Monthly Archives: December 2021
Star Trek: Resurgence Is a Post-TNG Game Made by Telltale Veterans
Dramatic Labs has announced Star Trek: Resurgence, an new official Star Trek video game made in collaboration with ViacomCBS. The third-person narrative adventure game is made by a team that includes over 20 former Telltale staff, and will launch on PC and consoles in 2022.
Announced at The Game Awards 2021, Star Trek: Resurgence is an original story set shortly after Star Trek: The Next Generation, and follows the crew of the U.S.S. Resolute. Two of the crew are playable characters: First Officer Jara Rydek and Carter Diaz of the engineering team. Together, they will unravel a mystery involving two alien civilizations on the brink of war. On that journey, they’ll meet returning characters from the Star Trek universe as well as new ones created for the game.
“As fans of Star Trek, it’s truly an honor to be crafting a story which puts players right in the heart of the action, where significant choices and decisions will affect the entire narrative,” said Kevin Bruner, Founder of Dramatic Labs. “Built from the ground up using Epic’s Unreal engine and our proprietary narrative engine, this game showcases our team’s evolution in creating thought-provoking story-rich adventures.”
Bruner is joined by a number of ex-Telltale staff who worked on the likes of The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and Batman. That includes Andrew Grant, former Lead Writer and Creative Director at Telltale; Dan Martin, former Lead Writer at Telltale; Kent Mudle, former Cinematic Director and Creative Director at Telltale; and Brett Tosti, former Executive Producer and Creative Director at Telltale.
With that Telltale blood, it's no surprise that Star Trek: Resurgence will feature dialogue and conversations as a core part of its gameplay, but action sequences are also promised.
For more from Star Trek, check out our review of the Discovery season 4 premiere and the cast's favourite moments from the show.
Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.
Among Us Vents Into VR
Soon you can murder your friends, run away, take cover in vents, set off alarms, and then lie about all of it...in VR. Because that's where Among Us is releasing next.
Announced this evening at The Game Awards, we got a very, very small sneak peek at Among Us VR: just a very brief code input puzzle in a small room. But it's easy enough to imagine the weird betrayal possibilities.
There's no release date for Among Us VR yet, but we do know that it's coming to PlayStation VR, MetaQuest 2, and Steam when it does drop. Given the small size of the Among Us team and the astronomic way it blew up over the last few years, moving it to VR eventually is a pretty impressive feat.
Released in 2018, Among Us blew up suddenly in 2020 as streamers began to pick it up to play during lockdowns. When we reviewed it then we loved the way it transformed in-person cloak-and-dagger games to a virtual space. It's since gotten tons of updates, and there may even be a collaboration with Fortnite in the works down the road.
Among Us Vents Into VR
Soon you can murder your friends, run away, take cover in vents, set off alarms, and then lie about all of it...in VR. Because that's where Among Us is releasing next.
Announced this evening at The Game Awards, we got a very, very small sneak peek at Among Us VR: just a very brief code input puzzle in a small room. But it's easy enough to imagine the weird betrayal possibilities.
There's no release date for Among Us VR yet, but we do know that it's coming to PlayStation VR, MetaQuest 2, and Steam when it does drop. Given the small size of the Among Us team and the astronomic way it blew up over the last few years, moving it to VR eventually is a pretty impressive feat.
Released in 2018, Among Us blew up suddenly in 2020 as streamers began to pick it up to play during lockdowns. When we reviewed it then we loved the way it transformed in-person cloak-and-dagger games to a virtual space. It's since gotten tons of updates, and there may even be a collaboration with Fortnite in the works down the road.
New Saints Row Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Crazy Stunts and More
Saints Row premiered a new story and gameplay trailer during The Game Awards showing off some of the havoc players can get into while running a new criminal empire.
The gameplay trailer was all about celebrating the outrageous stuff you can do in the upcoming Saints Row. Whether that's piloting a high-speed jet through skyscrapers, flying your wingsuit across the city, or kicking some poor guy in the junk, Saints Row has you covered.
