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    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Jacob Geller discuses the world, architecture, psychologic effect, and visual metaphor of Midgar and the real world locations that have similarities to it. Wesley Yin-Poole provides the oral history on the troubled development of Perfect Dark, Trevor Hultner on Umurangi Generation and why a game focused on photography where you never hurt anyone is the angriest game they have played, Doom to remove Denuvo anti-cheat, G2A admits to selling stolen keys, Noclip documents Arkane's twenty year history including past cancelled projects, Wholesome Direct shows off 50 indie games, Quintin Smith learns about Second Life's most expensive virtual brothel, Nathan Grayson looks into and interviews some involved with Twitch's Safety Advisory Council rollout, Eric Van Allen interviews the team about how Them's Fightin' Herds went from a cease and desist to Evo Online, Natalie Flores' experiences with erasure and finding the erasure in If Found therapeutic and liberating, and more.
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    The Wholesome Direct stream will show off 50+ indie games
     
    The TOP 10 BEST Indie Games Out This Week
     
    Wasteland 3 video showcases psychos, Gippers, and consequences of bad decisions
    Wasteland 3 – New Gameplay Today
     
    System Shock 3 Development Now Being Supported By Tencent

     
    Crusader Kings 3 Gameplay And Impressions | Royal RPG Meets Grand Strategy
    What to Do When Your Video Game Gets Co-opted by Neo-Nazis
     
    New Serious Sam 4 gameplay shows "thousands" of enemies on the battlefield
     
    Naughty Dog Is Using Twitter's Newest Feature to Fight Last of Us 2 Spoilers

     
    Ubisoft are revamping four vintage Anno games
     
    Valorant - Official Release Date Announcement Trailer
     
    3v3v3 tactical shooter Nine to Five is looking for alpha testers
     
    Street Power Soccer announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC
     
    Ghost Of Tsushima's Unlikely Inspiration, Long Journey To Release, And Intricate Combat

     
    Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions - Official Release Date Trailer
     
    Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is an open-world prequel coming to Steam in 2021
     
    Embr is a co-op game about firefighting in the gig economy
     
    XSEED Games Is Getting Kandagawa Jet Girls Ready for Summer
     
    Drox Operative 2 trailer shows off the sci-fi action RPG
     
    Flame in the Flood dev's fantasy village building adventure Drake Hollow out in July
     
    Mortal Kombat 11: Atermath. RoboCop vs the Terminator
     
    id Software will remove Denuvo anti-cheat from PC version of Doom Eternal

     
    Rainbow Six Siege mobile clone shut down following Ubisoft lawsuit
     
    Twitch's Safety Advisory Council Rollout Has Been A Disaster

     
    Blind Accessibility initiatives at Ubisoft with Brandon Cole | Ubisoft [NA]
     
    Sega, SNK, Koei Tecmo, and more are holding a new online event in June

     
    Shady Key Reseller G2A Fucks Up Spectacularly

     
    EA Is Releasing Command & Conquer And Red Alert's Source Code

     
    Neversong dev accidentally gave away 3500 Steam keys to each of his Kickstarter backers

     
    Formula E driver fired for hiring a pro gamer to race for him in online competition

     
    Blizzard cancels this year's BlizzCon, online event likely early next year

     
    Switch Joy-Con Drift Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Says Illinois Federal Court

     
    Skyrim Grandma takes time off for her health after negative YouTube comments

     
    Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online

     
    Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
     
    Top Best NEW Upcoming Indie Games on KickStarter - May 2020
     
    Vernal Edge
     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    Perfect Dark: the oral history of an N64 classic

     
    A Former My Little Pony Fighting Game's Journey From Cease and Desist to Evo Online

     
    Gatcha Game Superstitions

     
    Of Rats and Men: How a Lurid 1974 Best-Seller Revolutionized Strategy Games

     
    If Found Finds Liberation in the Painful Act of Erasure

    If Found and Relatable Queer Alienation
     
    A Requiem for the Final Generation

    QUARANTINE GAMES: UMURANGI GENERATION
    Umurangi Generation and Bearing Witness
     
