Sega Reveals New Details on Crazy Taxi, Shinobi, and Golden Axe Reboots

Nvidia has unveiled a "significant leap in AI NPC technology" said to make characters even more lifelike as they perform real-time actions even when the player is idle.

Of the many games that took the stage at The Game Awards in December, Archetype Entertainment’s Exodus was one of the ones that turned the most heads. Coming from a team of former BioWare veterans, the narrative-driven sci-fi RPG certainly looked like an intriguing prospect in its debut trailer, and in the aftermath of its announcement, Archetype Entertainment has revealed several new details on the game through a series of Q&A videos. The videos reveal new details on Exodus’ setting, its choice and consequence mechanics, and more, summarized neatly on Twitter by @shinobi602.

Next week is pretty big for League of Legends fans, as Season 2024 of the long-running title kicks off on January 10, bringing with it a whole host of new content. To get fans hyped up for the new season, developer Riot Games has announced some of the changes and additions ahead of time, a lot of which are inspired by the Netflix series Arcane to celebrate the release of Season 2 this November.

The long-rumoured MultiVersus promo at McDonald's has finally gone live, giving us a new look at the game's updated renders for most of the fighters on the roster and seemingly hinting at the reveal of the 24th playable character.

Social media giant Facebook has unveiled its latest virtual reality headset, the Oculus Quest 2.

Cyberpunk 2077 lets players choose either a male or female version of protagonist V to play as, but developer CD Projekt Red made them both equally valid from the very beginning of development.

Sega has detailed more of its plans to revive a swathe of classic game franchises, including Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Steets of Rage.

SEGA shared new information and artwork of its recently announced legacy franchise revivals Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage during its Management Meeting 2023 presentation on December 12. The new information appears to suggest Jet Set Radio will be set in an open-world Tokyo, and the Streets of Rage game is titled Streets of Rage: Revolution.

Sega has provided some new details about its recently announced reboots of five classic series.

Developer Creepy Jar, best known for their open-world survival sim Green Hell, officially revealed their next title as a sci-fi base builder titled StarRupture. Earlier this year Creepy Jar briefly teased the game during the PC Gaming Show though it was codenamed Chimera. In StarRupture, players will build up their base on an alien planet stuck in a catastrophic cycle of destruction by a nearby star.

The next major biome for Iron Gate’s Valheim is the Ashlands, a fiery region with lava and extreme temperatures. In a new Steam post, the developer confirmed its launch for the first half of 2024 but noted that it would arrive in the Public Test Branch first. On top of this, it released a new “Walk and Talk” video where the team discusses various aspects of the new biome.

With astress test planned for early 2024, and Early Access in February, the Nightingale team is reflecting on recent changes and happenings in its latest devblog.