Fans of Nintendo might be surprised to find that the company famed for its family-friendly approach to games is working on a multiplayer online shooter for the Wii U called Splatoon. They’d be less surprised to learn the shooting doesn’t involve real bullets, as players of the Mario maker’s new IP will take the form … Read more
Sony has named Bloodborne, the highly anticipated new IP by Demon’s Souls developer From Software, as yet another platform exclusive. Until the publisher’s E3 press event tonight, the game had been referred to only as “Project Beast”, but a teaser trailer introduced by Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida revealed the game to be a … Read more
Sony scored a huge cheer from the audience at tonight’s E3 press event with the announcement that Double Fine is remastering Tim Schafer’s classic adventure game Grim Fandango for the PlayStation 4 and Vita game systems. The news broke like most stories about a Tim Schafer project, with a laugh, as a Sony executive read … Read more
Assassin’s Creed: Unity will be exclusive to PS4 and Xbox One, Ubisoft revealed today at Microsoft’s E3 press event. The next entry in the hit series will let four players join forces to rage against the Ancien Régime in Revolutionary France, yet another 18th century game environment developers promise will be the biggest yet. Ubisoft credits … Read more
French publisher Ubisoft kicked off their E3 media event by showcasing the first few minutes of Far Cry 4. Many expected the game – which had been pegged as a sure bet for stage time – would be held until the end of the show, but Ubisoft spokeswoman Aisha Tyler explained, “at Ubisoft, we like … Read more
Scalebound is one of the few new IPs to come out of today’s Microsoft press conference at E3, and it has definitely aroused a good deal of curiosity. The title was teased in a trailer that showed a boy band lookalike wearing magic armor team up with a dragon to fight gigantic monsters in a … Read more
Indie darling No Man’s Sky will arrive first on the PlayStation 4 – a move some commenters numbered among Sony’s biggest wins at this year’s E3 press conference. Hello Games founder Sean Murray was emotional as he took the stage to describe the game he’d dreamed of building: an infinite procedural sci-fi universe for players … Read more
You won’t have to own a copy of Far Cry 4 to play, Ubisoft revealed at Sony’s 2014 E3 Press event. The groundbreaking new feature allows players who own the game to invite their friends to join them event if they haven’t bought it, instead letting them stream the game while their friend is playing. … Read more
Sony’s E3 press conference closed with a teaser trailer for the fourth game in Naughty Dog’s hit Uncharted series. Development on Uncharted 4 was confirmed last year at the PlayStation 4 launch event, and since then the rumor mill hasn’t stopped grinding out conjecture. One rumor in particular stubbornly insisted the game would get stage … Read more