    Reading the Lines: Essays on Pathologic 2

     
    Heart Container-An Ocean Apart in Mid-Winter: How A Fold Apart and A Summer’s End Guided Me Through the End of My Relationship

     
    Little Nuance

     
    Rygar Is A Non-Linear 8-Bit Masterpiece

     
    The Relatability of Star Wars: How Fallen Order Understands Finding Power in Powerlessness

     
    Breaking the Cycle: How Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Imagines a New Masculinity for Force Users

     
    Man is the warmest place to hide

     
    Life in the Shadow of Midgar
     
    Animal Crossing Gatherings
     
    Inside Second Life's Most Expensive Brothel
     
    The Untold History of Arkane: Dishonored / Prey / Ravenholm / LMNO / The Crossing
     
    Splinter Cell: Conviction | A Stealth Game Without the Stealth (inc. footage of cancelled game)
     
    Why Mario's Triple Jump Animation Is So Good
     
    Why Half-Life 1 Is So Unforgiving
     
    The BEST Indie Games of 2020 So Far
     
    in Defense of RE5's Automated Partner | LambHoot
     
    Talking Anthropology, Creation Myths, & Religion with Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
     
    History Respawned: WARSAW
     
    Arkane & STUN - Noclip Podcast #32
     
    Things I missed from previous weeks
     
    How Documentaries Are Helping Preserve Gaming Culture We're at Risk of Losing

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Epic shows off Unreal Engine 5 and developers using Unreal for commercial purposes no longer owe Epic money until a product breaks $1,000,000 in gross revenue, Doc Burford on modern media consumption and how the more toxic conversations around games get in the way of differentiating politics from viewpoint in art, Ghost of Tsushima gameplay, Super Bunnyhop explores the shifts in the handling of climate change by looking at 30 years of strategy games, strafefox on the making of Castelvania IV and Bloodlines, eurothug4000's essay on the landscapes of post-apocalyptic settings, Wrestling With Gaming tells the story of the Neo Geo, Ana Diaz covers how public arts funding helps lead to more unique games, Stacey Henley examines facial hair as a framing device, Doom Eternal update adds Denuvo Anti-Cheat, Summoning Salt shares the history of Ninja Gaiden speedruns, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Epic Unveils A Graphics Demo 'Running On PS5'
    FULL Unreal Engine 5 - Official PS5 Tech Demo Reveal Presentation
    Unreal Engine is now royalty-free until a game makes a whopping $1 million
      Watch 18 minutes of new Ghost of Tsushima gameplay footage
     
    Top 10 BEST Indie Games Out This Week
     
    Crusader Kings 3 gets September release date on PC
    Hands-on preview: Crusader Kings 3 is the RPG that will suck you into grand strategy
    How Crusader Kings 3 Plans to Attract Fans of RPGs, Sandbox Games, and The Sims
    Five BIG improvements in Crusader Kings 3
     
    Paper Mario: The Origami King is coming to the Switch in July
     
    The Last of Us Part 2: Inside the Story - Official Behind the Scenes
     
    Destroy All Humans! - Official Gameplay Trailer
     
    Umurangi Generation Is a Photography Game About Snapping Pics in a Stylish, Chaotic Future
     
    Tony Hawk remakes use new face scans, so all the skaters will be old now

    Tony Hawk Interviews The Original THPS Cast
    Five Classic Tracks Won't Be In The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Remasters
    No microtransactions at launch for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2, cross-play teased
     
    Historians React to Assassin's Creed Valhalla
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla map size is "a bit larger" than Odyssey's, confirms Ubisoft
    The Many Things We’ve Learned About Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
     
