Tag: Hack&Slash

Could Palworld triumph over Pokémon in lawsuit? Japan’s rejection of Nintendo patent might make things more interesting

Could Palworld triumph over…

Amid Nintendo’s ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld, the company’s initial efforts to patent a variety of Pokémon-style monster…
Monster Hunter: Wilds sales have plummeted, lagging behind even the last game’s DLC and a two-year-old Street Fighter game

Monster Hunter: Wilds sales…

Capcom has released its latest bi-annual financial report, revealing among other interesting tidbits that Monster Hunter: Wilds sales have…
If only Hideo Kojima had known the Wachowskis wanted him to make a Matrix game, maybe he could have found a way to make it work

If only Hideo Kojima…

Reports have been swirling that The Wachowski sisters, creators of The Matrix series of films, once approached Konami to…
Individual Diablo, Hades and Persona orchestral musical concerts are coming to London, and if last year’s Baldur’s Gate 3 concert was anything to go by, you won’t want to miss them

Individual Diablo, Hades and…

The Game Music Festival returns to London next year with individual orchestral concerts for the music from Diablo, Hades…
Creator of Bayonetta and Devil May Cry, Hideki Kamiya, thinks new action games need more than pretty graphics

Creator of Bayonetta and…

New action games, in the style of Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, need to offer more than just great…
Palworld studio Pocketpair won’t publish games with AI – “we don’t believe in it”

Palworld studio Pocketpair won’t…

Palworld studio Pocketpair won’t be publishing games with AI, Web3, or NFTs in them, because the company “doesn’t believe…
Blockbuster games are “not really sustainable”, says former God of War exec, adding games should be “fun first”

Blockbuster games are “not…

Blockbuster games with outsized budgets and big spectacle are “not really sustainable in terms of the cost of development”,…
Don’t let anyone tell you you’re not skilled enough to enjoy Ninja Gaiden 4 – I’m near-incompetent yet having an absolute blast with Xbox’s hack ‘n’ slash

Don’t let anyone tell…

I have been known to get “well into” games, but I can never predict what they’ll be. For example,…
Sleeping Dogs movie back on track as Marvel star Simu Liu reveals the draft script is “done”

Sleeping Dogs movie back…

The movie adaptation of Sleeping Dogs is not only back on track, but the first draft of the script…
Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has died, age 58

Dead or Alive and…

Tomonobu Itagaki, responsible for creating both the Dead or Alive and 3D Ninja Gaiden series, has died. Read more…