While it hasn’t been officially announced, it appears that 343 Industries has hired artist Jeremy Cook as the team’s new art director. Cook has previously worked on other games, most notably Halo Wars 2, the RTS game, but has also worked at Blur Studios, iD software, and even the acclaimed ILM. Judging by his art (the image in the header), Mr. Cook clearly gets the “classic” aesthetic of the Halo franchise. Hopefully a return to a more classic feel and less of what 343 has done with the last two

EA closed Visceral Games back in October and in doing so, woke up the fears that single-player games were slowly being pushed off until they no longer existed. According to a report from DualShockers, EA has finally come out to with more details on why they decided to close Visceral Games. EA’s Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen participated in a presentation for investors at the Credit Suisse 21st Annual Technology, where he opened up about Visceral Games. EA’s wording in the announcement

After yesterday’s tease, the Avengers: Infinity War trailer has officially dropped! The wait is finally over, at least for the first trailer. There are some missing cast members in the trailer, notably Ant-Man, but there are some amazing shots of the Avengers crew and the reveal of the Guardians of the Galaxy! Avengers: Infinity War is set to release on May 4th with a star-studded cast, but for now, we can just watch the trailer above and wait… or look at the images below!

Note: This is a review of the Nintendo Switch version where we simply break down the features and technical aspects of the Switch version. Surprisingly, L.A. Noire feels like it belongs on the Nintendo Switch – it’s truly a match made in heaven. The Nintendo Switch might be the best place to play Rockstar’s port. The Switch version is noticeably weaker in performance than the Xbox One and PS4 counterparts, which is expected. L.A. Noire is a must have on your Nintendo Switch, it’s probably the be

There has been plenty of noise around how game makers integrate loot boxes into their games and whether or not these practices could be considered gambling. Now, a handful of gaming industry experts have announced the formation of the National Committee for Games Policy (NCGP) to influence government regulation of the industry. “As a result of the increasing external pressure for reform and regulation on the games industry, a group of industry leaders and experts have agreed to come together in

Earlier this week, Marvel released the first official images of the cast in the upcoming Avengers movie, Avengers: Infinity War. At the time, it was hoped that these images were coming ahead of a trailer and it turns out that the trailer is coming tomorrow! In anticipation of the upcoming trailer, Marvel has released a teaser in anticipation (or hopes) of all the reaction videos for the Infinity War trailer. The teaser doesn’t show anything for the upcoming film and is simply a compilation of va

It’s Tuesday and that means it’s time for the Xbox Store to be updated with this week’s Deals with Gold. Starting today, and lasting until Monday, December 4th, Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers will be able to get a set of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games at a reduced price. While these might not be the best games on sale, it should be noted that Never Alone is a great game for the price, especially the Collection’s price! Xbox OneXbox 360

Details on Devil May Cry 5 have been leaking since the beginning of November. The second leak changed the reveal from PSX to E3 2018, reaffirmed that multiple characters would be playable, and much more. Now, the leaker of the second leak has returned with a bit of new information on the game, which was suspected since the very first leak. It is being said that Devil May Cry 5 will have timed exclusivity on the PlayStation 4. After the game releases on the PS4, it is expected to release on PC la

In addition to this, Jorgensen explained why the microtransactions in Battlefront 2 were not cosmetic and how they are planning for the future. One of the reasons why EA and DICE didn’t pursue cosmetic microtransactions for the game was to protect the franchise’s canon, according to Jorgensen. “The one thing we’re very focused on and they’re extremely focused on is not violating the canon of Star Wars. As for microtransactions in EA properties altogether, Jorgensen detailed that EA won’t be pull

This breakfast came in the form of Super Mario Cereal. It started as a rumor reported by Cerealously, but it has since been confirmed that the mustached plumber will be featured in a breakfast cereal with Amiibo functionality. “We cerealously appreciate your continued interest in seeing a Nintendo cereal, Chris! We hope you’ll keep an eye out for the new Super Mario Cereal that is hitting store shelves now. While confirmed, we still don’t know when the Amiibo cereal will be hitting store shelves

