In Infamous: Second Son, leading dudebro Delsin Rowe made little attempt to disguise his newfound powers; in fact, he reveled in them, delighting in the destruction available at his fingertips. Given Delsin’s penchant for calling attention to himself by spray-painting street art on public property, such exuberance is unsurprising: he’s a self-described rebel wearing a beanie and a denim vest, t…
Read moreThe long-awaited Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick was worth the wait, flying by box office records and becoming one of the biggest movies of the year. Maverick sat on the shelves while the pandemic raged on, and star Tom Cruise held out for an eventual theatrical return, something that paid off immensely.
Recently participating in Variety’s ongoing Actors on Actors series, actors Kate Hu…
Read moreKojima Productions is teaming up with Sony for yet another game. As part of the January 2024 State of Play broadcast, Hideo Kojima announced that he is creating a new action-espionage game for PlayStation. That sounds like Metal Gear, albeit without officially using that name–instead, the game’s working title is Physint.
He said he cannot say much about the game right now, but promises i…
Read moreProduction is underway on Joker: Folie à Deux, as director Todd Phillips revealed the first photo of the sequel on Instagram. The picture shows Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) receiving a shave from an unknown man with a razor blade. It’s possible this barber session is set within Arkham Asylum.
Phillips added it’s “day one” as well as “our boy” alongside the image. Phoenix won’…
Read moreFollowing a state of the game update that didn’t go over well a few weeks ago, Destiny 2 players had some harsh criticism for developer Bungie on a number of topics. One such area where players felt underserved was in the ritual armor department, as Bungie said in its update at the time that delivering new ritual armor sets at a constant cadence was becoming “challenging” for the studio. As an …
Read moreAmber is an important mid-tier material needed in Lego Fortnite. Amber is used to upgrade your village, along with crafting rare axes, which are needed to cut down some of the rarer trees. Amber is found in its rough form and will need to be processed before you can use it for crafting tools and upgrading your village. Here’s where you can mine and process amber in Lego Fortnite.
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EA has announced that new content will come to Madden 23 as a part of Title Update 6. The upcoming update will introduce Season 3, updates to gameplay, franchise mode, and more.
In Season 3, players will have the chance to earn a Rob Gronkowski item that’ll “take your team to new heights.” They’ll also be able to play in various Ultimate Team modes such as MUT Playoffs, AKA: The…
Read moreA new study conducted by researchers in the UK has found a “robustly verified” link between problematic gambling and loot boxes in video games.
The report (via BBC) was conducted by researchers at the University of Plymouth and University of Wolverhampton and commissioned by the charity GamblingAware. It took existing data and examined elements such as gender, the age of spenders, and how…
Read moreVideo game publisher Annapurna Interactive has announced several key hires for its internal development studio, which it first revealed back in October 2020. What Remains of Edith Finch’s technical art lead Chelesa Hash will head the studio as its game director and will be joined by technical director Brett Lajzer, senior producer Evan Hembacher, art director Cosimo Galluzzi, and environment ar…
Read moreCall of Duty: Warzone’s sniper rifles have felt pretty powerful in Season 2, but players should expect some weapon balancing changes an in attempt to level the playing field in Season 3.
The news of the upcoming sniper nerf for Season 3 comes from Ted Timmins, who works on Warzone as Raven Software’s Senior Creative Director. On April 5, Timmins was interviewed on a Tw…
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