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Michael Forgey, Shadow of Mordor Developer, Passes Away

Forgey was an executive producer for Monolith and a key player in games like Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Gears of War 2.

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Sureshot3346d ago

Damn such a young and beautiful family hes left behind too. so sad. i hope his kids know how creative he waa and how loved the games he had a hand in creating were.
rip

Fin_The_Human3346d ago

RIP offtopic but I wonder now that MS owns the Gears franchise, will they revive the Gears movie project.

Was watching Gods of Egypt and first thing I thought of when I saw the CGI was Gears.

MS is sitting on a mountain of money with Gears and I can see the movie doing Marvel movie numbers easy.

ArchangelMike3346d ago

Rest in Peace. Sad news indeed. Sincere condolences to the family.

As it so happens, I have been playing shadow of Mordor over the weekend and am still amazed at how good it is.

OoglyBoogly3346d ago

You should give Mad Max a go when you're done if you haven't already.

kamisama3346d ago (Edited 3346d ago )

It's on sale for pc on the humble bundle site for $20

camel_toad3346d ago

Cancer is OP. Rest in peace Michael.

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Gears of War 2 Remake was in development “10 years ago” but was scrapped by Xbox

Ayi Sanchez: "Old work. I did this 10 years ago now as part of a material test for a remaster of Gears of War 2 that never happened."

RaidenBlack54d ago

lolz,
hope we're still getting Gears 2 & 3 for PC, as per rumors

Cacabunga53d ago

Xbox always taking the right decisions

XiNatsuDragnel54d ago

Wow... just wow Microsoft sigh at it again 😑

Lightning7754d ago

Weird, in mean they had no studios to make anything really new so there's a part of me thats kinda glad they scrapped it. If they released this back then it would of gotten ridiculed for remakes and remastering stuff. Now they have new and interesting games so the collection is harmless.

CrimsonWing6953d ago

Geez, Xbox, something like that I would’ve bought Day 1. Great business decisions over there.

lucasnooker53d ago

10 years ago it wasn’t such a big deal. The games were only a few years old by that point

CrimsonWing6953d ago

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition came out in 2015 (essentially 10 years ago), having a follow-up to that on the then next-gen console would’ve absolutely been welcomed, in my book.

LoveSpuds53d ago

I can only assume the the Gears of War Remaster flopped so they decided to scrap the other remakes?

Seems short sighted to me as I really enjoyed the 1st remaster. Regardless, I'll snap up some remakes to play on my PS5.

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10 Years Later, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Is Still The Perfect Blueprint For The Franchise

Released on September 30 2014, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is 10 years old today, and it's still the best blueprint for the LOTR franchise.

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No Way214d ago

Honestly, just a fantastic game/series (aside from the blunder of Microtransactions/grinding). The system with the orcs was amazing.. which it would be implemented in more games.

IAMRealHooman214d ago

Supposed to be working on a wonder woman game with the nemesis system

CosmicTurtle214d ago

They patented the system, sadly. What that means legally I am not sure. But people don’t want to test the water.

Flewid638214d ago

Shadow of Mordor > Shadow of War

Abnor_Mal214d ago

I loved Mordor, while War I stopped playing half way through.

Flewid638214d ago (Edited 214d ago )

I feel you bro. The experience got better once I tried it on PC, but I'm still probably only going to finish the Galadriel DLC and not the main campaign.

ravens52214d ago

Me too lol. I beat Mordor, never beat War lol. I have it though so I could always go back and play it. I genuinely think the time will come that I can beat my backlog. Maybe when I hit the lotto and can just play video games all day, on my yacht.

Luc20214d ago

Such a good game. Also a fairy easy platinum.

Juiceid214d ago

Now THIS is a game I’d like to see a remake of!

glennhkboy214d ago

This game convinced me to buy a new console. There was a huge difference between the previous gen (Xbox360/ PS3) & the latest gen (Xbox One/ PS4) . The Nemesis System was only available in Xbox One/ PS4 . That was how a generation shift should be.

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10 Open-World Games That Feel Empty After Just A Few Hours

Unfortunately, the open worlds in games like Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Halo Infinite, and the original Assassin's Creed do more harm than good.

MadLad670d ago

I legitimately loved Halo's switch to open world. They made traversal of the map entertaining, and everything involved just tied into the (what I consider) awesome gunplay.
The entire time I really felt the slow takeover of the map, and all the little steps forward felt satisfying.

I don't know what more people really want there, considering the setting and story. A handful of soldiers hunkered down on enemy territory; slowly trying to win the battle.

giovonni669d ago

I agree I liked the switch to the open world, it was large with beautiful land scapes. However, it did feel a bit empty, and wasn’t as action packed as I would have liked. A lot of the bases felt like fillers instead of something of wonder. Let’s see what 343 under new management does from here cause Halo needs some updating

archibold669d ago (Edited 669d ago )

I'm surprised they scrapped the Slipspace engine. I thought the graphics looked great, the sandbox physics were as good as ever, and the AI worked well. Clearly a lot of work went into it and it appears to have been optimized for the new generation of GPUs. The only issue I had with it was the lack of environments, would have been cool to have different biomes on the ring to explore. A bit more variety in missions would have been nice, maybe some timed events where you have to manuever a banshee through forerunner architecture or some mongoose speedruns would have spiced things up.

CrimsonWing69669d ago

I think R* are the only ones who have made compelling open worlds. I can’t stomach most open world games and how boring they are with busy world. It’s like a flex to make this massive environment, but it’s extremely boring to traverse and play in. GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 blew me away with how incredible their worlds were. Elden Ring was the only other game to give me that sense of awe.

giovonni669d ago

GTA V and unfortunately, Saints Row the original have had some of the most aggressive open world features where the world doesn’t feel so bland. To me what makes GTA V so special is the way the characters react to the world around them vs how the world reacts to them. For example, in GTA when you switch to Franklin and he walked past an attractive female he responded “ damn you fine” or in Saints row you can run up in the pawn shop flash a gun and watch them respond by raising their hands in the air, or they press the silent alarm making you have to run away from the cops. Halo infinite doesn’t have those kind of moments that make you feel apart of the world it just feels like it’s there.

bloop668d ago

Trevor talking to random vegan npc: "You suck c*ck, but you don't eat meat.... It don't make sense to me "

Classic. Such a shame we won't get that humour again now that R* have gone all in on virtue.

Abear21669d ago

AC Odyssey with the next gen patch is pretty incredible, especially if you like a sea shantie. Lol.

Abear21669d ago

I’m back on an open world kick after Horizon. I don’t know what clicked in me but exploring the map and seeing the detail work has me loving open worlds again. Playing AC Odyssey on hard and really enjoying it and the map. Reinstalling RDR2 tonight because damn, that map is just incredible for sightseeing.

Sonic1881669d ago

Halo Infinite felt off. It's like the developers didn't know what they really wanted to do

Demetrius669d ago

Depends on which open world titles u play, most of em are shitty AF, but I honestly admire open world genre, sometimes to just take a break from fighting and missions you explore n see details you haven't noticed before cause you were too busy body at first, then boom finding some dope equipment or things to sale

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