The much-loved BioShock franchise has been lying dormant for nearly half a decade. 2K Games has only come around to release a collection during this time that bundled the remastered versions of the first two installments and BioShock Infinite. When it comes to BioShock 3, though, the publisher has been maintaining radio silence. Earlier this month, that silence was broken by an anonymous source who claimed to have gotten hold of a company document from inside 2K Games. The leak carried several details about BioShock 3, as well as stating the installment to be in a “rather solid and advance state of development”. There’s obviously no way to confirm the legitimacy of the claim. However, the leak wasn’t that surprising since there have been various other reports about the game being in the works for a few years now. The following is all that can be gathered about BioShock 3 for the time being, and will be updated once new information surfaces. Will it be a … [Read more...] about Where’s BioShock 3? Release Date, Characters, Setting, And More
AI: The Somnium Files out now from the director of Zero Escape
Zero Escape director Kotaro Uchikoshi and the Spike Chunsoft gang returned today with another spooky-ooky adventure full of terrible killings, AI: The Somnium Files. It’s the branching story of a detective with an AI living in his bionic eye who’s out investigating a string of eye-gouging murders by gathering evidence then diving into witnesses’ dreams. Video games, you wonderful little weirdos, you’ve done it again. I did like the sound of Zero Escape, of what people tell me about the pleasures of exploring the branching paths of increasingly daffy murderplots. But I can only keep track of so many timelines in this dunce’s head of mine so I’ve never quite got around to it. I am therefore quite interested in a Kotaro Uchikoshi game making a fresh start without a full series of continuity. Our Matthew said he’s played a few minutes so far and “spent most of it trolling a policeman asking him his name over and over until he got sad,” … [Read more...] about AI: The Somnium Files out now from the director of Zero Escape
Modern Warfare No Longer Mentions Russia
When the Modern Warfare beta was rolling out last week, Russia was the only country in the world where players were prevented from getting access. The game and the beta were both removed from the PlayStation Store. There were also reports that Sony had cancelled all Russian pre-orders and was refunding anyone who had purchased a digital copy. Modern Warfare was never getting a retail release in Russia to begin with, making it a complete Call of Duty blackout in the country. Nobody had any solid answers to the whole fiasco. Sony and Activision were both mum about it. The community, though, crafted two possible theories. Modern Warfare had either been banned in Russia because of excessive violence or that Infinity Ward had placed an airport-like mission from Modern Warfare 2. The correct answer was apparently Russia itself. Modern Warfare features a map called Operation: Gun Runner that’s set in a fictional Russian city of Tavorsk — a little word play on the real city of … [Read more...] about Modern Warfare No Longer Mentions Russia
Overwatch gives Bastion a Lego makeover with new challenge skin
The best thing about Bastion, Overwatch‘s portable chaingun, is the way it falls apart. Other heroes might spiral and ragdoll once they’ve popped their last hitpoint, but Bastion? The robot falls apart like every screw in its chassis just gave up, leaving a discarded Bionicle kit on the battlefield. There’s a bunch of Overwatch Lego kits these days, but it’s no wonder Bastion’s Lego reimagining fits the best out of the Overwatch cast. Burning money on a licensed plastic turret is a big ask, mind. Fortunately, you can now earn a digital Lego look for Bastion in Overwatch this month by completing in-game challenges. Here’s a look at the walking turret’s Lego look in Bastion’s Brick Challenge – no assembly required. You’ll need to rack up 9 wins to get a hold of the Brick Bastion legendary skin. It’s an almost direct digital adaption of the real, buy-it-in-stores Lego Bastion, albeit with a more toylike paint job. … [Read more...] about Overwatch gives Bastion a Lego makeover with new challenge skin
Disco Elysium release date set for October
Cool. Disco Elysium comes out on 15th October on Steam and GOG.com.I've had my eye on the ambitious role-playing game ever since I played it at EGX 2018. In my write-up I called Disco Elysium "a sort of cyberpunk board game meets point-and-click meets text-based adventure" and stand by that, even though I now cringe at my clunky sentence.You play a detective and fiddle with a rather unique skill system as you interrogate, solve murders and get up to no good - all in one city block. The music, by British Sea Power, is great, too.The video, below, does a good job of summing it all up. … [Read more...] about Disco Elysium release date set for October