Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’s Madagascan jeep chase almost featured a stunt made famous during Sean Connery’s sixth outing as James Bond (I mean, why not, Drake does look pretty sharp in a dinner jacket after all). The stunt in question comes from the 1971 film Diamonds are Forever, where Sean Connery’s Bond tips his…
A fan made video focusing on 2013’s The Last of Us highlights some of the most impressive details hidden within the game that many may have missed. Ahead of The Last of Us Part 1’s release for the PS5 (and eventually PC), content creator Speclizer has revisited the first game in Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic world….
It’s Monday, it’s DF Direct Weekly – which as the name heavily implies – is Digital Foundry’s weekly show, where team members take a break from their current projects to discuss the latest gaming and technology news. What’s excited us the most this week is the ‘shadow drop’ of Valve’s Portal and Portal 2 for…
Do you remember when, earlier this year, Horizon: Forbidden West came out and Sony said it would plant trees in the real world for everyone who earned the Daunt trophy in the game? Actually, did anyone earn that trophy? Well done if you did. Anyway, that was made especially by Sony for something called the…
Capcom has revealed Monster Hunter Rise’s expansion Sunbreak – which adds new quest ranks, locales, monsters and never-before-experienced hunting actions to the game – has shipped over 2m units across the globe. Considering how recently this launched, that is some pretty good going! In addition to this, the company also revealed that Monster Hunter Rise…
A remake of Suda51’s cult zombie game Lollipop Chainsaw has been confirmed for release next year. Release platforms are yet to be announced, though the original game arrived for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 back in 2012. As teased last month, this return is being overseen by Yoshimi Yasuda, the original game’s executive producer,…
Ubisoft recently announced it would pull the plug on a number of its older games, stopping online and multiplayer support. Titles affected by this move include Anno 2070, Far Cry 3, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, and Assassin’s Creed 2. However, the powers that be at Ubisoft Mainz, developer of Anno 2070 are not going to…
Bungie’s under-wraps work with Chinese publisher NetEase involves a mobile shooter set in the Destiny universe, a new report has claimed. Job adverts for a Destiny project were previously spotted last year by The Game Post. Required skills included a “willingness to travel to China” on a regular basis, and host Chinese partner teams. NetEase…
A new listing suggests PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of What Remains of Edith Finch could be heading our way soon. Spotted by TwistedVoxel, the ever-leaky Taiwanese Game Rating website now has both a native PS5 and Xbox Series X/S release of the game listed in its catalogue. While there have been no…
A new study has forecast how the video games industry will perform over the course of 2022, and suggests a year-on-year decline following a strong period of growth. The sale of games, consoles and subscription services contributed to a enormous $191bn global total in 2021, which will fall slightly to $188bn this year, according to…