Category: RSS Ground Popular
-
Xbox May Be Permanently Shutting Down Ninja Theory
fr: GameRant – Gaming News at https://gamerant.com September 22, 2026 at 01:09PM Xbox has just officially announced the imminent closure of Ninja Theory, the studio behind the Hellblade series. The announcement of Ninja Theory’s closure comes amidst Xbox’s second round of major layoffs this year, which is set to affect an array of first-party studios.…
-
Halo Fans Can’t Decide if Activision Takeover Is a Good Thing or Not
fr: IGN at https://ift.tt/akI2Rm8 September 22, 2026 at 01:09PM Call of Duty developer Activision is now taking over creation of the next Halo game, and fans are understandably divided about it. Xbox’s latest shakeup saw a few big developments, most notably the mass layoffs at Halo Studios and the handover of Halo’s next title to…
-
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Director Teams Up With Sony for New Movies
fr: Polygon.com – News at https://www.polygon.com September 22, 2026 at 01:02PM Spider-Man: Brand New Day has broken box office records this year to become the highest-grossing domestic release of all time and the third highest worldwide. It should come as no surprise then that Sony is eager to snatch up director Destin Daniel Cretton for…
-
Disney Officially Bringing Back Darkwing Duck for New Series
fr: Polygon.com – News at https://www.polygon.com September 22, 2026 at 12:54PM Disney is apparently still rummaging around in its animation vault, and this time it’s pulled out a duck who has spent the last 35 years waiting for another chance to fight a bunch of extremely ridiculous villains. Darkwing Duck is officially returning in a…
-
Blizzard confirms Diablo 5 won’t gloss over Diablo’s takeover of Sanctuary ‘It’s not going to take place entirely off-screen’
fr: Latest from TechRadar in Gaming at https://ift.tt/sn5rUcv September 22, 2026 at 12:27PM Senior game director Joe Shely confirms Diablo’s victory won’t take place completely off-screen in Diablo 5 He says, “You’re going to get to learn more in the game about how these events took place” Narrative director Jennifer Hepler teases the bond the…
-
PS5 PS6 Patent Would Turn DualSense Controller into a Point-of-Sale System
fr: GameRant – Gaming News at https://gamerant.com September 22, 2026 at 06:32AM Sony files a new patent that would let gamers use their controllers as a point-of-sale (POS) system, meaning that folks would be able to make purchases via their controller in a more direct, presumably quicker way. The patent specifies a PS5 DualSense controller,…
-
Alien: Isolation 2 artist says Creative Assembly has to ‘recontextualize’ things from the film that would ‘be believable’ in th
fr: Latest from TechRadar in Gaming at https://ift.tt/sn5rUcv September 22, 2026 at 06:27AM Creative Assembly says Alien: Isolation 2 is still influenced by the iconic film, despite the outdoor setting Principal environment artist Archie Whitehead says the environment had to be showcased “through the lens of someone from the 1970s” Principal UI artist Laura Mouther…
-
Creative Assembly says Alien: Isolation 2’s custom tech enabled a ‘realistic’ atmosphere Unreal Engine 5 couldn’t ‘We felt tha
fr: Latest from TechRadar in Gaming at https://ift.tt/sn5rUcv September 22, 2026 at 06:27AM Principal environment artist Archie Whitehead says Alien: Isolation 2’s custom lighting and audio tech allowed it to create a more “realistic” atmosphere He says just using Unreal Engine 5 wasn’t enough, since the engine is “optimized for usually quite bright scenes” Custom…
-
It only took a short time with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 to turn me into a PC gaming handheld convert
fr: Latest from TechRadar in Gaming at https://ift.tt/sn5rUcv September 22, 2026 at 06:27AM The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 feels like the PC gaming handheld of 2026. An enhanced version of the original Xbox-branded Ally X, this is shaping up to be one of the best-looking, ergonomically fantastic, and brilliantly performing handheld games consoles —…
-
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Officially Confirms DLC
fr: GameRant – Gaming News at https://gamerant.com September 22, 2026 at 06:04AM The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remains one of the most recognizable games in Nintendo’s history, with its version of Hyrule and its take on Link helping define the series for an entire generation, so it’s interesting to see the 2026 remake…