Tag Archives: gamescom 2017

Havingworked on triple-A titles such as Destiny, Halo, and Red Dead Redemption, the team at Polyarc has a pretty impressive CV. But when co-founders Tam Armstrong, Chris Alderson and Danny Bulla left Bungie in 2015 to create their new studio, they decided to make an altogether different kind of game. …

Cuphead has been in development for a while now, some seven years in total, but it’s finally coming out on September 29th and so we took a chance to play the near-finished game at gamescom. The side-scrolling shooter hasn’t been a big genre for many a year, and the genre …

After a much-deserved break, Ubisoft is back this year with arguably its biggest franchise – yes, Far Cry is also huge but as it’s yet to have its own movie, I reckon Creed pips it. Assassin’s Creed Origins takes the series to its earliest setting yet, and while we’re still …

UK publisher Sold Out has announced a new Souls-like action RPG at gamescom, titled Immortal: Unchained. The new IP comes from Swedish developer Toadman Interactive and will be available digitally and at retail on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in Q2 next year. The easiest way to …

The third day of gamescom is well under way, but we’ve been busy hunting down all the latest news to keep you up to date. In today’s gamescom daily magazine, we talk to Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg about Xbox One X and the new Age of Empires, as well as Bandai …

Yu Suzuki has told MCV@gamescom that he’s very pleased to be working with Koch Media on his upcoming title, Shenmue III. “They’re the good ones,” he said. The deal, which was announced last week, will see Koch Media’s publishing arm Deep Silver publish the physical and digital editions of the title …

Creative Assembly’supcoming strategy game Total War: Warhammer II will be a dream come true for fans of the British fantasy board game franchise. Speaking to MCV@gamescom, lead writer Andy Hall said: “It’s the game I always wanted.” The game will be particularly rewarding for owners of the first Total War: Warhammer …

Biomutanthas been one of the big new announcements at this year’s gamescom, and THQ Nordic’s PR and marketing director Philipp Brock has said it could be the title to take the company into the publishing big leagues. “In the immediate future, I think we definitely have titles that have the …

Microsoft is winding up for a huge Q4 in 2017. The platform hasn’t looked this energised in years, and seeing Aaron Greenberg in action at gamescom is the very embodiment of that new-found energy. Whether he’s taking selfies with superstars such as Steve Aoki, dressing in a toga for the …

We spoke to Xbox’s Alan Greenberg at Gamescom, where we were able to talk about the nature of their partnership with PUBG developers Bluehole. Microsoft are taking a lot of the heavy load from Bluehole’s backs, offering support with tech, sales and marketing, with the aim of letting the team …