Netflix’s TV adaptation of The Witcher was generally well-received when it premiered on the streaming platform last December, with the main complaint being the series’ confusing split timeline. Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has confirmed that the Season 2 timeline will stay linear now that the stories of Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri have all … Read more

    Guerilla Games’ hugely successful Horizon Zero Dawn is getting a sequel for PlayStation 5. It’s named Horizon: Forbidden West. Main character Aloy will return, of course, in a story set subsequent to that of Zero Dawn and its expansion, The Frozen Wilds. New enemies shown included a robo-elephant that looked like a mumakil … Read more

    Fans have been eagerly awaiting Halo Infinite gameplay footage for a long time, and it’s finally (probably) coming in July. While we wait for that, Microsoft has now released the penultimate instalment in its “Sound Design Saturday” series, showcasing how the audio team went about capturing and recording sounds for the new Halo … Read more

        After years of development and multiple delays, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II is almost here–the game launches on June 19 for PlayStation 4. Ahead of that, Naughty Dog has released 20 new screenshots from the game that show off its post-apocalyptic world. The images, which were posted on … Read more

    Modders have had their fun with Nemesis from the Resident Evil 3 remake – and Mr. X from the Resident Evil 2 remake before it – for quite some time. But as a Street Fighter fan this latest mod caught my eye. Instead of the hulking monstrosity that is Nemesis, we have the … Read more

      Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) By the time the fifth generation of hardware arrived, 3D polygons in video games were nothing new. What changed was the available home consoles’ power to manipulate them, forcing developers to adapt and evolve. Overnight, hundreds of 2D game series had full-3D makeovers with mixed success, but … Read more

    Around this time of year, like countless other Brits, I’d be packing up my car with a tent, a sleeping bag and a few crates of beer and making the drive across France to the greatest race of them all – in fact, I’d say it’s one of the greatest sporting events of … Read more

    UPDATE 12/6/20: The Pokémon Company will match Niantic’s large donation of at least $5m following this year’s Pokémon Go Fest live events. In a short statement posted to Twitter today, The Pokémon Company said the money would go to “improving the lives of children with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion”, including … Read more

    It’s become something of a Digital Foundry tradition to pull out all of the stops when a new first-party console exclusive arrives, especially from a developer with a rich history in elevating the state of the art. We plan to do exactly that with Naughty Dog’s The Last of us Part 2 – … Read more

    An early build of Gods & Monsters was available to play on Google Stadia last night, following a serious slip-up by the streaming platform. This unfinished demo version of Ubisoft’s fantasy RPG was briefly available on Stadia’s store, listed under the code-name Orpheus. So, of course, people got to playing it. As expected, … Read more

    Baldur’s Gate 3 hits early access in August 2020 – assuming all goes to plan. Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke made the announcement today during the Guerrilla Collective showcase, saying development had been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus has set back performance capture, Vincke said, but as companies return to work, the … Read more

    Five of the Best is a weekly series about the small details we rush past when we’re playing but which shape a game in our memory for years to come. Details like the way a character jumps or the title screen you load into, or the potions you use and maps you refer … Read more

        Total War developer Creative Assembly is taking the historical war series to Ancient Greece for its next installment, A Total War Saga: Troy. The game arrives on the Epic Games Store later this summer, and we got to see some new footage of it and learn some new details during the … Read more