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Alien: Isolation is a first-person horror game set in the universe of the Alien movie franchise. It celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday (October 6), and to celebrate, developer Creative Assembly has revealed it’s working on a sequel to the critically acclaimed title.In a tweet on October 7, Creative Assembly wrote, “On the 10th anniversary, it seems only fitting to let you know that we have heard your distress calls loud and clear.

Twitch and popular video games to connect with younger voters, and now Kamala Harris‘ VP pick Tim Walz had his speech aired right next to a World of Warcraft streamer narrating some gameplay.The speech was streamed via Vice President Kamala Harris’ Twitch account yesterday, October 9. The move follows a trend of Democrat politicians using Twitch to engage with voters they may otherwise miss through more traditional campaigning means.The speech plays on the left-hand side of the screen in a vertical slice, while the gameplay appears on the right in a more square format.

Netflix‘s Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft and is well aware of the legacy of the character.Croft was voted the most iconic character in gaming after a recent BAFTA poll, so Atwell knows she has big shoes to fill. In an interview with RadioTimes, Atwell discussed the history of Croft – from being written by women to her status as a sex symbol for men, and how she felt about this new iteration of the heroine.“When the offer first came in, they had shown me some images, references, stills to kind of get a look of the place, and also what Lara looked like,” Atwell said.

XboxEra co-founder Nick Baker, Rocksteady is working on a new Batman game.Known as Shpeshal_Nick on X/Twitter, he posted “Not sure which studio people’s dream is, but I heard Rocksteady are back making it. I also think Sony are trying to moneyhat it lol,” as a quote tweet to The Game Awards account asking people to name their dream developer for a new Batman game.Rocksteady is the studio behind the critically-acclaimed and fan-loved Batman Arkham series of games.

Will Smith to insert him and other film stars into a trailer for a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas movie.As reported by CBR, a YouTube channel named MULTIVERSE OF AI uploaded the trailer 11 days ago. The description states that “All images and voices used in video [are] generated with artificial intelligence.”The video features AI versions of Will Smith as protagonist CJ, Idris Elba as brother Sean ‘Sweet’ Johnson, and Ving Rhames as the traitorous Melvin ‘Big Smoke’ Harris.

The Telegraph).As part of the study, which started during COVID, scientists gave away PS5 and Nintendo Switch consoles during a national shortage. The data found that those with a console had better mental well-being compared to those without, however playing for more than three hours a day had a “detrimental” effect.According to the data, children, women and less-experienced gamers who played a Nintendo Switch saw the most positive outcomes, while it was adult men and childless households who benefited the most from owning a PS5.Speaking about the importance of the study Pete Etchells, a professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University, said: “The present study is so interesting; it uses a survey-based method that takes advantage of a natural experiment that happened in Japan during Covid to essentially test for causal relationships.

Borderlands movie are in and they are far from glowing. The CEO of Take-Two, the company that owns the IP, wants everyone to “give the film a chance.”In an interview with IGN, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said: “Let’s give the film a chance. A lot of people worked really hard on it.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series, but a new report claims The International Olympics Committee has walked away from the series in favour of new deals within esports and NFTs.According to Eurogamer, “a veteran behind the series,” Lee Cocker, told the outlet that the IOC chose not to renew its license with SEGA and Nintendo, letting it lapse back in 2020. “They wanted to look at other partners and NFTs and esports,” Cocker told Eurogamer.

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two, Activision, Insomniac and EA will all be impacted by the walk-outs, which started at midnight last night (July 25). Voice acting studio Formosa Interactive, which has provided talent for The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and Death Stranding, will also be hit by the strikes.“We’re not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse AI to the detriment of our members,” SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said in a statement (via Game File).

Pokemon cards were allegedly stolen, and the business owner is worried it could happen again.As reported by Mail Online, Adrian Marsden, the director of Total Cards, claims one of his warehouses was broken into twice, June 14 and 28, 2023, and Pokemon cards worth over £1million were stolen. Marsden said, “I haven’t had a full night’s sleep since the incident.

Final Fantasy series of RPGs, has said in a recent interview he has no interest in returning to the games.In an interview with Bloomberg, Sakaguchi said, “I felt if I kept too close of a relationship, then it might actually affect how Square Enix treats Final Fantasy.” He left the company in 2003 and formed his own studio, Mistwalker, in 2004. He’s now become obsessed with Final Fantasy 14, the live-service game.“On a rare occasion — I want to stress ‘rare occasion’ — sometimes one of the Mistwalker team members will hop on Final Fantasy XIV, and I’ll see a message saying, ‘Hey, the meeting’s started,’” he said.This is, in part, why he says he’ll remain away from development at Square Enix, although the company is publishing his new studio’s game, Fantasian Neo Dimension.

