Kotaku Monday, November 14, 2022 8:10 PM  New York was able to hold its biggest Comic-Con since 2019 last month, and fans certainly turned up for it; around 200,000 people went through the turnstiles between October 6-9 at the Javits Center, many of them cosplayers. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, November 14, 2022 7:00 PM  It's late evening. A family is dozing in front of the TV, their dog at their feet. Suddenly the TV turns to static, the ground shakes. While the parents peacefully sleep on, the toddler stirs. Oh no. I instantly expect nothing but the worst for the toddler, seeing whose game I'm playing – developer Jumpship was co-founded by Dino Patti, himself co-founder of Playdead, the studio behind Limbo and Inside. Both aren't exactly known for treating their child protagonists well. Somerville has clear stylistic parallels to Playdead's work. Its 3D sidescrolling and light puzzle mechanics are similar, and though Playdead's Chris Olsen worked on the art long before Patti joined him, the beautiful lighting effects and minimalist environments have led a lot of people to initially confuse Somerville as a Playdead game. |
Twinfinite Monday, November 14, 2022 11:37 PM Talk to me only when you've beaten all FromSoft games without taking a hit. |
Twinfinite Monday, November 14, 2022 10:59 PM A brilliant return for a series and genre. |
Twinfinite Monday, November 14, 2022 7:01 PM Somerville is the debut game from new studio Jumpship. |
Siliconera Monday, November 14, 2022 9:00 PM
The Game Awards has put up a list of nominees for 2022, with games such as Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Stray. In fact, both games appear in multiple sections across the nominee list. Former Twitter commentator Nibellion is also a nominee. The Game Awards will take place on December 8, 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The full list of nominees for the 2022 Game Awards is as follows:
Which games will win which category will be announced during the Game Awards show, which will be on December 8, 2022. Here is a list of last year's nominees. The post The Game Awards 2022 Nominees Include Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Nibellion appeared first on Siliconera. |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Monday, November 14, 2022 7:00 PM  It's fine for games to be short when they deliver a tight, impactful experience. Somerville is a cinematic puzzle game similar to classics like Out of this World and Heart of Darkness. It's closer to the length of the former, however, clocking in at about three hours in length. While much of the game is both visually and mechanically strong, it has some issues that keep it from being everything I'd hoped. But the biggest issue is the way it narratively drops the ball during the last section, which had me walking away a bit disappointed. Somerville doesn't have a single line of dialogue — the entire narrative is conveyed through context alone. The main character is watching TV at night in his family home. He gets up to feed the dog but gets distracted by lights flashing outside. He and his wife go see what the fuss is, only to witness an alien invasion straight out of War of the Worlds. Objects come crashing down out of the sky, so the two, toddler and... |