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Bethesda Softworks, makers of Skyrim, Dishonored and other fine games and franchises, is the latest game publisher not rushing to have their games reviewed, at least not by game reviewers, something all gamers should factor in as they assess when and how they’ll find out if a game is worth their time and money.
Ubisoft’s third-person shooter The Division has been one of 2016’s most interesting successes and one of its worst fiascoes. The people who make it now hope it can also be the year’s best comeback story.
Nintendo has shown that its new gaming machine can be used as a portable but it’s not ready to say how long the machine can run in that mode without needing to be plugged in.
You’d think that the appearance of Skyrim in the trailer for Nintendo’s next gaming machine today would confirm that, oh, perhaps, Skyrim is coming to Nintendo’s next gaming machine. Not necessarily.
You’d think that the appearance of Skyrim in the trailer for Nintendo’s next gaming machine today would confirm that, oh, perhaps, Skyrim is coming to Nintendo’s next gaming machine. Not necessarily.
DLC for December’s Xbox One and PC release Dead Rising 4 will include an 18-hole golf mode called Super Ultra Dead Rising 4 Mini Golf. There will also be an expansion subtitled “Frank Rising” about protagonist Frank West getting infected with a zombie virus. Plenty more details here.
The next Wolfenstein game, presumably subtitled New Colossus, as it was teased by publisher Bethesda in June, is a step closer to being officially announced. In an interview with Two Left Sticks, the voice actor who had the lead role in 2014’s acclaimed Wolfenstein: The New Order, said of that teased title, “Perhaps we’re working on that as we speak.”
“My only regret is I didn’t do more,” the Joker cackles, in this terrific scene from newish PS4 game Batman: Arkham VR. The Bat-computer is listing all of the crimes that the Joker has been convicted of. Torture… unlicensed dentistry… arson… even improper labeling of meat products. That bastard.
The multiplayer spaceship combat game Dead Star will essentially be shut down on November 1, seven months after launch. Armature Studios, the Austin-based team behind the game, is shutting down the game’s multiplayer servers on that date, leaving only the tutorial playable. Armature has also pulled the PS4 and PC game’s listings from the PlayStation and Steam stores.