Posts By Joelle Daniels

FromSoftware Didn’t Like How Sony Treated Demon’s Souls During Development, Says Former Exec

FromSoftware Didn’t Like How Sony Treated Demon’s Souls During Development, Says Former Exec

Shuhei Yoshida has previously spoken about not liking Demon's Souls after spending time with a pre-release build, calling it "crap".

Nintendo Switch 2 Will Be Priced at $399 to Avoid Alienating Customers – Analyst

Nintendo Switch 2 Will Be Priced at $399 to Avoid Alienating Customers – Analyst

The $399 price point apparently acts as a psychological trigger indicating good value for consumers with premium hardware.

Riot Games is the Type of Company That Should Develop an MMORPG – Co-Founder

Riot Games is the Type of Company That Should Develop an MMORPG – Co-Founder

Riot Games co-founder and chief product officer Marc Merrill spoke about how the world of Runeterra is well-suited for an MMORPG.

The Last of Us Online Was “Great,” Cancelled So Naughty Dog Could Focus on Intergalactic – Yoshida

The Last of Us Online Was “Great,” Cancelled So Naughty Dog Could Focus on Intergalactic – Yoshida

Destiny developer Bungie let Naughty Dog know that it would have to focus on keeping a steady stream of content for The Last of Us Online.

Sony Japan Studio Was Shut Down Because There Was No Market for AA Games – Shuhei Yoshida

Sony Japan Studio Was Shut Down Because There Was No Market for AA Games – Shuhei Yoshida

Japan Studio tended to focus its development efforts on smaller-scale games at the time, while Sony wanted big-budget blockbusters.

The Blood of Dawnwalker’s In-Game Time Will Progress With Every Quest

The Blood of Dawnwalker’s In-Game Time Will Progress With Every Quest

Director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz said this was in response to The Witcher 3 players ignoring the main story to play Gwent non-stop.

The Last of Us Director Doesn’t Believe He Has the Confidence to Plan Sequels in Advance

The Last of Us Director Doesn’t Believe He Has the Confidence to Plan Sequels in Advance

Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann and Sony Santa Monica's Cory Barlog spoke about their approaches to planning sequels for their franchises.

CD Projekt RED is Expanding the Development Team for Project Hadar

CD Projekt RED is Expanding the Development Team for Project Hadar

Announced back in 2022, the studio didn't provide many details about the title, noting that it was still building the setting.

The Blood of Dawnwalker Will Allow Players to Kill Important NPCs

The Blood of Dawnwalker Will Allow Players to Kill Important NPCs

Doubling down on the concept of a narrative sandbox, The Blood of Dawnwalker will allow players plenty of freedom in its story.

Assetto Corsa EVO Interview – New Features, VR Support, Early Access Launch, and More

Assetto Corsa EVO Interview – New Features, VR Support, Early Access Launch, and More

Assetto Corsa EVO has been out for a month now, and studio co-founder Marco Massarutto was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.

Warriors: Abyss Review – Numbers Must Go Up

Warriors: Abyss Review – Numbers Must Go Up

How well is Warriors: Abyss able to meld the classic Dynasty Warriors-styled gameplay with a roguelite structure?

Bionic Bay Interview – Open-Ended Puzzles, Platforming, Physics System, and More

Bionic Bay Interview – Open-Ended Puzzles, Platforming, Physics System, and More

Bionic Bay is a side-scrolling platformer with an emphasis on physics-based puzzle solving. We got to chat with the studio about the game.

Earth vs Mars is a New Turn-Based Strategy Game by Studio Behind Company of Heroes

Earth vs Mars is a New Turn-Based Strategy Game by Studio Behind Company of Heroes

Earth vs Mars will feature a full narrative campaign with 30 hand-crafted missions, as well as an online PvP mode and a skirmish mode.

Shuhei Yoshida “Had No Choice” But to Work With Indie Developers in PlayStation

Shuhei Yoshida “Had No Choice” But to Work With Indie Developers in PlayStation

Shuhei Yoshida had been moved from his position to working with first-party developers to instead focus on indie developers back in 2019.

GTA Online May Continue Receiving Support After Grand Theft Auto 6 Launch

GTA Online May Continue Receiving Support After Grand Theft Auto 6 Launch

Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick indicated that support for GTA Online might continue if there is enough interest in the player base.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-Series Graphics Cards Don’t Support 32-bit PhysX in Older Games

Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-Series Graphics Cards Don’t Support 32-bit PhysX in Older Games

The latest graphics cards in Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 50 line-up have deprecated support for 32-bit version CUDA applications.

Xbox Does Not Want to Replace Owning Games With Services Like Game Pass – Phil Spencer

Xbox Does Not Want to Replace Owning Games With Services Like Game Pass – Phil Spencer

Spencer spoke about how players that like a title on Game Pass can still feel free to purchase the game to keep it forever and grow their game libraries.

Liquid Swords Announces Layoffs As it Continues Work on Debut Game

Liquid Swords Announces Layoffs As it Continues Work on Debut Game

The Sweden-based studio backed by NetEase wants to scale back its development team in order to continue work in a sustainable way.

The Elder Scrolls 6 Developer Announces Charity Auction for Fans to Design Their Own NPC

The Elder Scrolls 6 Developer Announces Charity Auction for Fans to Design Their Own NPC

Referred to as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity", taking part in this charity auction will let players design their own NPCs in The Elder Scrolls 6.

Nintendo is Discontinuing its Gold Points System on March 25th

Nintendo is Discontinuing its Gold Points System on March 25th

Originally earned through buying games, My Nintendo Gold Points could be used to get discounts off titles on the eShop.