How Slay The Spire saved digital card games from stagnation
“To be a good designer, you have to have very, very strong opinions,” says Slay The Spire design lead Anthony Giovannetti. “Show me a game designer who gives a thumbs-up to most things, and I suspect that’s probably someone who doesn’t have a very good game design sense. I want ...
GTA 6 publisher CEO doubts AI generation tools will make games more profitable or cheaper
GTA 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive’s CEO Strauss Zelnick has been on the blower to the company’s investors about the idea of making games using the latest artificial intelligence content generation tools. Echoing his relatively guarded enthusiasm for NFTs a couple of years ago, he’s sort of mixed on them, regarding ...
Overwatch-Style Shooter Star Wars Hunters Delayed Again
Star Wars Hunters, the Overwatch-esque squad-based PvP shooter from Zynga coming to Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android, has been delayed to 2024.Zynga posted an update on X/Twitter, announcing the delay to a generic 2024 without providing anything more specific. The announcement comes a year and four months after the publisher ...
Latest Starfield update fixes one of the game’s biggest annoyances – eating stuff – while adding DLSS
Bethesda's Starfield is awash with things to eat or drink, from half-eaten club sandwiches to bits of steaming alien gizzard, but chugging your fill has always been fussier than it needs to be, involving a trip through the game's irritating menus. No more! The next Starfield patch, which is currently ...
Hogwarts Legacy Leak Shows the Game Running on Nintendo Switch for the First Time
Gameplay footage of Hogwarts Legacy on Nintendo Switch is finally in the wild as a result of one fan getting the game early.Hogwarts Legacy hits Switch in just a few days on November 14 but publisher Warner Bros. Games and developer Avalanche Software, somewhat bizarrely, haven't shared a single glimpse ...
Sony Commits to Launch Just Six of PlayStation’s 12 Live Service Games by March 2026
Sony president Hiroki Totoki has said the company is reviewing PlayStation's live service game push amid development trouble that has already seen Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us multiplayer game hit with setbacks.Totoki said in a financial call Sony is reviewing the 12 live service PlayStation games it has in ...
Level-5’s New Fantasy Life Game For Switch Has Reportedly Been Delayed
It's meant to be out this year.If you were worried Level-5's upcoming Switch release Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time might not make its 2023 release window, today we've got a bit of an update.This latest information (via Ryokutya2089) has been discovered in a Japanese advertisement, which suggests ...
Warner Bros. Says It’s Focused On Transforming Its “Biggest Franchises” Into Live Services
"Always on gameplay" with an extended life cycle.During Warner Bros. Q3 earnings call, the company's CEO David Zaslav has revealed it's focused on transforming its "biggest franchises" from three to four-year releases into "more always on gameplay" experiences through live services, multiplatform releases, and free-to-play extensions.The "goal" is to have ...
Nintendo Confirms Delay Of New Development Building
Expansion plan knocks it back to 2028.Back in August, there was a report from Nikkei claiming Nintendo's new development building had been delayed due to an "expansion plan".Nintendo didn't officially comment about this at the time, but now within the slides of its latest financial results briefing, it's confirmed construction ...
Xbox Insider Release Notes – Xbox App [2311.1000.54.0]
Hey Xbox Insiders! We are releasing a new Xbox App for Windows build to Xbox Insiders who are enrolled in the PC Gaming Insiders preview! This is the fourth 2311 build released! Continue read to learn about new features, fixes, and known issues. Make sure that you update the Xbox ...
