Tyler Wilde, US EIC (Image credit: Future) This week: Enjoyed reading about Chris’ zombie diagnosis adventures, listened to Sneaks – Look Like That (Ugo Banchi Remix). PC gaming’s blowout sales are a highlight of the platform, but they do complicate the decision to buy a new game. Before dropping $60 or more, you’ve got to…
Last night, I set off on my longest delivery yet in Death Stranding 2. I was to cross the entire chunk of Australia I’d discovered so far, weaving past bandit camps, over rivers, and through BT areas while transporting 200kg of… who can remember, maybe baked beans. I meticulously charted a route with the expectation…
Earlier today, Bungie broadcast its final showcase ahead of the July 15 release of Destiny 2’s Edge of Fate expansion. Largely it was the expected run though of new features like World Tiers and The Portal, the latter being a revamped homescreen that groups together the most relevant activities in the game and enables players…
World of Warcraft is a game where you fight dragons, elementals, demons, that sort of stuff. But the rival I have contended with the most in 18 years of play—the majority of my life, mind you—is the loot table. Player mounts and legendary weapons from old raids, hyper-rare drops that offer no benefit aside from…
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach recently released on PlayStation 5 (a PC version is inevitable but yet to be announced) and, wouldn’t you know it, Hideo Kojima has seized the chance to go on the interview circuit. As well as being a brilliant maker of games Kojima is also a master of promoting them,…
In a zombie apocalypse there’s often a quarantine zone: a military-controlled outpost that survivors flock to in hopes of finding safety. There’s usually an evil army officer running the joint who ironically proves himself to be more of a threat to human life than the undead, and you can bet that zombies will eventually surround…
Diablo 2 left an indelible mark on videogame design, formalizing mechanics and systems like skill tree progression, randomized loot affixes, and colored rarity tiers that are now standard in RPGs and beyond. But despite its impact, Diablo creator and Diablo 2 director David Brevik still has gripes with its design 25 years after release. Specifically,…
Mintrocket “didn’t apply” for controversial Best Independent Game nom. Dave The Diver is undoubtedly one of the best games of 2023, but it found itself caught in a bit of a storm during awards season as at The Game Awards of that year, the fantastic diving game and restaurant management sim was nominated for Best…
AI has been taking over workspaces and evolving much faster than the gears of government typically grind, so regulation hasn’t caught up to its capabilities. While fights are happening all over the world to address copyright concerns, the US federal government has recently been intent on a laissez-faire approach. That became especially obvious when Republicans’…
“Bump to the bump to the Bumble”. Argonaut Games may be basking in the aftermath of the return of Croc, but the British-based developer isn’t done revisiting its back-catalogue just yet. The newly-revived studio, who returned last year after being dissolved in 2007, are particularly keen to revisit an N64 cult classic: Buck Bumble. Speaking…