Banjo-Kazooie inspired Yooka-Laylee is coming in early 2017
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Yooka-Laylee is an upcoming 3D platformer/collect-a-thon from the creative talent behind one of my favorite platformers - Banjo-Kazooie. Even though the name might give you an impression that the entire game is a practical joke, it has already managed to garner £2,000,000 from Kickstarter and the early gameplay videos seem to be incredibly promising.
It was originally slated to arrive by October 2016, but as you might imagine given the scope of the project there have been some delays, and the new release date is now scheduled for the first quarter of 2017. All of this was announced through the recently posted E3 2016 gameplay trailer, which you can find right below alongside a brief explanation from the Playtonic team:
Jay Wilson, Diablo 3's former game director, is leaving Blizzard
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Jay Wilson, Diablo 3's former game director and decade-long veteran at Blizzard, has announced that he is officially leaving both the company, and the gaming industry in general next week.
As noted on Twitter, he's not leaving Blizzard due to any issues within the company, but rather because he wants to focus on his original passion, writing. Here's the full quote:
The latest Skywind trailer showcases the mod's progress so far
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Skywind, as you might imagine from the name, is an unofficial community mod that aims to recreate the entirety of TES: Morrowind within the much superior (and prettier) Skyrim engine. While I would usually express some serious doubt about the mod ever coming to fruition, the team behind it has put in a colossal amount of effort and the results speak for themselves.
If you don't believe me, check out the recently posted "Prevelance" trailer that showcases the team's progress with Skywind so far. There's giant mushrooms, well designed pieces of armor, strange Elven architecture, and most impressively, entire cities built from scratch.
Telltale has revealed a release date estimate for The Walking Dead: Season 3 and Batman series
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With E3 2016 just around the corner Telltale has decided to reveal a few tidbits of information in order to drum up excitement for their big presentation.
As noted by Job J Stauffer over at Twitter the new Batman adventure game series will arrive this summer, while the long awaited third season for The Walking Dead will premiere in fall.
"BATMAN - The Telltale Series' will premiere this summer @TheWalkingDead's 3rd season will premiere this fall #E32016 begins in 1 week ;)"
PT-inspired survival horror Allison Road has been canceled
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After Konami made the boneheaded decision to cancel PT, or rather an actually terrifying sequel to Silent Hill, it left many people with an incurable itch for all things horror. This is where Allison Road came into play, and by offering a deeply disturbing survival horror experience it had managed to garner a rather impressive following, especially considering how early in development it was.
Unfortunately, ever since the canceled Kickstarter and subsequent deal with Team17 the news about Allison Road slowed down to a trickle, and eventually faded out completely. While we don't know what exactly happened, the sad truth is that the lack of news is due to Allison Road being canceled, as noted by the official Twitter account:
Santorini's creator has detailed what exactly it takes for a CS:GO map to become reality
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If you're an avid CS:GO player you've most likely heard of FMPONE, but for those of you that haven't - he's an extremely talented map maker that has managed to get quite a few of his creations to become an official part of CS:GO. Maps such as Cache (one of my favorites), Season, and as you might guess from the title, Santorini.
While playing these maps is certainly enjoyable, have you ever wondered what exactly it takes for a CS:GO map to transform from a featureless heap of rubble into a competitive battleground? If so, wonder no more as FMPONE has decided to detail his progress with a rather lovely timelapse video. Check it out:
Brutal Doom mod allows you to vanquish demons with Doom 2016 weapons
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SGtMarkIV, Brutal Doom's creator and a modder with an immense amount of passion for his craft, is back yet again with a brand new mod for Brutal Doom. Things are a bit different this time around, however, as the mod takes heavy inspiration from Doom 2016, rather than the original FPS classic.
Naturally, when I said "inspiration" I meant that the mod takes all of the weapons from Doom 2016 and lovingly translates them to work within the confines of Brutal Doom's tech. It might not sound very impressive, but wait until you see them in action with the recently released "weapon test" video: