Today, at the Gamelab conference in Barcelona, Hennig revealed to Eurogamer's Rob Purchese that she had actually parted ways with EA as of January this year and was in the process of starting up her new, independent studio - but had not yet had the chance to announce the change or set the record straight.
The truth of the matter is that this decision benefits no one. It hurts players who just want to party up with friends, it hurts developers who want to utilize cross-play that now have to deal with issues like the recent Fortnite account lockouts from the Switch launch, and it hurts Sony by making the PS4 a less appealing choice for gamers that are considering their options for multiplatform games.
From VG247: "If you ever played Max Payne 2, you probably remember your first kill. A dude rushes through a door and you swan dive before filling him with lead in slow-motion, the physically simulated bullets thudding against a body that reacts to every shot."
"I just found out about Lewdlab's +18 lewd visual novel "Dreams of Desire". Well, the game lets you live out your fetishes and sexual fantasies. So here's my take on the matter." - Robin Ek, TGG.
From Destructoid: "Agony is a bad game. It's fundamentally bad, as the core gameplay design is a tedious slog of stealth mechanics affixed to unpredictable and aggressive AI. It's also technically bad, as Agony suffers from significant performance issues on all platforms. All of this flies in the face of developer Madmind's pre-release promises of a game that doesn't compromise, as it ended up compromising heavily on both quality and content."
Deep Silver's Huw Beynon said that the Xbox One X allows the developers of Metro Exodus to do things that may not be possible elsewhere on other hardware. He's also highly confident that the game will look better on the Xbox One X.
Halo (working title) will take place in the universe that first came to be in 2001, dramatizing an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant.
According to a report shared today by Piper Jaffray, there's a high likelihood that video game revenue will be almost 100% digital by 2022.
Piper Jaffray also talked to several game publishers who are bullish on broadly available streaming in the next two to three years.
Todd Howard confirmed that Fallout 5, as well as Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield, will be focused on single player unlike Fallout 76.
He also expanded on improved features in Fallout 76 compared to Fallout 4.
There's a lack of video assets or capture, but John has seen a 50-minute Cyberpunk 2077 demo... so what makes it different, special and dare you say it, next-gen? DF have a lot of info to pass on, so they put together this videocast to share as much as we can.
Does PC, PS4 and Xbox One crossplay support? No! This is confirmed by the Game Director of Bethesda Game Studios, Todd Howard, in the GameStar interview. The designer legend has also identified a culprit: Sony ! The PlayStation group was "not as helpful as everyone would like it." Bethesda said she wanted the first multiplayer offshoot in the Fallout series with the number 76 crossplay, because cross-platform gaming is "a big trend in the games industry," as Todd Howard explains in an interview.
Invision Game Community Writes - "We sat down and looked at the Xbox One (X) and PS4 (Pro) and wondered what we can expect from those systems based on what we had seen with the Demo."
"Resident Evil 4 hit every note it attempted to. The gameplay is intense, the bosses are epic, the characters and writing are charming, and the progression system is so damn addicting." -- Nintendo Enthusiast
Bioware's Mark Darrah admitted that Mass Effect: Andromeda was deeply flawed and said it got lapped by genuinely better games that released in the same time frame, such as Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, NieR: Automata and Nioh.
Twinfinite writes "Arguably the biggest revelation was that Cyberpunk 2077 is to be a first-person RPG, a complete departure from the third-person perspective that CDPR has forged its prestige on with the critically acclaimed Witcher series.
Shock, horror. The internet wasnt just unamused, it was downright furious. For many, apparently, CDPR is making a ruinous mistake that has spoiled what might potentially be a new masterpiece.
Few, if any, of course, have actually seen the game in action. So Im here to allay those concerns and tell you why Cyberpunk 2077 is better off embracing a new perspective. And, for the record, I typically prefer third-person games."
The week after E3, PlayStation gamers should be talking about Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and at the very least build the hype towards Spiderman PS4. Instead, Fortnite cross-play controversy has dropped on the very slow news week to dominate as the must talk about issue in the industry, which has led some fans to worry whether or not Sony is going back to their arrogant past. The Trophy Room host, Joseph and Kyle talk about whether or not gamers should be apprehensive about Sony and PlayStation, as they transition into the next generation.