The Elder Scrolls VI "looks incredible," a blogger launched Half-Life on Nokia N95 - the most interesting of the week

A brief digest of all our materials from last week, in which we thoroughly analyzed the gaming industry.

• The Elder Scrolls VI "looks incredible" — Todd Howard showed the game to an Xbox manager. Players have been waiting for a new installment of the TES franchise for many years, but for now, the game is being shown behind closed doors.
• A blogger launched Half-Life on Nokia N95 and showed gameplay. Valve's classic worked surprisingly well.
• Stellar Blade game director: BLOOD RAIN assured that the main character will offer players more than just a beautiful appearance. Eve is connected to EVE from the original Stellar Blade, but the developers are not rushing to go into details.
• A former employee told how Uncharted 4 was created at what cost. Former studio designer Quentin Cobb shared details in an interview with KIWI TALKZ channel.
• The defense of Super-Earth will wait: Jason Momoa refused a role in the Helldivers adaptation. The reasons for the departure of the "Aquaman" and "Dune" star are not yet disclosed.
• "Immortal with a god complex": Lobo, played by Jason Momoa, will retain his canonical backstory in the DCU. Two promo videos for the upcoming "Supergirl" have appeared online, one of which shows Kara and Lobo meeting.
• Xbox fans are unhappy: Fable on PS5 will get a full version on disc. According to the product page, the PS5 version will allow installing and running the game without downloading a significant portion of content from the network.
• The former game director of The Witcher 3 appealed to CDPR regarding the Songs of the Past expansion. The developer would like his former colleagues to do a good job.
• They came to their senses: Rockstar released the first update for Max Payne Mobile in seven years. The developers fixed the game's compatibility with new Android versions.
• Play first: God of War Laufey game director responded to criticism of the gelatin cube that will be the main character's companion. Frank will be very useful during the playthrough.
• The Duskbloods from FromSoftware can be played solo. Nintendo confirmed a solo mode. This is not a direct confirmation of a full-fledged single-player campaign, but it indicates the presence of an offline mode or an option to play without mandatory interaction with other users.
• "Gamer pressure is a billion times stronger": Halo showrunner urged the industry not to rely on algorithms. Steven Kane criticized streaming services for their dependence on statistics and spoke about the difficulties of adapting video games.
• The failure of Command & Conquer Rivals helped bring the series back to PC — EA admitted its mistake. In 2018, the company hoped to expand the series' audience through the mobile market, but the reaction of old fans was sharply negative.
• The demand of Russian-speaking gamers was brought to the top of Microsoft's service — they want a Fable translation. Players hope that Microsoft will pay attention to the community's request and still make an official translation.
• Fortnite got a collab with the series "The Amazing Digital Circus" — curvy Pomni became a star of adult websites. The style of Fortnite characters differs from the series, so the design of the models was adjusted.