Posts By Mat Growcott

Wolfenstein, Dishonored and Prey will be getting re-released collections for Xbox Series X and S according to new ratings by the ESRB. Wolfenstein Alt History Collection and Dishonored & Prey: The Arkane Collection have both been rated M for mature by the ratings body. The Wolfenstein set contains four games, although it isn’t specific as to which will be included. It’s most likely we’ll get The New Order, Old Blood, Wolfenstein II and ...

Supposedly leaked art for a canceled Superman game has revealed its villain could have been Bizarro. Rocksteady were working on a Superman game after finishing Arkham Knight, but it got canned by Warner Brothers. The studio, which has worked almost exclusively on Batman games since before 2009, is now developing a Suicide Squad game. Now concept artist Jerad Marantz has revealed concept art for Bizarro, which he says was designed for a cancelled game. Posted ...

Microsoft have opened the warchest and it’s been a long time coming. With confirmation that further studio and publisher purchases could happen, it’s exciting to think about who could be next. Some online speculation has just gone for the obvious: “EA would be a good buy – think of FIFA!”. But there’s more to it than that – there needs to be a connection in ideas, a benefit for both sides. Here are five purchases big ...

Some controversial comments about the PlayStation 5 led to some unfair attacks on legendary game developer David Jaffe – and to the God of War creator defending himself. Users on Neogaf took offense at Jaffe’s comments that Sony would be relegated to “Nintendo circa Gamecube or N64”. Their first attack was on his relevance to the industry, and Jaffe was quick to hit back with some wise words. He said: “Most who talk about such ...

Xbox Series S hasn’t gone up for pre-order yet in Japan, but Microsoft have already dropped the price. The price has gone from 32,980 yen ($315) to 29,980 yen ($285). The reduction was made this morning, ahead of the company’s TGS show this afternoon. The Series X price has not been changed. Prices do not include sales tax. In a statement, Microsoft said: “Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. will revise the domestic sales price of the Xbox Series S, ...

Xbox Series X sold out in less than 20 minutes on Amazon UK, with other stores also struggling to meet demand. Preorders for Microsoft’s most powerful console began at a little after 8am, instantly crashing the Amazon page when it appeared. Lucky gamers who managed to actually reach the purchase page didn’t have long to buy their device – it was reading “currently unavailable” by 8.20am. Elsewhere, Smyths and Game were both having ...

Amazon UK stopped taking pre-orders for PlayStation 5 consoles in less than half an hour. Pre-orders went live at about 9.05am and the device was removed from searches on the website by 9.30am. The website currently reads: “We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock.” Some reported issues before pre-orders were closed. The website was crashing, and some purchase links just returned hopeful gamers to the Amazon ...

In an ideal world, launch games would be generation proof right out of the gate. We’d have Last of Us 2 quality games to play on day one, developer experience be damned. That’s not the real world though. In the real world, generations are mostly bluff and bluster, and there’s no reason to force people to upgrade. Since it was revealed that Horizon and Spider-man will be cross-gen games last night, some have declared it the death of next-gen. ...

Couch co-op has been on life support for longer than I care to think. Now even the staples are starting to get away from split-screen. With next-gen shockingly close, it doesn’t seem things are going to be getting any better. Battletoads gave a nostalgic feeling for a time when every great game seemed to be better with friends. That’s still true for today in many ways – so long as you’re not actually sat next to those friends. Keeping ...

Reviewing Crusader Kings III is no easy task. On one hand, you could base your score on the technical achievements: the thousands of events, the potential for unlimited gameplay and modding. On the other hand, you can build your thoughts on that one time you found out your son was carrying out an incestuous relationship with his mother, and you protected their secret before murdering them both in cold blood. Either way, this game is a winner. Grand strategy ...