What’s in your FPS rotation?

FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every week, I’ll be covering a topic relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new. I can’t think of a time when I was solely obsessed with a singular…

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9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game

Planet Centauri, a 2D sandbox game blending survival, creature collection, and automation elements, didn’t have the 1.0 launch it expected. Despite making over 100,000 sales and earning spots on more than 130,000 Steam users’ wishlists in over 10 years of early access, indie developer Permadeath watched as Planet Centauri’s full release day came—and the world…

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Ninja says ‘the last couple of years have been rough’ because ‘the Internet and trolls’ are obsessed with the fact he’s not as big as he once was

Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins has given a new interview to the BBC in order to promote a charity stream, and the surprising thing is how downbeat a lot of it is. Blevins began his career as a pro gamer, and achieved some success, but was a relatively low-level streamer until 2017/18, when his fondness for Fortnite…

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Feature: Ghosts ‘n Goblins Hit Arcades 40 Years Ago, And Its Recent Resurrection Is The Perfect Way To Celebrate

Ambassador, with this barbaric difficulty you’re really spoiling us…. It’s hard to believe, especially since I just about remember this one happening, that Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Capcom’s seminal (and seminally difficult) coin-op classic, first arrived in smoky arcade halls in Japan 40 years ago. Four entire decades. Deary me. I know I sound like a…

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