Tag: Focus Home Interactive
News Intriguing RPG Greedfall Is Coming to PS5, Also Getting an Expansion
Greedy
Greedfall, the pretty-decent-but-also-a-bit-boring RPG that launched on PS4 last year, is getting a PS5 version. There are no further details or release date to go on yet, but we imagine that it'll be a pretty straightforward re-release with improved performance. What's more, Greedfall's getting an expansion. Again, we don't have any...
Review Vampyr - An Intriguing, Bloodthirsty RPG
Sucky combat
Republished on Wednesday 30th September 2020: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of October's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. DONTNOD has so far released two games: 2013's often forgotten Remember Me and the breakout success Life Is Strange. Vampyr is the ambitious company's...
News Tactical FPS Insurgency: Sandstorm Delayed Yet Again on PS4
Now coming early 2021
Insurgency: Sandstorm doesn't seem to be having too much luck as far as getting a PlayStation 4 port out the door goes. This tactical first-person shooter initially launched on PC way back in 2018 and developer New World Interactive had been planning on bringing it to consoles in just a couple of weeks, but that is no longer...
News State of Play Game Aeon Must Die Caught in Controversy
Claims of theft, harassment, and abuse
Slick sci-fi beat-‘em-up Aeon Must Die was one of the standouts during yesterday’s State of Play livestream, but the release has been mired in controversy ever since. An enormous catalogue of conversations, emails, and letters have been uploaded to Dropbox, after former employees of developer Limestone...
News Hood: Outlaws & Legends Brings Gritty 4v4 Heists to PS5, PS4 in 2021
Hoodwinked
Hood: Outlaws & Legends was one of the grittier games shown during Sony's latest State of Play broadcast. The game's a four-on-four multiplayer action title, in which the two teams compete to pull off a dangerous heist. You have to work together in order to infiltrate a location guarded by computer-controlled enemies, all while your...
News Spiders RPG GreedFall Sells More Than One Million Copies Worldwide
On to bigger and better things
The games that developer Spiders Studio have put together only got better over the course of the PlayStation 4 generation. Starting things off rather shakily with Bound By Flame, it improved with The Technomancer before putting out its best work yet last year with GreedFall. Because of that, the team will surely be...
Review Othercide - Gothic Horror Tactical Thrills
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
The easiest way to describe Othercide to somebody who hasn't played it is that it's goth XCOM. While that description is broadly accurate, it should also be noted that the game does differentiate itself from other tactical turn-based games with some interesting ideas that mostly work. There are some issues here...
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Sells More Than One Million Copies Worldwide
Bring on the sequel
A Plague Tale: Innocence is one of the greatest titles publisher Focus Home Interactive has ever put out and that appears to have translated into a lot of sales more than a year after release. Asobo Studio today announced that the game has sold more than one million copies across the globe, surely making it a successful project...
News Tactical RPG Othercide Takes Its Turn in Late July on PS4
You will rise
AA powerhouse Focus Home Interactive is once again proving the level of diversity it brings to the table with Othercide, a tactical RPG that sort of looks like a blend of XCOM 2 and Divinity: Original Sin. The publisher has just announced a release date for PlayStation 4 of 28th July 2020, meaning this stylish action title is just over...
Review SnowRunner - Glacial Haulage Sim Is Snow Joke
Deck the hauls
With the PlayStation 4’s catalogue so radically diverse these days, a haulage simulation set in challenging terrain doesn’t sound all that abnormal. SnowRunner is the latest instalment in the strangely popular Spintires series, which you may recall making its PlayStation 4 debut with MudRunner a few years ago. As its name...
News This SnowRunner Trailer Is a Brilliant Riff on Death Stranding
United we drive
Okay, this is pretty damn good. Focus Home Interactive is days away from the release of SnowRunner, a driving sim about making deliveries through treacherous terrain. You could say there's a passing resemblance in its gameplay to Kojima Productions' Death Stranding, and it seems the publisher of this mucky trucking game agrees. The...
News World War Z Grabs Game of the Year Edition and New Missions
Head to Marseille
It's been a hot second since Push Square last covered World War Z, the co-operative shooter from developer Saber Interactive. In that time, the studio has released even more free content for its playerbase and it plans on celebrating that by bringing it all under one roof with a Game of the Year edition. Scheduled to launch on...
News SnowRunner Overview Trailer Explains the Mucky World of Off-Road Trucking on PS4
Someone's got to do it
SnowRunner, the ice-capped follow-up to MudRunner, has just received a new gameplay trailer. Publisher Focus Home Interactive has provided a fresh, in-depth look at the off-roading sim, going over many of the game's features. It's nothing that will surprise you if you've played this type of thing before, but it's looking...
