–By Narrative Thread Despite receiving praise for its story and lore, particularly in contrast to the previous entry in the series, Diablo 4’s narrative design — and, by extension, its campaign — is the blandest ingredient in this demon-slaying cocktail It starts with a cutscene — a wanderer, assaulted by…
The Titanfall franchise and Apex Legends share an expansive universe. Many of the legends in Apex have backstories with major links to Titanfall. BY RYAN BRIDGES It’s widely known that Apex Legends takes place in the same universe as the Titanfall franchise. Locations, weapons, and characters that appeared in Titanfall and Titanfall 2 also appear in Apex Legends. However,…
When people talk about gaming, they usually talk about it as if it’s one monolithic thing. It’s not. It’s actually three monolithic things. There are three distinct pillars that makeup what we offhandedly call game writing: Plot, character, and lore Not all games need to focus on all of these…
By Derek Liu at GDC 2019 Intro: Derek has been working on trailer editing for over 15 years, he works with agencies on trailers for AAA games as well as numerous indie games. The game genre includes both gamy games and story-driven games which are lighter on game mechanics. Agenda…
Marvel Comics, is one of the biggest two American media and entertainment companies that was widely regarded as the most known publisher and a subsidiary of the Disney Company. Its headquarters are in New York City. The precursor to Marvel Comics was founded in 1939 by a pulp magazine publisher…
Building the optimistic future of Overwatch — Lead Writer Michael Chu 2017 GDC Blizzard has the company values, one is “thinking globally”, for developers, it’s hard for us to figure out what that means, obviously is thinking about the other teams working around the world. On OW, we have this…
Brief Pan Gu is a central figure in the Chinese Taoist legend of world creation, the first man, is said to come forth from chaos(a big egg). Pan Gu is said to have two horns, two tusks, and a shaggy body. Some accounts credit him with the separation of heaven…
Great party games and large group strategy games alike. BY SAM DESATOFF, MATT THROWER from IGN Many of the best board games tend to be geared towards smaller groups of players, so what’s one to do when you have a party or other gathering of fun-loving friends in higher numbers? Thankfully, board game and…
By diehardGG Apex Legends Lore and Titanfall 1 and Titanfall 2 Complete Story. Covering the events before Titanfall 1 through Apex Legends Season 10. Stories from the Outlands. Truly an Apex Experience. Apex Legends Lore includes the Origin of the Apex Games, EverySeason, Ash, Blisk, Octane, Wattson, Crypto, Revenant, Loba,…
By Argentics Studio Seasonal events in gaming have become integral components of contemporary game design, marked by their structured occurrence within a specified timeframe and offering unique in-game experiences. The prevalence of seasonal events has seen a noteworthy ascent in the gaming industry, as developers increasingly recognize their potential to…
