Next Call of Duty Game Coming Straight to Game Pass
Xbox’s desperation is showing. Last week, Microsoft’s senior public relations manager, Brian Hilderbrand, said the reason Xbox was closing some Bethesda studios and merging others was because Game Pass – the Xbox subscription service – was losing money on video game sales by allowing gamers to play them for much cheaper, and they need to […]
Square Enix Lays Off Western Employees, Shifts Toward Multiplatform Releases
Square Enix is the latest video game developer to restructure its business. Earlier today, IGN reported that Square Enix will move away from platform exclusivity and “pursue a multiplatform strategy” going forward. This initiative, which the company is calling “Square Enix Reboots and Awakens” (snappy), follows Square Enix’s profits dropping 15.8% since this time last […]
Microsoft Insider Reveals Truth Behind Bethesda Closings
Many were baffled when Microsoft shut down some Bethesda studios and combined others, which will result in plenty of layoffs. Now, someone with knowledge of the situation is letting people know what really happened. Brian Hilderbrand, the senior public relations manager at Microsoft, wrote a detailed post explaining the situation, and he points the finger […]
Microsoft Closes and Consolidates Bethesda Studios
It’s a bloodbath at Bethesda. Today, Microsoft announced (via IGN) that they’re shutting down three Bethesda studios: Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and Alpha Dog Games. Arkane Austin was the studio behind the first-person shooter Redfall, while Tango Gameworks developed the survival horror game The Evil Within and its sequel, as well as the “rhythm-based action game” […]
Fallout Prime Show Puts the Wastes On Screen
The Fallout games are a classic series of post-apocalyptic adventure RPGs, with the most recent installment (Fallout 76) released in 2020. Fallout features a whole wasteland full of lore, characters, and humor, making it an ideal inspiration for a streaming series like Prime Video’s 2024 release. That said, any time a studio adapts a popular […]
REVIEW: Amazon’s Fallout Season 1
Developed by Interplay Productions way back in 1997, the original Fallout was a role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world decades after a nuclear war between the US and China, with a retro-futuristic aesthetic and turn-based combat. The player begins as a “Vault Dweller” who must venture from the safety of his nuclear fallout shelter […]