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Ok, I lied The firsttwelveparagraphs are about David Cage. AKA David De Gruttola. AKA Composer-turned-game designer. AKA Founder of French developer Quantic Dream, responsible for excellent implementation of David Bowie (see:Omikron) and poor implementation of twist endings (see: all other games). AKA second only to Peter Molyneux in being a recognizable game designer that internet commenters love to hate. Tonight, David Cage has something to say about emotions, but doesn’t he always?...

Teachers here in Blighty are concerned. They aren’t worried about how the curriculum doesn’t prepare kids for the real world or how they’ve simply become training camps for university, no. It’s videogames that appear to be getting theirknickers in a twist. During the annual conference of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) a motion called for ministers to introduce legislation to tackle the “negative effects” videogames are having on the very young....

During TennoCon 2024, developer Digital Extremes revealed the 90s-inspired “Party of Yor Lifetime” single from fictional, zombified boyband On-Lyne. The song appears in the upcoming major expansion,Warframe: 1999, but it might be more than just a catchy tune. Warframefans on thegame’s subreddithave been dissecting some of the lyrics from this song, and they believe they’ve found more than a few anagrams. While some of these anagrams seem a little stretched, such as “the neon” containing the word Tenno, which is what the player character is, others are downright unbelievable....

So, mod tools are still an amazing thing With nearly a month past release, it’s safe to say the internet rage surroundingWatch Dogs‘ visual fidelity has largely passed. Still, fans have found ways to mod the PC version to look better, and not with the usual assortment of fan-made texture packs. After digging around in the PC version’s code, as PC gamers tend to do, players discovered files containing the original effects....

Learn about the games industry The2014 D.I.C.E. Summitis this week in Las Vegas and it’s being streamed live this year on Twitch. Today is full of talks from folks like CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson, Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, and Insomniac Games president Ted Price. The full schedule,viewable here, should give you an idea of the types of presentations that happen at D.I.C.E. If you’re wondering aboutthe awards ceremony, that’s happening tomorrow night....

It’s another early TM You’ll have a heap of early TMs to choose from inPokemon Scarlet & Violet, and it doesn’t hurt to experiment and teach some of your keepers a few moves. Just remember that you will need to potentially craft more if you use them up: and some ingredients are tougher to get than others. Fake Tears on the other hand is easy to find, and simple to craft....

First we had theWonka-inspired Xbox Series, and now there’s something that should appeal to the Brit in me. If you’re from good ol’ Blighty and you like the idea of your Xbox or PlayStation peripherals reminding you of this fact, Yorkshire Tea may have the answer. With a message that we should all “press X to boil kettle,” the famous tea brand has married hot beverages with gaming by sellingPS5 and Xbox Series controllersslapped with the logo and that familiar imagery....

InWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, one of the new Hero Talents for the Death Knight class is the Rider of the Apocalypse. It is one of three Hero Talents available for Death Knight alongside Deathbringer and San’lyn. Rider of the Apocalypse is available to both Unholy and Frost Death Knights. Here are all of the Hero Talents for Rider of the Apocalypse Death Knight inWoW: The War Within. All Rider of the Apocalypse Death Knight Hero Talents As a rider of the apocalypse, you may tap into the power of death, famine, and disease....

TheWall Street Journalnudged Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger this weekend to sayHey, look. EA’s stock is down 18%. You should buy that! Yeah, owning EA would be nice for any company, even though the publisher’s market value is down from $19 billion to just $7.2b.Just. I don’t see it happening, though.Tech Trader Dailysays that Disney would have to borrow some cash to make the purchase, and evenWSJsaid “Disney would be gutsy to step up during the current economic uncertainty....

What could that mean? When it comes to E3, I am a creature of routine. Microsoft’s presser on Monday morning, Sony’s later that night, some stuff in between, then it’s demo and interview time. Structure: Sometimes it’s good. This E3 has me all out of sorts. EA’s going Saturday, Microsoft is on Sunday. At least Sony’s my rock, going at its usual time and place. Still, E3’s sprawling more and more as every company looks to secure their own un-shared spot in the limelight....

If you’ve never playedGeometry Dash, you may find you’re missing out on one of the most engaging games in the rhythm genre. Now, after several years, not only has a new version been released, but it’s caused the concurrent player count to spike to an all-time high. According to recent data fromSteamDB,Geometry Dashreached a peak of 88,346 on December 20. If you look at the graph, you may see how it shot up in the space of a couple of hours, with the previous count showing just under 13,000 players....

No, notthatanime The ’90s were a fine heyday for fighting game-based anime — we got tubular movies and OVAs in the form ofStreet Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha,Fatal Fury,The King of Fighters, and even Capcom’s monsteriffic mashup,Darkstalkers,in the form of 1997 releaseNight Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge. And you spring chickens for whom 1997 seems like the “black-and-white” years, you’re in luck, as distributor Discotek Media has announced that it will be releasing all four chapters of the classic anime on Blu-ray this coming May, fully remastered and shining in the light of the full moon like never before....

I’m pretty bummed about this. Phoenix Online Studios, a seven person indie game company, has been working on an unofficial sequel to theKing’s Questseries for eight years. In the vein of the recentSam & MaxandMonkey Islandgames,The Silver Liningwas going to be a 5-part episodic adventure game. In 2005, after receiving a cease-and-desist notice from Vivendi (who owned the rights toKing’s Questafter they bought out Sierra), Phoenix Online worked out a deal where they were granted a non-commercial license from Vivendi, meaning they could continue work on the game....