Author: Kavish
Just because Borderlands failed to launch at the box office, it doesn’t mean Hollywood is giving up on video game movies. Perhaps thanks in part to the success of Sonic the Hedgehog’s two movies, another classic Sega game is coming to the big screen: Eternal Champions.Via The Hollywood Reporter, Skydance is producing the live-action Eternal Champions movie. The game was originally published by Sega for the Genesis in 1993, and the story revolved around a tournament to determine who the new Eternal Champion would be. Characters from the past, present, and future were brought together to fight until one emerged…
It’s our favorite time of the year and not just because temperatures are finally starting to cool down. It’s Gamecom time, folks!If the dozens of fantastic games launching over the course of the next few months weren’t enough to look forward to, brace yourselves for a whole lot of announcements, reveals, and deep dives courtesy of the Germany-based video game trade show. In this episode of Spot On, Tam and Lucy discuss what games they are most excited to see on the show floor, as well as what they suspect Opening Night Live has in store for us. From Monster…
From Silent Hill and System Shock to Ant Attack and Resident Evil, we’ve seen a wealth of nightmare-inducing horror games released over the past several decades. The history of these titles is often filled with surprising development stories, and From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror serves as a comprehensive resting place for all these terrifying tales. The popular volume from Bitmap Books is getting a restock at Amazon on September 3, providing readers with over 600 pages of horror game goodness. Releases from Bitmap Books are overwhelmingly popular–so we’d recommend reserving a copy while you still…
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches for PC and consoles on October 31, and fans who are eager to learn more about the game can preorder an upcoming art book that will detail The Veilguard’s many new and returning characters, locations, and creatures. The Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard was created in collaboration with the BioWare development team, and features 256 pages full of concept art, promotional illustrations, and more. It will be available in standard and deluxe editions, both of which launch on November 5, just a few days after the game. Preorders are available for both versions of…
Best Buy is running a Microsoft 3-Day Sale from now until Sunday, with steep price cuts on laptops, desktops, handheld PCs, and dozens of other electronics. Some products are discounted up to $500–making this a great time to upgrade your laptop or desktop PC. You’ll also find a few accessories for cheap, as well as an enticing deal for the ROG Ally. We’ve pulled together the best deals to help you make the most of the event.Remember–these prices disappear Sunday night at 10 PM PT / 1 AM ET (Monday), so carve out a few minutes this weekend to check…
Earlier this summer, Nintendo released the unsettling first look at Emio – The Smiling Man, before revealing that it’s a long-awaited sequel to the Famicom Detective Club games. The game will be arriving before the end of the month, but players won’t have to wait that long to get their hands on it because the first chapter will be released as a demo next week.Nintendo has announced that it will be releasing multiple demos for Emio – The Smiling Man, starting with Chapter 1 on August 19. Additional chapters will be added on August 22 and August 27. And in…
Skyblivion, the ambitious mod that looks to port and remaster The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion into the more-modern engine used by its sequel, Skyrim, is looking better than ever. The volunteer development team behind the project recently dropped a new 20-minute gameplay video highlighting two of the game’s side quests for fans to salivate over.While Skyblivion will feature some original quests (with original voice acting), the two quests highlighted in the gameplay video are existing Oblivion quests, Fingers of the Mountain and Killing Fields. They are largely as fans remember, albeit with a new coat of paint thanks to the…
Xur has touched down in Destiny 2, bringing a resupply of Exotic weapons and armor pieces to his stash in the Tower. Toward the end of the month, Xur will also be offering Exotic class items, although you’ll need quite a few Strange Coins to afford one of these ultra-rare armor pieces. Here’s where Xur is this week, and what he has for sale.This week, Xur is offering the Exotic weapon catalysts for MIDA Multi-Tool and Lumina, and for Exotic armor, Hunters can pick up Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves; Titans can grab Heart of Inmost Light; and Warlocks can buy Sunbracers. If…
Exclusives apparently haven’t moved the needle for the Epic Games Store. In fact, most haven’t even been wise investments, according to Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. What has worked instead for the company is giving away free games.PC Gamer reports that Sweeney revealed this strategy evaluation with reporters earlier this week while discussing user acquisition for the Epic Games Store. “We spent a lot of money on exclusives,” said Sweeney. “A few of them worked extremely well. A lot of them were not good investments, but the free games program has been just magical.”Sweeney didn’t go into detail…
The video game industry layoff trend continues as Ubisoft has cut 45 jobs across its teams in San Francisco, California and Cary, North Carolina this week.A spokesperson for Ubisoft confirmed to Bloomberg that the company made the “difficult yet necessary decision” to lay off staffers in an effort to “align these studios’ organizations with their future business and development objectives.”Those who lost their jobs will get severance payment and outplacement support. Back in April this year, Ubisoft eliminated 45 jobs across other divisions. GameSpot has contacted Ubisoft in an attempt to get more details on these cuts.These cuts appear to…