    Hands-on Amazon's Crucible, a pick and mix of team-based shooter genres
     
    The Mafia Series Is Getting Re-Released As Mafia: Trilogy
    Mafia Remake Is A 'Complete Overhaul' Of The Original Game
    Mafia 2 and 3 Definitive Editions are out now, free for owners of the originals
     
    Solasta: Crown Of The Magister shows off beards, battles, and more in a new trailer
     
    Nioh 2 spills the beans on upcoming paid DLC, while adding free missions and a photo mode right now

     
    BioWare says Anthem’s overhaul will be a long process

     
    Rainbow Six: Siege: Operation Steel Wave Reveal
     
    Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath - Official Friendships Trailer
     
    The Sims 4 trailer shows off Eco Lifestyle expansion pack features
     
    Prison Architect's Island Bound expansion sets sail next month
     
    Doom Eternal's first update includes Denuvo Anti-Cheat
     
    Ubisoft sues Apple and Google over Rainbow Six “rip-off”

     
    Epic rolls easier refunds, keyless third-party sales into its Epic Games Store

     
    You Must Play the Trippy 1998 PlayStation Game 'LSD: Dream Emulator'
     
    Esports
     
    World-Class DOTA2 Team Newbee Banned Over Alleged Match Fixing

     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    should art say things?

     
    HOW PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING HELPS DEVELOPERS MAKE UNIQUE, MORE DIVERSE GAMES

     
    Palimpsests

     
    Video Game Beards as Visual Storytelling: A Transgender Perspective

     
    How Cyberpunk Games Are Thriving Beyond 2077

     
    29 years on, has Final Fantasy broken the spell of Active Time Battle?

     
    Gaps and Pauses: The Role of Negative Space in Games

     
    Call of Duty: Warzone Directors On Its Runaway Success, And What's Next: "I Won't Pretend It's Easy"
     
    The Witcher 3 development secrets – an anniversary interview with CD Projekt Red

     
    Game Localization Is A Love Letter

     
    Japan Style Architecture

     
    When SimCity got serious: the story of Maxis Business Simulations and SimRefinery

     
    A walk in the sky

    Give peace a chance (even in action games)
     
    A Marxist plays Animal Crossing: Why we must eat the turnips

     
    A Story in Clay

     
    Nostalgia Animated

     
    How Final Fantasy 7 Remake Changed The Game
     
    Something Rotten: A Max Payne 3 Miniseries | Episode 5
     
    How do Stealth Games Deal with Detection? | School of Stealth Part 3
     
    Understanding the Music of Sonic the Hedgehog
     
    Key Changes in Touhou Music
     
    The Making of Super Castlevania IV & Bloodlines
     
    The Post-Apocalyptic Aesthetic
     
    FF7 Remake & The Complicated Nature of Remakes
     
    The Story Of NEO GEO | Featuring Modern Vintage Gamer, RetroRGB, Jenovi, & Neo-Alec
     
    The History of Ninja Gaiden World Records
     
    Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Devs React to 16 Minute Speedrun
     
    How Alan Wake Was Rebuilt 3 Years Into Development | War Stories | Ars Technica
     

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Xbox Series X event and game reveals, Nadia Oxford speaks with former translator Ted Woolsey about the original release of Final Fantasy 6 and the early days of localization, Heather Alexandra discusses good faith criticism as being an act of empathy and kindness for her final article at Kotaku, Skeleton on Mass Effect ignoring the communal ideas of a setting like Star Trek to focus on the superiority of humans with similar ideas to American exceptionalism, Jon Bailes looks at the FF7 remake as a narrative that manages to stand between nostalgia and revolution in its themes and framing of the original, Chris Bratt works with Noclip to tell the story of Creative Assembly and its founder, Natalie Flores covers a recent translation controversy manufactured by people that never played the game and speaks with localizers about their wider work and reactions to it, Red Candle Games share future plans after the removal of their previous game from sale, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Everything Microsoft Showed During Today's Xbox Series X Event
    Xbox say they "set some wrong expectations" for yesterday's gameplay reveals
     
