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BioWare was working on the game right up until the studio closed. What appears to be a genuine trailer for the next Mass Effect, which BioWare was developing before the studio shut down, has surfaced online. The video, titled Mass Effect: Universe, was posted on Reddit the day after news broke that the studio had...
In early 2006, J.J. Abrams was in the middle of a generational run. Alias was about to end. Lost had become a cultural phenomenon. Abrams was traveling the world to promote his directorial debut, Mission: Impossible 3, and he was only getting started. At Paramount’s 2007 San Diego Comic-Con panel, Abrams said he had visited...
The dismemberment system from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance did not fit the pace of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. The developers of Onimusha: Way of the Sword have described the technology behind the game’s realistic sword-fight animation and dynamic enemy dismemberment. According to game director Satoru Nihei, Capcom had to do more than create a...
Less financial risk, more creative freedom. Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch says AA games with relatively modest budgets could be one of the key factors in the games industry’s survival and continued growth. In his view, developers should pay more attention to these projects because they carry less financial risk and can deliver a higher...
Bethesda has launched Season 2 of The Elder Scrolls Online – Echoes of Skyrim. The season adds about 30 hours of free content and opens up add-ons that were previously paid. ZeniMax Online and Bethesda built the update around the snowy province of Skyrim. Players can already claim the Greymoor chapter and the Wolfhunter DLC...
The streaming service Wink has announced that production on the fourth season of «Fisher» is complete. The new episodes, subtitled «Black Avenue», will premiere in 2027. The cast includes Evgeny Tsyganov, Oliver Raymond Mara, Viktoria Isakova, Sergey Gilev and others. Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova return as showrunners. In the story, a young Moscow investigator...
Literary classics tend to bring to mind Austen and Shelley, Joyce and Steinbeck. These authors lived and died long ago, and their work keeps their legacy alive. Plenty of great writers are still publishing today, though. Some of the books they have released over the last three decades may become the classics of the future....
Xbox’s missed performance target reduced Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s annual pay, according to materials prepared for the company’s shareholder meeting. Nadella will receive $90.6 million, which is $5.8 million less than a year earlier. The figures come from documents prepared for the annual shareholder meeting. The gaming division was the only Microsoft unit that failed...
The big-screen adaptation of the Street Fighter video game is set to arrive on international digital platforms on December 1, according to the website DVD Release Dates. Paramount has yet to confirm the date. The film opened in theaters last week and has earned $57 million worldwide. It follows a karate fighter who, in the...
Witcher fans have plenty to anticipate. A remaster of The Witcher 3 is on the way, along with the Songs of the Past expansion. The Witcher 4 is expected sometime in 2028. Those fans likely know that the games are based on an iconic book series, as is the Netflix show. They may be glad...
