Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor Postmortem: An Intriguing Look Behind the Scenes

One of the bigger success stories out of the video game industry in 2014 was Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor. The open-world, hack-and-slash, action-adventure title was one of the bigger hits of the year. Developer Monolith Productions truly outdid itself for the game’s performance. There probably had not been a truly great or classic Middle-earth quite like this. There were some very good games based on The Lord of the Rings franchise. The Two Towers and The Return of the Kings games were impressive and actually well done for their time, especially for movie-based games. Recently on Gamasutra, Monolith Productions design director Michael de Plater wrote up an incredible postmortem for the title. De Plater’s postmortem provides a fascinating look behind the scenes for a major, triple-A game release, such as Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor.

Alien: Isolation Needs a Sequel

With the recent announcement of Alien: Isolation selling in excess of over one million copies worldwide, it is clear that SEGA and Creative Assembly have managed to overcome the odds and produced what no one thought was possible. SEGA and Creative Assembly released an awesome Alien franchise game. The game was well received with fans and critics alike, and it is a financial success. In conclusion, SEGA and Creative Assembly need to put together a sequel for the game.

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection coming to PS4 and Xbox One on March 27

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, featuring the entirety of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel games, will launch for PS4 and Xbox One on March 27, 2015, 2K and Gearbox have announced.  The games have been “built specifically for next-gen consoles,” says 2K, and promise “the absolute highest performance and highest fidelity graphics for any Borderlands game ever played on a video game console”.

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