Dragon’s Dogma 2 takes inspiration from GTA 5, director says

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One of the biggest mysteries in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been (sort of) solved, as director Hidemaro Fujibayashi has offered an explanation as to why there’s no Sheikah technology in the Nintendo Switch title, despite the prevalence of it in its predecessor, Breath of the Wild. 

While creating the new sci-fi action epic The Creator, director Gareth Edwards drew on his lifelong love of science fiction and cinema to fashion a world that walks the lines between spirituality and technology, artifice and emotion.

Alan Wake 2 is looking like it’s going to be a significant departure from its predecessor in many ways, and one in particular that has stood out so far is the fact that it’s going to have two protagonists sharing the spotlight, with the titular hero Alan Wake being joined by newcomer Saga Anderson, an FBI profiler who comes to Bright Falls to investigate a string of ritual murders.

Remedy Entertainment has an excellent track record with music and audio design in its releases, so expectations from Alan Wake 2 are naturally high on that front. And according to the developer, the survival horror sequel isn’t going to disappoint.

Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield launched last month and received praise from critics (check out our review) and players. However, with more than 1000 planets, extensive ship-building and several activities, the space-faring RPG’s journey is only beginning.

Cyberpunk 2077 marks the end for CD Projekt's REDengine, the in-house technology that it's been building on since 2011's The Witcher 2. Last year, CD Projekt announced that its next Witcher game and other games going forward—including Cyberpunk's sequel, codename Orion—will be developed with Unreal Engine 5.

CD Projekt RED has said a few times now that Phantom Liberty is to be Cyberpunk 2077’s one and only expansion, and as you may have expected, that still remains the plan now, in spite of the success that the developer is enjoying in the aftermath of the expansion and the base game’s impressive overhaul with Update 2.0.

CD Projekt Red has always stuck by its games. The Witcher and The Witcher 2 both got massively improved Enhanced Editions about a year after launch, while The Witcher 3 more recently got its big next-gen update a full seven years later. But none of those games had the rough landing of Cyberpunk 2077's, which led to everything from staff departures to class action lawsuits. The list of things to fix was vast, and the list of things that could be improved was even longer. It seemed like at some point, CD Projekt would have to declare the game done, perfect or not, and move on—especially when the studio decided to switch its future projects to Unreal Engine 5, easing Cyberpunk's REDengine towards retirement.

Cyberpunk 2077 game director Gabe Amatangelo has confirmed that the studio isn’t planning any more big updates for the title.

It’s sometimes very surprising to gamers how long it takes for a sequel to a hit title to emerge. After all, in the various media industries, the notion of getting a sequel out quickly is almost necessary. But in the gaming community, they know more than most that if you rush out a title, it’ll backfire. For Capcom, they had a hit game released in 2012 that eventually gained really good standing with the fanbase. But a decade later, it’s still not out yet. However, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is coming, and the team has clear goals about what they want to do with it.

Director Hideaki Itsuno mentions Rockstar's title as one source of inspiration for the action-RPG sequel.