Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 3shares With his work on the critically-acclaimed Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Koji Igarashi played an instrumental role in creating the “Metroidvania” genre of games. His subsequent Castlevania games on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS were also fantastic, ending his run with the well-received Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia in 2008. With no Igarashi-produced Metroidvania game released in a decade, fans were understandably excited w...

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 22shares Crackdown 3 is rapidly approaching its February 15 release date, the culmination of what’s been a longer-than-expected development time. Today Microsoft confirmed one final detail that fans have been expecting for some time, that Crackdown 3 will be available via an Xbox Game Pass subscription on its launch day. By no means has Microsoft ever implied that Crackdown 3 wouldn’t be a launch day Xbox Game Pass addition, of course. Ever si...

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 118shares Bandai Namco’s new action RPG title, Code Vein, is scheduled for a 2018 roll-out and the release of new gameplay footage showcases more of what players can expect. Two distinct dungeons, the Ridge of the Frozen Souls and the City of Falling Flame, make an appearance and the video also demonstrates more clearly how the combat mechanics will work. Set in an unnamed post-apocalyptic world, Code Vein sees the player taking on the role of...

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 82shares As the dust settles from the latest Nintendo Direct presentation, gamers have been left with quite a lot to think about when weighing up whether or not they want to buy a Nintendo Switch. One of the more unsurprising, although pleasant, titles featured during the showcase was the previously-unnamed Kirby project that was revealed during E3 2017, and with its presence came a handful of new details on the game, an official title, and a...

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 131shares A while ago, a rumor had been making the rounds claiming that the American multinational technology company and online retailer Amazon is working on its own game streaming service to rival both Microsoft and Google, with the venture potentially set to launch as soon as 2020. Until that possibly comes to pass, it looks like Amazon will continue to provide solid deals on individual games on consoles, with a new sale offering up to 50%...

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 1shares Without a doubt, Crackdown 3 has had a rather tumultuous development cycle since it was initially announced. In order to assuage any worries that fans of the franchise may have for the sequel, Xbox head Phil Spencer declared a few months ago that there’s still work to do, but good progress had been made up to then. Now, with the first-party Microsoft title set to launch in about two months from now, the development team at Sumo Digital...

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 2shares At its E3 2018 press briefing, Ubisoft revealed a new trailer for Transference, their new VR psychological thriller that was first announced at last years E3. The game lets players shift perspectives between a troubled scientist and his family while exploring maze-like puzzles and navigating a multi-branching narrative played out by real actors. Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood took to the Ubisoft E3 2018 stage to show off Transferen...

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Pinterest 268shares While developer Bungie has yet to officially reveal the new Power level cap that players will grind toward in the new Shadowkeep expansion coming this fall, keen-eyed fans have spotted some Power level numbers in some of the latest Destiny 2 behind-the-scenes featurette videos. Similar Power level numbers seen in demos, at tradeshows like E3, or in other development videos have been placeholders before, so this number may not be fina...