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What you need to know Xbox Game Studios and Zenimax Media (parent of Bethesda Softworks) recently joined forces in a massive acquisition by Microsoft. In a recent interview, Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty shared some details about how this new partnership will work. He also revealed that Xbox and Bethesda are planning a joint conference to discuss future projects in the next few weeks. Bethesda and other studios will maintain full creative freedom, but the objective is for everything to head...

Having recently attended a hands-off gameplay preview demonstration and roundtable Q&A of Arkane Studios’ upcoming FPS / immersive sim Deathloop, what struck me most was how violent it seems. Anyone who has seen the game in action can see how Arkane Studios is drawing from its experience with Wolfenstein: Youngblood to provide a faster, more shooter-centered adventure than Prey or Dishonored, but it still caught me unawares. It comes down to the animations. Colt’s melee kills are viscer...

Deathloop has been one of my most anticipated games of 2021, top to bottom. It comes from one of my longtime favorite developers, Arkane Studios, with a gritty-yet-stylish appeal that has made me giddy more than once throughout the trailers and music like the Déjà Vu single. Every new bit of info and each day that brings me closer has had me more excited than the last to finally play Deathloop this coming September, so perhaps you can imagine the sheer electricity in my blood when Arkane and ...

Back in 2020 when the pandemic was in full swing, QuakeCon was among the many illustrious and longstanding events that fell victim to canceling throughout the year. It was a bummer to be sure, not being able to have the fantastic experience that always comes with one of the world’s biggest LAN parties at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Resort in Dallas, but the organizers were also able to shift the festivities over to an online experience on the fly, making lemonade out of lemons with QuakeCon a...

New Noclip Documentary Details Development of Dishonored Series Danny ODwyer is back with another Noclip documentary thats worth sitting down with a good mug of hot chocolate and investing an hour of your time into. This time around, the Irishman focuses on the incredible Dishonored franchise from Arkane Studios, interviewing developers at both its Lyon and Texas-based facilities. The teams are known for their level design, and so ODwyer spends a great deal of the documentary learning how some ...

Source: Electronic Arts Its safe to say the last couple of years have been some of the most interesting and tumultuous ever for the video game industry. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, teams shifted to work entirely from home, something a majority of studios are still doing. This has led to numerous game delays and were likely to see even more delays as 2021 continues. Meanwhile, the rate of studio acquisitions and overall industry consolidation has also vastly increased. It feels like sp...

The Academy Awards Live Blog 2021 The Academy Awards Live Blog 2021 By Theo Smith and Katie Evans on Welcome to our live coverage of the 93rd Academy Awards. Join us as we discuss and react to tonight’s ceremony! 23.15 23.29 And that’s all folks! Thanks for sticking with us despite all our technical difficulties! To recap, here are the five big winners: BEST FILM – The Revenant BEST ACTRESS – Brie Larson, Room BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies BE...

Storytelling in video games comes in many forms, whether its in-game dialogue, environmental details, or even info dumps of lore via found documents and audio logs. Cinematic cutscenes have been a firm staple of delivering story beats and important plot moments, but some games writers are keen to find alternatives. One such writer is Lucas Laredo, narrative designer on Weird West -- an action RPG with qualities of an immersive sim, set in a Wild West frontier that borders on dark fantasy. Thoug...

Welcome to The Week in Gaming, the place where we pause each week to take a look at the video game news beats both big and small that you might be missing — while also taking a peek around the corner at whats ahead. Check in each Friday for news (and occasionally even views) on everything from sprawling RPGs to Metroidvania platformers to the latest in VR and free-to-play. Well even throw in a good old-fashioned board game every now and then! Though its been out since November, the PlayStatio...

Deathloop Delayed to September by Arkane Lyon Bethesda and Arkane Studios have announced that Deathloop will be delayed until Sept. 14, 2021. Game Director Dinga Bakaba and Art Director Sebastien Mitton delivered more information on the matter on social media. They explained that the reason for the delay was to make sure that the game’s quality remains high while also preserving the team’s health. The studio will use the extra time to polish up the game experience. Deathloop has gone throu...