A Saints Row game was first officially announced earlier this year. There was some initial pushback online regarding the direction of the reboot, but developer Volition stood by its vision for Saints Row and today showed off a trailer that leans fully into the brand of lunacy Saints Row is known for.
Koch Media announced a new Saints Row was in the works as early as 2019, but the official reveal didn't happen until 2021. IGN was able to get an early look at the upcoming Saints Row which is set in a fictional, southwest USA-inspired city of Sant Ileso. Here a group of friends must start their own criminal empire in a city with several feuding gangs.
While there aren't any classic Saints characters this time around, you'll be aided by new crewmates like driver/mechanic Nina, finance guru Eli, and thrill-seeking DJ Kevin.
After a delay, the new Saints Row is coming out on August 23, 2022. For more announcements from the show check out everything announced at The Game Awards.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.
New Saints Row Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Crazy Stunts and More
Saints Row premiered a new story and gameplay trailer during The Game Awards showing off some of the havoc players can get into while running a new criminal empire.
The gameplay trailer was all about celebrating the outrageous stuff you can do in the upcoming Saints Row. Whether that's piloting a high-speed jet through skyscrapers, flying your wingsuit across the city, or kicking some poor guy in the junk, Saints Row has you covered.
A Saints Row game was first officially announced earlier this year. There was some initial pushback online regarding the direction of the reboot, but developer Volition stood by its vision for Saints Row and today showed off a trailer that leans fully into the brand of lunacy Saints Row is known for.
Koch Media announced a new Saints Row was in the works as early as 2019, but the official reveal didn't happen until 2021. IGN was able to get an early look at the upcoming Saints Row which is set in a fictional, southwest USA-inspired city of Sant Ileso. Here a group of friends must start their own criminal empire in a city with several feuding gangs.
While there aren't any classic Saints characters this time around, you'll be aided by new crewmates like driver/mechanic Nina, finance guru Eli, and thrill-seeking DJ Kevin.
After a delay, the new Saints Row is coming out on August 23, 2022. For more announcements from the show check out everything announced at The Game Awards.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.
Dune: Spice Wars Is a 4X Real-Time Strategy Game
Shiro Games has announced Dune: Spice Wars, "a real-time strategy game with 4X elements based on Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking novel Dune". It will be released into PC early access next year.
Created by the same team behind Northgard and published by Funcom, the game will include several playable factions based on Dune's houses, and will include options for politics, subterfuge, and combat. Your goal, of course, is to control Arrakis' Spice using your armies and spice harvesters, while avoiding sandworms, sandstorms, and enemy forces.
"You can deploy agents to sabotage, assassinate and spy on your opponents," reads the press release, "use political means to influence the Landsraad and pass beneficial resolutions, amass incredible wealth and simply overwhelm the other houses through economic and technological supremacy, or you can opt for open war."
The early access game will focus on single player gameplay, with multiplayer and story Campaign modes to be added before full release. The Campaign is not yet set in stone, but is likely to " allow players to write their own stories, based on the characters and factions they play."
The game's been produced with help from film studio Legendary, which means the looks and writing should feel of a piece with Denis Villeneuve's recent movie adaptation.
Publisher Funcom has made clear that this is a separate game to the open world survival game it's developing itself, which will be unrelated to Dune: Spice Wars.
Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.
Dune: Spice Wars Is a 4X Real-Time Strategy Game
Shiro Games has announced Dune: Spice Wars, "a real-time strategy game with 4X elements based on Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking novel Dune". It will be released into PC early access next year.
Created by the same team behind Northgard and published by Funcom, the game will include several playable factions based on Dune's houses, and will include options for politics, subterfuge, and combat. Your goal, of course, is to control Arrakis' Spice using your armies and spice harvesters, while avoiding sandworms, sandstorms, and enemy forces.
