Tag Archives: Single Player

Recently, a bunch of Rockstar files leaked, including the source code for Grand Theft Auto V, just weeks on from the announcement of Grand Theft Auto VI. Dataminers have been combing through the code, finding references to the single-player DLCs we never got.   Since Grand Theft Auto 5's launch, there …

While Grounded is a great survival game, many fans of Obsidian Entertainment became fans through single-player RPGs. At one point, Avowed was going to be more multiplayer-focused as part of an internal effort to entice publishers into helping with the project.  Prior to being acquired by Microsoft, Obsidian had spent …

Dead by Daylight has had quite the month. Not only have the next two DLCs been announced, with one of them starring none other than Nicolas Cage, but a new single-player game based on the Dead by Daylight universe has also been announced, and it is being developed by one …

Back when Blizzard announced Overwatch 2 in 2019, many of us were confused as to why a sequel was necessary. Part of the reasoning on Blizzard's end was to include a PvE campaign, with hero talent trees and a whole new co-op narrative to play through. Now less than a …

A short while ago, Arkane Studios confirmed that Redfall would require an internet connection, even when playing in single-player mode. This announcement was predictably met with pushback. Now, Arkane says it is going to try to reverse this decision.  Speaking with Eurogamer during a recent gameplay preview event, Redfall director, …

This week, EA held its quarterly earnings call, revealing that a whopping 70% of the company's revenue came from live service games in recent months. While that might be where the money is right now, EA says that single-player games will continue to be “really, really important”. In the past, …

Back in October 2021, following the shuttering of his own independent studio, Halo co-creator, Marcus Lehto, joined EA to form a brand new studio. As it turns out, the newly created EA Seattle studio will primarily be focusing on Battlefield, looking to provide new single-player, or potentially co-op enabled campaigns. …

During the end of the Xbox 360 and PS3 era, as well as the start of the previous generation, many analysts and even some video game publishers proclaimed that single player games were no longer viable as video game players reportedly preferred online titles. A generation on from the debate, …

There is very little to complain about when it comes to DOOM (2016) other than the fact that campaign expansions never came to fruition. The game was beatable in roughly 12 hours but with Doom Eternal, players should expect much more of everything, from weapons, game mechanics and a significantly …

League of Legends has been around for a decade now and during that time, plenty of interesting character lore has been written but due to the competitive MOBA format, those stories haven't been fully explored. That is starting to change, with Riot today announcing a new publishing group working with …

In the years following Grand Theft Auto V's release, there were plenty of rumours going around indicating that single-player DLC was in the works. As we now know, no such DLC ever came to fruition, with Rockstar choosing to focus exclusively on GTA Online with continuous updates. With Red Dead …

Scum aims to evolve the MMO survival scene with insane levels of customisation, where your knowledge of the environment and efficiency with survival will be the difference between life and death. So how long will you survive? Gamepires and Croteam are the studios behind Scum, released on 29th August 2018 …

While this year’s Call of Duty was the first in its series to shed a single-player campaign in favour of its Blackout battle royale mode, Battlefield V is keeping to tradition. Ahead of its launch next month, developer DICE has now released its story trailer full of War Stories. War …

In the years following Grand Theft Auto V’s launch, there was plenty of buzz surrounding potential single-player DLC. One of the game’s voice actors even teased additional content. Unfortunately, over the last year, things on that front have gone completely silent and now, Rockstar has finally shed some light on …

While DICE’s first shot at taking on the Star Wars Battlefront series was entirely multiplayer focussed, this time around the team has dedicated time to creating a campaign- one that ties in to Star Wars cannon and tells an original story. While EA showed very little of the campaign at …

A common theme seems to be spreading when it comes to first person shooters in the last couple of years- they are starting to ditch campaigns. With notable examples being Evolve, Star Wars: Battlefront, Titanfall and Rainbow Six: Siege. It would also seem that Gears of War creator, Cliff Bleszinski …

Grand Theft Auto V has been out for quite a while now but still there are plenty of people out there hoping that Rockstar will eventually release some single player DLC. Recently, rumours surrounding new single player story content began making the rounds but unfortunately, it looks like the actor …

This year, Ubisoft will be spinning off the Far Cry franchise with a more survival-focussed game- Far Cry Primal. When it comes to survival games, most studios tend to focus on the multiplayer experience but Ubisoft is going about things a bit differently and has revealed that Far Cry Primal …

Over the last few months, Bioware has essentially turned Star Wars: The Old Republic in the a justifiable single-player experience. A lot of the grind has been removed and the XP curve has been tuned so that players can hit max level just by playing the story content. Now, the …

Rockstar recently announced the next update for Grand Theft Auto Online, unfortunately, it seems that the game's multiplayer updates are the only thing the studio is working on. While many have been hoping for some single player DLC for Grand Theft Auto V for a while now, the core team …

Elite: Dangerous is due to release next month but those who have pre-ordered won't be receiving the planned and promised offline play mode. Frontier has decided to ditch the mode as it would be “unacceptably limited and static”. In an update on the game's Kickstarter page, the developer writes: “Going …

Hearthstone is one of those games that's been around for a long time, despite only having been released recently. It went through a lengthy closed beta and then an open one and since then it's gone from strength to strength. However, while it's multiplayer component was well fleshed out with …