People have the right to be cynical, says creative director It’s always a bit scary when a new, unproven developer takes over a well-loved franchise. Sometimes the results arereally good, and other times they aredownright disastrous.Batman: Arkham Originscreative director Eric Holmes (no relation to our Holmes…I think) is aware of this, and confident their work is up to par. “I would say that people have the right to be cynical; they have the option to be cynical,” Holmes said in a interview withGameSpot....

I’m not the kind of person who believes that a game needs tograb your attentionwithin the first X number of minutes to be worth your time. That would exclude a massive number of games with slow build-ups, which are just as rewarding. However, I do appreciate it when a game wields its introduction effectively. From Jake Armitage kicking his way out of a drawer at the morgue inShadowrunfor the SNES, to the death and return of Commander Shepard inMass Effect 2, these moments can live on in my brain, even if the rest of the game is a blur....

After aweek hiatus, YTMND Thursday is back! The videogame YTMND drought continues however and are still pretty hard to find. Big thanks to CannibalCalvin as always for the backup. If you come across any YTMNDs, than dropme a line! I really love the Winners play videogames YTMND. It contains a bunch of spoilers, but if you haven’t played most of these games by now, then you just pretty much fail. The Heavy Weapons guy pregnancy is totally random too....

We asked several world-reputed masters of unlocking to rank the best puzzles in the series Though it gave usResident Evil 4,Capcom’sseries shift from straight-up survival horror to more action-oriented territory displeased many fans. And if you miss the slower, more cerebral gameplay of the earlyResident Evilgames, then this list is for you. We’ve come up with a ranking of the 10 most interesting puzzles in the series that are 100% roundhouse kicking, boulder-punching-free....

You’ll be carving in no time Monster Hunterhas made the jump to modern consoles, and with it comes a brand new audience. I love seeing more and more people experience the series for the first time, just as I did nottoolong ago. Where do I even begin? There is a lot to take in while playingMonster Hunterin any capacity, and there can seem to be an endless string of tutorials thrown at you early on....

Put down that controller. Dr. Tom Tilley has shown us the way to playPuzzle Bobble(also known for years asBust-A-Movein the West) as the Gods of Finger Dexterity intended: by using a salad spinner. If you’re like me, you don’t put dirty plants in your mouth, so you might not know what a salad spinner is. My research suggests that it’s a device used to remove water from leafy vegetables after you wash them....

Summons, do your thing LegendarySouls-like player Iron Pineapple is at it again, this time with anElden Ringpacifist run, with receipts. Note that this video is a truncated run-through of the entire game, which includes boss spoilers! Other than item and summon names, our recap below is spoiler-free. Here’s how they completed anElden Ringpacifist run: Essentially, they served as a bard/cheerleader for their “party,” who did the dirty work for them....

I’meagerly anticipatingthespring releaseofPortal 2, just like most of you, and Valve has sent out something to tide us over for the next few months: the game’s box art. The cover’s designers certainly took less of a minimalistic approach than the artists of thecover of the originalPortal, but I like it — it does a great job of illustratingPortal 2′s, uh, two-ness. The cover features two portals, as well as both of the robots that you’ll be playing as in the game’s co-op mode....

A classic adventure remastered by Nightdive One of Westwood’s classics is enhanced and available again, this time for modern hardware.Blade Runner: Enhanced Editionis finally out today for PC and consoles. Nightdive Studios put together this remastered version of the 1997 adventure classic. It’s available digitally on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles, and on the Nintendo Switch. TheEnhanced Editionis also getting aLimited Run physical version, too. While Westwood may be known for its history in the real-time strategy genre,Blade Runnerwas its surprise adventure hit....

One of the people I’m most looking forward to meeting atthis year’s MAGFestis Kinuyo Yamashita, the legendary game composer we all have to thank for making the originalCastlevaniasound so damn good. Her work can also be heard on such titles asPower Blade,Parodius,Pocky & Rocky, andMega Man X3. Speaking ofX3, Yamashita-san uploaded a video to her YouTube account last week, in which she performs a piano arrangement of Blizzard Buffalo’s theme with a dash of Zero’s theme for good measure....

You’d think no crossover was too bizarre for fighting games after they got Master Chief inDead Or Alive.Still, nothing could’ve prepared me to learn that CR7 himself is coming to disputeFatal Fury:City Of The Wolves‘ crown. SNK’s official YouTube channel just released a trailer showing both the man himself and his in-game appearance, and it’s wild. From what we see, Ronaldo will have a ball, and his moveset will be inspired by actualfootballsoccer acrobatics....

Planet Left With Neighbor KeokeN Interactive has shared the news that its epic sci-fi adventureDeliver Us Marswill no longer meet its previously expected September 2022 release date. Speaking on Twitter, the Dutch studio rescheduled the launch of its passion project to June 25, 2025, when it will finally arrive on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms. “It is important to us that this experience is the best it can be at launch....

Why not start as you mean to go on, yeah? Discord is probably one of the most popular chat services in the world, but even this monolithic communication tool is not immune to the dreaded “L” word. It turns out it, too, is about to lay a chunk of its workforce off. According to a report fromThe Verge, Discord has announced it will be letting 17% of its staff go – the equivalent of 170 people – across numerous departments....