Oh, Thomas the Tank Engine, you delightful locomotive: How we love you and your haunting homunculi visage, your community of animate rail engines, your diligent adherence to the tasks of Sir Topham Hatt, your habit of getting launched with incredible violence by an inscrutable malfunction of physical law. Okay, so that last bit is a…
Tomb Raider Remastered developer Aspyr has issued a statement saying that its “top priority” is to fix bugs and texture issues in the recently released Challenge Mode update for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, but it also denied accusations that the new outfits included in the update were created with generative AI. The Challenge Mode update…
When Archetype Entertainment gave us our first look at Exodus gameplay in 2024, I was a little underwhelmed: My immediate and enduring thought was, boy, this sure looks like Mass Effect. Today the studio revealed a brief medley of new gameplay clips and, well, boy, it sure does look like Mass Effect. The three-in one…
In the wake of Cities: Skylines 2’s shaky launch and mixed reception, developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive have parted ways, with a new dev, Iceflake Studios, stepping in to continue patching the city builder. The issues with Cities: Skylines 2 ranged from poor optimization to an absence of modding support to a perceived…
Crimson Desert is the “Yes, and” of videogames. It’s stuffed to the brim with just about every mechanic and idea that has ever existed. An overwhelming ocean of things to engage with, discover, and explore. Need to Know What is it? An epic fantasy action RPG with a million different things to do.Release date [March…
Big damage numbers and Diablo 4 are practically synonymous at this point. That’s the nature of a game where the goal is to multiply your numbers up high enough that nothing can stop you. Other action RPGs tend to keep things constrained to millions or billions of damage, oftentimes not even showing the damage you…
Yesterday, game developer and technical artist Freya Holmér shared a glimpse at a side-project she’d been toying with: a rotational twist on Tetris, where dropping a piece into place rotates the screen 90 degrees towards the side where your blocks landed. “Been feeling kinda stressed lately so I made a little prototype,” she said. “Is…
FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new. Last night, during what has become an unhealthy habit of solo Marathon runs before bed,…
Some high-profile layoffs at Amazon Game Studios has Lost Ark fans worried that the game is approaching its end of days, despite still putting up decent player numbers on Steam. In a message posted on its website, the Lost Ark dev team acknowledged that cuts have happened, but said it will “keep working to improve…
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor Troy Baker nor terrorist delivery-addicts will stay Norman Reedus from his appointed rounds. It’s a ditty we all learnt in school, and it’s truer today than ever. Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is so close to its PC release you can taste the…