Posts By Joelle Daniels

2XKO – Roughly 80 Employees Were Laid Off Due to Team Size Shrinking

2XKO – Roughly 80 Employees Were Laid Off Due to Team Size Shrinking

The fighting game's team suffered layoffs due to the console release not being as successful as Riot Games had anticipated.

Black Myth: Zhong Kui Shows Off In-Engine Visuals With Chinese New Years Video

Black Myth: Zhong Kui Shows Off In-Engine Visuals With Chinese New Years Video

Game Science has made it clear that the video is meant to be for entertainment purposes, and that none of its contents is canon.

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Will Launch With 20 Playable Characters – Rumor

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Will Launch With 20 Playable Characters – Rumor

The roster size comes from a since-reverted, seemingly errant Steam store listing update just days ahead of the next State of Play.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Review – Why is it Always Real Estate

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Review – Why is it Always Real Estate

With Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, RGG Studio wants to modernize the most obviously aged entry in the series. Did they manage to do that?

The Midnight Walkers Early Access Review – Zombies Versus Humans

The Midnight Walkers Early Access Review – Zombies Versus Humans

The Midnight Walkers is a brand new extraction shooter that introduces a tinge of horror to the genre. How well does it pull it off?

Code Vein 2 Updates Coming in Late February to March With Performance and Balance Improvements

Code Vein 2 Updates Coming in Late February to March With Performance and Balance Improvements

Among the performance improvements will be processing load adjustments to prevent frame rate drops, stutters, and general lag.

ARC Raiders – Cold Snap Condition is Permanently Joining the Rotation on February 10

ARC Raiders – Cold Snap Condition is Permanently Joining the Rotation on February 10

Cold Snap was originally added to ARC Raiders as a limited-time event to celebrate the Holiday season with its own unique rewards.

Fallout 76 Developers Still Investigating Crossplay, Won’t Come Out in the Short Term

Fallout 76 Developers Still Investigating Crossplay, Won’t Come Out in the Short Term

Creative director Jon Rush and production director Bill LaCoste acknowledged that crossplay is a feature that Fallout 76 players want.

Exodus Narrative Director Believes There’s an Appetite for Games Like Mass Effect

Exodus Narrative Director Believes There’s an Appetite for Games Like Mass Effect

Drew Karpyshyn also noted that the studio comprises fans of the series, and that expectations for Exodus are quite high.

Rayman Creator Says Unannounced Remake Will Include Quality-of-Life Features, HD Visuals

Rayman Creator Says Unannounced Remake Will Include Quality-of-Life Features, HD Visuals

In an interview, Michel Ansel spoke fondly about the original platformer, noting that it still holds up quite well even today.

ARC Raiders’ New Anti-Cheat Process Has Led to “Tens of Thousands” of Players Getting Banned

ARC Raiders’ New Anti-Cheat Process Has Led to “Tens of Thousands” of Players Getting Banned

Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund spoke about players contacting the developers to appeal their recent bans from the game.

PS6 Will Have 30 GB GDDR7 RAM on 160-Bit Bus With 640 GB/s Memory Bandwidth – Rumor

PS6 Will Have 30 GB GDDR7 RAM on 160-Bit Bus With 640 GB/s Memory Bandwidth – Rumor

The rumored PS6 handheld, on the other hand, is believed to feature 24 GB of RAM with the same bandwidth and transfer speeds.

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Won’t be at State of Play, is “Not Too Far Off” – Rumor

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Won’t be at State of Play, is “Not Too Far Off” – Rumor

Reliable leaker Shinobi602 has noted that Ubisoft isn't "holding back" the remake, and that it has set release and reveal dates.

Nioh 3’s Boss Fights and Designs Were Influenced by Lies of P, Says Director

Nioh 3’s Boss Fights and Designs Were Influenced by Lies of P, Says Director

Masaki Fujita said he especially enjoyed how the bosses in Lies of P incorporated their character designs in their various attacks.

Horizon Studio Will “Keep Making” Single-Player Games in Wake of Horizon Hunters Gathering Reveal

Horizon Studio Will “Keep Making” Single-Player Games in Wake of Horizon Hunters Gathering Reveal

Foreseeing potential criticisms over the upcoming multiplayer game, Jan-Bart Van Beek noted that the studio also has larger ambitions.

Wolfenstein Developer Wants to Go Back and “Finish the Trilogy”

Wolfenstein Developer Wants to Go Back and “Finish the Trilogy”

While he didn't go into detail, studio director Jerk Gustafsson also spoke about the studio's experience with narrative shooters.

Assassin’s Creed Co-Op Project LEAGUE Has Been Cancelled – Rumor

Assassin’s Creed Co-Op Project LEAGUE Has Been Cancelled – Rumor

The project was reportedly cancelled in light of Ubisoft's corporate restructuring and Vantage Studios deeming it too expensive.

Ghost of Yōtei Sales Are Outpacing Ghost of Tsushima in Their Launch Periods

Ghost of Yōtei Sales Are Outpacing Ghost of Tsushima in Their Launch Periods

Sony CFO Lin Tao noted that Sucker Punch's latest open-world game has contributed "significantly" to the company's financial quarter.

Borderlands 4’s Bounty Pack 2 is Out on February 27, Story Pack 1 in March

Borderlands 4’s Bounty Pack 2 is Out on February 27, Story Pack 1 in March

Bounty Pack 2, dubbed Legend of the Stone Demon, will be accompanied by a free update that brings an entirely new tier of loot rarity.

RIDE 6 Interview – RIDE Fest, Maxi Enduro and Bagger Bikes, Unreal Engine 5, and More

RIDE 6 Interview – RIDE Fest, Maxi Enduro and Bagger Bikes, Unreal Engine 5, and More

RIDE 6 game director Paolo Mertoni was kind enough to answer our questions about its brand new career mode and console performance.