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GameWatcher •

Albion Online Developer Opens Up About Xbox Launch Challenges

In the sea of ever-evolving MMORPGs, Albion Online lives by its own code. The medieval fantasy game has quietly racked up millions of players in the course of a decade, and that’s without even touching the hundreds of millions of gamers on consoles, until now. Sandbox Interactive, the creators behind the hit online sandbox, are finally opening the floodgates to console owners with the launch of Albion Online on Xbox Series X/S today. Ahead of its highly anticipated release on consoles for the fi...
Newsweek •

Mythic Quest stars reflect on show's influence on their gaming habits

Mythic Quest, Apple TV's workplace comedy about the games industry, is coming back for its fourth season. Over the four years of its existence, the show has tackled many topics plaguing the games industry such as the rise of microtransactions, crunch culture, and, most recently, obsession with deploying AI. The show has done a tremendous job showing various sides of these issues, but what's more interesting is how it has affected the lives of its creators.

Created by Rob McElhenney, Megan Ganz,...
Newsweek •

Creature Commandos' Benjamin Byron Davis eyes another Batman villain role

Batman's rogues gallery is iconic. The caped crusader has fought everyone from shapeshifting monsters to killer crocodiles and clowns, so it's always a treat to see him struggle against fighting regular, old-school crime bosses. While many Batman fans will point to Carmine Falcone as a key villain, another is responsible for creating some truly monstrous figures in Batman's life.

Fans of Batman: The Animated Series may remember Rupert Thorne, one of Gotham's most powerful crime bosses, making l...
Video Games On SI •

Skull and Bones interview: how Ubisoft plans to turn its ship around in season 4

Skull and Bones has had a difficult year. The game launched with a measly score of 59 on Metacritic, including a negative review from us, leading to players jumping ship as soon as it docked. Ubisoft, however, has committed to delivering post-launch content for at least a year, with seasonal content and a release on Steam. With its fourth season finally here, the question remains: how long will Ubisoft keep this game alive? According to the game’s director and senior producer, the plan is to kee...
Men's Journal •

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 – How Saber Interactive Made a ‘Dense Game’ For a Reasonable Price

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 offers a lot of content to players at launch with a robust campaign, multiplayer, and co-op game modes. That's just the beginning, as developer Saber Interactive plans to support the game well into the future. You get a well-rounded game at launch, and if you purchase the Space Marine 2 season pass, there's more to come. For the amount of money players are expected to put in, Saber is delivering more than what most game developers deliver to their fans, and that's a...
Men's Journal •

Space Marine 2 Dev Breaks Down the Tech Behind the Tyranids, Optimizing It for Consoles and Hopes From PS5 Pro

It took Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 over a decade to arrive after the original game, but it packed a strong punch with its arrival. The game pushes the current generation of consoles to their limits by rendering hundreds, if not thousands, of Tyranids, the insect-like alien species in Warhammer, at any given moment, all waiting for you to slice through with your chainsword. Saber Interactive CCO Tim Willits spoke with GLHF about the tech that powers the Tyranid hivemind in Space Marine 2, how...
Men's Journal •

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Dev Explains The Importance of Cross-Play and Teases Future Expansions

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is over forty years old, and it spans over a dozen video games in a variety of genres. Space Marine 2, the latest triple-A game in the franchise, is the sequel to a decade-old video game that was released on platforms that are over two console generations old. Naturally, one might assume that the new game would only cater to fans of the original, but after selling over two million copies worldwide within ten days, it’s clear that Lieutenant Titus’ words and actions...
Men's Journal •

Benjamin Byron Davis Talks Borderlands and the Possibility of Red Dead Redemption 3

Benjamin Byron Davis is no stranger to video game narratives. The prolific actor starred as the fan-favorite Dutch van der Linde in Rockstar Games’ critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption franchise and is about to enter another universe inspired by video games. Gearbox Entertainment’s Borderlands franchise is finally being adapted into a feature film, where Davis brings to life Marcus Kincaid.The Borderlands movie may have turned Cate Blanchett into a gamer, but Davis’ involvement with video ga...
IGN India •

Shasn: Azadi Creator Zain Memon on the Journey From VR and Feature Films to Board Games and Esports in India

In a world of increasing emergence of digital entertainment, Mumbai-based Memesys Culture Labs has its eyes set on delivering a vast range of experiences with its innovations in VR and feature films, but more surprisingly, board games. The studio's recent venture Shasn: Azadi, a politically driven strategy board game, passed its funding goal less than 24 hours after going live on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Shasn: Azadi, co-designed by Abhishek Lamba and Zain Memon, is a standalone ex...
IGN India •

An Inside Look at India's Esports Players Welfare Association and How It Can Help You Become a Pro Gamer

On Monday, the Esports Players Welfare Association (EPWA) was launched to prevent exploitation of India's esports industry talent, with the platform offering a list of services that esports players can avail at a nominal subscription fee. IGN India spoke with Ritesh Nath, the association’s CEO and Founder, and Shivani Jha, Director of EPWA, to find out more about EPWA’s origins, its goals and how it may prove to be a stepping stone in bringing in more regulations around esports in the country....
IGN India •

Here's What It's Like to Be a Nintendo Switch Game Developer in India

Game development in India has seen its fair share of woes, but just in the last few years many home grown developers have started to ship games on major platforms, with the Nintendo Switch rising in popularity as a target console. Bengaluru-based game developer Holy Cow Productions has shipped four games in conjunction with multiple other studios on a host of platforms from mobile to console and even the PC via Steam, with Nintendo’s hybrid console recently joining in."Nintendo has definitely be...
IGN India •

The Platform X Interview: Neon Doctrine on Releasing Games on Steam, Xbox Game Pass, and PS5

As far as consoles go, the PS4 and PS5 are market leaders. While consumers flocking to Sony’s machines is a welcome sign, it doesn’t mean developers and publishers don’t have their share of problems with the company. In a rare peak behind the curtain, co-founder of indie game publisher Neon Doctrine Iain Garner, referring to Sony as ‘Platform X’ laid bare his frustrations with the platform, with many other independent publishers backing him up with their own horror stories of dealing with the co...