Days Gone hands-on — How to deal with hundreds of fast zombies
I’ve been excited about Bend Studio’s Days Gone since I first saw it at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2016. But the game has its skeptics (including...
Detroit: Become Human is Quantic Dream’s best game launch ever
Sony had the best-selling console platform of May, and the latest PlayStation 4 exclusive may have helped with that. Detroit: Become Human debuted May...
May 2018 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console hardware platform in May in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. But the...
Déraciné is Dark Souls studio’s exploration of VR, made to surprise fans
Best known for creating the "fantastically demented" action games Dark Souls and Bloodborne, From Software's Hidetaka Miyazaki was motivated by a desire to learn about VR -- and create something surprising for fans -- which resulted in last week's unexpected announcement of Déraciné for Sony's PlayStation VR.
Ghost of Tsushima: How U.S. dev Sucker Punch is making the ultimate samurai game
Can an American game studio make one of the best samurai video games ever? That’s the question for Sucker Punch as it develops Ghost...
At E3 2018, too many companies ruined their own shots at the spotlight
For decades, a game theory called the “prisoner’s dilemma” has explained why people who work together do better overall than those who scheme against...
Sony share price dips as Fortnite account controversy draws ire
PlayStation thinks you have enough people to play games with already, so you can’t possibly need cross-platform multiplayer to play with someone on Nintendo...
The Last of Us Part II game directors unravel their E3 demo for us
Developer Naughty Dog released a trailer of The Last of Us Part II that depicts Ellie’s life four years after events of The Last...
Netflix won’t stream real games, but EA, Google, and Microsoft will
The tech world was buzzing today with a report that Netflix will stream Telltale Games’ Minecraft: Story Mode — an initiative that looked like the video subscription...
Fortnite debacle sours PlayStation’s victory lap at E3
As I enjoyed some braised chicken and a Golden Road brown ale at the PlayStation media briefing after party prior to the Electronic Entertainment...