On my visit, there was no sign or mention of Ninja Theory’s flamboyant founder and Hellblade writer-director Tameem Antoniades. An Xbox spokesperson later confirmed to Polygon that he is no longer with the studio.
surprised it hasn’t gotten much traction yet but it’s interesting how many people have been purchased by Microsoft, release a game, and then immediately leave.
I’ve come to realize that all of my favorite adventure and RPG games happen to have a home base or “hub”.
A game may treat a hub as just a place to swap gear, a worldbuilding opportunity to reward those playing at a slower pace, or an optional way to get to know characters traveling with you.
I wanted to bring up this discussion because I’ve recently played through Dishonored again and think it has one of the best hubs in gaming; the Hound Pits Pub. This pub is where the central characters of the game congregate and give the main character missions; but it’s also a place where you slowly get to know these characters. After every mission the hub changes just enough to make you want to explore it again. You will find the cast in new locations - maybe this time they’re drinking or shooting glass bottles - and they’ll open up just a little more about themselves, you’ll find a new passageway is open, or a new journal will be laying around …
Remapping TAB now works correctly.
Added HUD Widescreen Scale options to the settings menu.
Various optimizations and stability improvements.
Custom difficulty settings now work correctly.
Improved Shieldwing responsiveness when using mouse and keyboard controls.
Fixed graphic corruption on waterfalls when using DLSS Frame Generation.
Fixed lighting issues that could occur in Tenakth settlements.
Master Vibration Intensity for DualSense controllers no longer resets with each game session.
HDR settings have been moved to the display menu to allow live viewing of changes.
The option to disable letterboxing in cinematics when using ultra-wide aspect ratios is now also available from the launcher.
Fixed visual issues with save previews when HDR is enabled.
Various minor UI fixes.