How Much Of Kojima’s Games Are Actually Cutscenes? We Did the Maths
There’s no doubting Hideo Kojima’s devotion to the art of video games. But one question that has followed the Metal Gear master around for much of his career is “Why doesn’t he just make a movie?”. This sentiment no doubt stems from the perception that his work at both Konami ...
Heist game Relooted takes playful, political revenge on both museums and looting sims
Room 17 of the British Museum contains an entire tomb - a two-thousand-year-old burial site framed by featureless lavenderbox walls, like an asset conjured up in a video game editor. Known as the "Nereid Monument" for the presence of sea nymphs among the pillars, it is thought to have been ...
Perfect Dark Developer Says Eye-Catching 2024 Gameplay Demo ‘Had Some Fakery but Quite a Lot of It Was Legit’
A developer who worked on Microsoft's now-cancelled Perfect Dark reboot has addressed the claim that last year's gameplay demo was "fake," and said the glimpse was a vertical slice of the project running "in-engine."Perfect Dark was one of several projects canned by Microsoft this week as part of the company's ...
Subnautica 2 creators offer no explanation for sudden regime change, instead promise “no loot boxes”
The studio making underwater survival game Subnautica 2 have promised fans that "nothing has changed" despite a recent drastic change in leadership at the company. The game is still planned to be a single player survival adventure with optional co-op. "Nothing has changed with how the game is structured," said ...
Switch 2 Users Are Reporting Instances Of Their Consoles Overheating
"Without a fan, you can’t play for long".With the addition of a fan in the Switch 2's dock, we all knew that Nintendo's new console would probably kick out a bit more heat than its predecessor in order to manage the more technically demanding games.According to some folks in Japan, ...
Stop Killing Games Reaches 1 Million Signatures as Players Continue Fight for Game Preservation
The Stop Killing Games initiative has reached the crucial 1 million signatures milestone in its quest to preserve video games for decades to come, but its fight isn’t over yet.The self-described consumer movement soared past the goal yesterday, July 3, cementing its status as an impressive petition in gaming history ...
BioWare’s Anthem will finally shut down in early 2026, just shy of its seventh birthday
January 12th, 2026. It's my next birthday, and also now the date that BioWare exosuit shooter Anthem will finally be taken offline. I very much assume the two things are unrelated. The live-service thing that EA abandoned doing live-service stuff for not that long after its well-documentedly difficult development was ...
Resident Evil Survival Unit Announced, and It’s a Real-Time Strategy Spin-Off for Mobile
A real-time strategy take on Resident Evil has been announced for iPhone and Android, developed in "close collaboration with Capcom to ensure authenticity and quality."Resident Evil Survival Unit is being co-developed by Joycity Corporation, a Korean mobile gaming company that previously made Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War, another ...
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord’s War Sails expansion is terraforming the land to encourage maximum boat bastardry
Sorry, historical farming village folk. You live in the sea now. Ok, fine. By the sea. But that's the best we can do. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's War Sails expansion is due this Autumn, and TaleWorlds have put out a new deep dive blog covering what to expect from ...
Donkey Kong & Pauline Amiibo Up for UK Preorder at £16.99 with Bananza Bonuses
Nintendo has officially opened UK preorders for the upcoming Donkey Kong & Pauline amiibo, launching the same day as Donkey Kong Bananza, on July 17, 2025. Releasing alongside a highly anticipated Switch 2 exclusive, the amiibo is now available through the My Nintendo Store UK for £16.99, with orders capped ...
