It’s not immediately obvious how to save in Bloodliness 2, and boy it sucks (in the not fun vampire way) to lose your progress in a lengthy RPG. Even knowing that Bloodlines 2 was pivoting to a more action game style, it’s not the save system I expected, so fear not if you’re scratching your…
There was a time when the flashing lights of arcade cabinets ruled shopping malls and bowling alleys. Coins clinked, 8-bit soundtracks looped endlessly, and every “Game Over” pushed us to try again. That spirit of excitement hasn’t vanished — it just moved online. Today’s slot developers are reviving pixel art, synth music, and fast-paced gameplay…
Battlefield Studios has followed through on its plan to discourage XP farming servers in Battlefield 6. As of this morning, many servers advertising themselves as “XP farms” or “all bots” have had their XP privileges taken away—you can still play on them, but you’ll only earn a pittance of precious experience. Some noticed the XP…
Since its launch in 2023, Starfield has cemented a reputation as Bethesda’s okayest game. While Skyrim has been honored with what felt like 800 re-releases and Fallout’s enjoying its time in the TV adaptation spotlight, Starfield hasn’t managed to foster the same level of fondness—even with Bethesda leaving sneaky little teasers in its spacefaring RPG’s…
Do you want to know how to keep your kids safe when they’re gaming online? Hold on tight. This is going to be a bumpy ride. Before we dive into how to keep your child safe, we need to talk about the current state of affairs in the online gaming space. 85% of young people…
Pop Up, Superstar! This week, London will be treated to its very first pop-up Nintendo Store, making all of us UK Mario fans clutch our wallets in fear. The shop opens to the public tomorrow (22nd October) in the Shepherd’s Bush Westfield London Shopping Centre, where it will be stocking its sweet merch until 16th…
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Brian Riggsbee, a game developer of such games as Disney’s High School Musical 3 (Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PC),Medal of Honor: Allied Assault – Breakthrough (PC), Madden 10 (iOS), and many more. is part of a retro game passion. He is part of Retro Game Books. Born in the California Bay Area, Brian’s journey into…
Our annual Top 100 games list was published this week—a monumental undertaking that involved more than 30 writers and editors debating, discussing, pleading and even putting on presentations to sway colleagues. We are very tired. But that might also have something to do with the fact that we spend so much time playing massive RPGs…
Things are not going well for Payday 3 but, conversely, Payday 2 has never looked in ruder health. Payday 3 launched in 2023 and has struggled to find anything like the audience of its predecessor: at the time of writing SteamDB shows just over 500 players on 3, while around 27,000 are on its 12…