Like it or not, a live-action Naruto movie seems to be coming from Hollywood after spending many years in development *****. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is currently attached to the project, and while he might have the directing sauce needed to pull off a flashy manga/anime adaptation, we're understandably worried about such a tricky transition regardless. Now, the movie's original writer is trying to calm fans down. Entertainment Weekly recently talked to scribe Tasha Huo, the showrunner for Netflix's upcoming Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft animated series, and of course, tried to extract new information regarding Naruto. To their surprise (and everyone else's), she actually spoke at length about the process of putting that movie together so far. While Cretton is now part of Hollywood's 'big leagues' thanks to Shang-Chi's reasonable success in 2021 - just as we were starting to exit the worst of the Covid pandemic - his background doing original work is extensive, and he's also found time to continue to produce shorts and TV series after his Marvel movie found an audience. Huo praised that aspect of his career, saying "his own writing and storytelling" is "very personal and relatable" to viewers before teasing the main idea behind the Naruto movie is to focus on the characters and what they go through: "This is definitely a movie that comes at it from a love of who Naruto is and that character and his relationships." Read more View the full article
If there’s one type of game we certainly haven’t been short of in recent years, it’s the life sim. The ongoing success of such series as Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon has always ensured a steady supply of similar games, but it really does feel like the 2020s have seen a surge of them, often with the latest buzzword ‘cosy’ attached. While most of these have come and gone without causing tremors in the industry, a few have made their mark by offering something different (I’ll defend Disney Dreamlight Valley to the ******). NetEase’s Floatopia will hope it lands in the latter category, and the half hour I spent with it at Gamescom suggests it just might. Read More... View the full article
Remember that puzzle game Unravel and its star: a cute lad made of yarn called Yarny? He'd tackle headscratchers by unwinding the very fabric of his body, similar to how a human being might feed their intestines through a karabiner and use it as a tether for a spot of rock climbing. Well, some of the minds behind Unravel are working on new game called Hela. This time it's less about yarn and more about being a small mouse who does parkour. Still, it does retain some of the bodily gymnastics of its predecessor. Namely the use of tongues as bungee ropes. Read more View the full article
You encounter ****** Myth: Wukong‘s Horse Guai for a second time in Chapter 2 when you reach Sandgate Villgate; only, this time, the mighty ****** has found itself in a pickle. Depending on how attentive you are to ****** Myth: Wukong‘s environment, you may have found Ma Tianba—the Horse Guai—in Chapter 1. When you first encounter him, he’s chilling (hoofing around even) and provides the Destined One with idle chit-chat to break up the slew of bosses. View the full article
The study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, was carried out by a team of health, behavior, and economic specialists in Japan. The aim was to discover the mental health impact of playing video games. Read Entire Article View the full article
Concord, Sony’s live service hero shooter, has been in development for around eight years. That’s according to lead character designer Jon Weisnewski, who joined the development team at Sony-owned Firewalk Studios five years ago to work on the game. Weisnewski tweeted to celebrate this week’s launch of Concord (it’s available to play now across PlayStation 5 and PC for Digital Deluxe Edition owners, but its full release is set for tomorrow, August 23). “The game has been in development for around eight years and I’ve been there for almost five of them,” Weisnewski said. “We don’t get a lot of Launch Days in our careers so today is special for a ton of reasons. Oblige me some good vibes today.” Concord is a 5v5 first-person shooter that follows Sony’s strategy with the phenomenally successful Helldivers 2 by launching on PS5 and PC at the same time and with a cheaper price. However, early indications are that Concord is set to endure a tough time on PC, with extremely low Steam concurrent player numbers for pre-launch betas. Sony does not make PlayStation player numbers publicly available. And so, there is a degree of concern about Concord as a viable live service as the game launches. But, according to Weisnewski: “we’re strapped in and ready to push it for years to come.” Concord’s eight-year development suggests a significant investment from Sony and a degree of pressure on the game to perform. Indeed, Concord has one of the 15 animated shorts that make up Amazon’s recently announced anthology Secret Level. But Concord is perhaps also yet another triple-A video game that has taken years to make and launches into an already crowded market drowning in live service shooters. The most high-profile casualty of this live service push in recent years is Rocksteady’s much-maligned ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League, which flopped to the tune of $200 million for publisher Warner Bros. Sony itself has scaled back its live service ambitions following big investment. In November last year, Sony president Hiroki Totoki said the company was reviewing the 12 live service PlayStation games it had in the works, and committed to launching only six of them by the end of financial year 2025. The following month, in December 2023, Naughty Dog announced the cancellation of The Last of Us Online, its troubled attempt to create a live service version of its hugely popular franchise. Then, in February this year, Sony announced a significant round of layoffs affecting around 900 staff at its global PlayStation workforce. The layoffs hit a number of PlayStation studios, including Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, Firesprite, and, most significantly, PlayStation's London studio, which closed down. Alongside the layoffs, a number of in-development games were canceled. Last month, Sony-owned Bungie, maker of the Destiny series, suffered devastating cuts, with its PvP-focused extraction shooter Marathon still in the works. Amid ballooning development costs and protracted development periods, the video game industry is enduring the toughest time in recent memory, with tens of thousands ***** off, multiple studio closures, and various games canceled. As for Concord, fans are already pointing out that if development on the game began around eight years, then that lines up with when Blizzard's hero shooter Overwatch blew up. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
