League Of Legends MMO's Executive Producer Is Stepping Down
Riot Games’ unnamed MMORPG has lost its lead this week, with executive producer Greg Street announcing his departure from the project and the company due to “a combo of personal and professional considerations.” Street has been at Riot Games for nine years, and previously worked on major franchises including Age of Empires and World of Warcraft.
The MMO set in League of Legends’ world of Runeterra was announced by Street in late 2020 while hiring for the project, and details about the game have been thin on the ground since then. Street has talked candidly on Twitter about the development process from time to time, claiming that the MMO may not be released if it doesn’t meet Riot’s strict standards, as well as promising it will respect its players’ time.
Street said the decision to leave Riot was down to both personal and professional reasons, explaining that he “experienced some devastating personal losses last year and I want to be closer to my surviving family.” Stree…
Live A Live Coming to Steam, PS4, And PS5 This Spring, Demo Out Now
Live A Live is headed to PS4, PS5, and PC via Steam on April 27, 2023. Square Enix also announced that a free demo featuring the game’s first three stories is available across the aforementioned platforms today.
On the PlayStation Store, Live A Live is available to preorder now. Players who preorder will earn a 20% discount across all platforms, though the Steam version isn’t quite available to preorder just yet.
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Layers Of Fears Isn't The Sequel You Were Expecting
Layers of Fear developer Bloober Team has dipped its toes into a few other franchises over the last few years, but as announced during Summer Game Fest Live, it’s returning to its signature horror series with Layers of Fears. No, that’s not a spelling error–the studio is opting to reimagine its previous games using new technology.
Built using Unreal Engine 5, Layers of Fears uses the basic components of Layers of Fear, Layers of Fear 2, and Layers of Fear: Inheritance, but with “an expanded plotline and gameplay direction,” according to a press release. It’s not just a remake, however, with a new story chapter that you can see in the official reveal trailer.
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Logitech Logi Play Stream- Start Time And How To Watch
Logitech will kick-off Logi Play, an event centered around Logitech’s gaming products and the “future of play,” on September 21 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 6 PM CT. According to Logitech’s blog, Logi Play will take place in Berlin, Germany and will also be livestreamed over on Logitech’s Twitch channel.
Logitech states that there will be new product release announcements from its Logitech G and Logitech For Creators lines, in addition to other events like panel discussions, musical performances, and gaming sessions. Invited guests include DanucD, Onscreen, and Mr. Shiboleg, PastelMusique, Florent Garcia, Djarii, and LittleBigWhale.
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Dracula Spin-Off Movie Renfield To Star X-Men's Nicholas Hoult
Nicholas Hoult will star in the upcoming Universal monster movie Renfield. As reported by Collider, X-Men star Hoult will play the title character, best known as Dracula’s henchman.
Renfield will be directed by Chris McKay, who helmed The Lego Batman Movie and the recent Amazon sci-fi film The Tomorrow War. The script has been written by Ryan Ridley (Rick and Morty) from a story by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. Hoult played Hank McCoy in four X-Men movies and also appeared in Mad Max: Fury Road, Those Who Wish Me Dead, and the TV shows Skins and The Great.
Renfield is one of several movies based on classic horror characters being developed by Universal. It was first announced in November 2019, with Dexter Fletcher (Rocketman) attached as director. The character appeared in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula and has been played by a variety of actors over the years, including Tom Waits in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 Dracula adaptation and Klaus Kinski in a 1970 versi…