Author: Max Smith
Anime Expo is gearing up to hold its latest event at the Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. As part of the usual festivities, Anime Expo 2024 will have a host of video game companies in attendance in both the Entertainment and Exhibit Halls. Here's a look at all of them: Screenshot by Siliconera AX 2024 Entertainment Hall All Video Game Companies The Entertainment Hall is not as crowded or glamorous as its neighbor, but it is open for much longer and focuses on video games, card games, arcades and performances. As such, the Entertainment Hall is home to a…
Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden have announced that Masaya's legendary “I Love Bikes! Hashiriya Con” (known as Rider's Spirits in the West) will be released on June 7th for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One & Series S|X, and Nintendo Switch. To the uninitiated, this timeless cult classic looks heavily inspired by Mario Kart at first, but looks can be deceiving: the game features the ability to see what your competitors are doing, make pit stops to refuel and swap items, and more. It's simulator-style play, but just as fun. The game features 20 different courses, including asphalt and dirt, each…
The kickoff event for Summer Game Fest 2024 will stream globally this Friday and will feature new game reveals, announcements, and world premiere trailers, with host Geoff Keighley saying viewers can expect a two-hour live showcase “featuring the latest from some of the world's top game development studios.” Capcom's Monster Hunter WildAtlas Metaphor: ReFantazioand the first game from Blumhouse Games, a new imprint from the makers of the films Paranormal Activity, Insidious and M3GAN. Alan Wake 2 Developer Remedy Entertainment will also be on hand to announce a new Alan Wake sequel, so viewers can look forward to the upcoming…
WORCESTER, Massachusetts — A new exhibit at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is taking visitors on a journey through video game history, and one retro game is grabbing attention. What you need to know Video Game Console Wars is an exhibit at Worcester Polytechnic Institute that chronicles the history of video games. The exhibit spans the years 1976 to 2001, with a particular focus on Tetris this week as the game celebrates its 40th anniversary. Students and faculty say the game's simple design has made it timeless. The campus community has a friendly competition to see who can get the highest score.…
Lionsgate Films After his breakthrough role as Coriolanus Snow, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Tom Bryce has found his next big role. According to Deadline, Bryce watch dogsNew Regency's film adaptation of Ubisoft's hit video game series. Bryce will appear on A24's Talk to me. Directed by Matthieu Thuli Deep Darkness and Meanderingto supervise watch dogs Based on an original idea by Christy LeBlanc, revised by Victoria Bata. watch dogs The show will be produced by New Regency and will be produced by New Regency Chairman and CEO Yariv Milchan and President of Film and Television…
Prime Video is developing a new live-action crime series based on Sega's hit video game Like a Dragon 7,the title is Like a Yakuza.The series is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and “depicts the life of a fearsome yet unique Yakuza warrior with a strong sense of justice, duty and humanity, his childhood friends and the repercussions of his decisions.”The series is described as “presenting a dramatic story of modern-day Japan and strong characters not explored in previous games, including the legendary Kazuma Kiryu.”The game “depicts the violent and passionate gangsters and the lives of the locals…
Wizards of the Coast is once again under fire from the community for its use of generative AI, this time in the context of video games. Generative AI remains a hot topic for the tabletop and video game communities. By and large, people want stories and games made by actual humans, not generic, clunky “AI” trained on Reddit posts and copy-pastes. Meanwhile, companies want to cut costs by keeping tedious humans from doing the creative work that brings in big profits. It's a combination made in hell. And we've all experienced it. Generative AI in video games and tabletop RPGs…
There's no way I haven't heard of it ET Extraterrestrial Lifeforms At some point in his life, in 1982, Steven Spielberg E.T.The film quickly became famous and a worldwide phenomenon. At the time, the video game company Atari was growing. The company saw the success of ET as a promising collaboration opportunity. However, things got worse in 1983 when the video game industry was hit by the biggest economic crisis in its history. ET Extraterrestrial LifeformsThe game became known as the worst game ever made and came close to destroying the entire gaming industry. why E.T. Is the Extraterrestrial video…
Last week at Avalanche Studios Good reason The franchise has now been adapted into a Hollywood film, following in the footsteps of BioShock, Gears of War and many others, which isn't all that surprising given how well those adaptations have resonated with audiences. what teeth Surprisingly, watch dogs The Just Cause movie, which is in development at New Regency, will likely be released without a video game. Avalanche, as far as we know, is currently Prohibited Items Xbox Game Studios' big open-world series hasn't had a new game since 2018. Just Cause 4Last year, Square Enix Free Play With the…
Tom Bryce will star alongside Sophie Wilde in the feature film adaptation of the hit video game series Watch Dogs.According to Deadline, Mathieu Turi will direct from a script by Christy LeBlanc and Victoria Bata.The action-adventure, open-world game Watch Dogs was first released in 2014 and has since spawned three sequels and several companion books, pitting the player as a hacker protagonist caught up in the city's criminal underworld, facing off against crime bosses and rival hackers.Zombieland screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese were attached to write the film's script before it stalled in development in 2014. Wilde's casting in…