    Chorus, a New Space Combat Shooter, is Coming to Xbox Series X in 2021
     
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla “won’t be the longest or biggest game in the series”
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Season Pass unlocks exclusive Beowulf mission
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Is Bringing Back The Instakill Hidden Blade, In A Signal To Hardcore Fans
     
    Tonight We Riot Devs Wanted To Make An 'Unapologetically Leftist' Game

     
    Gorgeous 1930s tropical adventure Call of the Sea announced for Xbox Series X
     
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 Remaster Coming September 4
     
    H.R. Giger inspired horror game Scorn is back with an extremely moist trailer
     
    Cygni: All Guns Blazing Announced
     
    The Last of Us Part II story trailer teases a brutal and emotional journey
     
    The Ascent - 12 Minutes of Next-Gen Gameplay - IGN First
     
    Second Extinction is a 3-player co-op shooter for the Xbox Series X
     
    Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 'Come Dance' Trailer
     
    Diablo co-creator announces new studio that will bring “hidden gems” to light
     
    The Medium is basically a new Silent Hill, and Akira Yamaoka is just bloody icing on the cake
     
    New Trails of Cold Steel 4 Trailer Brings Together Some Familiar Faces
     
    Halo co-creator’s sci-fi FPS Disintegration gets a June release date and new trailer
     
    Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Cinematic Trailer
     
    Empire of Sin Features John Romero's Great-Grandmother, Who Was A Crime Boss In The 1920s
     
    'Dirt 5' will arrive in October
     
    Bright Memory: Infinite’s Gameplay Continues to Impress as We Await a PS5 Confirmation
     
    Bandai Namco reveals action RPG Scarlet Nexus for Xbox Series X
     
    Those Who Remain Dated for 28th May After Coronavirus Push Back
     
    Mirror's Edge meets Dishonored in this time-limited demo for Ghostrunner
     
    A new Total War game’s been announced – a CCG called Elysium
     
    PGA Tour 2K21 - Official Teaser Trailer
     
    A brutal war between the High Elves and Greenskins is the next DLC for Total War: Warhammer 2
     
    Doom Eternal Update 1 adds Empowered Demons, some Battlemode enhancements
     
    Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath is a story DLC with a new campaign, fighters, and RoboCop
     
    Civ 6 is getting eight new civs, and the first two are out next week
     
    Indivisible DLC Forces You to Face Razmi’s Challenges
     
    Children of Morta - Setting Sun Inn - NEW GAME+ | Free Update Official Trailer
     
    The Sims 4’s next expansion makes your neighbourhood prettier if you’re eco-friendly
     
    The Culling is making an unexpected return with a baffling business model
     
    Riot bans nearly 9,000 Valorant cheaters, warns that this is 'only the beginning'
     
    Platinum dispatches Wonderful 101 backer codes and acknowledges Switch error
     
    You Can Now Play A Bunch Of Old Phone Games Legally, Easily And For Free
     
    Looks like Valve’s planning Steam loyalty discounts and rewards
     
    Red Candle Games Looks Back on Devotion, And The Controversy That Shook a Region

     
    Larian Studios, ZA/UM, and lots of other indie developers are having their own showcase in June
     
    EA Free Upgrades Planned for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X Versions

     
    PlayStation Store has been suspended indefinitely in mainland China
     
    Esports
     
    Top Overwatch Team Loses Entire Player Roster Amidst Allegations Of Mismanagement

     
    Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
     
    Black Book - An RPG Rooted in Slavic Mythology
     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    Games Criticism Is A Kindness

    To The Horizon
     
    Ted Woolsey Remembers Final Fantasy 6, Evading Nintendo's Censorship Rules, and the Early Days of Localization

     
    Indycar's Virtual Race Crashes Sparked Real-World Controversy Among Drivers

     
    The video game apocalypses are already here - and they're all around us

     
    The House in Fata Morgana’s Controversy Shows the Difficulties of Localization

     
    Beyond emulation: The massive effort to reverse-engineer N64 source code

     
    Why Do We Keep Going Back to Old Games?

