Everything’s about to change for God of War . And Kratos’ evolution mirrors that of Cory Barlog , creative director at Sony’s Santa Monica Studios and a storyteller who’s been with the God of War series from the start. We had the rare opportunity to speak with Barlog at a recent event, and you can watch his eloquent answers in the video above. It’s a fascinating look into the mindset of a veteran developer and creator, so we highly recommend giving it a watch if you’re anticipating God of War’s

After selling 2.5 million copies of Nier: Automata, I’d think they would be happy to give you another project. So I think that’s what led me to talk about and write about the taboo topics. The emotional impact of Nier: Automata Nier: Automata is a game about overcoming depression, and just what I neededYou say everyone has a warped identity. Of course I don’t want anything bad to happen to me, but at the same time, I’m kind of waiting for it as well. I’ll have to become a game developer so I can

Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher has returned in a new mission for Ghost Recon Wildlands after years away. Paying respects to another stealth icon who seems to have finally gotten out of the game. Karen Bowman, the Ghosts’ CIA contact in Wildlands and apparently an old acquaintance of Fisher’s, says that guy finally retired. Yes, that’s a direct callout to Snake, the protagonist(s) of the Metal Gear Solid series. The first Splinter Cell game came out in 2002, a year after Metal Gear Solid 2.

Outer Wilds is comparatively very small. In Outer Wilds, you play as a lone astronaut from a plucky backwoods space exploration agency. It’s like you’re exploring and all this is happening and you have to deal with it. Outer Wilds lets you savor those final moments like a normal person might: for instance, roasting marshmallows on a campfire (a carryover from one of Outer Wilds’ original prototypes). Outer Wilds will arrive on PC sometime this year.

You see, The Expanse is far from the standard-issue space show perhaps indicated by its generic posters of starfields and dramatic gazes. By setting its scope smaller – despite its name – and concentrating on detail rather than spectacle, it crafts a far more absorbing, far more human experience than most. But it isn’t just the disappointingly mundane tech that, ironically, makes The Expanse so excitingly scary a world to inhabit. It strips away the pretense and delivers a whole lot of dirty hum

No spoilers here, but there’s a very good reason why you must (at all times) be super-duper shushy during A Quiet Place. The moral of A Quiet Place is kids are loud and you shouldn’t have them8 April 2018Or burp. me arguing with the people who kept talking during a quiet place pic.twitter.com/Id3o3hUv7P11 April 2018If you’re sick, consult a doctor. a quiet place was so quiet i felt bad for even breathing . #aquietplace pic.twitter.com/4Mx4MarTtN10 April 2018There you have it, the complete guide

What would a week be without another game-changing update to Fortnite Battle Royale? Just another week, I’d imagine, but best not to dwell on worst case scenarios like that. The big stuff first: the much talked about Port-a-Fort, a grenade which instantly creates a metallic sniper’s perch when thrown, is now available in the game as an item. And finally, the limited event known as 50v50 Mode is back and better than ever, with an updated variant called 50v50 v2. As expected, Epic has also brought

Donald Glover’s Lando ‘tache wasn’t the only incredible thing to come out the new Han Solo movie trailer. As it turns out, there’s an extremely well-hidden Star Wars: Rogue One cameo in the background of a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot. For this one, you’re going to need an encyclopaedic knowledge of Star Wars. Maybe, just maybe, this is the genesis of one of the most important Star Wars characters in the next decade. How about another 15 Star Wars cameos you never noticed?

According to David Harbour , you can look forward to the Stranger Things season 3 release date being “sometime in 2019”. Our Stranger Things season 3 theories has a suspicion that she’d make a great villain, mind you…Stranger Things season 3 trailer isn’t here…yetNo, you haven’t missed it – the Stranger Things season 3 trailer isn’t here yet but you can bet that when it does we’ll probably have something to say about it. Stranger Things season 3 script will have at least 8 episodesJudging fr

Red Dead Redemption will get its first significant visual upgrade when a new slate of Xbox One X enhancements roll out for backwards compatible games. Exploring the old west again with improved visuals on Xbox One X sounds like a nice way to pass the time until Red Dead Redemption 2 arrives this fall. If you prefer your games to be aged at least two generations, you’ll be extra excited for the new original Xbox games on the way. Here’s the first set of original Xbox games that are officially com

