My first 15 hours in the Living Lands were a bit of a blundering affair. The game’s progression doesn’t pigeonhole you into any particular class path, and each time you level up you can pick abilities from Fighter, Ranger, and Wizard pools. Within each path, certain abilities and upgrades of existing ones require you to…
World of Warcraft: The War Within has been collecting dust in my digital library (and a bit of subscription money, oops). Not for any particular reason, I’ve actually rather enjoyed myself—it’s just that I happen to be a games journalist, and as such I have to keep up with a lot of different games for…
Hello! I’m Oli, the game director at Kaizen Game Works, the creators of Paradise Killer. I’m thrilled to announce that the playable demo for our new open world mascot management crime drama, Promise Mascot Agency, is out today on PS5! Play Video We’ve spent a long time working on this game, and the whole team…
No good thing ever dies, Stephen King once wrote, and while he was talking about hope, the saying could well be applied to the hugely popular ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books from the 1980/1990s. That’s because one person has decided to revisit the magic of those books and old-school text-based RPGs, by inventing a bespoke…
My kingdom for a gaming handheld with better battery life. Well, other than the MSI Claw 8 AI+ and Asus ROG Ally X. I mean one I actually own, like my Steam Deck. But today I rejoice, for Valve’s latest Beta client update for the Deck is said to improve battery life. When the Steam…
Fortnite-dropping into The Lands Between wasn’t exactly how I thought I’d spend my weekend, but I also couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to experience Elden Ring Nightreign for myself. Despite being a bit confused and very afraid to start with, I soon got the hang of the fast-paced fights and chaotic boss battles, except…
“Our hope is that this interactive format makes reading feel like an adventure”. A new handheld gaming system that aims to bring back the magic of ’80s text adventures is currently in development, according to a recent post on the Crowdfunding website Crowdsupply (thanks NotebookCheck!). The handheld, which is being called Ink Console, features a…
Mass Effect 1 and 2 are, as far as I’m concerned, two of the best albums ever released, and the games they put out to promote them aren’t bad either. That’s in no small part down to composer Jack Wall, whose fingerprints are all over the iconic, wobbly synths of tracks like Vigil, Suicide Mission,…
This article is a follow-up to my Donkey Kong on Atari article published in Issue 31 of this magazine. That article was limited to home versions of Donkey Kong released for Atari systems during the commercial life of the systems, so no homebrew versions or versions for other consoles were covered. This article will explore…
Marvel Rivals is a bit of a genius trick, really. The concept of making a hero shooter, well, about super heroes? Downright savvy. Comic books are famous for having dozens upon dozens of characters with entire wardrobes of bespoke outfits pre-created—not to mention their powers lend themselves well to the ‘three-to-four abilities plus an ultimate’…