Author: Vikki Blake

Alan Wake 2 creator, Sam Lake, has revealed that he’s always wanted to tell a “crazy, huge budget, dark gothic fantasy”. In an interview with GQ magazine, Lake admitted that whilst the development of cult horror game Alan Wake was difficult in the shadows of Max Payne – “the curse of the second album”, as…

Cities: Skylines 2 has eight free regional packs on the way, including China, East Europe, France, Germany, Japan, both the east and west coasts in the USA, plus the UK. Between them, they bring over 2500 new assets to the city-building sim. Region Packs | Teaser Trailer | Cities: Skylines II. “Covering eight regions,…

Dead Space 3 writer and co-producer Chuck Beaver says he would “redo Dead Space 3 almost completely” if given the chance. That’s according to an interview Beaver gave with the CaptainBribo podcast, in which he said that while he would “keep the lore beat it’s predicated on”, and “keep the lore you find out”,…

Take-Two has patented new locomotive technology in order to ensure Grand Theft Auto 6 has “highly dynamic and realistic animations”. That’s according to u/Tobbelobben30, who and noted that the name Tobias Kleanthous was “mentioned in the [GTA 6] leaks”. After a little sleuthing, Tobbelobben discovered that Kleanthous worked at Rockstar between 2014 and late 2021,…

Gran Turismo 7 producer Kaz Yamauchi has teased that “a big update” is coming next week. In the succinct post shared on Twitter/X – Yamauchi didn’t add anything else, I’m afraid – the producer also appended the now customary screenshot that shows off a selection of super-charged cars obscured in shadow. Let’s Play…

Mortal Kombat 1 players have hit back at a new Halloween-themed DLC fatality that has a horrifying price tag: $10. Players can pick up the gruesome jack-o-lantern animation for the princely sum of 1200 Dragon Krystals, a premium in-game currency that sports a current exchange rate of 1250 krystals for $10 USD. Mortal Kombat: Onslaught…

Eagle-eyed fans reckon they’ve spotted evidence that “some sort of” Dragon Quest announcement could be on the way. Square Enix producer and director, Yosuke Saito, took to Twitter/X yesterday to say they’d had a “fun recording session” at work, teasing that they’d tell us more once the news had been finalised and approved by the…

Red Barrels has dropped a terrifying new update for The Outlast Trials just in time for Halloween. The update – which is available now – ushers in the new trial program Geister, as well as a brand new map based in, and around, someone’s deliciously sick vision of a courthouse. And blood – lots and…

Capcom is teasing a “major unannounced title” for 2024. Although the developer/publisher has yet to even announce what the game is, according to Capcom’s recent investor’s report, a “major title” will be available on console and be released in the second half of this financial year – which ends in March 2024, of course. To…