“We’ve seen some really fun examples out there of games working with other brands or other games,” Spector said. “I’m a big anime nerd myself. I think it’s super cool when I see Naruto appear in Fortnite. I don’t even play Fortnite, but that’s awesome. And as we look at the Overwatch 2 space, those are things that we’re interested in exploring. If and when we do that, one of our key values is to do it in a way that feels like a great fit for the Overwatch franchise....

The pitch suitably set for bathos, no series fan will be surprised by what happens next. No sooner has our protagonist left the tunnel than he’s launched skyward by a backhand from an ogre. In the match’s opening moments, he sees more airtime than the ball. And shortly afterwards, he’s a footnote, prone in the grass as much larger - and better armed - humanoids pound the earth around his limp form....

“We have now chosen to postpone the release of the game further, and we will not be launching the game in 2021,” Paradox say in in their end-of-year earnings report. “We have also decided that Hardsuit Labs will no longer be leading the development of Bloodlines 2, and we have started a collaboration with a new studio partner to finish work on the game. This has been a difficult decision, but we are convinced that it is the right way forward to do the game justice....

Might And Delight say they’ve now squashed those three nasty bugs players found during the closed beta and are ready to commit to the mid-October date. They’ve pulled together a new version of their launch date trailer right here to prove it. Book Of Travels’ RPG bits sound inspired by the stuff of pen and paper adventures. You’ll create a character with their own quirks and flaws that affect how you’ll play....

And while the game’s multiplayer is a slick refinement of what’s come before, its gun unlock process is messy and excessive, even if it offers plenty of options for all types of player. Oh, and make sure you’ve got the game installed on an SSD… Infinity Ward clearly wants COD to move in a more methodical direction, eschewing the tricks of the military trade that players in MW1 adopted to outdo each other: the slide cancelling, the bunny hopping, the jumping through doorways....

On this page: How to do sidequests in Outbreak How to Pack-A-Punch and armour up in Outbreak Where to get perks in Outbreak How to farm points in Outbreak Outbreak minibosses and their weaknesses How to get wonder weapons in Outbreak How to advance Outbreak world levels How to do sidequests in Outbreak Outbreak has the option to do sidequests and gain rewards to help you progress more quickly. These sidequests can be seen on the map with various icons, including a dragon icon which has you activate a pillar and kill zombies in a ring of fire to ‘feed’ a mechanical dragon....

Black Ops 4 may have put a pin in the zombies story but hey, since when has that stopped anyone? The Cold War chapter of the zombies story is called Die Maschine, taking place in the early 80s. Players will join the CIA-backed team Requiem working against rival Soviet team Omega who both have an interest in the horde of undead locked away in the abandoned bunker where zombies mode plays out....

On Moday, June 14th at 2:30pm PDT/5:30pm EST/10:30pm BST, you’l be able to watch news on The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Monster Hunter Rise, and Resident Evil Village. Capcom announced the line-up via tweet and a short video: If there were prizes for “most improved games publisher”, Capcom would have to be a contender. When I started writing about games fifteen years ago, they still had Street Fighter and Resident Evil, but they also spent a lot of time trying to make people outside of Japan care about Onimusha by putting Jean Reno in it....

The original reveal trailer for Cottage Living let on a good amount for those who knew what to look for, but today’s trailer lays most of it out a bit clearer. There’s quite a lot here for you folks who enjoy playing in Live Mode. Sims will be able to take part in relaxing hobbies such as canning and cross-stitching. They can also tackle larger endeavors like growing food in their own garden, raising llamas, cows, and chickens, and showing off all that effort in the local weekly fair....

As spotted by Kotaku, mod creator “Halk Hogan” says that they’ve been contacted by CDPR about their mod which adds higher resolutoin textures to The Witcher 3. “I have some good news, and the reasons why I was quiet and why I don’t have too much to show,” Halk Hogan says in a new post for The Witcher 3 HD Reworked. “I think the most important news is that I got an official message from CDPR about cooperation....

