Also onboard is Tali voice actress Ash Sroka AR-Kis a episodic point-and-click adventure game being developed by Spanish studio Gato Salvaje. The first isavailable to try for free, while episode two already written. The studio isturning to Kickstarterfor help with funding the remainder of the series and it has brought in a heavyweight name from the world of comics to help. Greg Rucka has been drafted to write episodes 3-5 ofAR-K; Rucka is a great writer who has written for major characters for DC and Marvel, but it’s his independent work that I’m the biggest fan of....

Whether it be due to lack offreshandhipnew IPs during it’s first quarter of the year or spending too much on that fancy swivel chair, Zynga’s year-on-year profits have taken a huge hit. From a recent SEC filing, Zynga shows that it’s profits declined 95%, from $27.2 million to $1.3 million. On top of that, for the first time in Zynga’s history, microtransaction and ad revenue has dropped 4%. This is not too surprising considering this follows at a 4% drop in daily user activity....

I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m actually quite hyped for the PSPgo, although I couldn’t tell you why. Nevertheless, some may consider Sony’sbig bonus incentivefor North America to be a little on the stingy side, especially considering the fact Europe getsGTPSP. If you buy a PSPgo brand new in NA, you will be able to downloadRock Band Unpluggedfrom the PlayStation Store. Sort of. What you’ll actually get access toisRock Band UnpluggedLite, a stripped down version of the full game....

Current projects not affected Development of MMOWorld of Darknessshut down about a month or so ago. Now it seems that CCP is preparing to cut 49 jobs as part of a restructuring. Polygonhas learned that a meeting at CCP’s Icelandic offices is currently being held to figure out this restructure, and that severance packages and job placement assistance are being offered for those affected. A statement from CCP says that development teams and plans forEVE Online, EVE: Valkyrie, DUST 514, and ‘Project Legion’ are not impacted by this restructuring....

Time to paint some happy little trees I love Bob Ross. I mean, everybody loves Bob Ross, but I like to consider myself something of a superfan — I’ve seen every episode ofThe Joy of Painting,many of them multiple times, I have a collection of Bob Ross memorabilia (including a figurine that is currently on my desk), and I even dressed up as him to attend one of my sorority events when I was in college, including a curly-haired wig and fake beard....

Night City isn’t done with you yet. Developer CD Projekt Red is showcasing a surprise update forCyberpunk 2077in a new stream on December 10. Update 2.2 includes bug fixes and “new features” to the game. No, it’s not a PlayStation 5 Pro patch. Stop asking. Word on what the surprise Update 2.2 will bring toCyberpunk 2077soon will be a mystery until its contents are revealed. CD Projekt Redannounced via Xthat it’s lifting the veil on the patch tomorrow, December 10, at 5 p....

What could’ve been Visceral Games is deadand that almost certainly means thatDead Spaceis dead. The talented EA subsidiary made a name for itself withDante’s Infernoand theDead Spacefranchise — the latter much more than the former. Toward the end of Visceral’s history, EA had the studio working on ventures that should’ve been more profitable:BattlefieldandStar Wars. Neither worked out particularly well and that’s all she wrote. That doesn’t stop us from wondering what could’ve been with regard to anotherDead Spacegame....

Destroy All Humanswas an old favorite of mine back in the PlayStation 2 days. It was rough around the edges, and far from perfect, but it had a sense of humor and the opportunity to play a murderous alien in aMars Attacks-style world radiated a lot of charm. Now we’re a generation up, andDestroy All Humansis in its second sequel. As Crypto and Pox make their current-gen debut, is it still just as much fun to launch anal probes at unsuspecting humans, or is this game, much like the aforementioned weaponry, up its own arse?...

‘We now have a solid group of staff members’ Shin Megami Tensei Vwas revealed over a year ago, and only just recently has Atlus began to work on it in full swing. In other words, don’t expect it anytime soon. While the Switch-exclusiveSMTcame as a shock for many, Atlus was biding its time with a skeleton crew. 4Gamer spoke to the game’s producer, Kazuyuki Yamai, and gave us more insight as to where the team was with it: “Yes....

Beta-hameha The more I see ofDragon Ball FighterZ, whether it be45 second trailers,screenshots, off-camera footage, the more I’m impressed with it. I’m super happy Arc System Works has nabbed a property that properly shows off what they’ve been doing with their neat Guilty Gear Xrdengine, and I can’t wait to have it in my hands. And that wait might not be for long! Bandai Namco has announced the long awaited closed beta forDragon Ball FighterZwill run from September 16-18....

Fans who harbor nostalgia for EA Sports’ venerated last-genMVP Baseballfranchise may want the publisher to get back in the game and put out a new baseball title, now that Take-Two, the parent company of 2K Sports, seems unwilling to extend its third-party exclusivity deal with Major League Baseball. But in aninterview with ESPN, EA Sports head Andrew Wilson declared that his company isn’t focusing on baseball at the moment. Having just accomplished the stunning coup oftaking the UFC licenseoff of THQ’s hands — as Wilson put it, “The ink was still wet when we walked on stage [at EA’s press briefing]” — Wilson said that while he’s hopeful for future opportunities with the MLB license, “It’s just not something we’re working on right now....

Did you complete yourElden Ringplaythrough? Before I delve into a game, I like to know roughly how long it’s going to take me to complete, so HowLongToBeat.com has been a staple of my gaming experience for years. While I usually use the website to get an estimate of how many hours I’m about to invest in a title, turns out you can glean a lot of information about how many people played a game, and how many actually finished it, too....

‘It’s happening all over again’ Game of Thrones – A Telltale Game Series: The Lost Lordsis out tomorrow for Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Windows, with versions for other platforms hitting later this week. To commemorate, Telltale has released a launch trailer for the episode. Where half ofthe last trailerwas a recap ofIron From Ice, this one is all new. In the trailer, Elissa Forrester, matriarch of the Stark-lite noble house, worries about the future of the family....