Elden Ring recently to prepare for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, and he’s finally beaten the add on after dying 1,070 times.Kai Cenat is known for his loud style and his frequent celebrity guests, including the likes of Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj, and even Kevin Hart. Recently, though, he’s been playing Elden Ring, and he’s been struggling so much that he brought a therapist on stream to help him get through a boss fight he’d been stuck on for hours.It appears to have worked, because after 99 hours and 1,070 deaths, the streamer has finally beaten the DLC. He let out a long, loud scream of elation when he felled the DLC’s final boss.

Life By You, its The Sims competitor, had been cancelled, and following that news, the internal devlopment team, Paradox Tectonic, has been shuttered.The news of the game’s cancellation came as a shock to many. It had been delayed several times, including an indefinite delay anounced back in May, but outright cancelling a project that seemed to be so close to the finish line is drastic.In a statement delivered via the company’s Paradox Forum, deputy CEO Mattias Lilja wrote that the decision to cancel the game was made due to “a clear failure on Paradox’s part to meet both our own and the community’s expectations.” The game was ambitious and promised a fully simulated town with no loading screens.The game was due to launch in early access, sopmething that gives developers time to iron out kinks, take more time to create feaatures, and get lots of free community testing and feedback.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead has just been announced, and fans are already wondering how the game will incorporate real-world sound into its gameplay.Since the inclusion of built-in microphones and speakers on controllers back in the PS4 and Xbox One console generation, games have been able to take advantage of the natural sounds around a player. In Alien Isolation if you’re too noisy whilst playing, the Xenomorph can be alerted to your presence.Until Dawn had a similar feature where you had to hold your controller as still as possible while hiding from Wendigos.

Paranormal Activity, The Purge, and Whiplash, has announced that it is stepping into the world of video games with six new indie titles.The creators of Immortality will be working on Project C. There’s also a Stardew Valleyesque farming sim where one of the townsfolk is a serial killer, Grave Seasons.

Riot Games and Netflix have confirmed that Arcane season two will be the series’ last – find out more below.Last night (June 11), a new teaser trailer for the second season of Arcane was released, confirming in the process that the upcoming bunch of episodes will be the show’s last.Per the newly released teaser, Arcane season 2 will pick up immediately after the fallout of season 1, which ended with Jinx (Ella Purnell) launching an attack on the Piltover council, which “sets the stage for a dire escalation of the conflict between Piltover and Zaun,” culminating in a showdown between Jinx and Vi (Hailee Steinfeld).Watch the teaser trailer for Arcane season 2 below.Arcane season 2 is due for release exclusively on Netflix this November, though a confirmed release date has yet to be announced.While Arcane will draw to a close, series co-creator Christian Linke says the show is just “the beginning” of Riot Games’ “larger storytelling journey”. Linke added: “From the very beginning, since we started working on this project, we had a very specific ending in mind, which means the story of Arcane wraps up with this second season.

Summer Games Done Quick, the annual speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, has announced a strong mix of classics and newer hits for its summer schedule.Summer Games Done Quick will be running from June 30 to July 6, and every day will feature several speedruns. A classic that many Xbox fans will enjoy is a four-player, co-op, legendary difficulty speedrun of Halo 3.

Silent Hill X/Twitter account has confirmed upcoming announcements about Silent Hill game and film updates, coming May 31 at midnight (BST).The tweet informs us that there will be a second Silent Hill transmission at midnight, May 31, on the Silent Hill YouTube channel. This will likely contain updates for the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, being developed by Bloober Team.Hopefully any updates go better than the last trailer for the horror game, that Bloober said did not “reflect the spirit” of the game.

Solo Leveling is a massively popular web comic that got its anime adaption in January 2024. It’s also getting a video game adaptation, Solo Leveling: Arise, due to launch later this year.“I believe that the anime adaptation successfully reproduced the original series with high quality,” executive project director Jin Seong-Keon told NME.

Game of Thrones massively multiplayer online (MMO) game is in development and it’s set in the frigid North, featuring iconic locations such as Winterfell and The Wall.As reported by The Witcher fan site Redanian Intelligence, (via Eurogamer) Nexon, which published The Finals and Kartrider, is behind a new Game of Thrones MMO. The report states that the game will be set in the North sometime between the show’s fourth and fifth seasons, so spoilers ahead.Roose Bolton is Warden of the North, and Jon and Sam are still up at The Wall.

Fallout TV show has been out for almost a week, and many fans have finished it with unasnwered questions. One is: what are the main characters’ stats? Thanks to Fallout Shelter, we have those answers.As reported by Kotaku, Fallout Shelter recently got an update that adds some characters from Amazon’s show into the game. This means players can check the stats of Lucy, The Ghoul, Maximus, and Ma June.Lucy relies on Luck.