“You’re an ignorant dolt, Max”. Sam & Max: Hit the Road, one of LucasArts’ most beloved point-and-click adventures, is 30 years old this month (thanks, @Bhaal_Spawn). Based on Steve Purcell’s anthropomorphic detective duo, the game launched on MS-DOS in November 1993 (we can’t seem to find the exact date, unfortunately). It would come to Apple…
Hello Gran Turismo players. We’re excited to announce that the SPEC II Update 1.40* for Gran Turismo 7 arrives Wednesday, November 1 at 11:00pm PST / November 2 at 6:00am GMT / November 2 at 3:00pm JST. With it comes a host of exciting features and add-ons for racing fans to enjoy. The SPEC II…
“Making an even more detailed Dobuita is an interesting idea”. Yu Suzuki is a certified video gaming legend. During his time at Sega, he oversaw the production of some of the most important games of the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s – including the likes of Out Run, Space Harrier, After Burner, Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter…
Heavy hangs the crown of expectation. Vampire: the Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a sequel to the 2004 cult classic RPG by the now-buried Troika Games, and it has a lot to live up to. It needs to fight off the first game’s powerful air of nostalgia, while also stepping into the daylight during an…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Zack Hample who currently is displayed on card number 552, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Zack has been the Arkanoid world record holder since the year 2000 and has put up numerous scores on the arcade version. He is also the world record holder on catching baseballs in…
The start of a new venture? Shinji Mikami and Hideki Kamiya, who both left their respective companies in 2023, are set to host a joint conversation on their careers and future plans at the Archipel Caravan Festival in Tokyo on December 16, 2023. As reported by VGC, the talk, simply dubbed ‘Shinji Mikami x Hideki…
The new Diablo 4 Training Dummy is a long-awaited feature that was added in the most recent patch. Before now, the only way to benchmark your DPS and test out your build was by running into Nightmare Dungeons, or fighting particularly tanky bosses. Now you can smack around an inanimate object in relative safety, feeling…
One of the things that struck me most while I was working on my review of Alan Wake 2 is how many different methods the game has of conveying elements of the story. Beyond the in-engine cutscenes there’s also live action sequences, radio shows and television clips, novel pages, photographs, original songs, and more. But…
Come sail on a different sea of stars. The Star Ocean series has always occupied a weird spot in Square’s massive catalogue. This sci-fi-focused JRPG series started off relatively strong, but the last few entries have been middling at best and just plain not good at worst. Nonetheless, those earlier games were really something at…
Bad news for everyone who ever turned Mr X into Thomas the Tank Engine: Capcom’s got its eye on you. In a recent video on the studio’s Capcom R&D YouTube channel focused on “Anti-cheat and anti-piracy measures in PC games,” the Resident Evil and Street Fighter studio warned its own and other devs of the…