Super Mario Bros. Wonder Director: Online Multiplayer Had to Be ‘Stress-Free’ for Players
Super Mario Bros. Wonder's game director explains the ways the development team tried to remove all of the friction – sometimes literally – from the online multiplayer gameplay.
Starfield almost had a voiced protagonist similar to Fallout 4
Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo says Bethesda initially wanted to stick with AAA industry trends of the time and have your character be voiced.
Bethesda Reveals That Starfield Almost Had a Voiced Protagonist
According to one of Starfield's lead designers, Bethesda's RPG almost had a fully-voiced protagonist. Ultimately, though, Bethesda went in a different direction, not the least because of the backlash against…
Starfield Almost Had A Voiced Protagonist, But Here’s Why Bethesda Decided Against It
Starfield's protagonist is not voiced, but that wasn't always the case. In pre-production, Bethesda Game Studios wanted to have a voiced protagonist, and the company even hired an actor and…
Avowed Originally Had Multiplayer Co-Op
Obsidian Entertainment revealed that its upcoming RPG, Avowed, originally had multiplayer co-op before the studio pivoted to make it a single-player game.In the fifth and final part of Obsidian's 20th-anniversary…
Nintendo Just Had A Record-Breaking Quarter Thanks To Tears Of The Kingdom
Nintendo just had one of its best first quarters since the launch of the Switch in 2017, thanks in part to sales of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the…
Nintendo Just Had a Huge Quarter Thanks to Tears of the Kingdom and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Nintendo saw huge revenue and profit gains off the back of the enormous success of Tears of the Kingdom and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Activision Blizzard claims Diablo 4 had over 10 million playing for over 700 million hours in June
Diablo 4's record-setting launch accounted for big financial wins for Activision Blizzard in Q2 2023.
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has had 70 million signups since launch
He's previously said he'd like to get Threads up to a billion users as soon as possible.
Hi-Fi Rush Never Had a PS5 Version
Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media meant that some potential PlayStation ports prematurely got the axe. However, Hi-Fi Rush wasn’t one of those titles since it never had a PS5 version…