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It’s been four years since he stepped into the shoes of the king of rock and roll in Elvis and earned an Oscar nomination for his troubles. Now, Austin Butler is set to don cycling shorts and take on the life story of Lance Armstrong in a brand new biopic. The untitled project will be handled by Conclave and All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger, with a script penned by King Richard’s Zach Baylin.Deadline reports that Butler is in final talks to take on the role of Armstrong, whose incredible cycling career ended after an investigation confirmed…
Booked For The Week is our irregular chat with industry folk about the books they love, have loved, and are hoping to love in the future Hello reader who is also a reader! It’s finally time for another edition of our thrillingly erratic column on game developers and their bestest books. This week, we’re having our ears bent by Marcia Shange, chief operating officer of South Africa, Johannesburg-based developers Nyamakop, creators of puzzle platformer Semblance and the forthcoming postcolonial heist ’em up Relooted. Cheers, Marcia! Mind if we have a nose at your bookshelf? What are you currently reading? I…
We’ve all been there. Waiting for your League of Legends queue to pop can be an agonizing experience, especially if the timer draws out. But I’ve long been a vocal advocate for holding on a bit longer in pursuit of a better match. I’d rather accept the extra downtime than get into a game where the balance is off and one side tears the other to pieces in a result that’s not particularly satisfying for anyone. Riot’s new LoL patch is music to my ears, then, with the developer seeking to do exactly that, though it wants to hear from…
28 members of Sandfall Interactive, the development team behind the critically acclaimed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, have been awarded knighthoods in France.In a ceremony held this week, the developers were made Knights of the Order of Arts and Letters – an honour previously bestowed on Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, and Rayman designer Michel Ancel.The Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) is a prestigious French cultural decoration established in the 1950s to recognize significant contributions to the arts.Speaking at a ceremony on Friday, French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati,…
When it comes to the MCU’s god of thunder, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) really has been to Hela and back. With most of his family dead and the only one left keeping all of time under control, the hammer-chucking legend has had a lot to learn and landed as many hits as misses during his time of playing hero. The most notable and divisive entry was Taika Waitit’s Thor: Love and Thunder which took a severe pummeling from fans and critics alike (even though we loved it). With such a rollercoaster time in the role, Hemsworth recently explained that much of…
The Arc Raiders Queen is one of the game’s most powerful enemies, incredibly high level foes that guard objects called Harvesters, themselves complex bunkers of treasure. To kill a Queen is one of the most difficult things you can do in Arc Raiders, but it’s worth doing at least a couple of times in order to at least taste the rewards (and the excitement) of fighting one of the ultimate foes.It’s worth knowing that it’s almost impossible to defeat a Queen solo, but fortunately the community has developed a pretty good etiquette around these encounters, with teams working together to…
Chrono Trigger writer and Chrono Cross director Masato Kato is back with a new turn-based game, but he couldn’t help himself, this one also has a badass sword-wielding frog in your party.Another Eden Begins was announced at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase as the next project from lead developer Masato Kato (who has credits on too many JRPG classics to name) and composer Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenogears, Chrono Cross), coming to PC, Switch and Switch 2 sometime this summer. Another Eden Begins Announcement Trailer – YouTube Watch On If the name sounds familiar, that’s because Another Eden has actually been around…
The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for waking up and remembering you said you’d help your sister-in-law move house. A burning fear flares in your gut, not of the manual labour, but of how she said it was fine because she’d bought a flatbed trolley off a Chinese website for £40. The fear fades into sad resignation that you’ll end the day picking up splinters of shattered plywood out of a carpet. This week’s readings are a little light on actual videogame stuff. Though let’s be honest,…
After sweeping The Game Awards and capturing our hearts wholesale, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s plaudits continue still. Studio Sandfall Interactive has now received an award from the government of France for creating a milestone in the country’s game development scene.”We were received yesterday at the Ministry of Culture to celebrate our game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33,” Sandfall Interactive says in a LinkedIn post, as spotted by VideoGamer. “As such, the members of Sandfall Interactive were awarded the Order of Arts and Letters. This distinction honors us, and our deepest thanks go especially to our team who shaped this world and…
Former Skyrim lead and Bethesda Game Studios veteran Bruce Nesmith would look to RPGs like Baldur’s Gate 3 for inspiration while developing new games like The Elder Scrolls 6, if he were working on them.Or, at least, he seems to reveal as much during a recent interview with Press Box PR. He begins by explaining how Bethesda’s games have evolved over time – and how they still could. “Bethesda games in the last decade have become less dynamic in order to meet the needs of what the games needed and audience expectations,” he describes, “but to be able to have…