A highly detailed series of fake additions to the Left 4 Dead wiki has inspired fan-art and even a mod that puts the nonexistent content into the game. The vandalism focuses on a bizarre character called “Purple Francis,” a poorly recolored version of one of the game’s four Survivors. The …
Read More »A Way Out Dev Josef Fares Says It's "So Sick" That People Don't Finish Games
Game developer Josef Fares, who is known for boldly and passionately sharing his opinions, has now spoken up about how people don’t finish games. In short, he doesn’t like that the data generally shows that people start games but don’t finish them. In an interview with Game Informer, Fares said …
Read More »A Way Out Dev Josef Fares Is Unsure About Xbox Game Pass — "How Do You Get Paid?"
Game designer Josef Fares, who led the development teams at Hazelight on Brothers, A Way Out, and It Takes Two, isn’t sold on the idea of subscription services like Xbox Game Pass. Speaking to Polygon, Fares said he’s scared about “the Netflix system” in the context of games because he …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption Is Being Used To Teach A College American History Class
History professor Tore Olsson is combining his love for history and his love for games in a new history class at the University of Tennessee titled “HIUS 383: Red Dead America.” The class will use both Red Dead Redemption and its sequel as jumping off points to explore the 1899-1911 …
Read More »Resident Evil: Village Is Heavily Inspired By RE4
In an interview for PlayStation Official Magazine’s March 2021 issue, as quoted by Wccftech, producer Peter Fabiano has confirmed that Resident Evil: Village takes a lot of inspiration from Resident Evil 4, one of the most critically well-received games in the entire franchise. He’s also dropped a few more hints …
Read More »Single-Player Is Not Dead, Despite Rise In Multiplayer And Live Services – Take Two CEO
Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar Games and 2K Games, fundamentally believes in the single-player experience, despite a rise in live services both at Take-Two and across the industry. During an earnings call this week, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said its Rockstar Games label has always been known for its …
Read More »GTA 5 Has Sold More Than 140 Million Copies
Grand Theft Auto V continues to be a huge success for Rockstar and Take-Two. During the publisher’s latest financial earnings call, Take-Two revealed that GTA V has now sold more than 140 million copies–a number that will likely only continue to grow when the game comes to PlayStation 5 and …
Read More »Halo 3 Is Getting This New Map From The Canceled Halo Online Game
As part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to support and expand on Halo: The Master Chief Collection, developer 343 Industries has announced that a map from the canceled Halo Online is coming to the game in a future update. The map, which you can see below, was included with Halo Online, …
Read More »GTA Online Celebrates Valentine's Day With Special Events And Sales
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V is among the many games that are celebrating Valentine’s Day with an in-game event. The open-world game’s multiplayer mode, GTA Online, is marking the romantic occasion with new events, sales, and more. The Till Death Do Us Part multiplayer mode is back in the game …
Read More »Mass Effect Legendary Edition: Remaster Vs ME1, ME2, And ME3 Screenshot Comparison
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition remasters BioWare’s original Mass Effect trilogy. In order to give you a better idea of just how much of a transformation we’re talking about, we’ve compiled several comparison screenshots. As the original Mass Effect is getting the most out of the remaster in terms of updated …
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