aDeserving winners – Balatro, Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio dominates the board – game award Last Thursday brought us many end-of-the-year announcements, like unexpected gifts under the tree. It was the best show ever in terms of newsworthy announcements. It felt a bit like an old-school E3 conference. Of course, if you haven’t watched the three-hour video game awards show live from LA, which aired just after midnight UK time, here’s what you need to know.
Seeing it for the first time The Witcher IV
We’ve known for a while that another dark fantasy RPG was in development at Poland’s CD Projekt, and now we know. next witcher game Instead of father figure Geralt, the film stars Ciri, a white-haired warrior and villain, and the trailer shows her locked in a battle with a striking and gruesome monster. I had a good look at this whole trailer – I spent about 200 hours on The Witcher III back in the day and I’m looking forward to this one Very.
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The next project from the developers of The Last of Us will be called Next Project. Intergalactic: Heretic Prophet And as the name suggests, this is science fiction. You are trapped on a planet at the edge of the known galaxy, where no one has returned for 600 years, cut off from communication with civilization. Although the premise feels a little tired, I love the stylish lines and bright colors of this space fantasy, as well as the clever use of Pet Shop Boys in the trailer.
us too saw the new trailer Another AAA game that looks promising is Mafia: The Old Country, set in Sicily. (Guardian games columnist Dominic Diamond recently played the remake of the original Mafia to see if he was too old to be a Mafia after all.)
A sequel I wasn’t expecting
I loved In the 2006 Zelda-like painting Okami, in which he plays a wolf god who fights demons across ancient Japan with the help of magical ink, I long ago gave up hope of seeing a sequel. (Apart from “Oishinden,” which was produced in 2010) by a different studio). It was then announced that the game’s original director, Hideki Kamiya, was working on it. Okami 2 The announcement of his new studio, Clover, was as much of a surprise as the announcement of Shenmue III at E3 2015. The studio name is an inside joke. Kamiya’s previous studio, which created the original Okami, was Clover.
Another unexpected announcement from Capcom: new onimusha game – Another PS2-era hit about samurai in feudal Japan. Just as exciting, but much more forgiving than the Ninja Gaiden action games (also side scrolling sequel). Sega is also participating in the revival, with the Like a Dragon team tasked with working on a new installment of the Virtua Fighter series. And 90’s dinosaur hunter Tulloch is taking on a new challenge in his next game. Tulloch: Origin (Warning: Violent trailer).
A future co-op classic
Swedish developer Hazelight is known for A Way Out, a cooperative game about two brothers trying to escape from prison, and It Takes Two, a magical realist platformer about a couple on the brink of divorce, Masu. The next piece is about two aspiring writers, one science fiction and one fantasy, who are trapped together in a VR simulation of their own story. Fight by switching between dragons and mechs. it is called split fiction.
Meanwhile, a new game from the creators of Overcooked is also coming. It’s a creepy cooperative horror incident. called stage frighttwo players run through an escape room-style scenario. and AlsoFrom Software has New Elden Ring co-op spinoff This is a bit like Elden Ring meets Monster Hunter. While I’m a bit skeptical of this, I’m also happy at the prospect that From Software’s new game might actually be completed. Because playing it totally counts as quality time with your partner.
And finally…
Fumihito Ueda led the team at Sony’s Japan Studios that created a trilogy of standard games: Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, and Toriko the Man-Eater. All of these games made me think differently about how games express ideas. I’m currently back to game development at a new studio in Tokyo. Project: Robot. There’s only a one-minute trailer here, but I’m still going to play anything this guy is in if I get the chance.
what to play
In the craziness of working parenthood in December, I found peace of mind. naiada free-flowing game about becoming a water nymph. Swim through beautiful river scenery, following schools of small fish, listening to chirping birds, enjoying piano music and the sounds of nature. Sometimes they reunite lost ducklings with their mothers, or make brief appearances in the human world (unfortunately, these are the most frustrating parts). I felt like I was immersed in nature on the steam deck.
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what to read
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bloomberg We interviewed the CEO of cd project red To learn more about how the studio has changed since Cyberpunk 2077 in preparation for The Witcher IV.
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If you want to know more about the background of the Okami sequel, check out VGC great interview and Hideki Kamiya.
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classic adventure game under the steel sky I turned 30 last week – eurogamer To commemorate this occasion, we conducted an interesting interview with the manufacturer.
