When Games Workshop first released sci-fi miniatures for Warhammer 40,000 in the 1980s the line included space dwarfs, also called squats, with a hairy biker aesthetic—like if the forgemasters of trad fantasy evolved into greasy spaceship mechanics. Never as popular as space elves or space orks, by the second edition of Warhammer 40,000 they were…
Introducing the ‘Advantage Wired’ gamepad. The Switch generation has been a huge success for Nintendo, but one issue that’s been an ongoing problem for the hybrid system is stick drift. There were hopes the Switch 2’s controllers might combat this with Hall Effect sticks, but it seems not based on our chat with Nintendo. Read…
The rumors about an Elden Ring movie seemed too specific not to be true, and sure enough, Bandai Namco confirmed today that it’s working with A24 on a live-action Elden Ring movie. The film will be written and directed by Alex Garland, best known for Civil War, Annihilation, and Ex Machina. He also wrote the…
The early reception for RoadCraft, the new driving sim from the developer of MudRunner and SnowRunner, was—like the washed-out roads of the game itself—a bit rocky. Day one “Mixed” reviews on Steam have improved the more players get their hands on it, and it’s now sporting a 71% “Mostly Positive” score—but not everyone is loving…
I’ve never been a huge Souls guy, and I’ve found the most hair-tearing-out element of FromSoftware’s acclaimed series has always been the fussy, esoteric multiplayer. Things are definitely simpler in that regard in the hotly anticipated Elden Ring follow-up Nightreign, but it comes with a catch. While it’s the first game in FromSoft’s catalog to…
Rather like the Death of Superman, it appears that the death of Super People was not as permanent as it was presented. After being shuttered for good in mid-2023, the ‘PUBG with superpowers’ battle royale has sprung back to life, and is planning to hold a closed beta test in June. Super People, developed by…
After today’s Warhammer Skulls Showcase and its deluge of announcements, it might be hard to remember a time when great Warhammer games weren’t falling down upon us like so much steel rain. But I remember! In fact, I recall a time when things were so dire that the original Space Marine—a decent enough character action…
It’s been almost 10 years since former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies left the game studio, having worked on the Grand Theft Auto series from the revolutionary GTA 3 through to GTA 5. Somehow in that decade Rockstar still hasn’t finished GTA 6, but Benzies’ new studio, Build a Rocket Boy, is on the verge…
And Agent Dark is still going. Rare had a heck of a run on the Nintendo 64, and today we’re celebrating the anniversary of yet another of the studio’s classics — Perfect Dark. Joanna Dark made her debut on Nintendo’s 64-bit console on 22nd May 2000 in North America, with a European release following in…
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai gave the opening address at the 17th annual Google I/O developer conference this Tuesday, and used the opportunity to get all starry-eyed, and slightly dystopian, about the future of AI. “We are shipping faster than ever,” said Pichai (thanks, TheRegister). “We have announced over a dozen models and…