Unless you’ve not looked at a calendar for the past year, or have been stuck in some sort of hellish nether-realm betwixt life and death (the lockdown jokes write themselves, I know), you’ll know that FromSoftware’s next punishing RPG Elden Ring is out on Friday. It’s only February and yet we already have one of the most anticipated games of the year knocking on the door! To celebrate the newest addition to the Soulsborne family, we’re using this week to post lots of cool articles about FromSoftware’s lovely, grim, difficult games....

First up is Adrena-Line by Daniel Linssen. I do enjoy a Linssen game since I can always spot them at a glance. Something about the color palette always gives it away. Anyway, this one is a frantic spacial puzzle where you need to navigate your little box to a button within a time limit. Your box moves in a straight line until it hits a wall just like the inevitable ice puzzles that I remember in every Nintendo game of my childhood....

To start off with, the beta will now have character customisation, Torn Banner say, which looks plenty in-depth here in the open beta trailer. You’ve got battle scars to pick, gnarly bloody noses to sport, and choices for your armor and heraldry too. They also spend a good amount of time showing off the oh so many battle emotes and all the personality you can give your knight through the various voice lines available....

It does nothing drastic at this stage. Valve temper expectations in the documentation, noting that “We are now accepting a limited amount of games into the service as we continue to build features and server capacity for players. The first service we are connecting to Steam to allow users to play games from their Steam Library from the Cloud is Nvidia GeForce Now.” GeForce Now is Nvidia’s game streaming service, launched this February....

Kicking things off on Thursday October 8th, the RPS video squad will be putting together another of their always excellent Indies Uncovered streams. Broadcast live to the EGX showfloor (and the EGX YouTube channel, for those of you who can’t attend this year’s show), this year’s edition of Indies Uncovered will see vid buds Colm and Matthew (RPS in peace) play a bunch of indie games available at the show....

“The factions, units, modes, campaigns and modding tools for CoH3 are all set for launch,” Relic said. “Now it’s just a matter of tuning and polishing everything to deliver on that core experience.” A lot of the areas Relic have been working on came to light through Company Of Heroes 3’s community feedback platform. Some of this feedback’s already been brought into the game. Company Of Heroes 3’s dynamic campaign map now has more aggressive AI, faster travel thanks to seaport and airport tweaks, and an updated supply system....

You’ll find the character creator over on Steam. It allows you to create your avatar for the full game, which you do by selecting from around a dozen preset characters and then swapping out their constituent parts via a menu of alternatives. There are no sliders or extrudable meshes, so you’re not able to create anything monstrous, but you can create a convincing extra from a Frozen movie by pick-and-mixing body shapes, hairstyles, eyes and ears and mouth shapes, and makeup....

That teaser trailer offers about as many details on the game as anything else. “We are so pleased and excited to bring this news to you, and we really can’t wait to reveal more details about what lies ahead,” Crytek CEO Avni Yerli said in today’s announcement. “Right now the game is in the early stages of development so it will be a while yet, but we wanted to bring you the news at this time as we are so hyped for the future, and to let you know that we will be listening to our community....

They put out the warning in a tweet, asking that folks “refrain from using files from unknown sources” until they can fix the issue. CDPR then shared more details in a statement sent to Eurogamer: The discovery of the vulnerability is credited to PixelRick, a Cyberpunk modder and one of the creators of the Cyberpunk Save Editor. He explained in a Reddit comment that the vulnerability would allow hackers to take “asset archives and save files” - normally non-executable files - and have them execute code on your machine at the point at which Cyberpunk loads said files....

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed into September The new RPG from the makers of The Witcher was due on April 16th, now it’s expected September 17th. They admit that even with the delay that staff will be working crunch. The delay also pushes back multiplayer, which has always been due after launch, until probably 2022 at earliest. Marvel’s Avengers is delayed Previously due in May, it’s now expected in September. Square Enix also delayed the PS4 debut of Final Fantasy VII Remake, which likely also delays the almost-inevitable PC release once its exclusivity period ends....