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Halo: Reach designer Niles Sankey has revealed that the game was massively influenced by the first two Modern Warfare games. On Twitter, Halo: Reach designer Niles Sankey responded to a post about the infamous nuke scene in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He noted that the first two Modern Warfare games were a "huge" inspiration for the campaign of Bungie's final Halo game. He noted that, although Bungie felt Halo was doing things better than Call of Duty in areas like enemy AI and vehicles, Infinity Ward was beating them at other things, and it made sense to pull from their games. "Many of the moments in Reach were inspired by the brilliant work of Infinity Ward, including the Nobel team squad interactions, and 'Objective Survive' was spiritually inspired by the Nuke sequence [in Call of Duty 4]. We just tried to push it one step further," he said. Modern Warfare 1 and 2 were huge influences on Halo Reach's campaign. The tonal execution in those ga...

You're likely already familiar with the Worms video game series . It's a traditionally multiplayer game where you take your worms to all-out war with your opponent. There's bazookas, there's bombs, and there's almost always a whole lot of mayhem. Taking all of that chaos and bringing it to the tabletop may seem impossible, but it has in fact been done before. Worms: The Board Game was first released back in 2024 by Mantic Games . It's normally available for around $40, but Amazon has dropped the price down to $25.97 for the first time ever. The Worms board game is pretty straightforward, making it a solid option for beginners . You can play with up to four players, each of which will control their own team of four worms. Over about 45 minutes of playtime, you will battle each other to the death, blasting each other and the battlefield apart in true Worms fashion. Once one of the player's team of worms has been completely eliminated, the game ends, and the pe...

Game Science has released a 15-minute gameplay trailer for its Black Myth: Wukong follow-up, Black Myth: Zhong Kui . It gives us a closer look at the new protagonist, combat, and the world, and is packed with impressive details. The trailer begins with a peaceful seaside environment, foliage moving to a gentle breeze. The new protagonist stumbles onto a beachfront. He makes his way inside a cave before bumping into an old man eating some meat. The pair build a raft — are they both stranded on this beach? — and try to head out onto the water, but a towering wave appears to tear up their plans. We then get a look at combat. Carrying the old man on his back, the protagonist encounters a pack of ghoulish enemies, who he defeats with sword attacks. After thinning out the group, the protagonist goes up against the largest enemy, side-stepping attacks. This bigger foe ignites its sword in fire, but the protagonist parries and delivers the killing blow. A flashy cinematic finisher ends the fig...

The director of Marvel’s Wolverine , Mike Daly, opened up about the recent backlash toward the game after its extended gameplay showcase drew criticism online. Fans got a better look at Insomniac’s upcoming PS5 exclusive earlier this week, which showed off some story beats, character interactions, traversal, combat, and even a boss fight against a Sentinel. Since the internet is the way it is, this gameplay footage was instantly subject to intense scrutiny, sparking no end of criticism from players online. There’s a bevy of viral posts poking fun at this most recent footage, some of which I’ve included down below. Logan, remember to use your adamantium vision to sniff out his trail of wolverine™️ particles https://t.co/vTQssKxGA3 — Space ☆ Bruce (@spacebruce) August 13, 2026 Why does Sabertooth sound exactly like this https://t.co/g8l4uFYUfT pic.twitter.com/a5o46PpcZa — Deacon (@crowdeacon) August 16, 2026 Logan following a red scent trail to catch The Hand was one major...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's beta will utilize a divisive new matchmaking system in addition to the open matchmaking introduced last year. Matchmaking is an extremely hot topic within the Call of Duty community, as it can dictate how much fun you might have playing online. Are you going to get steamrolled? Are you going to absolutely massacre the other team? A lot of that is in the hands of an algorithim pitting you against certain players. With Modern Warfare 4, the Call of Duty team has revealed its plans for what fans can expect in the beta this coming weekend . In a new thread, the Call of Duty team confirmed that the beta will feature the new matchmaking system introduced in Black Ops 7 Season 5, as well as the open matchmaking system that launched with Black Ops 7 last year . The open matchmaking is seen as being a bit more random, and as a result, more varied and dynamic. This was Call of Duty's answer to complaints about aggressive skill-based matchmaking, which so...

Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Online was more than just a "side project," and it's a big reason why the studio hasn't had a brand new game since 2020. According to Jason Schreier , The Last of Us Online was reportedly not a game that was buying the team time until Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. It was seen as a major release for the studio, as opposed to a mere side project. Schreier claimed that the majority of the team on Intergalactic actually came over after The Last of Us Online was scrapped. As has been reported before, toward the end of its development, the team began to realize that once the multiplayer project came out, they couldn't just release it and be done. It would require a lot of resources and time to be supported long term, slowing down or taking away attention from the studio's beloved single-player projects. As a result, once the game was scrapped , it left Naughty Dog with a major gap in its release cycle . There hasn't been a...