"You can deploy agents to sabotage, assassinate and spy on your opponents," reads the press release, "use political means to influence the Landsraad and pass beneficial resolutions, amass incredible wealth and simply overwhelm the other houses through economic and technological supremacy, or you can opt for open war."
The early access game will focus on single player gameplay, with multiplayer and story Campaign modes to be added before full release. The Campaign is not yet set in stone, but is likely to " allow players to write their own stories, based on the characters and factions they play."
The game's been produced with help from film studio Legendary, which means the looks and writing should feel of a piece with Denis Villeneuve's recent movie adaptation.
Publisher Funcom has made clear that this is a separate game to the open world survival game it's developing itself, which will be unrelated to Dune: Spice Wars.
Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Shows Off Its First Real Gameplay
We've finally seen real gameplay from Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Revealed at The Game Awards 2021, we got a look at gameplay for all four playable characters: King Shark, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot. After opening with footage of the Suicide Squad taunting the Flash by calling him the Justice League's mascot, the trailer then cut to a gameplay montage filled with explosive combat. Take a look at some of the new shots below.
The fight took took place in a downtown city area, and showcased combat as crazy as you'd expect from the Suicide Squad. We saw clips of King Shark scaling buildings, using his fists for some blazing fast melee combat, and, yes, biting off an enemy's head.
Harley Quinn used what looked like a grapple to swing through the air, and she whipped out her baseball bat om the ground to take out foes. We saw some third-person shooter combat from Deadshot, and it also seems you'll have the ability to blast helicopters out of the sky.
No specific release date was given, but we know the game is coming in 2022 to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
First announced in 2020, Rocksteady's first game after the Batman Arkham series is set in the same universe and allows up to four players to control the game's antiheroes. Previously, we've seen a CG trailer and in-engine footage, but had never seen true gameplay.
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Shows Off Its First Real Gameplay
We've finally seen real gameplay from Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Revealed at The Game Awards 2021, we got a look at gameplay for all four playable characters: King Shark, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot. After opening with footage of the Suicide Squad taunting the Flash by calling him the Justice League's mascot, the trailer then cut to a gameplay montage filled with explosive combat. Take a look at some of the new shots below.
The fight took took place in a downtown city area, and showcased combat as crazy as you'd expect from the Suicide Squad. We saw clips of King Shark scaling buildings, using his fists for some blazing fast melee combat, and, yes, biting off an enemy's head.
Harley Quinn used what looked like a grapple to swing through the air, and she whipped out her baseball bat om the ground to take out foes. We saw some third-person shooter combat from Deadshot, and it also seems you'll have the ability to blast helicopters out of the sky.
No specific release date was given, but we know the game is coming in 2022 to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
First announced in 2020, Rocksteady's first game after the Batman Arkham series is set in the same universe and allows up to four players to control the game's antiheroes. Previously, we've seen a CG trailer and in-engine footage, but had never seen true gameplay.
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 Announced
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine is returning after more than a decade. During The Game Awards, Focus Home Interactive and Saber Interactive announced Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, a sequel to the third-person shooter first released in 2011.
The new trailer shows everything you'd expect from a Warhammer 40K game: Space Marines, Tyranids, and Chainswords. It will star Titus, an Ultramarines captain and hero of the original game.
"Space Marine may stumble here and there, but manages to remain entertaining from start to finish. For every moment where a character gets stuck on part of the environment, has an animation that breaks, or just randomly pops into the world, I’m left remembering great boss battles and encounters that made me feel like a badass," we wrote in in our original Warhammer 40k: Space Marine review. "It may not be the best or most original action game, but it’s a fine first outing for the franchise, and a rare gem for Warhammer fans."
The new Warhammer 40k: Space Marine will apparently take cues from World War Z, Quake Champions, and other games. But at its heart, it's still the third-person shooter we knew and loved back in the day.
It will release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN