Brode previously served as lead designer on Bli ...