Peter “ComboFiend” Rosas has parted ways with Capcom.
Rosas, who worked as a producer on Street Fighter V and Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, announced his departure from the studio in a post on Capcom-Unity, saying: “I’ve been fortunate enough to work on the games that shaped my life, a definite dream come true, but now I feel it’s time for the next generation to be able to do the same.”
Via Capcom-Unity
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In March last year, Microsoft made the announcement that it was closing long-running British studio Lionhead, which made the Fable and Black & White franchises, among others. The closure of the studio also meant that the Xbox One and PC game Fable Legends was being canceled. A digital card game called Fable Fortune was released, though this game was released by an outside studio (with support from Microsoft, which owns the Fable rights). But will there ever be another mainline Fable game? That remains to be seen, but if Microsoft were to bring it back, that would please Xbox boss Shannon Loftis, who heads up Xbox’s first-party publishing team.
She told GameSpot this week as part of her PAX Aus travels that Microsoft loves Fable as a franchise. One of the main reasons why Loftis moved to England years ago was to help lead the production of Fable II.
“Fable is very near and dear to my heart,” Loftis said. “Actually one of the primary reasons [I moved to England] was to work with the team on Fable II. Fable Fortune is now out, the card game. We love the IP. I can’t talk right now about whether we’re doing anything with it or not, but if I ever get the chance to go back to Albion … “
Loftis’ role as GM of Xbox Publishing for first-party games means she would be a key player in bringing back the Fable franchise. Though as of yet, we don’t know if there have been any pitches internally at Microsoft to do so. She told GameSpot that her team receives between 350 and 400 pitches for games every year. Given the name and prominence of Fable as a franchise, we would be surprised if it never came back. But for now, it sounds like Microsoft is taking a similar to approach to how EA is handling Mass Effect, in that it is giving the franchise time to rest before potentially bringing it back.
Fable Legends had big ambitions. Microsoft envisioned the free-to-play cooperative game living for as many as 10 years, with Microsoft releasing updates constantly to keep players engaged. You would have played as a hero or villain, and the game was not in its earliest stages, as Microsoft was testing it in the wild. But it was not to be.
Lionhead was founded by Peter Molyneux in 1996 and was acquired by Microsoft in 2006. Molyneux left Microsoft and Lionhead in March 2012. Would you like to see more Fable games? Let us know in the comments below!
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MMO inspired tale .Hack//G.U. is coming back after a long 10 years with HD remaster .Hack//G.U. Last Recode. We saw Haseo’s struggle for power earlier this year in the announcement trailer, but now we’re getting a good look at the title’s gameplay.
So far, it looks like your typical JRPG. Active time battles and unique enemy designs are sprinkled in with run-of-the-mill navigation. Models and textures have been overhauled, and while it does look to play a little clunky here and there, it’s clear it’s staying true to its roots.
We first saw .Hack//G.U. on PS2 about 10 years ago, but the .Hack// series has been running for 15 years. .Hack//G.U. follows the story Haseo, in an MMO game that isn’t quite the utopia he was dreaming of. In a struggle for power, he goes on the hunt for the player Tri-Edge, who defeated his friend Shino and left her in a coma in the real world.
The title will include all three original volumes of the series G.U. installment, Rebirth, Reminisce, and Redemption, and an additional volume called Reconnection. Outside of the expanded story, the game will have a new cheat mode that will let players start the game at max stats, remastered cutscenes, and enhanced mechanics.
.Hack//G.U. will be available on PS4 and PC later this year. It will release in Japan on November 1, and on November 3 in North America and Europe.
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The upcoming Xbox One X will be the most powerful console to date, and Microsoft has released a full list of games that will feature Xbox One X enhancements. Aaron Greenberg alluded to the list during a livestream at Gamescom 2017 and mentioned Quantum Break and Halo 5: Guardians as key games to receive optimizations.
Every game that gets the Xbox One X enhancements will receive the updates for free, which can include–but are not limited to–4K resolution (checkerboard or native), anisotropic filtering, HDR, and high-resolution textures. However, developers decide how their games take advantage of the more powerful hardware.
Pre-orders for the Xbox One X are already live for the Scorpio Edition, a special version of the console that will be available in limited quantities. You can check out our guide on where to pre-order an Xbox One X.
As of right now, more than 100 Xbox One games will be upgraded when the new console launches on November 7; check out the entire list of confirmed enhanced games below.
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Insomniac’s wildly vulgar and flamboyantly artistic Sunset Overdrive could very well get a sequel in the future, but there’s a catch: it will only happen if the studio can get adequate support.
Studio founder and CEO Tim Price said during a Twitch live stream that Sunset Overdrive 2 is something he sees fans want. And it could be a thing in the future, but only if there’s a publisher willing to bring it to fruition.
“Sunset is something that I know a lot of our fans talk about wanting to see the sequel,” Price said. “We need a partner for that. That’s a big game; Sunset 2 would be a very large-scope game.”
Although Microsoft was the publisher behind Sunset Overdrive, Insomniac retains ownership of the IP, allowing it to decide its future. Despite still needing significant publisher support, the sequel could go a number of different directions, including losing its Xbox One exclusivity if Microsoft backs out. And considering we haven’t heard anything yet about a potential sequel and Price’s hinting at needing a publisher, it seems like Microsoft isn’t currently interested in a sequel.
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The debut of Blade Runner 2049 in China this week won’t be enough to save Director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel from being a flop.
As reported by Forbes, the film opened to a mere $2.4 million on Friday at the box office in China, and is expected to make roughly $7-$8 million over the weekend and $15-$20 million total in the country.
Blade Runner 2049 was not a cheap film to make, boasting a reported production budget of $150 million before marketing costs.
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For a guy who’s whole look basically boils down to “angry, muscular green guy in torn pants,” Hulk’s appearance sure has changed a lot over the years. Sometimes he’s green. Sometimes he’s gray. Sometimes he hangs out on alien planets and gets his Gladiator on. The only thing that never changes is that Hulk is the strongest ones there is.
To celebrate the character’s return to the big screen in Thor: Ragnarok, here are Hulk’s most memorable looks in the comics, films, TV series and video games.
Don’t expect Thor: Ragnarok to be Hulk’s only MCU appearance in the next few years. Actor Mark Ruffalo recently revealed that Ragnarok is the start of a three-movie arc for Hulk.
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