They’ll also require GeForce Experience Here’s a quick rundown of how development on big PC games often works. When a developer is working on a AAA game, a team or a person from graphics card producers Nvidia or AMD will often be embedded into the studio to help improve performance on their company’s hardware as much as possible. That’s why you’ll have games with “Optimised for Nvidia” and the like in the splash screens....

‘This is an opportunity for us to jump years head’ Microsoft dropped a huge bombshell during its E3 conference yesterday. Not content to just sit around and let the Xbox One flounder, MStook initiative and boughta couple of notable game developers along with creating a brand new company. While a few of those devs were basically Microsoft companies (their past projects had only been on Xbox consoles), Ninja Theory’s acquisition seemed completely out of left field....

Konami revealedSaw IIduring their decked out preview event last night here in San Francisco. The new game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is the sequel to last year’s gruesome horror game and is set in between the first and secondSawmovies. You’ll be following Detective Tapp as he is forced to go through all of Jigsaw’s new and deadly traps. The game immediately begins with Tapp having to cut open his face in order to pull out a key that unlocks the device over his head....

First revealed in May 2023,Phantom Blade Zerois an intense sword-fighting kungfu punk game that looks like it borrows a lot of inspiration fromSekiro: Shadows Die Twice. InPhantom Blade Zero, players take on the role of a warrior who has had his heart stolen and is left with a mere 66 days to live. He’s using those 66 days to try to reclaim his heart, but he’s also going to need to fight through some of the strangest and most imposing enemies in the land....

We didn’t get any gameplay today Just what we all wanted! Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto himself appeared onthis morning’s Nintendo Directto confirm thatPikmin 4would be out in 2023. No more aimless waiting! Miyamoto said that althoughwe weren’t getting any gameplaytoday, we did get a single screenshot. According to Miyamoto, the gameplay is “simpler” this time around, with a focus on “dandori;” or “strategically deploying and commanding the Pikmin.” It’s been a while sincePikmin 3, that’s for sure!...

Also, moreAnimal Crossingvillagers Out with the old, in with the new.Nintendo Switch OnlineZeldarewards are now live, andyou can grab them until July 4 at 6PM PT, when they’ll be cycled out for something else. The Switch OnlineZeldaicons include several Link poses (of course), as well as a smiling Daruk, a Guardian about to destroy someone, Purah, theZeldalogo, and a piece of raw prime meat. Nintendo is putting out the first “wave” through June 13 at 5:59PM PT....

Gotta Take Time Sega has announced that its postponedSonic the Hedgehognews – which was originally expected to be revealed in March – is to be delayed further, and will now be held back until an undisclosed date. The mystery news was originally expected to drop at SXSW 2020 last month, but said event was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic. Segaoriginally statedthat it would instead release the news sometime this month, buta new tweet on theSonic the HedgehogTwitterimplies that this will no longer be happening....

Down but not out Paydaypublisher Starbreeze is seemingly struggling as of late. The Swedish game developer has filed for reconstruction due to a shortage of liquid assets — capital that can be near-immediately turned into cash. As part of the reconstruction process, Starbreeze has ousted CEO Bo Andersson. Additionally, Andersson and Kristofer Arwin have relinquished their seats on the board of directors. Starbreeze has removed its financial targets for fiscal years 2018 and 2020 as a result of this restructuring....

We’re gonna need a bigger can of Raid It’s a little bitEarth Defense Force, a little bitCommand & Conquer, and a little bit schlocky 90s cinema. There are a billion bugs, and you’re going to exterminate them all. Starship Troopersis being adapted into a real-time strategy game.Starship Troopers: Terran Commandputs you in charge of the human effort in the mismatched war against the Arachnids. We have firepower; they have a lot of bugs....

Fashion assassin The recentResident Evil 2remake isGood. It’s scary and sometimes silly, an all-around engaging (and replayable!) reimagining of a classic game.Resident Evil 2‘s modern incarnation is a survival horror high water mark. It’s the haunting, photorealistic visual style that truly elevatesResident Evil 2. The Racoon City Police Department is a haunted house in the throes of chaos, a threatening mess of cluttered rooms and barricaded hallways. There’s an almost obsessive level of attention to detail at play here....

New Body, New Skills, Same Cheese During this weekend’s Capcom Cup, the publisher revealed the 40thfighter headed to the roster ofStreet Fighter V: Champion Edition.And in an announcement I don’t thinkanybodysaw coming,Street Fighter IV‘s notoriously annoying boss Seth is returning to the ring. A “perfect being” composed of the fighting data of all who face them, Seth is ready to rumble once again, their A.I. transferred into a new body, previous reserved as a Bison “Doll....

Hmmm… Last week Japan had a specialFreedom Warsrelated event. During the convention-like affair, Sony had an announcement for fans — a new Propaganda Idol project is underway. Based on the fictional idols within the confines of the game, the project, called “5,” involves five new songs from the outfit. The in-game reasoning behind the group is to pump up prisoners in the dystopian universe. The “tease” ended up being a lottery for attendees, not an announcement for DLC or a sequel....

I could always use more Wii U games Despite the fact that it wasn’t on my radar until this week, I’m intrigued by the Kickstarter projectThe Girl and The Robot, which just hit its Wii U stretch goal today. Billed as “Ghibli meetsIco,” the game features a story involving a girl who’s trapped in a castle, on a quest to escape with the help of a noble robot knight. You’ll be able to switch between the girl and the robot at will, and both characters have unique abilities to help solve puzzle and battle situations....