Imran Khan

Imran Khan Jul 19, 2021. Less than a minute

That Weird Gameboy in Space Jam 2: A Review

For some reason the first scene in Space Jam: A New Legacy heavily features a Gameboy and in the five minutes it was on screen they managed to get everything about it wrong. The system is presented to a young LeBron James as a Gameboy Color his friend just bought and,…

Imran Khan Jul 16, 2021. 1 minute read

Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic See Slight Delays

Ubisoft, the French publisher behind Assassin’s Creed, Rayman, and a host of harassment complaints that have painted it into a dubious reputational corner, have announced some short delays to upcoming titles Riders Republic and Rainbow Six Extraction. Riders Republic, the open-world extreme sports game that exists as a spiritual sequel to 2016’s Steep…

Imran Khan Jul 12, 2021. 1 minute read

Even Hideo Kojima Agrees that Death Stranding: Director’s Cut is a Dumb Name

A few months ago at the Summer Games Fest, director Hideo Kojima revealed a PlayStation 5 version of Death Stranding, titled Death Stranding: Director’s Cut. It was not until this past week’s State of Play that we got a chance to see what this actually entailed — namely, new content like track-building,…

Imran Khan Jul 9, 2021. 1 minute read

The Witcher Season 2 Premieres in December

Netflix’s successful The Witcher adaptation — based on the books more than the game but sharing quite a bit of DNA from each — got a greenlight for a season two almost immediately after the first season premiered. Our culture of just binging TV shows means the wait for them to…

Imran Khan Jul 8, 2021. 2 minute read

Everything You Missed from Today’s Deathloop-Focused State of Play

Sony had their first big show of the summer with a State of Play stream this week. Announced a few days ago, the first-party platform holder cautioned that the stream would largely be about Bethesda Games’ (now a Microsoft subsidiary) Deathloop, but there would also be news about some indie and…

Imran Khan Jul 7, 2021. Less than a minute

Modern Games that Somehow Do Not Have Auto-Saves: A Review

Imran Khan Jul 2, 2021. 1 minute read

NetherRealm Wraps Development on Mortal Kombat 11 and Confirms New Project

The cadence of NetherRealm releases used to be something you could set your watch to. Ever since the franchise reboot of Mortal Kombat 9, the Chicago-based fighting game studio has been on a steady two-year cycle alternating between the Mortal Kombat series and the DC fighter Injustice. This pattern has produced three Mortal…

Imran Khan Jul 2, 2021. 1 minute read

Nintendo Finally Just Lists Improvements in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

Ever since The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD was announced early this year, Nintendo has been weirdly cagey about what exactly is being changed or improved in this HD remix. The Japanese publisher has made multiple mentions of various quality-of-life improvements in the game, but has thus far refused to expand upon…

Imran Khan Jul 1, 2021. 1 minute read

Nixxes Joins PlayStation Stable as Latest Acquisition

In yet another social media news blast, PlayStation Worldwide Studios head Hermen Hulst has announced that PC porting studio Nixxes has been acquired by Sony. Unlike a lot of other recent PlayStation acquisitions like Insomniac a few years ago or Housemarque earlier this week, Nixxes does not make original software…

Imran Khan Jul 1, 2021. 1 minute read

Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut Announced with Iki Island Expansion

Last year’s Ghost of Tsushima was a surprise hit for many. The open-world samurai game told the story of Jin Sakai, a samurai struggling with tradition holding him back in his war against an invading mongol force. A multiplayer expansion further fanned the flames of excitement for the game, as did…

Imran Khan Jun 30, 2021. 1 minute read

Bloober Team Signs a Deal with Konami for Future Endeavors That Probably Won’t Be Amazing

A few months ago, rumors began swirling about Bloober Team — developers behind Layers of Fear, Blair Witch, and The Medium — working with on a storied horror franchise, which people surmised to mean Silent Hill. It was then reported by VGC that Bloober’s Silent Hill project was but one of several currently in…

Imran Khan Jun 30, 2021. 2 minute read

It Kinda Sounds Like Publishing an Indie Game on PlayStation Sucks

Sony’s love affair with indie games seems to ebb and flow. The platform holder got behind independent titles in a big way with the PlayStation 4’s launch, but the support doesn’t always last very long or returns only when it’s convenient to PlayStation. While the publishing policies of the three…

Imran Khan Jun 29, 2021. 1 minute read

Remedy’s Control Gets a Multiplayer Spinoff and Possibly More

When it came out in 2019, Control had one of the most intriguing universes among Remedy Entertainment’s portfolio, to say nothing of the wider video game fiction in general. Since its release and two major pieces of DLC, Remedy has said that the team is moving on to their next big…

Imran Khan Jun 29, 2021. 1 minute read

Former BioWare General Manager Casey Hudson Founds New Studio

Not too long ago, Casey Hudson left BioWare for the second time. Hudson had departed the studio after 14 years in 2014, aiming to pursue new projects as a creative director in Microsoft. Within a few years, he was back as BioWare’s general manager to steer the ship in a…

Imran Khan Jun 29, 2021. 1 minute read

PlayStation Acquires Housemarque, Maybe Also Accidentally Announced Bluepoint Acquisition

The ongoing acquisition war between Microsoft and Sony continues, as the latter goes on to pick up smaller studios that they have produced successful and proven projects with, like Insomniac. In that same vein, PlayStation Worldwide Studios announced today that Returnal developer Housemarque is now part of the ever-growing list…

Imran Khan Jun 28, 2021. 2 minute read

Death’s Door Has a Promising and Intriguing Opening

In all kinds of fiction, there’s a fascination with death as a bureaucracy. The finality of it all is maybe slightly lessened or made more palatable if we think of the great beyond as pencil-pushers doing their jobs the same way we spend most of our lives. Death’s Door, an…

Imran Khan Jun 28, 2021. 1 minute read

Xbox Cloud Now Available for Game Pass Ultimate Members on Windows 10 and iOS Devices

Microsoft’s stated goal since the beginning of the generation has been to make the Xbox ecosystem as wide as possible and Xbox Cloud — formerly known by the much better title of Xcloud — is part of that plan. While the service’s initial rollout hit some stumbling blocks like a…

Imran Khan Jun 23, 2021. 1 minute read

NEO: The Worlds Ends With You Demo Accidentally Announced

For fans of The World Ends with You looking forward to its upcoming sequel, I have good news: a demo is coming for NEO: The World Ends with You! This is official from Square Enix! But bad news: Square Enix pulled the tweet announcing it so who knows when that will actually…

Imran Khan Jun 23, 2021. 1 minute read

Space Jam 2 Gets a Video Game Tie-In That’s Equally a Throwback

Remember Space Jam, the 1996 live-action/animation hybrid wherein Bugs Bunny and the Loony Tunes set partnered with Michael Jordan to defeat aliens with the power of basketball. If you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly remember the weird level of cultural zeitgeist surrounding the movie. With Space Jam: A New Legacy coming…

Imran Khan Jun 22, 2021. 4 minute read

Stop Treating Hideo Kojima Like He’s the Riddler

In 2001, Hideo Kojima fooled a video game industry and an audience that were not accustomed to being fooled. The creator of the Metal Gear series created misleading trailers with asset replacement to convince the world that Metal Gear Solid 2 was a fairly straightforward sequel to the previous game — and…