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Documents found in a new filing on the Director’s Guild of Canada website have revealed that the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie 2 is due to enter production in March 2021 and is codenamed Emerald Hill. The studio listed is Red Energy Films and they currently have a 20 million dollar budget. Paramount had previously announced
Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S have only just released but they’ve already joined Time’s list of “The Best Inventions of 2020.” According to the publication, the PS5’s “small advancements” combine to create a “revolutionary” gaming experience for its users. The DualSense controller and Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales also got a
Along with a half-dozen planets and countless weapons and armour, Destiny 2: Beyond Light made us say goodbye to the game’s existing raids – so it’s about time it added a new one of its own. Thee Deep Stone Crypt opens its doors today, letting you put all that hard-earned Europan gear to the test
Sony believes that Sucker Punch Productions is an excellent example of organic growth among its first-party development studios. The company has emphasized the importance of nurturing studios on several occasions, and has argued against going on “massive spending sprees” à la Microsoft. This isn’t to say that Sony is against mergers and acquisitions. Sucker Punch
Reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox Series X. Also available on PlayStation 4/5, PC, and Xbox. “Dirt 5 represents a complete about-face for the main Dirt series, shedding virtually all semblance of simulation in favour of an unabashed, arcade-inspired racing experience that draws from just about every influence you can name except its direct predecessor.
There are remarkably few games made for the under 7s. Plenty of games say they are, but they aren’t – they rely on reading, perhaps, or complex button presses. Bringing up a pair of goblins, I’ve come to realise that making games for kids is an art-form, and only a few games have truly managed
Earlier this year in July, a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. for NES sold for $114,000 USD. It set a new record for the most expensive video game ever sold. While most probably expected it to hold this record for some time, the highest price paid for a video game at auction has now
The Last of Us‘ TV adaptation has officially been ordered to series at HBO. As such, the newly greenlit show is moving forward full steam ahead, with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin serving as executive producer and writer alongside TLoU co-creator, Neil Druckmann. HBO initially announced the project earlier this year in March. PlayStation Productions will co-produce
That’s week one done in Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Treyarch have rounded up all the balance changes and bug fixes they’ve made so far. Guns have been adjusted and scorestreaks tweaked, all detailed in the list of first week patch notes. They’ve also published a new Trello board so players can
The Deadpool movie legacy continues as Marvel Studios and Ryan Reynolds taps the Molyneaux sisters from Bob’s Burgers fame for Deadpool 3. Ryan Reynolds is set to reprise his role as the sarcastic anti-hero with Wendy and Lizzie Molyneaux (who served as writers and executive producers for Bob’s Burgers) onset to write the latest movie. As reported by Deadline,
Rick and Morty are no strangers to video games. They play the life simulator Roy in an episode of the show on Adult Swim, and they have even starred in their own VR experience (though I didn’t love it). But the dimension-hopping duo’s latest contribution to the gaming industry is a new ad for the PlayStation
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. When AMD announced its Smart Access Memory, it sounded as if the company had finally designed a method of allowing Ryzen CPUs and GPUs to specifically work together in order to deliver higher performance than either could achieve together. Our
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 20 November 2020 20:45 GMT Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players will get a new map next week. Nuketown ’84 will drop for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players next week on November 24. Alongside the map comes some other Nuketown goodness via a weapon bundle. [embedded content]
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 20 November 2020 20:32 GMT The Last of Us has received the green light from HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Last of Us will now go into production. Back in March, it was announced the Naughty Dog developed title was getting its own HBO series. It is being helmed
One of the biggest benefits of all that power is giving developers the ability to make games that are Xbox Series X|S Optimized. This means that they’ve taken full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X|S, both for new titles built natively using the Xbox Series X|S development environment as well as previously
Nintendo of America has recently filed a lawsuit against a Nintendo Switch hack reseller on Amazon. It alleges that the seller on Amazon going by the name of Le Hoang Minh is bypassing Nintendo’s copyright processes by selling an ‘RMC Loader’ USB device that ‘jailbreaks’ the Nintendo Switch hardware allowing users who purchase the device
Black Friday doesn’t kick off until next week, of course, but there are already quite a few sales that PlayStation users can take advantage of now. PlayStation Direct and PSN have a slew of deals available that will benefit both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 owners. PS Plus is currently available for a discounted price
“It’s time to raise the stakes higher than ever before,” boasts Rockstar Games about its “biggest update yet” for Grand Theft Auto Online. A new video details what’s coming to the online component of GTA V, including the game’s first solo heist and a tropical new location to explore. GTA Online players will be going
It’s time to raise the stakes higher than ever before. You’ve broken a convicted spy out of Bolingbroke Penitentiary. You’ve saved the world from an egomaniacal tech billionaire. And you’ve beaten the odds to drain a casino of its cash. This time, you’re taking on an entire island. Play Video Prepare to infiltrate the remote
Hello fellow card sharks! I’m Phil Gaskell, Creative Director of Poker Club, the Texas Hold’em simulation which launches today on PS5 and PS4. Here at Ripstone, we’ve been bringing the best-loved pastimes including poker, pool and chess to PlayStation platforms for close to a decade. So for myself and our small team, working with impressive
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The Nvidia RTX 3000 family isn’t going to be any easier to find as we head into Christmas, 2020. Any hope to the contrary was dashed during the company’s conference call for calendar Q3 2020. According to Colette Kress, executive
Reviewed by Cam Shea on Nintendo Switch. “Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity offers a welcome trip back to a world I’ve clocked hundreds of hours in, set in a time we’ve only heard discussed in hushed tones. Its hugely varied roster of characters, solid combat mechanics, fun progression and clever adaptation of Breath of the
You get the sense that LEGO video games are at a crossroads right now. Still hurting from the expensive losses from LEGO Dimensions, Traveller’s Tales has reduced its quarterly cadence of games down to about one a year. The last was LEGO DC Super-Villains, and next year brings us the return of LEGO Star Wars:
© Nintendo As part of the latest update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo has also shared a new Dream Address – allowing players to visit the official Nintendo island in the game. To visit this island, all you’ll have to do is go to sleep on any bed in your home and then enter
Hey miners! So we are here with the most exciting news of the year! The Minecraft Nether rap show! So, miners, this show isn’t so much far away, just on the counts of some hours. The Minecraft nether rap show is going to take place on 21st November, Saturday. A something to know is that
Brickster? I hardly knew her. Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. The first mission of Lego Island 2: The Brickster’s Revenge has you giving pizzas to townsfolk as Pepper Roni, the slick talkin’, skate boardin’ delivery boy. Each person you deliver to
The PS5 just launched in the UK today, but excited players aren’t getting what they hoped for. Imagine opening the delivery box on PS5 launch day only to find an empty box or a random kitchen appliance you didn’t order. That’s what happened to journalist and presenter Bex April May, who opened her PS5 shipment
By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:14 GMT A new mini-event in Borderlands 3 has kicked off. From November 19 through December 3, Borderlands 3 players will get Legendary item rewards for completing select campaign missions during the free Golden Path Mini-Event. You will be able to acquire the Lyuda Legendary Vladof Sniper Rifle,
Quick intro: I am Matthias, the creative lead behind the brand-new Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead game, the latest release in the well-known Bridge Constructor series. Some of you may have noticed that we already went a bit crazy with our previous title Bridge Constructor Portal (available now with Xbox Game Pass), which was based