There’s a term in tabletop gaming: “beer and pretzels.” It’s an epithet you’ll find tacked on to any game best played with unserious intentions and inebriants aplenty. I’ve described Deep Rock Galactic to friends as a “beer and pretzels” sort of horde shooter, so I don’t know why it never occurred to me that one…
Ratatan, the spiritual successor to the wonderful PSP rhythm game Patapon, turned up at the PC Gaming Show earlier this year to reveal a new trailer, as well as a demo on Steam and an early access release date of July 25. But with that date now just a few weeks away, developer TVT Co….
Perfect Dark was one of the biggest projects gutted by Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs, which is really saying something given one of the other canceled games is an MMO. The rebooted shooter was in under-wraps development for several years before a fantastic-looking gameplay reveal debuted just last year—and now that all that work is…
FREE WORKS. Who needs an OLED TV when you have a widescreen CRT TV? Okay, genuinely, CRT scanlines are gorgeous and we have a huge soft spot for these chunky units. Sitting on the floor, looking up at the screen as we ran around in Super Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time; pure bliss. Read…
Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees earlier this week, cancelling games Everwild, the Perfect Dark reboot, and an unannounced MMO in the works at ZeniMax Online Studios in the process. Romero Games’ new shooter fell victim to the massacre too. One game that apparently didn’t get cancelled, though, is OD, the new thing from Hideo Kojima,…
But new catches, new games, and a new studio are in the net. Lovecraftian fishing game Dredge was a hit back in 2023, blending unsettling horror and sea creatures with atmospheric storytelling and some good ol’ reeling in. Now, after some paid DLC and free updates, the New Zealand-based developer is ready to move on…
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced around 9,000 layoffs—many of which gutted teams and canceled games all over Xbox Game Studios—and it hasn’t gone over great with, well, anyone whose conscience is intact. The Communications Workers of America, a major media union with several locals within Microsoft, took the moment to address its disappointment with a…
This week, as part of an enormous round of cuts at Microsoft, the company closed down The Initiative and cancelled the ace-looking reboot of Perfect Dark it had been working on. The game had first been announced in 2020 but a “gameplay reveal” was shown in 2024’s Xbox Games Showcase: and it blew us away….
Fortnite’s frantic Blitz Royale has been the game’s most popular attraction since it launched as a time-limited mode two weeks ago—and now Epic is hinting that it might become permanent. Blitz Royale drops 32 players into a miniature Fortnite map and turbocharges the match with special powers: invisibility while sprinting, infinite ammo, faster reloads, and…
In a Rush. If you’ve been playing Street Fighter 6: Years 1-2 Fighters Edition since its launch on the Switch 2, chances are you’ve been enamoured by its excellent gameplay and surprisingly deep story mode. Hidden within the main menu, however, is a cheeky little surprise. The title plays host to a section called ‘Game…