What are the best Lego alternatives? We love Lego, but it's not the only brick building toy game in town. There are plenty of Lego alternatives, some offering cheaper prices, or different themes and designs Lego doesn't quite cater to - so we've searched out our favorite alternative brands to share here, with examples of their top models. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Lego Zelda: Great Deku Tree review Best Lego sets for adults in 2024 Best board game and TTRPG deals left after Prime Day 2024 View the full article
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The giant sand wall is an obstacle in ****** Myth: Wukong chapter two, blocking one of the area’s many paths—unless you know how to get through the immovable sand. ****** Myth: Wukong has secrets scattered throughout its ********-inspired lands. From requiring the “Keeness of Tiger” to a bunch of hidden Bells, there’s always more to do in Wukong than meets the eye. View the full article
****** Myth: Wukong is a challenging game from the get-go, but if you pre-ordered it or bought the Deluxe Edition, you get a handy package of bonus items that makes your first few encounters a bit easier. It’s fairly straightforward to claim them, and if you’re wondering how, you’re in the right place. Redeeming ****** Myth Wukong DLC items, explained Select Trailblazer’s Gift. Screenshot by Dot Esports To claim DLC items in ****** Myth: Wukong, you first need to finish the opening section that takes place above the clouds. Shortly after, you awaken in a forest. Proceed through the forest until you reach the first Shrine—Wukong’s version of Dark Souls‘ bonfires. View the full article
Guangzhi is one of the first boss fights in ****** Myth: Wukong. He’s a Yaoguai Chief found in a compound in the Forest of Wolves. This whole area is a maze with no map or compass, so it can be difficult to know where to go after you’ve beaten him. Your main reward for defeating Guangzhi in ****** Myth: Wukong is the Red Tides spell, which you get by taking his double-ended flaming staff and which allows you to transform into Guangzhi. You also get a Spark, a Stone Spirit, and a lot of Will. But then there isn’t a way out of his compound except for how you came in, so it’s not like he was blocking your progress. So, what now? View the full article
After nearly a decade, the ***** Rising series is back from the grave with the Deluxe Remaster, a confusingly named remake of the original game. Previews so far sing its praises, and it launches just next month on September 19. But what does the future of the series look like beyond this visit to the past? View the full article
If you're feeling very rested and at peace today, I do not recommend you play the demo for just-announced puzzle game Wilmot Works It Out. It will relax you so much that you gently petrify. Future archaeologists will marvel at you, a smiling stone figure in the ruins of a bygone civilisation. "What exactly was going on back in 2024 to inspire such a critical intensity of chillax?" they will wonder. Then, they will spot the computer screen glowing beneath its layer of dust, and the cycle will begin anew. Read more View the full article
Season one of The First Descendant promises to add more ways for your Descendants to get stronger. But to match the strength with the challenge, there’s a whole new dungeon difficulty coming later in the season. The First Descendant season one preview post by the director Minseok Joo on Aug. 22 revealed the update introduces the “highest difficulty” of the Infiltration Operations. These dungeons are a proving ground to test your builds and earn loot you can only earn in more difficult Infiltration Operations. View the full article
Bloodborne fans finally have the game playable on PC via emulation after months of nothing but ****** screens, crashes, and hellish red tints. It's a monumental step forward for not just FromSoftware and Japan Studio's seminal Lovecraftian action RPG, but also for PS4 emulation in general. View the full article
Remember Anaconda? That okay-ish creature feature from the '90s starring Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, and Ice Cube? After a number of trashy sequels that skipped cinemas, the property is returning to the big screen, but this new take on it, likely led by Jack ****** and Paul Rudd, isn't what anyone was expecting. We first heard about a reboot in the distant year of 2020, back when I was just starting to put words together in exchange for money. Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman) was working on a script, but the entire project went silent... until now. The Hollywood Reporter's new report on the franchise refresh leads with ****** and Rudd's potential casting, but the most intriguing bit comes right afterwards: "Tom Gormican, who directed the Nicolas Cage meta movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, is co-writing with collaborator Kevin Etten and will direct the feature." Read more View the full article
