Tag Archives: episodic

The Wolf Among Us was ‘almost unshippable’ and could have been a comedy, says Telltale

Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is finally getting a second season in the second half of 2018, but according to head of creative communications Job Stauffer, the title might have never seen the light of day had it not been for a last ditch attempt from the development team to …

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Hitman’s episodic release has proved the sceptics wrong, Io believes

The decision to stray from the established triple-A pricing model and try something different has ultimately paid off, the developers of Hitman have said. Rather than release the complete game at full price, Io chose instead for its latest title to release it in instalments – or episodes – that …

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‘Configuration change’ leads to Hitman pre-order cancellations

PS4 owners who had pre-ordered the digital version of Square Enix’s Hitman have had their orders cancelled. Videogamer reports that Sony has told those affected that the publisher has notified us that the configuration of the product… has changed significantly”, that it is cancelling all pre-orders and that a revised …

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New Hitman is episodic, will ‘begin’ on December 8th

This year’s Hitman game will be a ‘digital first’ episodic release, although developer Io Interactive prefers not to use that term itself. We’re doing things a bit differently,” the studio said. Hitman will launch on PS4, Xbox One and PC on December 8th this year as a digital download. That’s …

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Rare isn’t making a new Conker game, but Conker IS coming to Project Spark

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that whatever it is Rare may be working on, it isn’t a new Conker game. However, Project Spark developer Team Dakota is working on a Conker Build Pack featuring assets that players can use to create their own Conker content and has also developed …

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Telltale to release episodic Minecraft game in 2015

The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones developer Telltale’s next project has been revealed – an episodic series based on Minecraft. It’ll be multiplatform, too, having been confirmed for a PlayStation release by Sony. Minecraft: Story Mode will be an all-new narrative-driven game series developed by Telltale in collaboration with …

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Deadly Premonition creator’s next game D4 hits Xbox One tomorrow

D4, the next game from Hidetaka ‘Swery65′ Suehiro, will be released on Xbox One tomorrow. The episodic game is a cel-shaded action adventure that was originally designed to use the Kinect, relying on a user’s voice and gestures. Interestingly, however, Microsoft has now said it can instead be played using …

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VIDEO: Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will be episodic, released over one month

Capcom has revealed that its next Resident Evil release will be episodic. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will be released in four chunks across one month in early 2015 on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, with each priced at $5.99 or all four available for $24.99. The Complete …

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Square Enix and Dontnod announce episodic title Life Is Strange

As teased in June, publisher Square Enix and developer Dontnod have a new title in production – Life Is Strange. The pair last combined for stylish third person sci-fi outing Remember Me, which was released last year to a mixed critical reception. Life Is Strange is described as a digital, …

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