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Bethesda Pinball Coming From Zen Pinball Developer
Zen Pinball developer Zen Studios has teased a collaboration with Fallout developer Bethesda for a pinball table set. The developer shared the image below on Twitter, which Bethesda then retweeted. The artwork depicts Fallout mascot Vault Boy, but it stands to reason that a pinball table set called Bethesda Pinball would also feature tables from…
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Nintendo Is Making a Legend of Zelda Escape Room Game
Nintendo announced today that it’s making a real-world Legend of Zelda escape room puzzle game themed around the iconic gaming franchise. Called “Defenders of the Triforce,” it’s being made in partnership with escape room company Scrap. In a press release, Nintendo said Defenders of the Triforce is more than an escape room challenge. Instead of…
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Watch First Teaser for Halo 5's Next DLC
Halo 5 is more than a year old, having launched in October 2015. While developer 343 Industries may be looking to the future with Halo 6, the developer is not done supporting Halo 5 just yet, as more add-on content is coming in the form of new maps and more. Now, 343 has released a…
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Halo Developer Does the Mannequin Challenge
As part of its 15th anniversary celebration event, Halo developer 343 Industries performed the mannequin challenge–and they did a pretty excellent job. Check out the video below to see developers from across the studio freeze in place. Even Halo higher-ups like Frank O’Connor, Kiki Wolfkill, and Bonnie Ross take part in the challenge. It’s a…
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EA Exec Discusses Plans for Open World, "Exploratory" GTA-Style Action Games
Last year, Electronic Arts started to discuss its plans to enter the “gigantic action” game genre and make a game on the level of the Grand Theft Auto and Assassin’s Creed franchises. We still don’t know much about EA’s plans, but CFO Blake Jorgensen shed some new light on the company’s mindset for why it’s…
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EA CEO Discusses Diversity in Games and Teams That Make Them
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has spoken up to discuss diversity and representation in the Battlefield publisher’s games and among the teams who make them. In an interview with The Verge, Wilson said the makeup of the gaming community today is far more diverse than it used to be. “Representation is really important,” he said.…
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All the 2016 Game Awards Nominees
The nominees for the Game Awards 2016 have been revealed. Titles nominated for the overall Game of the Year award include Doom, Inside, Overwatch. Titanfall 2, and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The award will be given to the game that “delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.” Uncharted 4 picked…
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Star Wars Episode 8: Here's How They Tried to Prevent Leaks
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill can’t talk about the story of Star Wars: Episode VIII, but that doesn’t mean his mouth is totally shut about the upcoming sci-fi film. In an interview with Polygon, Hamill discussed the tight security that was in place at filming locations to prevent details from leaking. “Man, I can’t say…
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Dead Rising 4's Campaign Won't Feature Cooperative Multiplayer
Dead Rising 4 is already ditching the series’ trademark campaign time limit, and now it’s confirmed to lack another feature that fans may miss. In a Twitch stream, gameplay producer David McAnerin explained why they opted to go with a separate co-op mode as opposed to putting it into the campaign. “We want to make…
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Battlefield 1's "Battlefest" Begins Today, Offers Free Dog Tags, Weapon Skins, and More
Following the release of Battlefield 1’s major Fall update on Tuesday, EA has now kicked off a new event for the World War I shooter called “Battlefest.” One part of the event are giveaways. Everyone who simply logs into Battlefield 1 between November 16 and November 27 will get a special Battlefest dog tag–check it…