As part of wide-ranging and fascinating conversation at ExileCon 2019 today, the creators of the Diablo franchise--Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik--shared a number of stories about the series that popularized the action role-playing genre. One of the more intriguing stories came about when the moderator asked the panel to recall a scary moment in Diablo's development.There was one story in particular that sounds like a developer's nightmare. Erich and Max Schaefer recalled that in...
The new Torchlight game, Torchlight Frontiers, is not going to launch on time. Developer Max Schaefer of Echtra Games announced during an ExileCon panel today that the free-to-play action role-playing game won't make it out in 2019 as expected.He said so with a laugh, given there are fewer than 50 days left in 2019 with no update in sight. The delay out of 2019 is no surprise, as Schaefer told SegmentNext that 2019 was only an "early estimate." He added, "The bottom line is the game will ship wh...
A mobile version of the popular free-to-play RPG Path of Exile was announced at ExileCon this weekend in Auckland. From the start, the developers at Grinding Gear Games described the title as "experimental" in nature, which led to questions about whether or not it would be released. Grinding Gear founder Chris Wilson told GameSpot that he hopes to release Path of Exile mobile, but not until the company can answer the important questions about what the game even should be. The studio has created ...
Pokemon Sword and Shield have officially launched on Nintendo Switch, and Pokemon Go is celebrating the occasion with some new Sword and Shield-inspired content. Not only can you now get trainer outfits based on the main characters in the Switch Pokemon games, you'll also have your first chance to catch a Galarian Pokemon.Following November's Community Day, Galarian Weezing will appear in four-star Raid Battles. Unlike a typical Weezing, this Galarian variant is a dual Poison/Fairy-type, and it ...
Path of Exile 2 was officially announced at ExileCon--and it looks very intriguing and compelling. Grinding Gear Games has now confirmed when the game will be available for the public.The Path of Exile 2 website confirms that the first beta for the game will begin in "very late 2020" at the soonest. There is no projection of a release date for the full game, however. As development continues on Path of Exile 2, Grinding Gear Games will continue to the support the base game, Path of Exile 1. The ...
Grinding Gear Games is confident that the just-announced Path of Exile 2 will be capable of going toe-to-toe with Blizzard's Diablo IV. Speaking to GameSpot at ExileCon in New Zealand today, founder Chris Wilson described Path of Exile 2 as a "next-generation" action RPG that can stand alongside Diablo IV--which presumably has a larger development budget."Yeah," Wilson said when asked if Path of Exile 2 can go toe-to-toe with Diablo IV. "Path of Exile 2 is one of the next-generation of action ro...
Respawn Entertainment's foray into the Star Wars saga, Jedi: Fallen Order, is a dauntingly large game. It sports several planets, each with huge, interlocking maps with multiple pathways through them and tons of scattered secrets. Even just following the critical path, you're going to put a lot of time into the game--and much more if you're diligent in uncovering all the upgrades and story collectibles hidden within.We worked our way through the game ahead of its release for our Jedi: Fallen Ord...
The first-ever Path of Exile fan convention, ExileCon, is taking place this weekend in developer Grinding Gear's home city of Auckland, New Zealand. The event kicked off with a bang, as the keynote address with founder Chris Wilson included lots of big announcements and reveals. It was a busy event, to say the least, and in this post we're rounding up all the key announcements.Path of Exile 2A full-on sequel, Path of Exile 2, is in the works for PC and console. Featuring a new, seven-act story a...
It appears Path of Exile 2 will be coming to PlayStation 5 and the next Xbox--but not Nintendo Switch. In an interview at ExileCon in Auckland, Grinding Gear founder Chris Wilson told GameSpot that the plan is to release Path of Exile 2 on the current-generation of consoles and the ones to follow, though Nintendo's hybrid console seems to be left out."We will update Path of Exile into Path of Exile 2 on all the platforms it is currently on," he explained. "We, of course, will target new consoles...
Microsoft wants Game Pass to help alleviate the pressure developers might feel to design their next title as a game as a service. By launching on Game Pass, a game's delivery system can be the service that players buy into--keeping them invested and coming back to play future games."You don't have to go make a service," Microsoft GM of games marketing Aaron Greenberg told VG247. "Game Pass gives those creators a lot of flexibility. If you want to deliver something in chapters, like we're doing w...