Diablo 4’s lead class designer called trying to test an action RPG made to be played for hundreds of hours “a cursed problem” that would take “more hours than what you would normally expect someone to work at a job,” in an interview today with Diablo 4 streamer Raxxanterax. Jackson was answering a question about…
Category: GamesMay 9, 2024 Cat’s Eye: How to Navigate the World of Little Kitty, Big City Shan Horan, Social Media Manager and Philippa Warr, Narrative Designer at Double Dagger Studio Summary Enjoy this guide to help you think more like a cat and get the most out of your shenanigans in Little Kitty Big City.Is…
LinkedIn, the email spam service associated with a B2B social network, has made its move into gaming. Not with a LinkedIn-branded golf putting kit, which surely would’ve nailed the target audience: LinkedIn has started with three simple browser games that can be played daily and, here’s the kicker, track and share stats across networks. Yes,…
Marquee zombie survival shooter DayZ has a new expansion coming this fall, its first in nearly five years. DayZ Frostline will introduce the frigid new Sakhal archipelago, a sprawling 83km² map—that’s about 32 square miles of frigid islands and volcanic peaks. A debut trailer and screenshots show off industrial facilities, mines, pipelines, and oil derricks…
Even with its hands full on Warhammer 40K CRPG Rogue Trader, Owlcat Games has found time to add a ton of substantial DLC to its 2021 RPG epic, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Now WotR is set to get its swan song on June 13 with A Dance of Masks, a massive new epilogue chapter…
Somehow, it’s almost summer again, which means that the summer gaming showcase schedule is starting to fill out. E3 is gone for good now, but as we’ve learned in past years that isn’t going to stop all of gaming’s publishers, big and small, from descending upon the month of June to roll out their roadmaps…
The humble point-and-click adventure game has gone through many iterations, with ups and downs year to year, but the genre has given up its relevance entirely. I know this because at least once a year I see one that’s just drop-dead interesting for some reason or other. Rauniot, out now from Finnish indie developer Act…
Asus has announced its next handheld gaming PC, but it’s not quite the ROG Ally 2. The new handheld will be called the ROG Ally X, and it’ll be a revised version of the original ROG Ally. We don’t know everything about the new device just yet, but we do know this time it comes…
Who wants to be a gillionaire? Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Alana fears for Square Enix’s smaller-budget titles and is worried about the rest of the industry as a result. What on earth is going on with…
One of the best-reviewed games of the year so far launched on Steam today. In his 90% Animal Well review for PC Gamer, Shaun said that the 2D metroidvania “may go down in history as one of the genre’s best,” and other critics agree. Here’s a smattering of the acclaim: GamesRadar+ (4.5/5): “an endlessly inventive…