Sophia Blake

In September 2001, the original Silent Hill 2 set a new standard for the survival-horror genre in the PlayStation 2 era. Later this month, Konami’s classic game is getting a remake from Bloober Team that is giving Silent Hill 2 a modern flourish. Now, an extended stream from 2BRO has revealed more of the changes in store for players as they explore the town of Silent Hill. The first 13 minutes of the stream serve as a reminder for how far games have come in the last 23 years by playing through the opening parts of the original Silent Hill 2. That game needed a loading screen just to bring its main character, James Sunderland, into a partially fenced-off area. The modern version of Silent Hill 2 appears to be a more seamless experience, and less reliant on fog to cover up its short…

Actors union SAG-AFTRA, which also represents voice actors, has announced that companies behind 80 games have agreed to its terms over the use of AI, while voice actors and mo-cap performers continue to strike against major industry players. The contracts, which include both tiered-budget and interim agreements, will allow performers more employment opportunities as the strike continues.The video game actors’ strike began on July 26 this year, with the union demanding fair AI protection for its members. At the beginning of the strike, SAG-AFTRA said that studios would need to sign one of three agreements offering “critical AI protections” if they wanted to hire union talent for covered work, which includes all games that started development after September 2023.Currently, 80 games are cove…

It has been an excruciatingly long wait for Indiana Jones fans, but at long last, a brand-new video game in the franchise is on its way. First revealed in 2021, Indiana Jones and The Great Circle will be arriving later this year, giving fans a chance to don the trademark fedora of the two-fisted archeologist as he uses his wits and whip to explore historical landmarks and extract teeth from Nazis.Now that the game is almost here, Microsoft and MachineGames have revealed more of its story details and have shown off some of its whip-cracking gameplay in action. Some elements are still being kept locked up tighter than the treasures in an Atlantean tomb, but for now, here’s everything that we know about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle so far.Table of Contents [hide]<…

Springloaded, the team behind Let’s Build a Zoo, has just announced its latest game, Let’s Build a Dungeon. This time, instead of building the perfect zoo, players will be in charge of running a gaming studio with the goal of creating an MMORPG.According to the game’s Steam page, one of the first things players will need to do is look through applications to ensure they’re hiring the right developers for the job. In addition to getting the right devs, players will also need to create proper schedules, oversee advertising campaigns, and build relationships with the press.

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By now, even the people who haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine know that the film features numerous actors from 20th Century Fox’s Marvel movies reprising their roles. There are also a handful of cameos and callouts to other non-Fox Marvel films, but not all of the original actors returned. Former WWE star Kevin Nash recently commented on his replacement in the new film, and now his successor has responded.Warning: the following contains minor spoilers for Deadpool and Wolverine. If you haven’t seen the movie or don’t want to know what happens, stop reading now. In 2004, Nash had a small but memorable role in The Punisher as an assassin called The Russian. Thomas Jane’s Punisher narrowly survived that fight against his seemingly impervious foe. During a recent episode o…

At long last, Ganondorf is getting the Figma figure treatment. For anyone looking to pit Link against the franchise’s big bad, Amazon has opened preorders for a Ganondorf figure ($97) based on the character’s–very swole–appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Like the Tears of the Kingdom Link Figma, you’ll have to wait until next year for Ganondorf. Preorder Ganondorf at Amazon Preorder Link at Amazon

Like other Figma collectibles, Ganondorf’s plastic doppelgänger has an impressive amount of articulation to strike a wide variety of poses and comes with a ton of accessories, including swappable face plates to give the demon king different facial expressions. Pair that with other optional parts for different poses and an arsenal of deadly wea…

Kit Harington famously played Jon Snow on HBO’s Game of Thrones, and he was working on an idea for a new TV series that would bring the character back. It never happened, though, and now Harington has discussed part of the reason why.Speaking to Collider, Harington said the he and his collaborators never found a story that lived up to his standards. “It was just about not finding the right story and not finding something that was worth doing, to bring me back to it and to stay in it. It just made less sense, the longer we went on with it, so we recanted,” he said.He went on to say that his thought process was, “I don’t want to do this unless it’s the most astounding idea and unless it makes total sense.”Harington said he was “annoyed” by the fact that his plans for a Jon Snow TV series got…