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Michel Ancel has discussed his recently-confirmed return to video games as a consultant on a new Rayman project, which is being worked on by some of the staff behind this year’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Last month, Ubisoft acknowledged Ancel’s involvement with the new Rayman game, described as currently being in […]
Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has earned one of Steam’s most impressive achievements for his own game. Eight years since the farming sim made its debut, Barone has “finally got 100 percent achievements in Stardew Valley”. This means the creator has even completed Fector’s Challenge, something only 1.2 percent of other players have actually […]
Pokémon Go players have had their first taste of Gigantamax battles – the game’s toughest trial yet – and come away with a mixed initial response. Gigantamax battles launched on Saturday with skyscraper-high versions of Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise to defeat and capture. The game makes clear you won’t be beating these critters […]
Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect and artist, whose glossy, curvy, arcing buildings have looped and flexed through so many cities around the world, once noted that she had never been asked to design anything of particularly striking significance in London. I wonder what she’d make of the Hadidian, cross-purpose, modular thicket of residential units, parkland, […]
Rock Paper Shotgun has a fuzzy conception of “news”, in that we regard the “new” element of news as overrated, more of a guideline than an obligation. The trick to selling this mindset is to overclock your obnoxious narcissism until it levels up into stylish solipsism. “It’s news to me,” I sternly insist, while announcing […]
With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 almost upon us (or already upon us depending on your geographical location), analysts have been weighing in on the impact it’s likely to have on Xbox Game Pass, with some reckoning it could bring as many as 4m new members to Microsoft’s subscription service, albeit at a […]
Ubisoft Montpellier’s Beyond Good And Evil 2 has been delayed so much that it has transcended the label of “vapourware”, while staunchly refusing to become “abandonware”. Announced in 2008, it has now comfortably outstripped Duke Nukem Forever as the “triple-A” game with the longest development time. I’m sure there are a few indie passion […]
The December update for Fallout 76 is going to be a big one – as well as introducing camp pets and the ability to earn descriptive player titles for your Vault dweller, Bethesda’s online Fallout game will also be getting a challenging new end-game raid called The Gleaming Depths, which will see co-op teams of […]
Sony developer Guerrilla seems to be done with Killzone, instead now favouring its Horizon series. According to art director Roy Postma, Guerrilla’s decision to start working on the Horizon series was a conscious choice by the developer, and one which would see it move away from the darker and more violent Killzone games the studio […]