Squadron 42 looks like it cost the millions it should have, but we’re not sold on it yet

Over a decade after announcing Star Citizen, mastermind Chris Roberts has finally declared that its Squadron 42 singleplayer campaign—just a piece of the bigger Star Citizen “persistent universe,” which has raised over $600 million in crowdfunding—is feature complete and entering the “polish” phase. No release date has been announced, and polishing may take “some time,”…

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The official Bloodlines 2 theme song is giving me a minor existential crisis over how old the first game is, and how much older I am now

Paradox Interactive has revealed the official theme song for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, a dark, moody piece called Midnight that’s really quite good. Also, I don’t think I like it. Let me explain. Written by Michel Zitron, Paulina Palmgren, and Jarly, Midnight is an interesting tune: Slow, electronic, forcibly gloomy. In many ways,…

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Video: The Mario Sports Game On DS That’s A Slam Dunk

Shooting hoops. Mario Golf. Mario Tennis, Mario Strikers. When people talk about Mario sports games, these are the ones that are most commonly brought up. But we’re here to change that. Today, over on our YouTube channel, the lovely Felix is celebrating one of the most underappreciated Mario sports games: Mario Hoops 3-on-3, known as…

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There’s secret dialogue supporting Baldur’s Gate 3 fans’ favorite forbidden romance locked behind an impossible nap⁠—but someone managed to find it anyway

For a lot of Baldur’s Gate 3 fans, the real romantic pairing of the game isn’t between their Tadpoled Adventurer and a companion, or even Raphael and Withers, but rather tiefling Barbarian Karlach and erstwhile infernal smith-turned-heart engine mechanic Dammon. There’s certainly some sparks there in the game, but as reported by GamesRadar, an inaccessible…

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Lords of the Fallen has already sold 1 million copies

We just can’t get enough punishing fantasy horror action RPGs. After Elden Ring last year and Lies of P in September, and despite some early performance complaints and proximity to RPG juggernauts Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfied, Lords of the Fallen has already sold more than a million copies, according to its publisher. Lies of…

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