Time flies when you’re driving. It’s somehow already been a year since Pacific Drive launched and became my favorite survival game of 2024. And in those 12 months a whole lotta people have gotten behind the wheel: according to publisher Kepler Interactive, the driving survival game has sold over a million copies. I’m not really…
Back in November 2023, we wrote about an “AI pin” made by a company called Humane that owners would wear like a little Star Trek badge. The device could, in theory at least, provide AI-powered information on various topics, translate languages on fly, take photos, play music, and even work as a phone if you…
HBO has finally announced the premiere date for The Last of Us Season 2. Back in January they told us it was coming in April, but today they got a bit more specific: The Last of Us Season 2 premieres on April 13. Season 2 will reintroduce us to sad dad Joel (Pedro Pascal) and…
The last two Civilization games are still very popular, which is a testament both to how good they are and to how good they are at becoming the default time-killing activity for those they get their hooks into. The just-released Civilization 7 also has some good qualities, but it looks like it’ll need to evolve…
“In nearly every corner of our lives, the buzz about AI is impossible to ignore,” Microsoft said in today’s announcement of its new generative AI model called Muse, and that is absolutely true. “It’s destined to revolutionize how we work, learn, and play,” it continued, and well, I’m not so sure about that part. But…
Monster Hunter always makes it clear that you are not not the bad guy. Hunters aren’t just rogue poachers killing for sport; they’re part of a guild that takes very seriously how people live in harmony with nature, only greenlighting hunts when monsters act aggressively—which is usually the result of something in the world gone…
There’s always been strong evidence of shared DNA between Croteam games Serious Sam and The Talos Principle, with the latter borrowing many of the effects and environment objects from its FPS cousin to construct its philosophical brainteasers. But Croteam game designer Davor Hunski recently revealed the specifics of how the studio’s beloved puzzler emerged from…
Mark Darrah is a true BioWare veteran, having worked at the studio for 24 years before returning in a consultancy role to shepherd Dragon Age: The Veilguard over the finish line. Darrah is now freelance once more, and has been using some of his time to post YouTube videos about both the company’s history and…
Following an uproar over the new Rainbow Six Siege operator Rauora, Ubisoft has quietly made a change to the character’s biography, moving her date of birth from March 15 to May 11. The original birthdate coincided with two mass shootings at mosques that left 51 people dead and 89 others injured in Christchurch, New Zealand,…
Available later this year. The critically-acclaimed horror game Mouthwashing will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch later this year after publisher Critical Reflex celebrated 500K+ sales on Steam. Physical editions will be available via Fangamer, and while pre-orders aren’t available just yet, you can sign up for notifications so you don’t miss out….