******: The Old Country doesn't have Italian voice acting, but 2K's now revealed the reason behind what initially looked to be a rather perplexing omission - Hangar 13's elected to go for Sicilian instead. In case you missed it, The Old Country was revealed right at the end of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024, with a teaser trailer confirming a 2025 release window and offering a taste of the game's depiction of the mod underworld in 1900s Sicily. Not long after that showing, fans checking out the game's Steam store listing noticed that it didn't have full audio for Italian checked in its list of supported languages, with English, French, *******, Spanish, Czech, and Russian all having that box ticked. Given the thing's set in Italy, people were a bit confused, but it's ok, 2K's now stepped in to clarify the situation. Read more View the full article
I’m convinced caviar is one of those foods people pretend to like so that they look sophisticated at dinner parties. It’s disgusting, overpriced fish eggs—stop showing off and give me real food that doesn’t taste like I’m chowing down on rotten tapioca pearls from the bubble tea of my nightmares. Anyway. If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Mini Crossword, read on for some hints and the answer. View the full article
The Wandering Wight is a classic example of an early-game boss ****** designed to test your skill level, humble veterans, and break spirits in ****** Myth: Wukong—so let’s see if you need to beat it. ****** Myth: Wukong isn’t a complete Souls title in the classic sense, but it certainly embodies many of the punishing genre’s traits: High difficulty, limited healing, and respawning enemies, amongst many other elements. View the full article
Updated Aug. 22, 2024: Added a new code! The moment you spawn into the world, you’ll be tackled down by NPCs, which proves how ruthless Kengan is. There’s no mercy, and everyone is eager to ******** you for wins. It’s a *****-or-be-******* world, after all, so good luck! View the full article
The free-to-play battle royale hero shooter game Apex Legends recently updated players on its anti-cheat efforts. It acknowledged the ongoing challenges of combating cheating and admitted that past measures haven't been as effective as needed. The team is now stepping up efforts to improve Apex Legends's integrity, with a focus on making noticeable improvements over time. View the full article
Concord developer Firewalk Studios has published a new trailer detailing some exclusive features for PC players. With Concord's launch on PS5 and PC coming soon, these additional bells and whistles will likely be of use to players on the latter platform who are interested in the game. View the full article
If you love taking advantage of playtests to try games out before they launch, Level Infinite will soon host one for its upcoming title, Exoborne—here’s everything you need to know. Initially announced in 2023, Exoborne brings an open-world extraction shooter experience set in an apocalyptic ******* States, influenced by extreme, unpredictable weather conditions. Before you frown at the idea of “yet another extraction shooter” in the sea, the game is being developed by the popular AAA studio Sharkmob Ab under the shadow of Tencent brand Level Infinite. Its latest trailer is great, too, so chances are it’ll be worth the wait. View the full article
Disgraced content creator Dr Disrespect is on the verge of staging an attempted comeback several months after he admitted to having “casual, mutual conversations” with a minor through Twitch whispers in 2017—and the infamous streamer may have a mountain to climb viewership-wise when he does. Since the YouTuber (who’s since been demonetized on his platform of choice) posted his now-deleted apology in late June, he’s been bleeding followers and fans. View the full article
Nothing beats a mysterious LoLdle quote that could apply to multiple League of Legends champions. And that perfectly sums up today’s LoLdle quote. So, if you don’t know any League champions who like to dance with a few blades, I’ve got the answer to the Aug. 22 LoLdle quote below. View the full article
Pokimane has been forced to make changes to her business team in recent weeks after the streaming superstar faced “legal issues” that basically boiled down to several men in her inner circle locking horns over decisions on the future. Things have been “shifting” in her team for the last few months, Pokimane told her streaming fans this week. While she doesn’t expect it to change too much on the front-facing side—and she’s a little hamstrung in what she can share because of the “legal” stuff—the star streamer said she wanted to keep everybody in the loop. View the full article
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Like it or not, a live-action Naruto movie seems to be coming from Hollywood after spending many years in development *****. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is currently attached to the project, and while he might have the directing sauce needed to pull off a flashy manga/anime adaptation, we're understandably worried about such a tricky transition regardless. Now, the movie's original writer is trying to calm fans down. Entertainment Weekly recently talked to scribe Tasha Huo, the showrunner for Netflix's upcoming Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft animated series, and of course, tried to extract new information regarding Naruto. To their surprise (and everyone else's), she actually spoke at length about the process of putting that movie together so far. While Cretton is now part of Hollywood's 'big leagues' thanks to Shang-Chi's reasonable success in 2021 - just as we were starting to exit the worst of the Covid pandemic - his background doing original work is extensive, and he's also found time to continue to produce shorts and TV series after his Marvel movie found an audience. Huo praised that aspect of his career, saying "his own writing and storytelling" is "very personal and relatable" to viewers before teasing the main idea behind the Naruto movie is to focus on the characters and what they go through: "This is definitely a movie that comes at it from a love of who Naruto is and that character and his relationships." Read more View the full article