Okami was a “huge failure” in terms of initial sales, director Hideki Kamiya has said. Had it been more successful, its developer Clover “would have probably continued” – rather than shutting down the following year.

Kamiya discussed the development of Okami with Ikumi Nakamura for the YouTube channel of her new studio Unseen. The pair worked together for the first time on the Zelda-like adventure game.

Okami has received plenty of cult acclaim since its release on PS2 in 2006, but was one of only a handful of games made by the Capcom-owned studio before it was dissolved.

Ōkami, Bayonetta & Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya: unblocking memories with Ikumi Nakamura Pt 1

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Actor David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff – known for his roles in 80s TV series Baywatch and Knight Rider, as well as his music career (I still get Jump in my Car stuck in my head from time to time) – is the new face of an initiative which aims to fight climate change with video games.
It’s called Make Green Tuesday Moves (MGTM). On the first Tuesday of each month, participating studios will launch a collection of ‘green’ items within their games, with these items being exclusive to the movement. MGTM will then invest proceeds from these items into “fully certified sustainability projects by not-for-profit digital platform PlanetPlay”.
And, this month, it is all about that Hoff DLC, with other celebrities expected to follow in subsequent months.

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Sunderfolk is the debut game from Dreamhaven, the game company founded by former Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime.
Morhaime announced the new company in 2020, which includes a roster of other ex-Blizzard staff and consists of two distinct studios: Moonshot and Secret Door.
Sunderfolk is from the latter: a tactical game inspired by tabletop RPGs, controlled with your phone. Check out gameplay below.

Sunderfolk | Gameplay Trailer

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Ex-Humble Games staff made redundant in July have formed a fresh indie publisher, Good Games Group.

The company, lead by former Humble Games bosses Alan Patmore and Mark Nash, will now work with some of the development teams that its staff previously collaborated with back at Humble.

Intriguingly, this means also working with Humble Games owner Ziff Davis once again – just months after its layoffs left the entire Humble Games team out of work. (Ziff Davis is also the parent company of IGN Entertainment, which owns this website.)

Back in July, Humble Games staff reported that Ziff Davis had made all 36 team members redundant. At the time, the plan was reportedly for any remaining publishing projects to be finished by an outside consultancy firm, The Powell …

David Hayter, the gravelly voice of Metal Gear protagonist Solid Snake, has fans pondering an apparent return to the role after posting an enigmatic new tweet.

Hayter was famously ousted from the role in 2013, after Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima – always one to be swayed by a celebrity – controversially decided to replace him with Sutherland for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Long-time fans, it’s fair to say, were not particularly happy with the move, and Hayter has made no secret of his disappointment in the years since, saying the switch was handled “pretty badly and I’ve got no particular love for Kojima.”

Now, though, Hayter has sparked renewed excitement among fans with a fresh post on social media, teasing, “I was in the booth today. Playing a …

The developer of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has said it will take action to prevent in-game toxic behaviour, playing on beloved superfan actor Henry Cavill.
In the game’s latest community update, Saber Interactive outlined the game’s roadmap for the next year, and promised more bug fixes and tweaks are on the way.
Further, the developer asked players to be respectful to one another when playing online, following reports of toxicity.

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Hi-Rez Studios, the developer behind Smite 2 and Paladins, has announced it’s laying off an undisclosed number of employees in order to “ensure [the company’s] long-term success”.

Hi-Rez CEO Stewart Chisam announced the job cuts in a lengthy statement shared on social media, saying the layoffs – instigated as part of an “internal reorganisation and reprioritisation” – will “disproportionately impact those in marketing and publishing roles”. Staff at Hi-Rez’s Evil Mojo, G&A, and Titan Forge divisions are also affected, with Chisam saying these latter cuts will “disproportionally affect our team working on cosmetic skin content and system features.”

Chisam went on to acknowledge the “real human impact” of the layoffs, adding, “Each impacted individual is a …

Nintendo has provided fresh details on why Zelda was chosen as the protagonist for the series’ latest game, Echoes of Wisdom.
In the latest Ask The Developer blog, series producer Eiji Aonuma discussed the game’s development with Nintendo director Tomomi Sano (the first female director of a Zelda game) and Grezzo director Satoshi Terada.
Initially, Link was to be the protagonist in Echoes of Wisdom, Aonuma explained, but the developers realised that if he still had a sword and shield there would be no reason to use the copy and paste gameplay of the echoes, the game’s new concept.

The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom — Into the Still World, a Journey Continued — Nintendo Switch

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God of War Ragnarök is being review bombed on Steam as users once again protest Sony’s controversial requirement for PC users to link to a PSN account.
At the time of writing, God of War Ragnarök sits on a “mixed” user score amalgamated from almost 5000 player reviews. The majority of negative reviews mention their dismay at having to connect to a PSN account to play a single-player game.

15 ADVANCED God Of War Ragnarok Tips – COMBAT TIPS YOU NEED TO KNOW GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK PS5 GAMEPLAY

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