Since the first Forza Motorsport launched in 2005, the Forza franchise has been about falling in love with cars and building community. As a co-founder at Turn 10 Studios, I had the honor of working on the very first Forza Motorsport and have been with the studio for 20 years. In that time, we’ve grown…
Work Buy Consume Die. A to Z of The Designers Republic, a book which currently changes hands for large sums of money online, is getting a much-needed reprint (thanks, SeanSeanson). Kickstarted in 2019 with £135,786 raised in funding, the book showcases the incredible career of the Sheffield-based design agency, founded in 1986 by Ian Anderson…
If you’re looking for the Ken Block car in Cyberpunk 2077, you’ve come to the right place. The Type-66 “Hoon” is just waiting to be claimed, and the best bit is, you don’t need to part with any eddies to get your hands on this weaponised vehicle. There aren’t any lengthy quests to complete either—simply…
Proto-Vanillaware title never made it out of Japan. Vanillaware is famous for titles such as Odin Sphere, 13 Sentinels, Grim Grimoire, Dragon’s Crown Muramasa: The Demon Blade, but the company’s origins actually pre-date its foundation (as Puraguru) in 2002. Founder George Kamitani previously worked for companies such as Capcom, creating pixel artwork for titles such…
NEED TO KNOW What is it? A grid tactics game set in a magic-infused 1930s that switches between real-time stealth and turn-based battles. Release date October 3, 2023 Expect to pay £42 / $50 Developer Harebrained Schemes Publisher Paradox Interactive Reviewed on RTX 2070, i7-10750H, 16GB RAM Steam Deck Verified Link Official site There are two types of people in this world, and…
Hello again, everyone. In May, we announced that our voxel-based destruction game would be coming to PlayStation 5. Now, I’m excited to share that Teardown will land on consoles on November 15, 2023, and it is our immense privilege to announce that the game will be part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on day…
Not a want, but a need. We are used to seeing the range of sweet merchandise that launches as a Japan exclusive, and today’s reveal is yet another item to add to the pile of things we are desperately in love with but will probably never have the chance to buy. It’s a wind-up Bulborb….
Meta’s announced a new fleet of AI chatbots at a Connect developer conference in California yesterday, ones with “some more personality”—and the selection of faces they’ve used sure is something. In the presentation, Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about Meta’s development of AIs that are “a bit more fun”, gesturing to a…
Choosing whether or not to take the Chimera Core in the new Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty expansion might seem significant, but if you don’t grab the freshly yanked robot brain, you won’t be able to use it to make fun stuff. You did just defeat the Blackwall demon-possessed tank, after all, so why not reap…
Video game bonanza. Netflix has announced a number of video game animations as part of its ‘Netflix Drop 01’, and it’s looking like we’re going to be eating well in the coming months, as Devil May Cry and Tomb Raider will be getting their own adaptations. While it looks like we’ll have to wait until…