     
    Even The Guy Who Wrote That Sea Bass Joke In Animal Crossing Is Tired Of It
     
    1983 and the Future of Videogame Writing

     
    The Best Videogame Soundtracks of All Time

     
    Dissecting the Anatomy of the Fight in Treachery in Beatdown City

     
    Shadows of Chernobyl: tracing the inspiration of Escape from Tarkov

     
    TOWARDS THE STARS

     
    Fighting for Lost Causes

     
    A dream paradox

     
    I think, therefore I think. I think.

     
    Grinding The Gears – Half Life’s Adrian Shephard

     
     
    The History of Creative Assembly (Total War / Alien Isolation) - Documentary
     
    Asura's Wrath Is Deeper Than You Might Think
     
    Something Rotten: A Max Payne 3 Miniseries | Episode 4
     
    Should Game Designers Listen to Negative Player Feedback? | Game Maker's Toolkit
     
    The Making of Gears 5, Revealed by The Coalition's Lead Designers
     
    Crusader of Centy: Sega's Zelda Clone on the Genesis | Gaming Historian
     
    A Hat in Time Developers React to 36 Minute Speedrun
     

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Graeme Mason tells the story of a gaming magazine that outlived its platform, Violet Adele Bloch on Pathologic and how disease can reveal the sickness in society, Felipe Pepe looks at what makes good RPG dungeons, Jacob Geller finds the beauty in the sounds of horror games, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla announced while another viking game halts production, FCC loses legal battle to hide IP addresses of net neutrality comments, Razbuten covers how games make use of colors to signify things about the world and why purple is the color of corruption, new composer to score Doom Eternal's DLC, Yakuza Like A Dragon coming to Steam, Archipel speaks with Final Fantasy character designer and illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Assassin’s Creed with vikings
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla Devs Preemptively Shut Down Bullshit Concerns About Female Vikings
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will use smart delivery on Xbox
     
    Viking-murdering monster game Darkborn, previously called Project Wight, is on ice
     
    Nier Replicant is more than a remaster, features new characters, improved story and more

     
    Hardspace: Shipbreaker dev diary showcases zero-g spacecraft surgery
     
    Vampire RPG Nighthawks bares its fangs in a new teaser
     
    Dual Universe looks part Eve, part No Man’s Sky in this new trailer
     
    Dauntless - Official Rogue Elements Trailer
     
    Skater XL - Official Customization Trailer
     
    VECTORLORD - Release Date Trailer
     
    Looks like Yakuza: Like A Dragon is coming to Steam
     
    Tale of Ronin Will Be a Humanist, Psychological Samurai RPG from Dead Mage

     
    A Day In The Life Of Grounded
     
    Port Royale 4 launches September 25, PC closed beta available now
     
    The Last of Us Part 2 leaked online

    The Last of Us Part 2 Development Wraps With a Message From Neil Druckmann
     
    Here's your first look at Lord Of The Rings: Gollum

    Where are all the idyllic Lord of the Rings games?
    Does Anyone Actually Want to Play a Lord of the Rings Game About Gollum?
     
    Population Zero - Official Launch Trailer
     
    C&C Remastered is looking good, and comes with a treasure trove of rediscovered FMV
     
    Röki is a lonely adventure steeped in snow and Scandinavian folklore

     
    Jessika is a Her Story-style FMV mystery about a young woman's suicide—or murder
     
    Dying Light - Hellraid DLC Teaser
     
    Mortal Kombat 11 is getting new story DLC
     
    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – Zangetsu and Randomizer update launches May 7 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, late May to early June for Switch

     
    After deadline issues for Doom Eternal's OST, a new composer will score its DLC

     
    Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order's new update adds NG+ and challenge mode for veterans

