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The PC version of upcoming stealth adventure game reboot Thief will be more than just a console port. Stephane Roy, the producer of Thief, talked with Strategy Informer about the game and the themes and aspects of gameplay that are currently being developed for it.
Similar to Tomb Raider, post-apocalyptic FPS Metro: Last Light has its own video series about survival documenting the factions players will encounter during gameplay and how to deal with them. Players are advised to clear every corner before proceeding further into a map and listen to enemy conversations before taking action. Environmental changes such as storms will affect your gameplay and stealth approaches are definitely among your tactical options. The video also introduces new mutants such as freaky green dragon-like […]
The people behind upcoming survival-horror PS3 game The Last of Us get together to discuss the game’s post-apocalyptic setting and how they designed the breathtaking world Ellie and Joel will explore. Despite the meaning of the word, Naughty Dog thinks that players will find the wasteland they’ve created beautiful. And you won’t have to wait long to experience zombie combat in a crumbling city, the developer reminds us. The Last of Us will arrive on June 14 for PlayStation 3 […]
Irrational Games has just released a set of 8 alternative covers for BioShock Infinite this morning. This allows you to print out an alternate cover of your choosing, which is awesome for (mostly console) gamers who bought BioShock Infinite with a physical box. For Steam gamers, well feel free to try to use them as digital wallpaper I guess.
Double Fine, the company behind Psychonauts and Brutal Legend, was approached by Sony. According to PlayStation Official Magazine UK’s encounter with Double Fine’s founder, Tim Schafer, at PAX East, he was surprised that Sony approached them, “because we’re not Bungie… or Insomniac”. Schafer mentions that his team was asked on what they could do with the new PlayStation 4 and that Double Fine has “already got some guys playing with some of the new features to see […]
Dark Horse, famous comic publishing company, has just made a 6 page preview of Last of Us: American Dreams, the comic prequel to upcoming post-apocalyptic video game, The Last of Us.
Last of Us: American Dreams follows the story of Ellie, the 13 year old girl who escapes with Joel in the game, and her life in military boarding school. During her time there, she gets her first look at the post-apocalyptic world outside and also makes some […]
Ubisoft has posted a brief video which takes a look at comic book artist Todd McFarlane and the way he goes about designing the poster art for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. McFarlane explains that his inspiration for the poster came from an image of Michael Jordan, who stood with both arms stretched out to his sides, that he saw as a child. McFarlane incorporates this into the pirate-themed poster as he shows Edward Kenway, the assassin we […]
Metro: Last Light, the sequel to post-apocalyptic horror shooter Metro 2033, is a little over a month away and there’s good news for PC gamers… Metro: Last Light is out for pre-order on Steam. Pre-orders will include the Limited Edition of the game, which bundles the HUD-free Ranger Mode, special rifle and additional military grade bullets (bullets are the in-game currency used in the Metro games). Metro: Last Light Limited Edition also includes the digital comic […]
If you love video game concept art as much as I do, then it’ll be love at first sight for you when you see this. Concept artist Ben Lo has uploaded a bunch of lovely masterpieces for you to feast your eyes upon. The art captures what Columbia looked like in its early stage of development, including Columbia’s welcome station, a character called Rosie Rickford and Las Vegas-looking locations complete with casinos. Most of it shows the […]
TopWare’s website states that Raven Cry’s release date is on October 24 this year for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. The third-person action-adventure game is set during the 17th-century Caribbean featuring historical pirates and offers role-playing elements such as a morality-based system and magic items. The pirate adventure will follow Christopher Raven, a young man on a journey to avenge his family’s death. The release date is real close to Assassin’s Creed 4 which will also be […]
Hey, look it’s Ezio’s father! Oh, wait. Why are his assassin robes dyed black? Wait, what?! Okay, that’s Romano Orzari and he will be replacing Stephen Russell as the voice of master thief Garrett in the upcoming reboot of Thief, only this time he dons the main hood as the star of the game, instead of playing dear Giovanni Auditore da Firenze of Assassin’s Creed 2 and of course starring in short live-action tie-in Assassin’s Creed: Lineage. He was pretty […]
Treyarch has announced new additional content for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 called ‘Uprising’ which will feature four new multiplayer maps (Studio, Magma, Encore, Vertigo) and a new zombie mode (Mob of the Dead) where a quartet of real Hollywood actors (Ray Liotta, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pantoliano, and Michael Madsen) fight off the undead on San Francisco’s notorious prison island, Alcatraz. A new gameplay element introduced in the upcoming DLC, also known as Purgatory, where players will have their […]