To find out, we talked with Redbull’s Jukeyz ahead of the public launch of Warzone 2.0 for his thoughts. Having played the map long before much of the public, they’d come to an early and informed conclusion of the map. Their conclusion is that it’s good, and his type of map. “I never want to be in a forest again. I like the buildings and windows you can jump through, staircases, buildings you can climb to the top of,” states Jukeyz....

With their latest big project coming to its conclusion, I sat down with product director Matt Casey and senior game designer Tim Fletcher to talk about the future of RuneScape post the Elder God Wars, their narrative aspirations for the IP, and RuneScape’s future outside of the MMO. How has the community received these quests in comparison to some of the non-narrative updates in recent months/years? M: If you look at the last year, we’ve seen more buzz from the community....

In a tweet shared by “game director/chief producer” of the fighting game series himself, Katsuhiro Harada, we see the world of The Lands Between invade the King Of Iron Fist Tournament 7 with a ludicrous mod that even brings Torrent into the melee. Sharing the mod – which includes character models for the likes of the Prisoner class, Melina, The Tarnished, and more wrangled into the Tekken engine – Harada notes how “ridiculously well-made” the mod is… and asks players to “stop it”....

While Reno is an excellent performer, he wasn’t chosen for his skills as a thespian. He was a sly marketing ploy. Fast forward to 2020 and we’ve seen Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington, disgraced actor Kevin Spacey, and UFC star Conor McGregor pop up in Call of Duty. We’ve seen the iconic David Hayter replaced by Kiefer Sutherland in the role of Snake in Metal Gear Solid. Keanu Reeves is heading to Cyberpunk 2077 later this year, and the guy who played The Punisher on Netflix has been in a Ghost Recon game....

Below, you’ll find a mix of fascinating biographies from gaming visionaries, insightful behind-the-scenes glimpses at game development, a few arty coffee table books to keep on display and precisely one cookbook. Well, we all love a gaming snack, right? Peruse the selection below and let us know if any already claim a spot on your bookshelf – or if you plan to add them soon! 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die I don’t think any of us here are suffering from a small backlog of games to get through....

Frederik Schreiber, 3D Realms vice president, revealed on Twitter that the studio, along with Slipgate, were in talks with Fox to develop a four-player co-op, PvE game based on the Alien series. The game was called Aliens: Hadley’s Hope, and was in pre-production before Disney acquired 21st Century Fox and the project was cancelled. Schreiber shared a brief look at the game’s official pitch on Twitter. “A misfitting mix of colonists and marines fight together for their lives against a protective alien queen who’s willing to do whatever it takes to safeguard her eggs,” the pitch reads....

Modder Vect0R uploaded the fruits of their labour to YouTube, showing the improvements made since Half-Life 2’s original Source engine from 2004. The mod, which is currently a showcase demo that isn’t available to the public, has been in the works only since March 24. “I took the original map file and converted to Source 2 format and added to Half-Life: Alyx. In [the] process, I converted assets of Half-Life 2 to Half-Life: Alyx as well....

The vote was put to shareholders during a special meeting of Stockholders held earlier today, and over 98% voted in favor of the proposed transaction. On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard for $95 per share in an all-cash transaction. Subject to customary closing conditions and the completion of regulatory review, the proposed transaction is expected to close in Microsoft’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2023....

There have been multiple stories surrounding the impressively huge file size for Call of Duty Warzone, and Activision is about to shrink it down with a new update. Season 2 Reloaded lands in the game on March 30, and alongside introducing a slew of new features to the game, the developer and publisher have somehow managed to crunch the file size down to a much smaller number. “Season Two Reloaded also brings great news of a lower, optimized file size across Warzone,” says a press release....

For the second quarter, the company reported revenue of $1.64 billion, a year-over-year (yoy) decline compared to $2.30 billion reported during Q2 2021. That said, segment revenue and operating income grew versus the first quarter of the current fiscal year due to gameplay improvements and seasonal content made available across Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone. On October 28 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in development with Infinity Ward, will be released....

This milestone was revealed following an eruption in popularity in 2021, thanks in large part to a portion of Twitch’s most popular streamers jumping into the game as well as Rust finally launching on consoles. The influx of new interest that came as a result helped achieve record player counts for the game, peaking at 267,211 concurrent on Steam. Some of the other stats shared in the blog post are quite interesting, too....

It will see the addition of the Italian and Maltese civilizations along with a wealth of new content including the casual friendly Tycoon Game Mode and Diplomacy Mode. The content adds the first-ever set of Historical Maps, of which there will be eight, nine new minor civilizations, and 30 random maps. As far as the civilizations are concerned, the Maltese will be able to create unique fortifications, use Fixed Guns, can fight at sea with Order Galleys, use Arbalesters, and more....

The images were up long enough though to be pulled, and you can have a look at each below in the gallery. First noticed by YouTuber Charlie “Kranitoko” Murray (thanks, Wario64), you can see how much has gone into making the game more detailed, which is evident when you look over the images. The remaster, which will include the base game and the two expansions, The Signal and The Writer, will be published by Epic Games and releases on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC sometime this fall....

The report also goes into detail on how the head of the game’s division, Mike Frazzini, seems to be inexperienced with game development. Frazzini also apparently uses metrics when it comes to making decisions, instead of listening to the seasoned developers he has hired. It also goes into how the firm’s Lumberyard engine is a pain to work with, the lack of incentives for employees, and how the division cultivates a “bro culture,” according to 30 current and former employees (thanks, GI....

Throughout December and January, hiding on rocks, between flowers and in the trees, is a whole tiny world of bugs to collect in Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Get your net at the ready, here’s when and where you can find each and every bug and arachnid, along with when they unlock and a list of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons bug prices so you know which to prioritise in your inventory....

Well, if you consider animals having the capability of being nude, then, yes, they are running around in their birthday suits showing off their fur and fuzzy tails. As reported by Eurogamer, the glitch only seems to happen in the cafe, and this has apparently been going on since the DLC launched on November 5. But there could be worse glitches, and there have been in games, so until it’s fixed, just enjoy seeing all the cute animal villagers running around naked as the day they were born....

Creating an island full of spiders, or more specifically a tarantula island, is rapidly turning out to be one of the most useful ways to make a whole bundle of cash. You see, Tarantula are worth 8000 bells each - so if you can find a way to manipulate New Horizons into spawning a lot of them, you can catch a bunch and then sell them back to Timmy and Tommy in the Nook’s Cranny shop for a massive profit of 200,000 bells or more....

There’s much to learn as you potter from palm-covered island to sun-kissed atoll, so here is our recent collection of Animal Crossing: New Horizons guides, filled with current information that’s helpful for newbies and seasoned travellers alike. With the release of the huge 2.0 update and Happy Home Paradise DLC, we’ve added a few new sections to the list of guides below to help you make sense of all the new features dropping with this next phase of Animal Crossing: New Horizons....

Dosen plays for TSM, and many would say what he did was unthinkable when money is on the line. As spotted by Alpha Intel, Dosen heard an enemy player over a nearby ridge. When he moved to investigate, he realised that the enemy is not moving, likely because they crashed or disconnected. Rather than take advantage of the situation, Dosen asked his teammates not to fire upon the lone player....