Pokemon Go has recently wrapped up its latest Global Event Challenge. One of the rewards for players completing the challenge was unlocking certain region locked Pokemon in other regions. But thanks to the completion of the Global Catch Challenge, Niantic has unlocked the golden bird in Raid Battles worldwide. Niantic continues to support Pokemon Go, although they have another project coming. Their latest project was announced as Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

Capcom is bringing Resident Evil Revelations and Resident Evil Revelations 2 to the Nintendo Switch on November 28. In the case of Resident Evil Revelations, we’ve found that unfortunately it’s not viable for Capcom Europe to create a physical version of the title on Nintendo Switch for our territories, however we will be making this available as a digital release.” As we learned previously, Revelations and Revelations 2 come in the physical boxed edition as a pair. However, it was recently reve

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will be voting to kill the Net Neutrality Rules that are currently in effect around two weeks. “Anyone who cares about multiplayer online gaming should be up in arms about the imminent demise of net neutrality in the USA. pic.twitter.com/19PFCPJ3TY — Comcast (@comcast) November 22, 2017Comcast has turned from “never” to not discriminating against what it decides to be “lawful content.” On top of that, they state they will not impose “anti-competitive

Filming for the Spider-Man spin-off, Venom, officially began last month and while details around the film have light, the trainers working with Tom Hardy (who will be Venom) might have teased some big things. One of Hardy’s trainers, Mark Mene, said this at the end of a behind the scenes video on Hardy’s training for Venom. Carnage was rumored to be making an appearance in the Venom film after Riz Ahmed joined the cast for a “major” undisclosed role in the film.The same trainer took to Instagram

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp surprised us with a release announcement for the day before Thanksgiving, but it turned out to be a double surprise when it actually released the day before on November 22. But that turns out to not be the case, as Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has hit 15 million downloads in a week. Nevertheless, it’s now ranked as Nintendo’s second most successful mobile launch behind Super Mario Run. If Pocket Camp can reach Super Mario Run’s current download number at 200 million,

The next step in that process is getting the game onto the Game Preview Program in December. In anticipation of this, many have been wondering how the game will differ on the Xbox One. Game designer Brendan Greene talked with Gamesradar about this at the 2017 Golden Joystick Awards. While at the Golden Joystick Awards, PUBG managed to go home with the Best Multiplayer Game award and the Best PC Game Award. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is available now on PC, with the Xbox One Game Preview versi

This breakfast came in the form of Super Mario Cereal. It started as a rumor reported by Cerealously, but it has since been confirmed that the mustached plumber will be featured in a breakfast cereal with Amiibo functionality. “We cerealously appreciate your continued interest in seeing a Nintendo cereal, Chris! We hope you’ll keep an eye out for the new Super Mario Cereal that is hitting store shelves now. While confirmed, we still don’t know when the Amiibo cereal will be hitting store shelves

One of the best sci-fi/cyberpunk game franchises is arguably Deus Ex. However, Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda stated in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz that the series isn’t dead, it simply just has to wait until they have the time and resources to return to it. “What I can say is Eidos Montreal has always developed Deus Ex, and the issue is we do not have limitless resources. We have several big titles that we work with and that’s partly a factor in what our line-up looks like. Would you be

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series and last year saw a ton of rumors around what games Square Enix would be releasing to celebrate the anniversary. A bunch of those rumors turned out to be false, but the Brand Manager for Final Fantasy is teasing some new games for next year and we can’t help but think of those rumors. In an interview with Edamame Arcade Channel, Final Fantasy’s Brand Manager, Shinji Hashimoto, revealed that the 31st year of Final Fantasy would be a bi

Starting this week, ‘Destiny 2’ will be available to play for a limited free trial. With the imminent release of the newest expansion, ‘Curse of Osiris’ next week, Bungie has decided to release make available a free trial of the game this week for anyone who wants to try it. Check out the trailer here:The trial will allow access to the cinematic campaign as well as online multiplayer PVP. Whatever progress you make will also carry over to the full game, should you choose to purchase it. The Curs