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It’s a hefty week for previews on The Game Informer Show! First up, Wesley talks about his experience seeing Dragon Quest 7 Reimainged for our upcoming cover story. Then, Eric reports back from a trip to New York to see Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Afterwards, we’ve got discussion around Possessor(s), Lumines Arise, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. There are almost as many games on the podcast as there are enemy soldiers on-screen in a musou game! (Almost.) The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Friday for chats about your favorite titles –…
In an announcement that was arguably more surprising that Valve sharing details about its upcoming console, VR headset, and new controller, Vampire Survivors is now inexplicably available for Meta Quest. I’m not the biggest VR proponent, but I am a big fan of seeing how familiar games get ported to the platform. I love Resident Evil 4 VR for Meta Quest and am sad that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas appears to be dead. Hopefully, I am wrong.In any case, I quickly downloaded it and played a few rounds and was charmed by it. Expectantly, it offers a new perspective…
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the first version of Dragon Quest VII to feature in-game voice acting, meaning characters like Sir Mervyn, Aishe, Maribel, Prince Kiefer, and even Ruff, will be voiced. Neither the original PlayStation release of Dragon Quest VII nor the 2016 3DS remake featured voice acting, so I asked Reimagined lead scenario writer if this changed how the team approached redesigning the story. Unsurprisingly, it did. “Knowing that it was going to have voice over certainly did change the approach of the way I wrote the narrative here,” Sayaka Takagi tells me within Square Enix’s Shibuya offices in Tokyo,…
After eight long years, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is nearing a real launch. I got the opportunity to both stand and sit down to play some of it on the Switch 2, and it feels like it hasn’t missed a step in the interim.My first playable section was a run back through the opening of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, shown off in last year’s Nintendo Direct; intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran arrives at a research station under attack from space pirates, and leaps off the top of her ship to assist.After working my way through tutorials and several dozen space pirates,…
Last year, the team over at Six One Indie debuted The Indie Game Awards, and it was a lovingly put-together award show that celebrated the achievements of indie developers around the world, from the big hits that you probably played to games you might not have even heard of (but should have). The Indie Game Awards return this year on December 18, and Game Informer is honored and thrilled to be an official judge in this year’s show alongside various other outlets and individuals. The official website for the show is now live, which is where you can see the other…
Korean publisher and developer NCSoft (of Guild Wars 2 fame) has unveiled Horizon Steel Frontiers, an MMORPG set in Guerrilla Games’ Horizon universe, and it’s coming to PC and mobile devices. NCSoft is developing Horizon Steel Frontiers in collaboration with Guerrilla, which developed 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn and 2022’s Horizon Forbidden West, and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Horizon Steel Frontiers is set in a new area called the Deadlands, where specialized machine hunters roam. NCSoft says the game “builds on Horizon’s signature hunting-action gameplay while introducing advanced MMORPG systems, featuring deeply customizable combat and extensive player freedom.” In this Horizon game, you won’t…
Prime Video has released a new trailer for the second season of Fallout ahead of its premiere next month, and it features New Vegas, a Deathclaw, whispers of civil war, and our first look at two new characters played by Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals, The Big Sick, our Castlevania IV episode of Replay) and Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone, The Pagemaster). It also features returning cast members Ella Purnell as Lucy, Walton Goggins as The Ghoul, and Aaron Moten as Maximus. Season 2 of Fallout premieres on December 17 on Prime Video, which is Amazon’s streaming service, and “will pick up in the…
The Zelda franchise values its narrative, but its importance to defining the series rests behind elements like exploration and puzzle solving. The story of Zelda is, however, important to me, and it is especially personally important when it comes to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Without offering spoilers, the previous Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity, did not take Breath of the Wild’s canon seriously. It led to a supremely disappointing experience, despite some fun musou action. Age of Imprisonment offers myriad improvements across the board mechanically and visually,…
The year is coming to a close, which means it’s time yell at each other over Discord and decide the best game of 2025 to crown the ultimate champion. Will it be Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Or maybe Hades II? What about Shadow Labyrinth, the Pac-Man search action game? We will be sharing our picks for game of the year and other end-of-year awards in the next issue of Game Informer magazine with (you really think I would spoil it here?) on the cover, but we also want to hear from our readers and share your favorites of 2025.To do…
Video games have been trying to compete with film for years. Some developers hire A-list actors, pile on cinematic spectacle, and chase Hollywood flash like a cartoon coyote chasing its prey. While trying to compete with film, games have often adopted the language of cinema. Dispatch offers an alternative. Instead of imitating movies, it borrows liberally from prestige television, showcasing character-driven storytelling, slow-burn drama, and high emotional stakes that tighten with every episode.AdHoc Studio is still a young team, but it came out of the gate swinging. Its first game proves that the old Telltale adventure formula was never broken;…