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- BAFTA Games Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
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- Video Game Research Library
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- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026)
- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
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Bethesda teases Doom 4 at E3 ahead of QuakeCon 2014 full reveal
Doom! Doooooom! Doooooooooooooooooom!
Bethesda Softworks has unveiled a teaser trailer for Doom 4 (which, like all reboots, will just be known by the singular Doom) at their E3 Press Conference. The minute-long teaser gives us our first look at the squishy skin and high-tech armaments of a Cyberdemon, but is otherwise short on gameplay.
That’s because this E3 announcement is actually just an appetizer ahead of Bethesda’s full reveal of the game, which will take place at QuakeCon 2014. This year’s QuakeCon will run from July 17 through July 20.
Doom 4 (sorry, not calling it Doom just yet) is the first Doom game in development at id Software without co-founder John Carmack, who left last year to join OculusVR. It’s in development for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One and is currently without a release date.
Mario Maker lets you become Shigeru Miyamoto in 2015
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has created a lot of games over the last three decades. Some of them have been forgotten, but a lot of them will go down in history as some of the greatest game ideas of all time. After being in the game development game for so long, Mr. Miyamoto’s next idea was probably inevitable… he wants the players themselves to design the next great Mario game.
In Mario Maker, players will be able to create and edit their own Mario courses. And with the flick of an icon, would-be game designers will be able to toggle their course’s graphical style from Super Mario Bros. to New Super Mario Bros. U and back again:
Mario Maker offers up a Super Mario Bros. dream: the ability for players to use the Wii U GamePad to design levels from scratch. Place blocks and enemies anywhere and play through the level. With the tap of an icon, users can even switch the visual style between a classic 8-bit Super Mario Bros. look and the world of New Super Mario Bros. U in the E3 version.
Mario Maker is currently just a working title, but it’ll be available for the Wii U sometime in the first half of 2015.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Super Mario Maker
Nintendo’s X becomes Xenoblade Chronicles X in E3 2014 trailer
Hey! Hey, you! You heard of this X game that Monolith Soft is developing and Nintendo is publishing? You know, that one that looks just like Xenoblade Chronicles? Guess what, it’s actually a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles known as Xenoblade Chronicles X! Doesn’t that just blow your mind?
Sarcasm aside, Nintendo and Monolith Soft gave us our latest look at X (now known as Xenoblade Chronicles X) during their E3 Digital Event this afternoon. The Wii U-exclusive action RPG is looking as sharp as ever as it’ll be available sometime in 2015.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Xenoblade Chronicles X
Whoops! Time outs Star Fox for Wii U ahead of Nintendo’s E3 event
Nintendo’s E3 Video Presentation will be available in a little under two hours, but Time Magazine has revealed one of their surprise announcements a might early. The magazine published (and then pulled) an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto where he discusses Star Fox Wii U and its brand new control scheme. The picture to your right appears to show Mr. Miyamoto piloting an Arwing by tilting the Wii U GamePad. Players will also be able to control the Landmaster Tank and a new helicopter-like vehicle that requires two people to pilot. According to Time, Star Fox Wii U is “at least a year away.”
The interview also mentions two experimental games, “Project Giant Robot” and “Project Guard.”
“Project Giant Robot” is a fighting game where players will bob and weave while holding the Wii U GamePad and punch or grab with the analog sticks. Meanwhile, “Project Guard” is a twist on the popular tower defense genre where players use the Wii U GamePad to jump from camera to camera within a castle to blast away at encroaching waves of enemies.
Hopefully, we’ll learn more about these games at Nintendo’s noontime (Eastern Time) event.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Project Giant Robot, Star Fox Guard, Star Fox Zero
Grand Theft Auto V officially coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One this Fall
While Sony had the honor of announcing it during their E3 Press Conference last night, Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One this Fall. The new-generation remake will include “across-the-board graphical and technical improvements” which Rockstar believes will deliver “a stunning new level of detail.” Some of these tweaks and improvements include “increased draw distances, finer texture details, denser traffic, and enhanced resolutions.”
What does this mean for gamers? Prettier graphics, mostly. And you can see just how pretty they are in the game’s latest trailer, According to Rockstar, the trailer was created using in-game footage captured on a PS4.
“Grand Theft Auto V looks and feels stunning enhanced by the power of these new platforms,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “We can’t wait for players to experience a new level of detail to this massive world.”
The PC version of Grand Theft Auto V will also feature a video editor designed for “advanced movie-making.”
Ubisoft’s The Crew will be available on November 11
Ubisoft’s The Crew finally has a release date. The publisher’s massively mutiplayer racer will be available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 11. You can check out the game’s ultra-fast E3 trailer above.
TJ Combo to be added to Killer Instinct in Season 2
Iron Galaxy Studios took over development of Killer Instinct, Microsoft’s free-to-play fighter, after Double Helix was purchased by Amazon earlier this year. Today, the developer confirmed that the second season of downloadable characters will begin this Fall and they’ll start things off with TJ Combo.
With the announcement of Combo, only three characters from the original Killer Instinct (Cinder, Riptor, and Eyedol) have yet to be announced for inclusion in the Xbox One reboot. But with even more “Season 2” characters to announce, I’m sure they’re coming sooner rather than later.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2014, Killer Instinct