The humble health bar is not made to be remembered. It’s there primarily for information, and yet the best games use health bars (as well as other UI elements) to add beauty, express personality, or more deeply immerse us in the world around it. Health bars aren’t as commonplace as they used to be in…
And yes, that’s a good thing. During Nintendo’s latest shareholder Q&A meeting, Shigeru Miyamoto stressed the importance for developers to “work for the consumer, not your boss”, ensuring that teams can produce games that will satisfy players. Afterwards, ex-Nintendo developer Takaya Imamura added his own two cents to the conversation and stated that Miyamoto has…
Category: Announcements July 9, 2025 Accessible Games Initiative Tags Now Available Across All Digital Xbox Experiences Team Xbox Summary Accessible Games Initiative tags are now available across all digital Xbox experiences. The tags are an industry-wide push to help players identify the accessibility features available in a specific game, before they make a purchase. Read…
I recently finally fastened my suspenders, donned a tophat, and went back to Lies of P to actually commit to a proper, honest-to-Asimov playthrough. I had a great time with Round 8 Studio and Neowiz’s “puppet bloodborne”—not exceptional, but great. Lies of P did a lot of things I liked, but showed its smaller scope…
The fun thing about videogame patches—and I’m using “fun” in the definitely-ironic sense here—is that sometimes they’ll cause new, interesting, and entirely unanticipated problems: Fix this, break that, it’s the circle of life. Such is the case with a recent update to Funcom’s survival MMO Dune: Awakening, which saw several PvE areas of the Deep…
This month, carve your legend in the neon-soaked streets of Night City as the mercenary V in the dystopian open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077, join up to five fellow scientists to repel inter-dimensional horrors deep within an underground research facility in the co-op survival and crafting adventure Abiotic Factor, or wrestle with love and duty as…
It’s 6AM on a Monday, you’re poised and ready for new driving test dates to be released. At long last you’ve made your way through the queue when all of a sudden a red warning pops up. No tests found on this date. As tempting as it is to throw in the towel, there is…
It’s super effective! It’s not every day that you get to meet The Pope, but one Pokémon fan decided to make the most of his recent trip to The Vatican on 5th July. Reddit user ReptileCake took two Pokémon cards with him when meeting Pope Leo (real name Robert Francis Prevost): one to get blessed,…
“Who doesn’t want to shoot down zeppelins?”. When it comes to combat-based flight sims, there has often been a tendency for video game developers to opt for a World War II setting over the First World War, and it’s pretty easy to understand why. Putting aside the obvious Hollywood influence (World War II films have…
Star Wars Shatterpoint Core Set | 16 miniatures | 23 terrain pieces | rules, accessories, tokens, and dice | $164.99 $108.99 at Amazon (save $56)Where wargaming starter sets usually leave a lot out or compromise the experience, this Core Set genuinely contains absolutely everything you need, pitting Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano against Asajj Ventress…