In a recent interview with MinnMax, ZeniMax Online Studios founder Matt Firor discussed the death of its new MMO, Project Blackbird, as well as his thoughts on the games industry’s current economic crisis. The takeaway? While things are bad, he thinks we’re still in a boom and bust cycle that will come back around, and…
đ§ NEW PROJECT CAB! (Hog Wild: Chase Up!) We just dragged this beast into the basement⌠and yeahâit doesnât work đ But thatâs not the end of the story⌠this is now a FULL PROJECT BUILD. The goal? đ Get Hog Wild: Chase Up! up and running đ Then transform it into a MULTI RACING…
In a recent interview with MinnMax, ZeniMax Online Studios founder Matt Firor described his reaction to his MMO, Project Blackbird, getting canceled, as well as his more general thoughts on the current moment in the industry. To hear Firor tell it, the closure of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks on the same day was recognized…
Age verification is an especially hot topic in the US right now. A California law will go into effect next year that requires operating systems to verify the user’s age at account setup and the “Parents Decide Act” may introduce similar requirements to the entire nation. There are well-documented concerns from experts about the form…
You probably could have guessed that The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is one of the most-played games on Steam Deck, but according to Valve, it shouldn’t be. Skyrim has remained on the most-played Steam Deck games list put out by the company in December, January, February, March, and now April despite having an “Unsupported” designation…
As roguelikes go, NetHack is a museum piece. I don’t say that because it’s oldâthough it is extremely old, originally released as it was in the same year that Lethal Weapon hit theatersâbut because it is literally in the Museum of Modern Art alongside SimCity 2000 and Portal. It’s a massively influential and historic game,…
As fun as it is to see bigger damage numbers than you probably should in action RPGs, Blizzard has been able to keep players from completely trivializing Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred’s satisfying character progression, andâmost surprisinglyâits work-in-progress competitive leaderboards system. Lord of Hatred has a mode called The Tower where you slay monsters to…
It has been almost three yearsâ â33 months, to be exactâ âsince the release of Baldur’s Gate 3, and in that time, we could not stop playing it on Steam Deck. It has only fallen out of the platform’s top five most-played list in four of those 33 months. Even then, Larian’s masterpiece has never left the…
XCOM looms over turn-based tactics, and really, PC strategy gaming in general, the same way God looms over all us pathetic mortal mayflies. The best we can do is throw ourselves to the ground in prostration and hope it comes back to save us. Sadly, that’s probably not happening at this point, but there is…