Since Marathon launched, one gun has dominated both the battlefield and the discourse. No, I don’t mean the Biotoxic Disinjector, which while ferociously powerful, is unlikely to appear outside of Cryo Archive due to its rarity. I’m instead referring to the almighty WSTR shotgun, by far the best weapon to carry in your back pocket…
A Diabolical Duel. Hmm, this week’s Box Art Brawl reminds me of a puzzle… Before we get to the answer, however, let’s recap what went down last time. It was a good old one-on-one for NSO newbie Mendel Palace, with North America facing off against Japan. While the contest was a close one, the Western…
“This may be one of the longest running secrets in the history of The Elder Scrolls we are about to reveal,” says the holy repository of knowledge that is the Ultimate Elder Scrolls Portal, “this has seemingly stayed hidden for 28 years from general knowledge.” In 1998, Bethesda released a third-person action-adventure set in the…
“We’re reigniting and rebooting the series”. SNK’s legendary run-and-gun series Metal Slug is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, and to mark this milestone, the company has today released a special retrospective video showcasing the franchise’s history. It covers not only the past and present, but also taps into the series’ “ever-exciting future” with a teaser…
Owlcat’s RPGs have a history of launching in a terrible state but improving significantly over time. When I replayed Rogue Trader last year, with the benefit of a bunch of patches and a couple of expansions, I had a much better time than I did when it was brand new and I hit a progress-blocking…
It released Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 last year. Iron Galaxy, an American developer known in the Nintendo space for assisting Retro Studios with Metroid Prime Remastered and the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 last year, has this week announced more layoffs. The studio confirmed this in a post…
Monitors are kind of important. Like, you need them to see the games you play, man. But on a deeper level, picking the right one to see your games as intended actually is important—be that going up to 4K for those beautifully rendered textures or OLED for true blacks. Monitor manufacturer AOC seems to agree,…
A few weeks ago, Philips announced the Evnia 27M2G5800, a poetically-named, 27-inch, 5K dual-mode gaming monitor for sale in China, and today, the company has announced a western counterpart—the 27M2D5901A (yeah, monitor names are like that). I managed to get hands-on experience with the screen at a press event in Croatia, and dual-mode works as…
Last week, popular World of Warcraft private server Turtle WoW got hit with a cease and desist from Blizzard after a judge ruled in the studio’s favor regarding a copyright infringement suit filed last September. Court documents revealed that the two parties reached a settlement that hinged on “certain actions that are required to be…
In a new video on his YouTube channel, RPG veteran and Fallout Designer Tim Cain talked about the first time he was ever exposed to Dungeons & Dragons, a pivotal influence on the developer: Some of his mother’s coworkers showed him the ropes all the way back in the Carter administration. Oh, and they happened…