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Turn 10 is looking to expand the Forza franchise with the Fall 2012 release of a new game calledForza Horizon. This game comes from UK development studio Playground Games, a company created by former Codemasters team members. Playground has built a company made of racing game talent from other recently closed UK studios like Bizarre Creations, best known for the Project Gotham Racing series. In a press briefing, Dan Greenawalt talked up the team at Playground, with a focus on their combined years of experience with racers....

‘No plans currently’ for a new Ninja Gaiden or Nioh sequel Team Ninja is closing the door on theNiohseries now that “the story that we had built has come to an end,” and the studio has “no plans currently” for a newNinja Gaiden, according toFumihiko Yasuda. In an interview withVideo Games Chronicle, theNiohdirector elaborated that “all the loose ends are tied up, so there are no plans for a sequel at this point....

Watch out for gophers Triband’s great “Golf game for people who hate golf” –What the Golf?– is finally ready to tee off on Nintendo Switch. The loopy links will be available to download from the Nintendo eShop on May 21, priced at around $20. Originally released on PC and Apple Arcade in September of 2019,What the Golf?is a silly and cartoonish take on the sport beloved by rich folk, ’90s business guys, and irresponsible world leaders....

Fan favorites Bundles can be a great way to discover games and flesh out your library inexpensively. They aren’t all going to be winners or end up clicking with you personally, but you won’t typically be out much money if there are a few duds that miss their mark. More often than not, the problem I run into is that I already own some of the selections and would be buying the group for only one or two discounted titles....

Five worlds to rule them all… Looks likeThe Lord of the Rings Onlinehasn’t been in the best shape recently.Developer Turbine has announcedit will be closing all but five of the worlds for each region. The only worlds that will remain open in the US are: Arkenstone, Crickhollow, Landroval, Gladden, and Brandywine; while those staying open in the EU are: Belegaer, Gwaihir, Sirannon, Laurelin, and Evernight. Players will be able to transfer their characters over to one of the remaining worlds (bar Brandywine; that one’s full)....

Promoted from our Community Blogs Assuming you’reall caught up with Part 1andPart 2, Part 3 of this analysis talks about games that have a bit of a ‘genius narrative’ surrounding them. I’mSean Han-Tani-Chen-Hogan,and am currently developing the adventure platformer game,Even the Ocean,with a friend,Joni Kittaka. We also made the gameAnodyne. Part 3: The drawbacks of ‘singular vision’ games ‘Genius.’ That word is tied to the notion of ‘auteur,’ or the creatively-driven single leader of some given art/game/film project....

Do we have a chance for an international release? A few days ago we got a look at the upcomingYakuza 1 & 2 HDre-releasefor the Wii U, and now, the full trailer is ready for eyeball consumption. As is the case with anyYakuzagame, it shows off some insane gameplay variety, from combat, to sports, to hostess entertainment. You’ll be able to use the GamePad as a map, as well as a status screen and remote play....

Fan-favorite Assasins finally have their time to shine Recently, I got to go hands-on withAssassin’s Creed Chronicles: China. For this downloadable title, Ubisoft redesigned theACexperience to fit within a 2.5D perspective. WithChinareleasing next month, players will finally be able to venture to one of the most requested settings from fans, and Ubisoft doesn’t plan to stop there. Later this year, it will release two more episodes showing offAssassin’s Creedin both India and Russia for the first time within a game....

Possibly quicker than I did…. When I picked upPokemon Red, I went to Rock Tunnel without Flash. I tried to make it through in the pitch black. Then I tried to get back out. Then I decided the only way out of the darkness was to plunge forward, wholly and fully. Maybe it didn’t take me nine hours. Maybe it did. I had a lot of free time 15+ years ago....

Not enough people have upgraded In addition to its brief mention of howUnityimpactedAssassin’s Creed Syndicatesales, Ubisoft has broken down sales numbers as it pertains to the PC and console platforms. Evidently, despite its Uplay system, the PC is flourishing. It’s risen from 15% of all sales earlier this year to 20%, which it considers a success. On current-gen consoles, the situation is a bit less exciting as it pertains to Microsoft and Nintendo platforms....

Fight in the Greenwood forest War of the Rosesnewest map, Greenwood Forest, is now available as part of a free downloadable content pack called “Outside the Law.” In this lush forest players will get to brutally kill each other with new weapons too, such as the quarterstaff, shillelagh mace, and new bows withfire arrows. Along with this free DLC pack, the game will be completely free to play this weekend onSteam....

Like Risk of Rain with magic and moonwalking Risk of Rainwas pretty cool, so anything that reminds me of that catches my attention.Warlockslooks to have a similar feel in some ways, bringing frantic 2D battles to a fantasy world. I typically shy away from fantasy in lieu of science fiction, but the cooperative gameplay and nice-looking pixel art will have my eyes on this one as it moves forward. The Kickstarter campaign forWarlockslaunched yesterday, and is seeking a modest goal of $25,000....

Venti’sBurst has the strongest sustained pull of any crowd-control effect inGenshin Impact.Lighter enemies are pulled in and lifted off the ground, while heavier enemies might only slide around. Additionally, staggering heavy enemies while they’re in a vortex may lift them in instances when they would otherwise not budge. Below, we’ll breakdown a list of all enemies inGenshin Impactand how they’re affected by Venti’s Burst. If you need to know whichcharacterscan reach into Venti’s Burst, we havea separate listfor that....