Posts By Joelle Daniels

South of Midnight Developers Did Not Want a “Chosen One” Narrative – Writer

South of Midnight Developers Did Not Want a “Chosen One” Narrative – Writer

South of Midnight's story revolves around young girl Hazel who is setting out to find her mother, and ends up becoming a Weaver.

Atomfall Allows Players to Kill All NPCs to Offer Players Ultimate Freedom – Lead Programmer

Atomfall Allows Players to Kill All NPCs to Offer Players Ultimate Freedom – Lead Programmer

Lead programmer Richard May also spoke about how allowing players to kill all NPCs was an interesting challenge for the studio.

Industria 2 Gets New Trailer Showcasing its Story and Evil AI ATLAS

Industria 2 Gets New Trailer Showcasing its Story and Evil AI ATLAS

Industria 2 will put players in the shoes of Nora who has to face the consequences of her past actions while trying to get home.

Kingmakers Gets New Trailer Showcasing Destruction, Will Feature 4-Player Co-Op

Kingmakers Gets New Trailer Showcasing Destruction, Will Feature 4-Player Co-Op

Kingmakers developer Ian Fisch also explained that the game is developed using Unreal Engine 4 because of physics calculations.

Deathground Gets New Trailer Announcing 2025 Release Window

Deathground Gets New Trailer Announcing 2025 Release Window

The latest Deathground trailer also gives us a better look at its gameplay, which has players completing objectives and hiding from dinosaurs.

Pioner Gets New Gameplay Trailer Showcasing Survival and Action Mechanics, Out in 2025

Pioner Gets New Gameplay Trailer Showcasing Survival and Action Mechanics, Out in 2025

Along with its action and survival gameplay, the trailer also gives us a look at how inspired Pioner was from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.

Astro Bot Studio Head Tells Developers That It’s Okay to Make Small Games

Astro Bot Studio Head Tells Developers That It’s Okay to Make Small Games

Nicolas Doucet spoke about how smaller games benefit the development teams, as well as an audience that has large gaming backlogs.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Director’s Next Action Game Will Feature Things Players Have “Never Seen in a Game Before”

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Director’s Next Action Game Will Feature Things Players Have “Never Seen in a Game Before”

Hideaki Itsuno's next major game will be with LightSpeed Japan Studio, and will be a AAA action game built on modern technologies.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer Wants to Adapt More Games into Movies and TV Shows

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer Wants to Adapt More Games into Movies and TV Shows

Spencer spoke about how the team had learned from the mistakes surrounding the Halo TV show, which was cancelled after two seasons.

Wreckfest 2 Early Access is Out Now on PC

Wreckfest 2 Early Access is Out Now on PC

The first release of Wreckfest 2 will rely quite a bit on player feedback throughout its minimum 12 months of Early Access.

Helldivers 2 Creative Director Wants Other Game Developers to Take More Risks

Helldivers 2 Creative Director Wants Other Game Developers to Take More Risks

Johan Pilestedt believes that game developers chasing trends like battle royale games would be a death sentence for them.

inZOI: Creative Studio Gives a Demo of Customisation, Out Now for Players With Keys

inZOI: Creative Studio Gives a Demo of Customisation, Out Now for Players With Keys

inZOI fans can check out the game's livestreams to get their hands on a key. Everyone else will get access to it in a couple of days.

Helldivers 2 Took Almost 8 Years to Develop Because the Studio Skipped Pre-Production

Helldivers 2 Took Almost 8 Years to Develop Because the Studio Skipped Pre-Production

Johan Pilestedt spoke about the long, difficult development of Helldivers 2 during a talk at Game Developer's Conference 2025.

Deliver At All Costs is Coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on May 22

Deliver At All Costs is Coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on May 22

Deliver At All Costs will feature insane destruction as one of its core gameplay mechanics as players make strange deliveries.

Split Fiction Director Congratulates Players on Beating Secret Level, Invites Them to See Next Hazelight Game

Split Fiction Director Congratulates Players on Beating Secret Level, Invites Them to See Next Hazelight Game

Hazelight's Josef Fares shows up in a video at the end of secret level Laser Hell to congratulate players that manage to beat it.

Forever Skies is Exiting Early Access on April 14

Forever Skies is Exiting Early Access on April 14

Alongside its exit from Early Access, Forever Skies will also be getting a host of new content, including biomes and locations.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Gameplay Was Inspired by Classic Final Fantasy Games and Sekiro

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Gameplay Was Inspired by Classic Final Fantasy Games and Sekiro

When it comes to the visuals, Sandfall Interactive didn't want to imitate manga and anime styles for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Pokemon Go Will Not Get In-Game Ads, Energy Meters After Scopely Acquisition is Complete

Pokemon Go Will Not Get In-Game Ads, Energy Meters After Scopely Acquisition is Complete

Pokemon Go's senior product director Michael Steranka also reiterated that the game will not be selling player data to third parties.

Marvel Rivals Prioritises Fun Gameplay Over Competitive Balance – Executive Producer

Marvel Rivals Prioritises Fun Gameplay Over Competitive Balance – Executive Producer

Executive producer Danny Koo has also reiterated that Marvel Rivals remains unique in the market because it doesn't have role queue.

Baldur’s Gate 3 – Hasbro Will Reveal Details About the Future of the Franchise Soon

Baldur’s Gate 3 – Hasbro Will Reveal Details About the Future of the Franchise Soon

Hasbro has been having internal conversations about the future of Baldur's Gate according to SVP of digital games Dan Ayoub.