Interview Charging Up Some Answers with The Surge 2 Composer Duo BowsToHymns
Feed the rush
In our long running series of composer interviews, we’ve chatted with composers from all across the industry. Next up in the series, we have Helge Borgarts and Thomas Stanger -- collectively known as BowsToHymns -- a composer duo who’ve worked not just in games, but have worked on the very series we’re here to talk about, The...
News Tactical Shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm Pulls the Trigger on PS4 Release Date
Oscar mike
Tactical first-person shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm is closing in on a PlayStation 4 launch, with publisher Focus Home Interactive attaching a 25th August release date to the title. “[The game] invites console players to prepare for a hardcore depiction of combat with deadly ballistics, destructive artillery, and unprecedented audio...
News Othercide Is a Turn-Based RPG From Publishing Heavyweight Focus Home Interactive
This summer on PS4
Focus Home Interactive has become a major publisher in the AA space over the past couple of years, helping the likes of Call of Cthulhu, The Surge, and the fantastic A Plague Tale: Innocence reach the PlayStation 4 market. And it is set to continue that initiative in 2020 with Othercide, a tactical turn-based RPG from developer
News SnowRunner Takes Off-Roading to Treacherous Tundras on PS4 This April
Let it snow
Hands up: who played Spintires: MudRunner? It's a surprisingly engaging off-roading simulator that revved its engines on PlayStation 4 in 2017. Publisher Focus Home Interactive has just announced its follow-up, simply named SnowRunner, is coming very soon indeed. As you might've guessed from the name, SnowRunner takes the extreme...
News The Surge 2 Kraken DLC Comes to PS4 Next Week, Early Access for Season Pass Owners
Something for the kids
The Surge 2 was a somewhat decent iteration on its Souls-like predecessor, but we still felt like it was lacking a little something when it launched last year. It's worth checking out if you're starved of From Software experiences, but the game's first major piece of DLC looks a whole lot more interesting. In the same vein as...
News World War Z Horde Mode Update Out Now on PS4
New zombie type
It has been said time and time again that developer Saber Interactive has done a wonderful job of supporting World War Z with tons of free DLC and content ever since its PlayStation 4 release at the start of 2019, and players can look forward to even more if they check out the game today. A new update has added the widely requested...
Rumour A Plague Tale 2 in Development, Planned for Release in 2022
Stripped of innocence
Eek! This is a rumour that gets this particular scribe rather excited. A Plague Tale: Innocence is one of 2019's most underrated games, but that didn't stop people from going out and buying it -- the game and RPG GreedFall increased publisher Focus Home Interactive's revenue by 80%. It's no wonder then that a sequel is...
News The Surge 2 Story DLC Arrives January 2020, Adds New Weapons and Gear Sets
Priced at £15.99/$19.99
The Surge 2 launched just over a month ago, and it already seems to have been all but forgotten about. It wasn't a bad game, but it did nowhere near enough to really differentiate itself from the Souls-like pack. It has the chance to change that, however, as the title is set to receive a story-based DLC in January 2020...
News World War Z PS4 Update Adds Two More Free Missions and Halloween Surprise
There's also a flamethrower
World War Z might be one of the best supported PlayStation 4 games of 2019. Ever since it launched to decent reviews back in February, developer Saber Interactive has updated the game constantly for free with new maps, missions, weapons, and modes. It's an impressive list of additions, and it's about to get that little...
News Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishment to Be Taken Off the PSN Store Following Publisher Dispute
Leaves on Sunday
If you're at all interested in owning Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishment digitally on PlayStation 4, you might want to purchase a copy as soon as possible. The game is about to removed from the PlayStation Store because publisher Focus Home Interactive is refusing to revert the game's rights back to developer Frogwares after...
Review The Surge 2 - Great Combat, Genius Ideas, and One Too Many Issues
Walls of Jericho
Developer Deck 13 is so, so close to putting out a good video game. After failing to capitalize on the clear potential of The Surge, the studio is back with a sequel that is bigger and better in almost every way, but it continues to slightly miss the mark in one too many key areas. The Surge 2 will satisfy those looking for their...
News The Surge 2’s Launch Trailer Is a Bit Weird
Questionable music choice
Deck 13's The Surge 2 is quietly creeping up on its Tuesday 24th September release date, and that means it's time for the launch trailer. You can check it out above, but we're not quite sure what to make of it. Pretty much every piece of footage that makes up the 73-second trailer is purely gameplay, and that's always...
