With this surprise Switch exclusive, Nintendo has taken an old-school approach - for better and for worse. A decade after Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 came out, the series returns in curious circumstances. This isn't an Activision gig, published to all the platforms of the time. Nor is it a Raven Software or Vicarious Visions development, as the originals were respectively. Rather, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 is developed by Team Ninja, the people behind Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden and Nioh, and published by Nintendo exclusively for the Switch. Such a change! Still, despite this publisher and developer shakeup, Nintendo has taken an old-school approach - for better and for worse.The formula follows its predecessors closely: four Marvel characters on-screen, smashing scores of enemies to bits using a combination of light and heavy attacks, special attacks and screen-clearing ultimate attacks. With the camera in the classic view (there's a new "heroic" perspective that puts … [Read more...] about Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 review – with medium power comes medium responsibility
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All The Game Awards nominations for 2019
The Game Awards 2019 has chosen its 29 nominees, and you can see the full list below. 107 games made the list, with Control, Death Stranding, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and The Outer Worlds fighting it out for the big one, Game of the Year.The categories cover games, esports and content creators, and the show is always packed with special reveals and teases. Once you've perused the choices, you can vote at the official site. Game of the YearControl (Remedy/505 Games)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai-Namco/Sora/Nintendo)Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)Best Game DirectionControl (Remedy/505 Games)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)Best NarrativeA Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo/Focus … [Read more...] about All The Game Awards nominations for 2019
The Game Awards 2019 Nominees Full List
We're about a month away from The Game Awards' December 12 livestream, where Kojima Productions' Death Stranding is up against Obsidian's The Outer Worlds--and more--for Game of the Year. This year's nominees have been officially revealed and the competition looks quite tough.Show host Geoff Keighley announced the fifth annual Game Awards nominees in a rapid-fire YouTube video, where he confirmed once again that the livestream will feature "surprise new game announcements, world premieres, and special video game-inspired musical performances." The Game Awards is set to go live at 5:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM CST / 8:30 PM ET on December 12 (and 1:30 AM BST on December 13) and can be streamed here on GameSpot and on Mixer, Twitch, YouTube, and elsewhere.Game of the Year is the Game Awards' highest honor, and the nominees this year are stacked. Remedy's Control takes on Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Capcom's Resident Evil 2, and From Software's Sekiro: … [Read more...] about The Game Awards 2019 Nominees Full List
Death Stranding and Control lead The Game Awards 2019 nominations
The Game Awards is an annual Geoff Keighley-produced event during which the videogame industry and its many fans get together to watch trailers, snark about sponsorships, and yes, hand out a few trophies in various "best of" categories. 107 different games were nominated in those categories for the 2019 show, led by Death Stranding with eight, and Control with seven.The nominations were picked by a jury of 80 "media and influencer outlets," PC Gamer included. After the nomination phase, winners are selected via a fan vote, which is open now. (Given Keighley's friendship with Hideo Kojima and cameo in Death Stranding, we can guess which game he's pulling for.)Other big games this year include Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with five nominations, and Resident Evil 2 and The Outer Worlds, which drew four each. The "Best Performance" category features two nominations each from Control and Death Stranding, which is interesting (Gears 5 and The Outer Worlds round out the category, and for the … [Read more...] about Death Stranding and Control lead The Game Awards 2019 nominations
