The Gears of War Movie Is Set in an Alternate Reality
In an interview with IGN, The Coalition’s studio head Rod Fergusson revealed the Gears of War movie is being excluded from the franchise’s canon.
“In order for the movie to be successful, it has to be a great movie first and a Gears movie second,” Fergusson said. “Basically the way that we sort of reconciled that was, we said, ‘oh the movie should be an alternate reality. It should not be dependent on the game story, nor should it influence the game story.’”
Fergusson said by doing this, they’d not only allow there to be more room for potential with what could happen in the movie but to allow new creatives with different processes to think about the Gears world in a unique way. Fergusson said they take this approach with all the Gears worldbuilding media, like the Gears of War books and comics.
Rocket League: I Think I Like the New Spike Rush Mode More Than the Main Game
I've been trying to decide whether I think Spike Rush is better than Rocket League's base mode. When I'm shown it at E3, the Psyonix devs in attendance casually introduce it as a component part of their ongoing Radical Summer event. It comes alongside a neon swathe of '80s nostalgia-inducing cosmetics (from Ultimate Warrior decals to ET-themed wheels to a drivable KITT from Knight Rider), and another mode, Beach Ball. None of that is as good as Spike Rush.
The (very good) pitch I'm given is that if regular Rocket League is soccer with cars, Spike Rush is rugby with cars. Arriving for free on July 1, the mode's fairly simple. There are still three cars on each side, and each is trying to get a big ball into the opponents' goal, earning a point every time they do.
Destroy All Humans! Remake: New Tweaks to an Old Formula
The only assets Black Forest Games has taken from 2005’s Destroy All Humans! are the original voice lines and music. Every other aspect has been rebuilt to bring alien anti-hero Cryptosporidium 137 aka Crypto back to our screens. The developers describe this new outing as “not a remake, but a remake of what people remember it being”. In my short time seeing the game I knew exactly what they meant, for better or worse.
At its core, Destroy All Humans! is still about exactly that: destroying all humans. Their towns, army bases and general peace of mind. It’s a third-person shooter but also incorporates stealth elements, and vehicle combat when commanding Crypto’s Saucer. You’re encouraged to cause as much destruction as possible, raining death from above, then strolling through the ruins finding new and interesting ways to interfere with the survivors.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 Is Probably What You Wanted from the Original
Long story short: Dragon Quest Builders 2 is shaping up to be just like the original, but with smart new features and quality-of-life improvements. Many of those new features weren't accessible in the demo I played at E3 2019, but you can get a glimpse of them in the trailer below.
According to the producers, the idea behind the original Dragon Quest Builders was to take a sandbox-style building game (i.e. Minecraft) and give it the structure of a, you know, regular video game. It was designed so that anyone, young or old, longtime gamer or novice, could pick up a controller and learn how to build cool stuff. Dragon Quest Builders 2 is based on those same principles, but expands your capabilities.
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Katamari Damacy’s Creator on Wattam’s Insane Initial Concept
Wattam, the latest project from Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy designer Keita Takahashi, has been a long time coming. Many many years at this point. In that time, it’s shifted publishers from Sony to Annapurna Interactive, its team has been broken down and then rebuilt and it’s switched game engines, but one thing hasn’t changed – it’s still a game about creating colourful explosions that send its bizarre cast of anthropomorphic creatures into gales of laughter.
Of course, I wouldn’t dare call them “creatures” in front of Takahashi. To him, they may be walking, talking flowers, rocks, toilets, poos and blocks of land, but they’re all “people”. Wattam, after all, is a metaphor for the way that people from different countries can find commonalities. We may not all speak the same language, or have a similar culture, but there are things that can bring us together as people. And in the case of Wattam, as mentioned, it’s setting off the bomb that perpetually sits under the hat of the game’s Mayor character.
Bee Simulator Is Like For Honor With Butt Swords
With a name like Bee Simulator, you might expect to see a tiny, airborne version of something like Goat Simulator - a wacky, physics-based comedy game that, while entertaining, does very little to actually simulate the day-to-day reality of Bovidae Capra. However, you would be very much mistaken.
Bee Simulator, from development team Varsav Games, focuses on what the real lives and struggles of the American wild bee. Or, at least, as close as they can get while still making an entertaining game - and one that's far more educational than you might expect.
"Goats are, like, doing nothing interesting. They eat grass," laughs Lukasz Rosiński, Varsav's founder and CEO. "And bees are doing many, many interesting things. There's a whole part
The Last of Us 2 Might Release in February 2020, Reports Say
It’s looking like The Last of Us Part 2 may release in February 2020, according to multiple reports.
Originally reported on by Eurogamer, three separate reports or comments indicate an early 2020 release date for highly anticipated The Last of Us 2. First is a recent interview from the Critical Role YouTube channel between voice actor Ashley Johnson (who plays Ellie in The Last of Us and plays multiple character in Critical Role) and Critical Role creative producer Brian Foster, who are also engaged to one another.
Shenmue 3 Studio Will ‘Assess the Situation” on Epic Store Exclusivity
Shenmue 3 developer Ys Net and Epic have promised to “assess the situation” regarding the game’s one year exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store, following concerns from series fans, according to PC Gamer.
This past week, Ys Net stated that the long-awaited Shenmue 3 will be a timed exclusive with the Epic Games Store for one year. At the moment, Shenmue 3 is still available to wishlist on Steam, and updates on its Kickstarter page have mentioned a Steam version.
Here’s What the Final Scene of Jessica Jones Means
This ending explained article contains full spoilers for Jessica Jones Season 3, now streaming on Netflix. For more, check out our spoiler-free review of Jessica Jones Season 3.
Jessica Jones Season 3 marks the end of Marvel and Netflix's collaboration and the end of The Defenders as we know them (unless Disney-owned Hulu decides to revive any of Marvel's street-level shows at some point down the line).