PlayStation listed its own big hitters Ratchet & Clank: Rift and Horizon Forbidden West with simple "2021" dates, though it previously specified the former would arrive in the first half of the year, while the latter would turn up in 2021's second half. … [Read more...] about Sony pulls PS5 game release dates from CES 2021 trailer
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Sokpop Collective are streaming all 77 of their games tomorrow
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Star Wars, Indiana Jones, 007, and an incoming Golden Age for Licensed Games
Star Wars isn't the only massive franchise Massive Entertainment is taking on; the studio has been hard at work on The Avatar Project since 2017 and with James Cameron's Avatar 2 scheduled for release in 2022 you'd think the game wouldn't be far behind. As I mentioned above, a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from EA and Respawn Entertainment is almost a given, and you should expect to see plenty more studios commit to exploring that IP alongside Lucasfilm Games in the coming years. IO Interactive announced that it would be leaving its infamous hitman behind in favour of a man with a license to kill, bringing James Bond back to video games with Project 007. … [Read more...] about Star Wars, Indiana Jones, 007, and an incoming Golden Age for Licensed Games
Weirdest spin-offs in video game history
Square Enix's storied JRPG franchise had seen its fair share of spin-offs prior to 2012, but this bizarre yet endearing 3DS rhythm game takes the cake by far. Despite having a name that literally no one on the planet knows how to pronounce (or spell without consulting Wikipedia, for that matter), Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is the perfect homage to the role-playing series. It allowed players to build a party by choosing from several of the characters from each of the main entries in the franchise before embarking on a rhythm-based journey to save the universe. … [Read more...] about Weirdest spin-offs in video game history
The 15 most bizarre crossovers in gaming
Kingdom HeartsTo say that Disney is... protective of their franchises would be an understatement so when they announced a collaboration with Square Enix, we were shocked. Not only was it difficult to picture the likes of Cloud Strife and Tidus in a Disney game, but we couldnt imagine what it would be like for the wildly diverse characters of the animation giants IPs to acknowledge each others existence. Goofy and Donald venturing into Wonderland, Agrabah, and Beasts Castle was already an outlandish crossover in and of itself. … [Read more...] about The 15 most bizarre crossovers in gaming