It may have been a long time since you’ve ventured into the hallowed walls of the FPS-pioneering Doom franchise, but should you choose to re-enter the world come October via the Doom 3 BFG Edition, you’ll actually be looking at some relatively new and familiar technology. id Software creative director Tim Willits told Joystiq today at QuakeCon that in order to get network support to work on the PS3 port of the Doom 3 BFG Edition, the developers decided to render the game’s graphics using the id Tech 5 engine, utilized most notably in id’s 2011 post-apocalyptic FPS, Rage. Read More...
In some of the strangest news to come out of Gamescom 2017, the Assassin’s Creed and Final Fantasy XV development teams have announced an unexpected collaboration. Get ready for some Easter eggs and crossover events to take place in both franchises.
The official post from Ubisoft’s blog states that this idea began almost three years ago at an informal meeting during the Tokyo Game Show. The teams’ expression of mutual admiration eventually coalesced into this collaboration today. Read More...
Dragon Age 4 may be years away, but that isn’t discouraging the fans from digging up new details wherever possible. The latest bit of info confirms long-running speculation that the next game in the series will take players to Tevinter, a first for the franchise.
This tidbit is courtesy of Bioware’s book, titled BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development. Page 324 is dedicated to Dragon Age Morrison, the code name for the “long-awaited follow-up to Dragon Age: Inquisition. Read More...