Embargo on the “Hogwarts Legacy”, a blow to Ubisoft

Good morning. The creators of Life is Strange are teasing a new story game. The third episode of The Last of Us is very popular. New truck in American Truck Simulator. State of Decay 3 will be better.

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– Embargo on reviews Hogwarts legacy Hooray established 02/06/2023 at 13:00 our time, i.e. 4 days before the release of the game and one day before the release of the more expensive Deluxe Edition. In the meantime, you can check out the achievements. There are 45 totaling 1000 Gamerscore, 21 of which are secret.

– The first strike in the history of this studio took place at Ubisoft in Paris last week. 15% of the development team went on strike Ubisoft Paris (40 people) and according to the Axios agency, it was more of a discussion between employees. The state of the company, plans for the future and the crisis of the Ghost Recon and Just Dance series were discussed. But the ones in question didn’t work. Ubisoft recently canceled three more unannounced games, and the CEO told staff it was up to them now. Many took this as pressure and ordered overtime.

– In a studio Don’t nod Entertainment (Life is Strange and Vampyr) the action of the game takes place in the 90s, in the childhood of today’s thirties and forties. Undoubtedly, it will focus on history. Maybe something like Life is Strange. The atmosphere of this episodic adventure game reminded older players of the last years of school. We older people would certainly enjoy the 90s with memories, while the younger ones would remember the years without smartphones and ubiquitous Internet access. By the way, notice the retro console, VHS player and CRT TV in the image posted by Don’t Nod:

– The third part of the first series Last of us, which received very positive reviews, reached 6.4 million views on the day of its premiere. This is 12% more than the second episode and 37% more than the first episode. The first two episodes averaged 23.3 million viewers, currently the second most watched series on HBO. First up is Dragonborn, with an average of 29 million per episode.

– He notices success Phil Spencer. The head of the gaming division of Microsoft considers The Last of Us a fantastic series. According to him, they did a great job of adapting a fantastic game for TV screens, and thanks to everyone who worked on it.

– Screen version of the game for the PlayStation. Ghost of Tsushima occurs slowly. It seems that Sony is not putting pressure on the director. Indeed, Chad Stahelski revealed in an interview with Slash Film that the script is done (he says it’s great) and the creative team is done, but the business details and many other unspecified things still need to be worked out. Only after that it will be possible to start filming. Chad is looking forward to filming, calling Ghost of Tsushima a special project and dreaming of an epic samurai atmosphere. But he has a lot to do: he is preparing the film “John Wick 4” and reboot “Highlander”.

– American Truck Simulator continues to work with the Western Star brand. After the 49X and 57X trucks came a legend in the form of the 5700XE.

– It’s coming back Abandoned? After several months of silence, a small game update has appeared on the PlayStation Store. Blue Box Studio has changed the main image. Now a woman’s face. People keeping a close eye on this strange project expect something new to happen soon. From Hasan Kahraman it is better not to expect something big, especially finished.

– Decay State 3 you can raise the bar a little. From the relatively simple first two parts, Undead Labs is working on a comprehensive title. The one according to findings on LinkedIn there will be videos created on the game engine. Thus, we can expect storytelling through carefully crafted films. For an idea, let’s remind you of the CGI movie trailer.

– After Tomb Raider you can v PowerWash Simulator also erase familiar locations and items from Final Fantasy VII. This will be the second free DLC that will offer 7th Heaven, Hardy-Dayton or Guard Scorpion flushes, no date yet.