World of Warcraft isn’t just relying on dungeons and raids to keep players engaged for its next expansion, Battle for Azeroth. I came, I saw, I got my butt handed to me, and spoke with the developers about what sets Island Expeditions apart from WoW’s other activities. And as far as waves go, balancing the Island Expedition NPC AI had the potential to create a tsunami. “Advanced NPCs are meant to be challenging, but they can also be way too challenging,” Stahl said. Even so, it was clear early o

When Ubisoft announced Far Cry 5 last May, it probably had some idea it was going to touch a nerve. Three sequels later – Far Cry 4 (also colonialist), Far Cry Primal (vaguely racist in different ways), and now Far Cry 5 (offensive to the alt-right) – it might seem to Ubisoft like it simply can’t win. Far Cry 3 – Jason Brody and bros. They’ve earned the right kind of ire: complaints that Far Cry 5 villainizes the alt-right are ridiculous enough in 2018, but in another ten years they’ll seem reso

Epic Games has been treating us to a lot of new gadgets after the recent beefy content update, which saw the addition of Fortnite Battle Royale vending machines that offer up tasty loot in trade for materials. In-keeping with its promise to provide fun content every week in the recent Epic update post , a new item is on its way that will change things up a bit – the Port-a-Fort. A new snazzy item, in the form of a blue cube-shaped grenade known as the Port-a-Fort, looks set to be your saviour. R

What even is Westworld season 2? From that point on, Bernard is taken in by brand-new character Karl Strand, the DELOS Head of Security. If this isn’t the beginning of Westworld season 2, they’ve done a bang-up job of hiding it behind some gobbledygook. Jonathan Nolan promised to spoil Westworld season 2 and instead we got a possibly-fake, expertly-crafted beginning, plus Dolores singing Never Gonna Give You Up. I wonder if they chime with any of our best Westworld theories…

Today, at 6:30pm Eastern Time, Microsoft is planning to make a “big update” regarding its backwards compatibility program on the Xbox One. Luckily for us, it looks like that big update has already manifested itself on the Xbox Marketplace, as a number of original Xbox games have surfaced onto the store with a new option for backwards compatibility. Here’s a run down of the best new original Xbox games that are now backwards compatible thanks to today’s impending update. An RPG classic, and a gre

When it wants to, The Walking Dead season 8 sure can pull at the heartstrings. We’ve already had Carl depart – a lone gunshot sealing his fate – but, letters aside, we (and Rick) haven’t had the chance to say goodbye. The season finale, though, looks to be changing all that – and hints at a sweeter ending than we were perhaps expecting. Carl’s letter to his dad pleaded for Rick to end his war with Negan – and it sure looks like that’s how it’s going to play out. That would be even braver – and w

Blizzard’s Ben Brode is many things: game director on Hearthstone, hero to its community, world-renowned laugher , and a thoroughly affable guy . “If you play it late in the game, that’s like maybe twenty Battlecries, which is pretty silly. Now he has a 1-cost Shudderwock, and each Shudderwock he plays summons a copy and returns a 1-cost Shudderwock to his hand. But it doesn’t, and I think that’s a way that’s more telegraphed somehow. Balance is one of the Druids specs [in World of Warcraft], so

Yes, friends, it has come time for another undeserving name to be nailed to the rotting, blood spattered monument to Amazing TV Shows Cancelled Before Their Time. Namely, that Lady Dynamite is so blisteringly smart and different that it’s an unholy goddamn nightmare of a thing to accurately express the actual joy of. And that’s what makes Lady Dynamite so relatably warm, human, and accessible, however weird things get. It’s galling that Lady Dynamite never seemed to get the promotional push it d

Rare’s Sea of Thieves has been out for a while now, and in that time the swashbuckling adventure has had a few teething problems which has left players feeling pretty frustrated. There are certainly some updates that need to happen and fortunately the studio has been paying attention to a lot of player feedback. Yes, there’s nothing quite like joining a game only to be thrown and locked in a brig by other players who don’t want you there. To combat all the spawn-killing havoc, Rare will be encou

One of the biggest complaints some fans had of Star Wars: The Last Jedi – and there were many! Snoke certainly wouldn’t be the first Star Wars character to gain a bigger backstory story or have plot-holes explained through spin-off materials. With Snoke out of the way, there’s plenty more room in Star Wars 9 for everything else. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is out now on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download. Mark Hamill talks Luke’s death (and possible resurrection), the loss of Carrie Fisher, and his