Author: Game Informer

The live-action Twisted Metal TV series got its first poster today, courtesy of IGN, ahead of a teaser trailer scheduled to drop later today. The upcoming adaptation of the classic PlayStation car combat series is set to premiere this July.  Twisted Metal is being developed by Peacock and stars Anthony Mackie as protagonist John Doe, a “smart ass” delivery driver who transports supplies between settlements in a post-apocalyptic America. He has no memory of his past but gets a chance at a better life by making one special delivery across the dangerous landscape.  Tonally, the series is billed as an action comedy. Other…

Join hosts Wesley LeBlanc and Kyle Hilliard as the two take a quick look at Bramble: The Mountain King, a spooky and horrific adventure game inspired by Nordic Folklore that plays like Little Nightmares. It comes from Dimfrost Studios and features gorgeous (if not terrifying) visuals and a fun loop of traversal and puzzle solving. And fortunately, you don’t have to wait long because it hits PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC tomorrow on April 27.  If you’re wondering whether it’s a game you should pick up, check out roughly 13 minutes of new Bramble: The Mountain King footage in the…

Funko Fusion, the mash-up co-op action game featuring a bizarre assortment of disparate properties, is the first game from 10:10 Studios. The studio was founded by TT Games veterans like Arthur Parsons, who worked as lead designer on about a dozen of TT Games’ Lego games. The game features Funko characters and worlds from Jurassic World, Back to the Future, The Umbrella Academy, The Thing, Child’s Play 2, Masters of the Universe, and other NBCUniversal properties. Many of the properties featured in the trailer above are R-rated, and characters lose limbs and heads, use flame throwers, and get eaten by monsters.…

Employees within Sega of America have filed for unionization.  Today, The Verge broke the news that a supermajority of 144 employees across Sega of America’s quality assurance, live service, localization, marketing, and product development departments have filed to form a union. This team of workers headquartered in Sega of America’s Irvine, California office filed its union election with the National Labor Relations Board and will go by the name Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS) in partnership with the Communications Workers of America, The Verge reports.  “We believe that the passionate, hardworking people at our Irvine offices deserve a say in our working conditions,…

Just a few days away from the launch of Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores DLC last week, Guerrilla Games has teased more adventures with Aloy.  This news comes from a statement released by the studio to announce that studio director and executive producer Angie Smets is leaving Guerrilla to serve as the head of development strategy for PlayStation Studios. It’s a move similar to the one the team’s former managing director, Hermen Hulst, made in 2019, transitioning from that director position to head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios.  Within that statement, Guerrilla teases what could be Horizon 3 or at least, a…

Much like its predecessor, Street Fighter 6 will have an ambitious post-release content plan. While we knew there would be downloadable content, we now have a much better idea about the cadence with which the new characters will arrive. “A big part of Street Fighter’s charm is the cast of characters from around the world that appear in each game,” executive producer Shuhei Matsumoto said during today’s Street Fighter 6 Showcase livestream. “We believe that Street Fighter is where players can take control of unique characters with their own awesome fighting styles. For the players – and for us as…

One of the most exciting and mysterious elements of Street Fighter 6 has been a World Tour, a single-player open-world exploration mode Capcom had previously only shown glimpses of. Thankfully, today’s Street Fighter 6 Showcase finally pulled the curtain back on what World Tour entails and it looks delightfully bonkers. World Tour begins with players creation a custom fighter that serves as the mode’s protagonist. Upon creating your avatar (which can be used outside of World Tour in the online Battle Hub), you’re dropped into Metro City from the Final Fight series, one of the World Tour’s many explorable city hubs.…

Join hosts Wesley LeBlanc and Kyle Hilliard as the two take a quick look at Afterimage, a new 2D action-adventure Metroidvania from Aurogon Shanghai. Featuring gorgeous hand-drawn art, Afterimage is sure to be a pretty game to play through soon. And fortunately, you don’t have to wait long because it hits PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC next week on April 25. If you’re wondering whether it’s a game you should pick up, check out roughly 15 minutes of new Afterimage footage in the latest New Gameplay Today:  For more previews and discussions of some of the biggest games of 2023 and…

PlayStation has acquired Firewalk Studios. The company announced this on a new PlayStation Blog, noting that it’s been in a publishing partnership with Firewalk Studios and ProbablyMonsters since 2021 and that it’s now happy to expand that relationship by bringing the studio under the PlayStation umbrella. The studio has been working on its “first original AAA multiplayer game” for PlayStation and it sounds like development on that will continue.  “Since announcing our publishing partnership with ProbablyMonsters and Firewalk in 2021, we continue to be impressed by the team’s ambitions to build a modern multiplayer game that connects players in new…

After teasing the game during the 2022 Game Awards and giving the game a proper trailer last week, Ascendent Studios is back with a new showcase for the title, this time focused on gameplay. The footage showcases the protagonist, Jak, switching between his red, green, and blue magic for various attacks while also executing a number of powerful Furies, and using his Lash ability to pull enemies toward him and pull himself toward grapple points. You also get to see a little bit of puzzle-solving, which will also play a major role in the game. Along with the gameplay footage,…