News World War Z Teases Crossplay, New Missions, and More Zombies for Future Updates
Season Two incoming
World War Z has received an impressive level of post-launch support ever since its promising release back in April, with the best part being that it's all completely free. It gets even better with season two, however, which teases PS4 crossplay with PC and other consoles, as well as new missions and zombie types. There's no...
Review GreedFall - Spiders' Best Game Is on the Cusp of RPG Greatness
Smooth sailing
Spiders has been busy this generation. The French developer has released two role-playing titles up to this point: Bound by Flame in 2014, and The Technomancer in 2016. Both games had some cool ideas and a unique feel, but ultimately, they were let down by wonky gameplay mechanics and stunted storytelling. There's a spark of something...
News The Surge 2's New Trailer Reckons We Are What We Kill
Cut above the rest
The Surge 2 is shaping up nicely, isn't it? The sequel's sci-fi take on Dark Souls comes to PlayStation 4 at the end of the month, and this latest trailer plays upon the mechanic that differentiates it from anything else in the genre. Check it out above. Continuing its focus on decapitating limbs from bodies in order to get the...
News BioWare-Style RPG GreedFall's Launch Trailer Is Pretty Great
Land ho
Out in just a few days. GreedFall is an action role-playing title that we've had our eye on for months now, and the game continues to feed the hype with a really good launch trailer. The title sees you travel to an untamed island in the hopes of finding a cure for a plague that's crippled your homeland. GreedFall's developed by Spiders, the...
News GreedFall's PS4 Trophy List Requires Multiple Playthroughs for the Platinum
Romance and faction siding
With GreedFall's anticipated launch just a week away, the game's PlayStation 4 Trophy list has given us further insight into what to expect from the RPG. If you want to add its Platinum Trophy to your collection, it looks like you're either going to have to do multiple playthroughs or time your saves carefully so that you...
News GreedFall Extended Gameplay Demo Is Our Best Look at the RPG Yet
13 minutes of footage
It feels like GreedFall is starting to pick up steam now that it's just a couple of weeks away from release, and with good reason. The upcoming role-playing title has looked very promising for quite a while now, and this latest gameplay walkthrough is probably our most in-depth guide to the game yet. Look, we've said this so...
News World War Z Adds Weekly Challenges and a New Currency, Teases Season 2 Content
Earned through gameplay
World War Z's first season of post-launch content is about to come to an end, but it's going out with a bang as it adds weekly challenges, new weapons and cosmetics, and a new earnable currency. The weekly challenge mode is the biggest addition in the Proving Grounds update - a separate playlist that changes the experience...
News Combat Is the Focus of The Surge 2's Latest Trailer
Death from above
With its release less than a month away, the pre-launch footage of The Surge 2 is starting to come thick and fast. Today's trailer focuses on combat, with a number of different takedowns, enemies, and bosses on show. Verticality appears to be a much more prominent feature in the sequel, as footage opens with a vertical takedown on...
News Here's 8 Minutes of GreedFall Gameplay, and It Still Looks Really Promising
Combat, progression, and dialogue
IGN has posted around eight minutes of GreedFall gameplay, giving us what is perhaps our single best look at the title yet. As we keep saying, this latest action RPG from French studio Spiders looks very promising. It appears to have a solid combat system, a nicely realised world, in-depth character progression, and...
News The Surge 2 Goes Full Rockstar in New Gameplay Overview Trailer
Loot, upgrades, and builds
Everyone loves emulating the Rockstar Games approach to trailers nowadays - a voiceover that plays while gameplay does just as much talking as the description the female narrator is giving you. The Surge 2 mixes things up as a male takes control, but it's just as effective at explaining what the game is all about. The act...
News GreedFall Introduces Its Companions in Latest Trailer
Personal quests and romance
GreedFall is back once again - this time around with an introduction to the companions you'll be able to recruit and take along with you for the journey ahead. Take a look in the trailer above. You'll be able to control a party of three, but each and every one brings something different to combat. Some will want to be on...
News GreedFall Dev Spiders Wants to Fill the Void Left by BioWare
Confirms no DLC after launch
Another day brings with it another article about the promising RPG GreedFall that hits PS4 on 10th September, and today's news will give hope to those who loved the deep narrative experiences of the likes of Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Developer Spiders Studios wants to fill the void left by...
