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Rare Will Reveal New Project at E3, Dev Says — Report

Rare Headquarters Goldeneye 007 and Banjo-Kazooie developer Rare will reveal a new project it’s working on at E3 2015, studio creative director Simon Woodroffe has said. Woodroffe was responding to news that Banjo-Kazooie inspired project Yooka-Laylee by former Rare developers was successfully funded on Kickstarter last week when he said “E3 Will tell the world […]

Batman Arkham Knight Dev Responds to DLC Pass Criticism, Reveals Playable Batgirl

Last week Warner Bros. and Rocksteady Studios announced that Batman: Arkham Knight will get a $40 Season Pass, which some fans thought was too expensive considering the little information the developer and publisher revealed about what it will include. Last night, Warner Bros. responded to the criticism, and also revealed that the game will include […]

Watch Miyazaki’s Spirited Away Reimagined as an 8-Bit Game

The folks over at CineFix, who specialize in reimagining your favorite movies and television shows as 8-bit and 16-bit games, have done it again. This time, they turned their attention to Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film Spirited Away. As always, CineFix created something that looks like it could have been an actual game back in the […]

Banjo-Kazooie Spiritual Successor Raises $1.5 Million in 24 Hours

The Kickstarter campaign for the Banjo-Kazooie successor called Yooka-Laylee from a team of former Rare developers went live yesterday and quickly hit its funding goal of £175,000. A day later, the Kickstarter campaign crushed that initial target, raising a whopping, £1 million, or roughly $1.5 million. “Obviously we would like to offer our sincere thanks […]

The Last of Us Fan Cinematic Cut Gives You Just the Story

The Last of Us has great characters and story, but not everyone is good enough at video games to get through its stealth combat gameplay. Thanks to YouTube user Grant Voegtle, now anyone can enjoy the game’s story, even if they don’t like playing video games. Voegtle has been working over the last month to […]

Why Are Current Consoles Not Backward Compatible?

We’re in the eighth generation of home video game consoles, and of the three most popular options, two are not backward compatible. Nintendo’s Wii U offers access to its back catalog of Wii games through a separate console mode and to games from the company’s early days through the Virtual Console. But for the PlayStation […]

How The Legend of Zelda Wii U’s Open World Could Spark A New Sense of Adventure

The Legend of Zelda Wii U looks as close to being an open world adventure as the Zelda series has ever come. Though previous games in the series usually featured large overworlds to explore, they weren’t exactly open worlds in the true sense of the term. Consider how Hyrule is physically segmented in The Legend […]

Watch GTA 5’s Top Mods Take Cows to the Strip Club and More

The Grand Theft Auto V modding scene on PC is still in its infancy, but there are already a few good tools out there that will let you modify the game in some interesting ways. GameSpot’s Robert Handlery and Mary Kish took the top GTA V mods for a test drive, and as you can […]

What Two Game Series Do You Want To Be In a Crossover Together? – GameSpot Q&A

Welcome to GameSpot Q&A, a weekly section where we ask our staff and readers an interesting discussion question about video games. Look at this as a forum where you and others can discuss and compare your opinions of this beloved hobby of ours. So don’t hesitate to let us know what your answer is to […]

5 Reasons Destiny 2 Should Be a Prequel

The City Age, faction wars, and the birth of Gjallarhorn are the stories a Destiny prequel needs to tell.