     
    Nintendo to close 3DS and Wii U eShop in 42 countries

     
    Epic Games Store adds local pricing for Canada, Australia, and more
     
    Over 85,000 games made available for free to NHS workers

     
    Dr Disrespect's Shtick Takes A Dangerous Turn Into Spreading Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

     
    PewDiePie Signs Exclusive YouTube Live-Streaming Deal

     
    FCC loses legal battle to hide IP addresses of net neutrality comments

     
    INDIVISIBLE DEVELOPERS DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEIR GAME WAS LAUNCHING ON NINTENDO SWITCH TODAY
     
     
    Esports
     
    EVO Cancelled
     
    Top Smash Player Uses Fake Name In Online Tournament

     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    What makes a good RPG dungeon?

     
    The story of Your Sinclair

     
    The Shareware Scene, Part 2: The Question of Games

     
    Creative Assembly boss: “This is not how I imagined my first month as studio director”

     
    Inside Minecraft Dungeon's Journey From a Zelda-Inspired 3DS Game to an Approachable Dungeon Crawler

     
    Adventure, Humor, and Humanity's Utter End: The Enduring Appeal of Mega Man Legends 2

     
    Blizzard co-founder believes accessibility has made World of Warcraft less social

     
    The Forever War

     
    The neverending quest for Absolver's ultimate martial art

     
    Pathologic and the Morality of Illness

     
    Subverting Expectations and Misogyny in Yes, Your Grace

     
    Let’s Chill – Jedi Academy and the Lost Art of Casual Play

     
    A Late Game Boss Fight Shows Final Fantasy VII Remake At Its Best

    Cloud Threatens Gender Norms Through Way More Than Cross Dressing
     
    Yoshitaka Amano - his universe, on paper
     
    Blips 6: Conspiracies! Street Brawls! Spaceships! Old Books?
     
    A Tale of Lost Potential - Tales of Zestiria Analysis - Part 1: An Environmental Problem
     
    How They Remade the Mako Reactor Theme from Final Fantasy 7
     
    Why Do Horror Games Sound So Beautiful?
     
    The Color of Corruption
     
    The Worst Game I Enjoy?
     
    Something Rotten: A Max Payne 3 Miniseries | Episode 3
     
    How Nintendo changed SMB2 Mario for Mario Maker
     
    Total War Warhammer 2 Review
     
    Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 9 - The Graphic Design of Animal Crossing, Resident Evil 2, and More
     
    The (Controversial) History of L.A. Noire
     
    Dead Cells Developers React to Multiple Speedruns
     

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Siddhartha Bajracharya's reflections on being a doctor and gamer during COVID19 and the way that video games portray pandemics, Noclip releases the final part of their documentary on The Outer Worlds, Stacey Henley reports on the game industry's poor handling of maternity, People Make Games tells the story of John Kirby the lawyer that defended Nintendo's use of Donkey Kong against Universal Studios, Natalie Flores on the way her favorite Final Fantasy XIII character Vanille impacted her life, Deadly Premonition 2 gets a release date, Cloth Map covers Croatia's game development pioneers, Andrew Cogswell on becoming your parents and God of War (2018), Gameumentary presents their documentary on Darkest Dungeons, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Deadly Premonition 2 has a July release date
     
    Be an 'investigation freak' and solve the murder of reality in this first-person exploration game
     
    Minimal Affect is a Mass Effect parody that doesn't look promising
     
    Offworld Trading Company devs launching Old World into early access in May
     
    Destroy All Humans! Remake - Official Release Date Trailer
     
    Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Reacts to Leaked 18+ Rating: "You Surprised?"

