Though it doesn’t hold up particularly well, Star Wars: Dark Forces was a pretty big deal back in 1996. Outlaws, on the other hand, wasn’t: it was LucasArts’ second attempt at a first-person shooter using its own Jedi Engine, and few people I talk to about ’90s FPS games ever seem to remember it. Which…
Those aren’t mountains, they’re waves. Among all the cool near-future operators and wall jumps seen in the big Black Ops 7 reveal today, one detail from Activision’s extensive blog post loomed large: Black Ops 7 will carry forward all weapons and cosmetics from last year’s game, setting the stage for a tidal wave of tacky…
Project Spectrum is an upcoming “tactical thriller shooter” revealed tonight at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live that sets players off into Ember Zones, where “unspeakable horrors await.” I’ll cut right to the chase: There’s not a whole lot to go on here. Project Spectrum is a “physiological horror PvEvP game, where you battle against monsters, other…
We’re set for another Call of Duty vs. Battlefield face-off this year, and it’s already been fascinating to watch how these two military shooters present themselves. When it comes to one of the most incendiary topics in multiplayer games at the moment, the rising prevalence of goofy Fortnite-style skins, Call of Duty has become the…
The universe needs a hero, and every hero needs a trusty sidekick. Unfortunately for the universe in The Outer Worlds 2, instead of a hero, it’s got you. Lucky for you, you’ve got them: a cadre of snarky, sexy companions who will follow you anywhere and kill anyone that gets in your way. In the…
Indiana Jones! He-Man! Absolum! Wrapping up the summer of gaming in Cologne, Gamescom 2025 has kicked off with Opening Night Live, a two-plus-hour showcase of new game announcements and updates. And, well, things started off strong for the hybrid consoles, but as the show progressed, the announcements slowed down. That didn’t stop us from getting…
This year’s Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase concluded with a clip from Resident Evil Requiem (before the ‘one more thing,’ at least), and sets up the story of the ninth mainline Resident Evil game with a gruesome flashback. Requiem will star FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft, who uncovers the “hidden truth behind the outbreak in Raccoon…
World of Warcraft’s next expansion is right around the corner, which means it was about time for Blizzard to drop a new cinematic. Sure enough, we got our first look at what’s going on in WoW: Midnight during the Gamescom Opening Night Live show, and it’s a lot of elves with abnormally long eyebrows. The…
Closing out today’s Opening Night Live showcase at Gamescom 2025, Geoff Keighley denied his bleary-eyed viewership closure after two consecutive hours of game trailers with one final surprise: The reveal trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui. Like last year’s Black Myth: Wukong, the second entry in the series is an action RPG based on a…