The developer of the hotly anticipated Silent Hill 2 remake has taken the unusual step of appealing for patience as calls for gameplay from eager fans intensify.
08.11.2023 - 01:51 / hardcoregamer.com / Ea Sports Ufc / Hardcore
EA Sports UFC 5 has been out for a while and is available for 10 hours for those with an EA Play subscription on either Xbox Series consoles or the PS5. While the core gameplay has seen some tuning up from the prior entry, one thing we have never seen before is the inclusion of this many early versions of fighters. UFC Undisputed 3 had UFC and earlier PRIDE versions of some fighters – but certainly not to this extent. The first season of Origins versions of fighters has now launched with eight fighters getting new virtual incarnations based on key early moments in their careers.
The earliest in the overall timeline would be Jon Jones’ gear at UFC 87 from 2008 – he was a short-notice replacement and began his run inside the Octagon on that night before becoming the arguable greatest fighter pound for pound of all-time and certainly the most dominant fighter in UFC history overall. In 2013, Connor McGregor came into the UFC via UFC on Fuel 9 – which was a third-tier show – but led to a fast KO in under a minute to make him a star overnight. Leon Edwards’s rebound in 2015 at UFC Fight Night 64 is showcased with a big eight second win that can be celebrated here with a new version of him in the game.
Sean O’Malley’s the first Contender Series fighter showcased here and his debut in 2017 is showcased here, while Alex Pereira also gets a 2017 showcase as well. Alexander Volkanovski gets a 2011 throwback, while Valentine Shevchenko’s 2014 Octagon debut and subsequent nine years of dominance can be replicated. Finally, Israel Adesanya’s 2017 run gets him immortalized in a second incarnation within the game. From now until November 16, you can also get a free download of Muhammad Ali as well and a new Fight Week launches in the game to celebrated UFC 2915 in Madison Square Garden.
The in-game Fight Nights allow you to take on fight contracts of varying difficulties – enabling you to go all-out for a big challenge if you want to, or if you want to take it easy, go with lower stakes and reap rewards even then. Players can also issue PPV fantasy picks alongside ten overall challenges for Fight Week that enable thing like fighter variants and new cosmetics for created fighters. You can play EA Sports UFC now on any Xbox Series console or on the PlayStation 5. It follows up on the last entry with more content than ever before and more polish for the action.
The developer of the hotly anticipated Silent Hill 2 remake has taken the unusual step of appealing for patience as calls for gameplay from eager fans intensify.
Focus Entertainment has announced that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2has been delayed to the second half of 2024.
Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) is going through advertising revenue troubles after many of its major advertisers such as Apple, IBM, Comcast, and others have pulled ads from the platform. But despite the hiccup, the platform continues to bring new features for the users. In a new announcement that came directly from Musk, the platform is introducing another way for its Premium subscribers to get a larger reach on the platform, this time with some strategic control over it. Musk has revealed that adding posts to the Highlights tab, which was introduced in August, will enable users to reach more users.
The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski has given fans a release window for the highly anticipated next book in the series, alongside a possible tease of its story.
X (formerly Twitter) has once again found itself in troubled waters courtesy its billionaire owner, Elon Musk. Ever since the Israel-Hamas conflict began, the social media platform has been filled with hate posts, propaganda, and misinformation. But recently, brands have pulled the plug on advertising on the platform citing antisemitism as a big reason. Recently, IBM, Disney, Warner Bros., Discovery, and EU pulled ads, and now Apple has joined the list as well, as per a report. Incidentally, the big chunk of the advertisers exiting came after company owner Elon Musk replied in support of a post accusing Jewish people of hating white people.
Unsatisfied with getting 14,000 kills as Nikki Minaj over a 76-hour grind to bag the alleged world-first Interstellar weapon camo, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 streamer Reidboyy upped the ante to 195 sweaty hours to dual-wield the elusive Borealis camo.
Big-name Hollywood actors playing important roles in games has become an increasingly common occurrence over the years, and CD Projekt RED has been one of the studios at the forefront of that, with Keanu Reeves starring in Cyberpunk 2077 and its expansion Phantom Liberty, and Idris Elba in the latter. So is that something that we can expect to see more of from the Polish company in the future, especially with the inevitable Cyberpunk 2?
CD Projekt Red (CDPR) is launching an official mod editor for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2024.
Publisher 11 bit studios and developer Fool’s Theory have delayed narrative RPG The Thaumaturge from its previously planned December 5 release date to February 20, 2024. It will be available for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series at a later date.
Yesterday, South Korean game developer and publisher NEOWIZ announced via press release that it acquired a 21% stake (through a $17 million investment) in the newly founded Polish studio BLANK.
Cyberpunk 2077's lead quest designer Pawel Sasko has shared a few thoughts on the next Cyberpunk game, the mysterious "Orion" project. It's at a very early stage, with a core team that currently includes Cyberpunk 2077 game director Gabriel Amatangelo, narrative director Igor Sarinski and Sarah Gruemmer, expert quest designer, who worked on the storyline for Judy Alvarez in the previous game. They've all moved or are in the process of moving from Poland to Boston in the USA, where CD Projekt have opened a new office. One of the major challenges, right now, is getting to grips with Epic's Unreal Engine.
As 2023 comes to a close, the games industry once again prepares for another ceremony recognizing the year’s line-up of adventures that made us laugh, cry, and everything in between. While we all have our personal lists, The Game Awards (TGA) packages that into something a little more formal.