Fox21 has secured the rights to Dontnod Entertainment and Focus Home Interactive’s hit RPG video game, Vampyr, for Wonderland Sound & Vision and DJ2 Entertainment to adapt for television. Vampyr launched worldwide last June, reaching #1 on Steam, the internet’s largest video game distribution platform. Vampyr is game developer Dontnod’s follow-up to its Peabody and BAFTA Award Winning game, LIFE IS STRANGE, which DJ2 Entertainment is also set to executive produce. As the developers of Vampyr, Dontnod CEO Oskar Guilbert goes on the record to say, “we believe it is a fantastic premise for a television show. This is a new and exciting way for fans of the game, as well as the uninitiated, to enter and engage with Vampyr’S rich, deep story. We cannot wait to see how the talented team at Fox...
Vampyr is a game where you play as Dr. Jonathan Reed who is back from war and a recently turned Vampire. After making a couple of horrible choices after becoming a Vampire, Jonathan decides to use his powers to help people and in general stop London from turning into a disease-ridden hell hole. The story has branching elements and it is really damn good. Visually, it nails it. With great atmosphere and lighting bundled with the weather system it really sets the tone and mood which is dark and gritty and somewhat scary. It does a fantastic job recreating London during WW1 and the Spanish Flu that plagues the city. Besides overall visuals the player and NPC animation in combat is good and at times excellent. It uses particle effects system really well on shadows while dodging and on the fire...
Dontnod Entertainment, developers of Vampyr, invites fans to their studio for a first insight into the creative process behind their upcoming action-RPG. In the first episode of this original weekly four-part webseries, produced and realized by the video department of Focus Home Interactive, Dontnod unveils exclusive gameplay footage while delving into their signature approach and reasons behind putting players in the role of a predator. The three following webseries’ episodes will release weekly every Thursday. In Episode I: Making Monsters, Dontnod gives more information about Jonathan Reid, the doctor-turned-vampire that players will step into the shoes of in Vampyr. Freshly turned, Reid’s ‘condition’ unveils a dark new reality, thrusting him into a once-hidden society of wretched creat...
While big publishers would like you to believe that single player games are dead or dying, the truth is in fact the opposite. There are tons of great single player games released in the last year and even more upcoming in 2018. Sure, some of them have multiplayer elements to them, but these games still offer a very robust single player experience. So here are the top 20 best upcoming single player games 2018. Ni No Kuni 2 Join the young king Evan as he sets out on an epic quest to found a new kingdom and, with the help of some new friends, unite his world, saving its people from a terrible evil. Monster Hunter World Embark on a perilous hunting expedition into a newly discovered continent known only as ‘The New World’ and prowl its uncharted wilds in search of the land’s most ferocious bea...
Vampyr, the RPG from DontNod will sink its fangs into Spring 2018 Eagerly awaited by many players at the end of this year, upcoming RPG Vampyr announces the delay of its release date to Spring 2018, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Oskar Guilbert, CEO of DontNod Entertainment, explains: “Delaying the release of a project you hold dear is always a tough decision. However, we believe that meeting a deadline should never compromise quality. We were still convinced just a few weeks ago that we would be able to release Vampyr this year. Unfortunately, a technical issue – now solved – has set our teams’ schedule back at the end of the development. This delay allows us enough time for all the polishing and balancing phase, much needed for a game of Vampyr‘s scope, with its ambitious, semi...
2017 will be over soon, but the video game releases show no signs of slowing down. Starting today with Destiny 2, the biggest upcoming video games of 2017 are yet to release, including the new Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed. So here are the top 20 biggest upcoming video games of 2017. Destiny 2 From the makers of the acclaimed hit game Destiny, comes the much-anticipated sequel. An action shooter that takes you on an epic journey across the solar system. Call Of Duty: World War 2 Call of Duty returns to its roots with Call of Duty: WWII – a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II for a new gaming generation. Land in Normandy on D-Day and battle across Europe through iconic locations in history’s most monumental war. Experience classic Call of Duty combat, the bon...
Journey into 1918 London with the Ascalon Club in Vampyr’s bumper E3 trailer Fly through the streets as imagined by Dontnod Entertainment, in the bumper E3 trailer for their upcoming narrative driven action-RPG Vampyr. Witness deep into the heart of a flu-stricken London, where secret societies operate in the shadows. Accompanied by the rock song Devil by Ida Maria, set out on an exciting journey with an uncut sequence shot throughout the city’s dark alleys, deadly underground passages and corrupt neighbourhoods and get a first glimpse at The Ascalon Club, a society formed from the richest vampires, unbeknownst to the mortals. You are Dr. Jonathan Reid, a famous surgeon home from the Great War and recently turned into a vampire against your own will. As a doctor, you have taken an oath to ...
The year 2016, however good or bad it may have been, is over now, and with its end we turn over a new leaf. Or we think we’ll do anyway (New Year’s resolutions are so overrated). We saw quite a lot of games last year, some amazing and some downright pathetic. We also caught a glimpse of major titles that are scheduled for release this year. Here’s our list of the most anticipated games that are supposedly releasing in 2017. All aboard the hype train! Mass Effect: Andromeda Platforms: Windows PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 Bioware is bringing its epic space franchise back with a trip to the Andromeda Galaxy. It will be the first game in Mass Effect series to have an open world, moving away from the story of the original trilogy. Life in the Milky Way galaxy is in turmoil,...
Dontnod Entertainment has unveiled a new cinematic trailer depicting the legends and tales of its mysterious protagonist, Dr Jonathan Reid. Set in 1918 London during a deadly bout of the Spanish Flu that left London’s alleys and promenade’s wailing in agony, Dr Reid awakes having arrived home from serving in the Great War with a deathly new ailment: vampirism. A Doctor, Reid considers his affliction another disease. As he tries to understand and to live with it, he desperately tries to continue his life as a doctor, helping those stricken with flu. Watch the trailer to hear whispers in the night from Vampyr’s many citizens – each with their own names, back stories, and daily lives. It will be you who decides whether to shrug off his ghoulish reputation, or lay waste...
Dontnod Entertainment, the makers of Life is Strange, are working hard on their upcoming horror and gore filled title Vampyr, and it looks like the game is only to be more brutal here onward. A press release was sent out today included a bunch of details about the combat gameplay and also some new screenshots, giving a glimpse into the gory world of Vampyr. Here’s how it reads: “Armed with an array of conventional melee and ranged weaponry, attack and dodge foes to fill up Jonathan’s Blood Gauge, required to unleash powerful vampire attacks. From impaling enemies on a spike, to draining them of blood at a distance, as Jonathan’s Blood Gauge fills during a combat situation, his Vampire affliction will start to overtake his more human side, unleashing destructive spells and abili...