     
    Maid of Sker launches in June for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, October for Switch
     
    Rock of Ages III: Make & Break ‘The Untold Tale of Humpty Dumpty’ trailer
     
    The Last of Us Part 2 Delayed Until June and The Ghost of Tsushima Delayed Until July

     
    The Last of Us Part 2 leaked online
      A year after being delisted, Lego: Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are back on Steam

     
    MechWarrior 5’s DLC is delayed, but will be expanded

     
    Battlefield 5 is wrapping up, but there's one more update to come

    Star Wars Battlefront 2’s April content update will be its last
     
    Remnant: From the Ashes - Official Swamps of Corsus Launch Trailer
     
    Riot Says It Will Curb Valorant Toxicity After Own Employee Posts Video Of Sexist Harassment
     
    Nintendo confirms up to 160,000 accounts accessed in huge privacy breach
     
    More than 12 million people attended Travis Scott’s Fortnite concert
     
    2K Games Wants To Spend More Time Developing Next Game After The Disaster That Was WWE 2K20

     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    Game Query Zine
     
    How Blizzard, Ubisoft, and other studios went remote in the time of COVID-19

     
    Burnt out by abuse over a game he didn't make, the creator of Jalopy is trying to move on

     
    The Doctor, The Disease, And The Division

     
    ‘Being pregnant changes everything’: The game industry awkwardly grapples with maternity

     
    The Galaxy Is At Peace

     
    Major Video Game Companies Could Be Doing More For Covid-19 Relief

     
    How Bohemia's "almost accidental" mod support became a staple of the studio

     
    There’s Still No Right Way to Advertise Your Queer Game

     
    Neo-Midgar and Neoliberalism: The Myth of an Apolitical Game in Final Fantasy VII Remake

    Final Fantasy 7 Remake Has Big Yakuza Energy And It's Wonderful
    Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Haunted By What Came Before
    ETHER
     
    We Shall Know No Fear

     
    An Ex-Ranza extravaganza

     
    One of the best 3D shooting games available, presented for your pleasure

     
    God of War (2018): Sins of the Father

     
    An Ode to Final Fantasy XIII’s Oerba Dia Vanille

     
    How video games consistently fail Gandhi

     
    The real-life Kirby who defended Donkey Kong in court
     
    Croteam: Croatia's Game Dev Pioneers
     
    History Respawned: Attentat 1942
     
    Phantasy Star III 30th Anniversary Retrospective
     
    LNP: Octopath Traveler and the Parallel Narrative
     
    The making of Total War: Warhammer’s Necrofex Colossus
     
    How Obsidian Designed Player Choice in The Outer Worlds
     

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Blake Hester spends two days in Columbia with the founder of Rockstar San Diego to talk about how he used to run the company, lying to Nintendo, and living life by the seat of your pants. Renegade Cut's essay on the policing of Disco Elysium, Mathew Olson interviews arcade owners trying to survive the pandemic, Megan Farokhmanesh interviews developers to see how they are adapting to working from home, Jason Schreier reports on changes Rockstar has made for a less abusive work environment and is leaving Kotaku which he talks about with Kinda Funny along with their current and former media owners, Games Done Quick's coronovirus relief stream, Doom Eternal's composer won't work with id Software again, Joseph Cox looks into how resellers are driving the Switch shortage, music producer Alex Moukala on the soundtrack of FF7's remake, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Crysis Remaster Appears To Be Coming To Major Platforms, Including Switch
     
    Bloober's next-gen sci-fi horror remaster Observer: System Redux gets first trailer
     
    Streets of Rage 4 - Official Release Date Trailer
     
    Industries of Titan has the potential to be one of the great management games
     
    Jalopy dev's new game lets you drunkenly build stuff in '80s working-class Britain
     
    Peaky Blinders: Mastermind announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC
     
    Gorgeous and surreal bullet-hell adventure ITTA releases this week
     
    80 Days studio Inkle is looking for a little help making its next gam
     
    Cities: Skylines goes cyberpunk in Industries of Titan
     
    Desperados 3 and its “gorgeous gunslinger” arrive this June
     
    Predator: Hunting Grounds - Official Gameplay Trailer
     
    The Inner Friend - Official Trailer
     
    This Trailer for SnowRunner, an Off-Road Trucking Sim, Parodies Death Stranding's Launch Trailer
     
