The Chinese Room has shared another development diary for the vampire epic Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2. This time, the focus is on the combat system. Creative Director Alex Skidmore reminded that the team formulated several principles to guide most decisions in creating the project. One of these principles is “Intuitive Immersive Combat.” In crafting the combat system, developers aimed to…
Dragon’s Dogma II is an open-world game, and as with all open-world games, there’s the challenge of making the journey from point A to point B engaging. Some suggest a typical ‘fast-travel,’ but the creators of Dragon’s Dogma believe that plain old fast travel is for the weak! In an interview with IGN, director Hideaki Itsuno discussed the principles underlying the travel…
The creators of the Black Mesa Classic mod have taken on a quirky project: they want to port the Black Mesa remake back to the original Half-Life engine, using the Half-Life 2 engine. Progress is slowly underway, and the team has published a new demo that includes an entire chapter. To recap, according to the developers, Black Mesa Classic aims to achieve…
With version 4.1 of Genshin Impact just around the corner, HoYoverse has started promoting characters who will soon be featured in banners. Start saving Primogems for the Hydro Archon and the “Steam Bird” reporter—they are expected to become available in the banner after the upcoming update, following a tradition. Let’s take a closer look at the heroines: Additionally, the developers have released…
The new game featuring Indiana Jones is indeed titled “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.” During the Developer_Direct livestream, the team from MachineGames, led by Executive Producer Todd Howard, unveiled the first gameplay and shared several details. Here’s what they revealed about the “Great Circle”: “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” is set to release in 2024 on PC (Steam) and Xbox…
While Tekken 8 is still days away from its release, the press has already started delivering assessments. No red flags are visible at the moment, as the fighting game is receiving excellent reviews with numerous high praises. Statistics: We’ve selected a few reviews with varying scores and summarized the authors’ conclusions: Stevivor (7/10, the lowest of the considered ratings): In the end,…
