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- With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)
- Vib-Ribbon: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game – The New York Times (2026)
- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It – Aftermath (2026)
Author: John Scalzo
10 more Guitar Hero Live tracks revealed by Activision
It worked so well the last week that Activision has decided to reveal another ten tracks from Guitar Hero Live that span the gamut from hard rock to metal all the way back to hard rock. What are you waiting for, throw up the horns for these tunes…
- Anthrax – “Got the Time”
- Architects – “Gravedigger”
- Beartooth – “I Have A Problem”
- Chevelle – “The Clincher”
- A Day to Remember – “Right Back At It Again”
- Halestorm – “Love Bites (So Do I)”
- Pearl Jam – “Mind Your Manners”
- Rise Against – “Tragedy + Time”
- Soundgarden – “Been Away Too Long”
- Tenacious D – “Tribute”
Including the first batch of songs, Activision has officially announced 44 tracks from the upcoming rhythm revival, which will be released this Fall for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U.
New trailer confirms Extreme Exorcism is also coming to PS3 and Wii U this year
Developer Golden Ruby Games is hard at work on Extreme Exorcism, an arena platformer where players have to bust a bunch of ghosts while avoiding attacks from their past lives. The premise alone should be enough to put it on your radar, but development is also coming along nicely as we awarded it a Best of PAX East 2015 badge earlier this year.
In fact, Extreme Exorcism was a huge hit with a lot of convention-goers, many of whom asked the developer to bring the game to the PS3 and Wii U in addition to its previously-announced destinations (PC, PS4, and Xbox One). As you might have guessed from the headline, Golden Ruby has granted their wish and released a brand new gameplay trailer to boot.
Extreme Exorcism will be available for all five platforms later this year, but it’ll likely be after this year’s E3 Expo as Golden Ruby plans to demo the game in Ripstone Publishing’s booth at the big show.
Ride the “Savage Road” in this new Mad Max story trailer
“Life is a Savage Road. Out here, a man with no wheels is a man with no hope.”
After the massive success of Mad Max: Fury Road, WB Games and Avalanche Studios have decided to give us another dose of their upcoming Mad Max game, which will be released on September 1 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
In the new trailer, which has been embedded above, we learn a little bit more about the game’s story and come face-to-face with Lord Scrotus, a Wasteland warlord with his own pack of War Boys. Set before the events of Fury Road, the gang steals Max’s beloved Interceptor and leaves him for dead… setting up a vengeance-fueled car chase, which is something of a specialty for Max.
Lord Scrotus probably should have just walked away.
Until Dawn will be released on August 25
Sony has announced Until Dawn, their deranged-killer-in-the-woods tale (and there’s a cabin too), will be released on August 25. Suppermassive’s horror game has traveled a rocky road from announcement to release (the game was originally expected to be a Move-exclusive title for the PS3), but there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel.
To celebrate, the developer has released a brand new “Launch Date Trailer” that features even more footage of teenagers in peril. Any, or all, of the eight characters can be felled by the killer’s axe… and we might finally know who’s playing him. Posting on the PlayStation Blog, Supermassive’s Pete Samuels announced that Peter Stomare has joined the game’s cast in a mystery role. While we don’t know if Stormare will be playing the killer, he’s portrayed a psycho so many times on film (most famously in Fargo) that it would be a huge shock if he were a good guy.
Finally, Sony and Supermassive also revealed that players who pre-order Until Dawn will receive access to a special Bonus Chapter. According to Samuels this chapter will star Matt and Emily, “a new couple, out on the mountain… but it’s not long until they start to suspect they aren’t alone.”
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Capcom will release a remake of Resident Evil 0 in early 2016
After selling more than one million copies of the Resident Evil remake earlier this year, Capcom is dipping a little deeper into the franchise’s back catalog for their next Resident Evil re-release.
Resident Evil 0 was originally released for the GameCube in 2002 and it has only been re-released once (for the Wii in 2009), which makes it rather unique among other entries in the franchise. That will all change early next year as Capcom plans to release a remastered version of Resident Evil 0 for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
The remake will be in good hands as Several members of the original Resident Evil 0 development team, including Director Koji Oda, will be working to bring it to current-generation and previous-generation consoles.
For now, that’s all we know, though Capcom has promised to reveal more information about the Resident Evil 0 remake “in the coming weeks.”
Lords of the Fallen will get a Game of the Year Edition on June 26
Publisher CI Games and developer Deck 13 have announced that Lords of the Fallen will be re-released in a Game of the Year Edition next month. The PC, PS4, and Xbox One action RPG is coming back in a package that’ll include the original game and all four DLC packs (Ancient Labyrinth, The Monk’s Decipher, Demonic Weapons Pack, and Lionheart Pack) on June 26. And in a welcome twist on the typical Game of the Year formula, Deck 13 also plans to include a variety of never-before-seen weapons and armor for the disc.
If you’ve already played through the entirety of Lords of the Fallen and our looking for something more from the franchise, Deck 13 has also already announced that Lords of the Fallen 2 is in development.
[Source: EGM Now]
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What is Advent? 2K Games is teasing a sinister utopia on new alternate reality website
Less than a week ago, 2K Games announced they would release a “new triple-A title” sometime before April 1, 2016. Today, the publisher began teasing a game currently known as Advent through an in-universe website found at AdventFuture.org.
The website is a sales pitch for the Advent Administration, a futuristic planned community that promises “a world free from hunger, pain, sickness, and war.” However, the main focus of Advent is their gene therapy program, which they claim will cure any disease through a series of DNA splicing and advanced medical procedures. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? But as you view the page, the hopeful paragraphs begin to disappear as if the site’s been overtaken by hackers. Red skulls block out the company’s logo and a warning (“The Advent is lying to you”) appears below their promises of long life and tranquility.
Hangar 13, 2K’s newest internal studio, is the development house that’s mostly likely to be behind Advent. Last December, the publisher announced that Haden Blackman (the Jedi Master responsible for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and its sequel) would lead the studio in its creation of an “open-world next-generation title.”
Hopefully, 2K will continue to update the Advent website in the run-up to this year’s E3 Expo, which seems like a logical place to announce a “new triple-A title” from a brand new studio.
UPDATE: 2K Games has confirmed that “Advent” is actually XCOM 2, which is currently in development at Firaxis.
Street Fighter V will be playable for first time at CEO 2015 in June
The “Fighting Game Community” will converge on Orlando, Floria next month for Community Effort Orlando 2015, a game competition where attendees will be able to compete in tournaments for Ultra Street Fighter IV, Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat X, and several others. Spectators will also get the chance to play Street Fighter V for the first time.
Announced via Twitter, CEO 2015 will be the first time a playable demo of Street Fighter V will be available to the public. So if you’re a fighting game fan, it’s probably time to start getting excited.
CEO 2015 will take place beginning June 26, and running through June 28, at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. Street Fighter V is expected to be released for the PC and PS4 next Spring, so if you don’t get the chance to play it next month, you might have to wait more than a year for your next chance.
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