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Apr 23, 2021 08:01 EDT Hood: Outlaws & Legends is Sumo Newcastles first game since the former CCP studio that made EVE: Valkyrie got acquired by Sumo Digital in early 2018, and its a rather unusual one. Priced at $29.99, the game is a multiplayer PvPvE affair where two teams of four players each will attempt a heist in a medieval environment inspired by Robin Hoods lore. Theyll have to outsmart both the opposing team of rogues and the defending guards driven by the AI in order to succeed a...

IO Interactive has opened a third studio in Barcelona to support development of Hitman, James Bond and its unannounced new IP. The news was revealed during GI Live: Online in a keynote talk featuring Hakan Abrak, the CEO of IO Interactive. The Barcelona office is described as an elite studio and joins the companys teams in Copenhagen and Malmö. "After the [Hitman] trilogy, its safe to say that Agent 47 needs a bit of a breather. He needs a break," Abrak revealed in a video interview with Gam...

Why Hood: Outlaws & Legends Is PvPvE Hood: Outlaws & Legends began as a PvE concept that evolved into a PvP experience and then became a PvPvE game. Hood: Outlaws & Legends is an upcoming Robin Hood-inspired PvPvE game where two teams of four players face off on the same heist. You dont often see too many player-versus-player-versus-environment games, where players face off against each other and computer-controlled characters. I caught up with Hood game director Andrew Willans to ask why the t...

The event is about the business of indie games development, and has been programmed by GamesIndustry.biz with support from EGX Rezzed. Alongside the talks, there are meetings and private, behind-closed-doors sessions with the likes of Warren Spector, Brenda Romero, Xbox and Valve. You can see the full schedule here. The event is headline sponsored by Xsolla, and has been backed by CrazyLabs, Creative England (Advance Initiative), Curve Digital, gnet, LEGO Ventures, Limited Run, My.Games, nDrea...

Focus Home Interactive and Sumo Digital have unveiled a new trailer for Hood: Outlaws & Legends as youre getting a better game overview.

Hood: Outlaws & Legends Looking Good in New Gameplay Overview Huh, Hood: Outlaws & Legends may well be one to keep your eye on as we near its release next month on PlayStation hardware. That is if the latest gameplay trailer is anything to go by, which gives a fantastic overview of what to expect from the medieval multiplayer experience. Out on 10th May 2021 for both PS5 and PS4, the PvPvE undertaking from Geordie studio Sumo Digital is all about opposing teams trying to steal the same set of t...

GI Live: Online is a week away, and here is the final schedule of speakers, roundtable sessions and special guests. 60 publishers are set to meet with hundreds of indie developers at the show, via our 1-to-1 meeting system and in a special industry Discord. Tickets cost $50 for developers and publishers (+ VAT), and can be bought here. The event runs Wednesday, April 14th - Friday, April 16th. Speakers include Unity and Nifty Games Peter Moore, Minecraft boss Helen Chiang, IO Interactive head H...

GIRLS from across the region will take part in an online event which aims to inspire them to consider a career in computing. Leading studios and companies are taking part in Hello World, which will be held virtually by Teesside University with around 200 young girls from Year 8, 9 and 10 taking part from schools across the region. The event on April 14 will involve women working in animation, games design and visual effects and contribution from range of leading companies, including Indus...

Kates conversation with Jay and Joe Jay and Music Director James Marshall worked with a roster of incredible media composers, including Lena Raine, Brian DOliveira, Winifed Phillips, Nick Foster and Jim Fowler. Each of them had their own part of the world in the game to create a musical signature; Winifred wrote music for the bubbly, underwater levels, and Brian for the Amazon region, for example. This gave the composers freedom to create their own sound within the larger world. Sackboy, A Big ...

Why would you attack Sackboy? He's so cute. And yet, someone out there appears to be doing just that.