News Upcoming RPG GreedFall Will Take You a Good 30 Hours to Beat, Has Multiple Endings
Don't be greedy
We've been banging on about how promising GreedFall looks for weeks now. The role-playing release is due out in just under a month at the time of writing, and by this point, we know quite a lot about it. That said, Escapist has managed to squeeze some fresh info from developer Spiders. In an interview, the studio says that the game...
News GreedFall Continues to Impress in Gameplay Overview Trailer
Lots of mechanics on show
The pre-release coverage is starting to come thick and fast for GreedFall as it approaches its September release date, with this latest trailer giving us a good overview of the types of mechanics and features we can expect to see in the final game. Get a taste of the upcoming PS4 RPG above. In true Rockstar fashion, a...
News The Surge 2 Is Looking Slick and Brutal in New Gameplay Trailer
Mostly armless
We have to say, The Surge 2 is looking like a pretty big improvement on the first game. With a much broader variety in environments and what looks like pretty satisfying combat, we could be onto a winner. In this new gameplay trailer, we get a glimpse of lots of new locations, as well as enemies, bosses, and weapons you'll be able to...
News Anticipated RPG GreedFall Gets 4K and HDR Support at Launch, Pre-Orders Live Tomorrow
Pre-order bonus detailed
You all already know that we're hotly anticipating the launch of GreedFall when it comes to PS4 on 10th September, so let's cut to the chase - the upcoming RPG is going to look even better on the PS4 Pro thanks to 4K support and HDR integration. This should make the game look and run even better on the supercharged console,...
News GreedFall Dev Video Gives More Insight into the Promising PS4 RPG
Player choice and character progression
We've said it before but we'll say it again: the more we see of GreedFall, the more promising it looks. The upcoming role-playing game, which is due to launch for PlayStation 4 on the 11th September, has received a second developer diary video, this time detailing things like player choice and character...
News Could GreedFall Be the Next Big RPG to Watch Out For?
Don't get greedy
GreedFall has been hanging around for a couple of years now, but it's never quite gotten the attention that it potentially deserves. The next title from French developer Spiders, it's described as a deep action role-playing game set in an intricate and rather unique gritty fantasy world. It's due to release later this year, on the...
News GreedFall Nails Down a 10th September Release Date in Promising New Trailer
Mechanics showcase
We can't help but build up a reasonable amount of excitement for the upcoming GreedFall. It looks set to be Spiders Studio's best game yet, and now we know exactly when we will get our hands on it. The RPG comes to PS4 in just a couple of months on 10th September. The new trailer above is well worth checking out too, as it...
News World War Z's Latest PS4 Update Adds Extreme Difficulty Mode
Even more content coming in late July
The popular World War Z is back again with yet another free update on PS4, with the main headline this time around being the addition of a sixth tier of difficulty. It's available for download right now, so see it in action in the video above while you wait. While The Six Skulls update does indeed make the...
News The Surge 2 Puts Its Best Foot Forward in Lengthy Developer Walkthrough
Eight minutes of new footage
Some of you liked The Surge a lot more than we did when it released, but its sequel is looking like the real deal. In a gameplay-focused developer walkthrough, The Surge 2 shines in eight minutes of footage that puts the focus on combat, alternate routes, and abilities. Check it out above. The walkthrough focuses on a...
E3 2019 The Surge 2's New Trailer Has Giant Robots and Flying Guns
Of course it does
It's E3, and that means every known game under the Sun is getting a new trailer of some kind. The Surge 2 has a brand new CG trailer, which you can watch above, and it's pretty cool. The main character is being led through the dystopian city of Jericho by a mysterious girl. In the trailer, he faces off against a few goons, making...
News GreedFall Impresses in New Story Trailer, Coming to PS4 in September
A pirate's life for me
Focus Home Interactive is quickly becoming one of the most interesting publishers in the AA space. While we didn't take to them quite as much as others, the likes of A Plague Tale: Innocence and Vampyr have been making a name for themselves across the PS4 community. Next up is GreedFall, an action RPG well worth checking out...
News The Surge 2 Slices and Dices PS4 in Late September
Collector's edition details tomorrow
The Surge 2 has a confirmed release date - it'll launch worldwide on PS4 on 24th September 2019 along with some lovely little pre-order bonuses. Should you wish to put some money down early for the title, you'll get your hands on the URBN Gear Pack. This comes with Warren’s original Cutter from The Surge, the...
News World War Z's Undead Sea Update Is Out Now on PS4
And it's free
After a surprisingly successful launch in April, World War Z has been doing really well for itself in terms of sales and collective mindshare. Now, its first major update has arrived as detailed in the post-launch roadmap, and it's completely free. Titled 'Undead Sea', the
