BW: Cursemas isn’t connected to Fables , it’s a standalone tale about Arvo, one of Santa’s elves who doesn’t quite fit in up at the North Pole. He’s a pooka, which is a variety of shapeshifting elf, and works in the Black Gang, which is the crew who spends the year filling the (almost infinite) coal hopper on Santa’s sleigh. They load it with lumps of coal, destined for all the bad boys and girls. It’s hard, back-breaking work. But Arvo has an idea: If there were more superheroes in the world, providing good examples for growing boys and girls, there would be fewer bad ones who only get a lump of coal for Christ

This added level of customization makes each player's trip through Metal Gear Solid 5 as a personalized Venom Snake unique, as everyone will decide that different options are important. Missing out on certain loadouts by the end of the game can be disruptive, but overall, the ability to invest in items is a huge part of MGS5 . Then there's the recruitment feature that fuels this entire system, by picking up enemies to bring onto Snake's side and gain their benefits to unlock better equipm

BW: It may not be for me to say, but yes, since you asked, it is the best of all possible DCU/Fables crossovers, in my not very humble opinion. I’ve wanted to have these two characters meet for years, and finally got to write it. I don’t know if you could call it a dream come true, but it’s certainly a longstanding ambition come t

Throughout the marketing leading up to Death Stranding 's release, and within the game itself, Kojima Productions made it perfectly clear that the themes of the narrative are meant to be focused around making connections. In this case, it comes off as strange that players are told to leave the Mules behind due to them becoming addicted to delivering and impulsively trying to steal cargo. Players really should be given the option to help at least these people by taking them back to a city and working them through their addiction before transitioning them towards reintegrating into soci

Sony's decision to once again pass on the expo no doubt played a big part in this, with many PS5 exclusives likely being saved for the company's next State of Play event. The ongoing global pandemic won't have helped much either, with the development of many upcoming games having been hindered by COVID-19 . With any luck, though, updates on some of E3's big name absentees will not be too far a

BW: For the Fables side of things the line doesn’t need to be drawn, because Fables has included the premise of all of these hundreds of different worlds from the very beginning. From Batman’s point of view, it’s potentially a bit trickier, because sometimes the DCU has been very open to the notion of many, many worlds out there, and sometimes it hasn’t b

The Maelstrom is a longsword with a damage characteristic of 58 that grants the Scourge augmentation to its user. While the Maelstrom does significantly less damage than the Master Longsword, the Scourge augmentation gives the player a damage bonus to lawful characters thus greatly benefitting a campaign of ultimate e

BW: Mark Buckingham was my chief worry about this project. I didn’t want to do it without him, but I didn’t know if he’d be available. The often-frustrating reality about our business is the best of the best artists keep pretty busy. They aren’t just sitting around waiting for me to come along, so I was plenty worried about what we’d do if he wasn’t available. And let’s be honest: Mark Buckingham is the second-best artist working in comics to

The main change readers will notice has something to do with the nature of Robin, his partner and sidekick. I’m not going to spoil things by giving away details, but it’s something I've wanted to try with the character since back in the day I was the regular writer on the Robin ser

**SR: The world of Fables (and one of its most beloved inhabitants) will be starting its return with some serious firepower: Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham . Is it fair to call 'Bigby meets Batman' one of the most perfect crossovers DC and Fables could produce

Following months of speculation, Microsoft finally announced a new Fable Adventure game crafting guide for Xbox and Windows back in July of 2020 and even provided a minute-long trailer to get fans excited. Since then, though, there's been very little news on the Playground Games developed title. Many had hoped to get an update at this year's E3, but were forced to settle for a Halo Infinite- centric show inst

Instead, those who tuned in for the event were instead treated to a long presentation about i ts new Prime Matter publishing label . In some ways, it felt more like a presentation aimed at developers and potential partners than one geared towards gamers, with very little on offer in the way of new gameplay footage and trailers. That said, there were one or two nice surprises on of