    Baldur’s Gate 3 development has “slowed”, but Early Access still starts in 2020
     
    Metamorphosis official trailer
     
    Age of Wonders Planetfall: Invasions - Official Announcement Trailer
     
    Super Mario Maker 2 – Official World Maker Update Trailer
     
    18 Months After Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Has Made Big Cultural Changes
     
    Jason Schreier is leaving Kotaku, citing G/O Media as reason
    Press Sneak Out
    Leaving Kotaku for Bloomberg: Jason Schreier Interview - We Have Cool Friends
    The uncertain, unflinching future of games media
     
    Doom Eternal’s composer won’t work with id Software again after soundtrack was mixed without him
     
    Cooking Mama Cookstar’s Publisher Insists It Is Within Its Rights to Publish the Game
     
    Games Done Quick speedrunners raised $400,000 for coronavirus relief

     
    Resellers Using Checkout Bots Are Driving the Nintendo Switch Shortage

     
    Riot Offering Up To $100,000 For Finding Vulnerabilities In Valorant’s Anti-Cheat System

     
    Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy Voice Actor Keiji Fujiwara Has Died

     
    Paul Haddad, Voice Of Leon Kennedy In Resident Evil 2, Dies At 56

     
    Germany bans major events through August, effectively killing Gamescom

     
    Selena Gomez suing Chinese mobile publisher over using her likeness

     
    Bush's Press Secretary Bought His Kid a Fake PS4 Controller, Blames China

     
    Esports
     
    Valorant Tournaments Will Have To Turn Off Blood

     
    Dear Overwatch community: Fran is not your scapegoat

     
    Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
     
    Equity crowdfunding platform Fig acquired by Republic

     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    ‪Two days in Colombia with the founder of Rockstar San Diego

     
    IN A SELF-ISOLATED WORLD, DEVELOPERS ARE LEARNING TO MAKE GAMES FROM HOME

     
    The Pandemic Could Be the End of Your Favorite Arcade

     
    With coronavirus closing schools, here’s how video games are helping teachers

     
    Gaming Sales Are Up, but Production Is Down
     
    Final Fantasy 11 Devs on the "Huge Hurdles" of Working on an 18-Year-Old MMO

     
    'Call of Duty' Will Sell Me Weed Guns But Won't Let Me Say 'Weed'

     
    Final Fantasy VII Remake’s New Midgar Eerily Reflects Our Crumbling Society

    Honey Bee Inn is the Queer Space Final Fantasy VII Remake Desperately Needed
    Final Fantasy VII Remake Gives Cloud's Honeybee Inn Makeover The Update It Needed
    Why the original Final Fantasy 7 remains essential, even after the remake
    An Ode to Final Fantasy VII’s Aerith Gainsborough
     
    The Games That Let Me Have an Imaginary Social Life

     
    'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Is Not the Game We All Need Right Now

     
    In Doom We Have Faith

     
    LEGO STAR WARS, FIFTEEN YEARS LATER

     
    Disco Elysium - All Hobocops Are ... | Renegade Cut
     
    How Obsidian Designed The Outer Worlds' Quests
    Designing the Music & Sound of The Outer Worlds
     
    The Five Types of Stealth Game Gadget | School of Stealth Part 2
     
    Figuring Out Donkey Kong 64 - A Retrospective | PostMesmeric
     
    Why You Get Spooked From 4th Wall Breaks | Psych of Play
     
    Music Producer Reacts: The Airbuster (FF7 Remake OST)
     
    FF7R & RE3: Remaking games that have "aged poorly"
     
    The Art of Failure in Video Games | Designing Difficulty, Tragedy and Death
     
    The History of Mirror's Edge
     
    Doom Eternal Developers React to 27 Minute Speedrun
     
    Gusty Garden Galaxy's Perfect Melody
     
    Getting Chased by an Unstoppable Monster: A Review