Co-showrunner Neil Druckmann didn’t leave HBO’s “The Last of Us” on a whim. The head of PlayStation’s Naughty Dog video game studio left because he’d accomplished the “crazy goal” he set out to when adapting his critically acclaimed and widely beloved video game franchise for television. “Our goals for the show — I had multiple goals, some of them were …
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First released in 1994, Heretic took DOOM’s DNA and put a dark fantasy twist on it. A year later, Hexen took the reimagining further, opting for less linear level design, and sprinkling in a bit of RPG flavour by offering the player three different classes to choose from — warrior, cleric, and mage — each with their own strengths, weaknesses, …
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Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) I’m really beginning to wonder just how Nightdive Studios manages to fit in so many awesome projects. Last year, we had no less than five major releases from the team, including The Thing: Remastered, DOOM + DOOM II, and Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, and it’s clearly looking to achieve a similar degree of prolificacy …
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Retro fans rejoice! Raven Software’s legendary (or at the very least, fondly remembered) fantasy FPS twosome Heretic and Hexen have risen from the grave and received the remaster treatment on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC, courtesy of retro specialists Nightdive. Heretic, for those too young to remember, originally released in 1994 while its sequel, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, released …
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Wake up, it’s the 90s again. Ok, so maybe I’ve lied to you there, but two classic shooters from the decade that I as a child of 1999 definitely remember fondly have been re-released as one handy bundle with some extra features. Heretic + Hexen is out now. The surprise re-release of these virtual spell boxes came as part of …
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Publisher Bethesda Softworks and developers id Software and Nightdive Studios have announced Heretic + Hexen for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam, Microsoft Storem GOG). It is available now for $14.99. It is also available via Game Pass. Physical editions will be available via Limited Run Games. Heretic + Hexen includes the original episodes, …
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