You’d think it would be fairly easy to make a BioShock game: After all, “there’s always a lighthouse,” as the man once said. Yet it’s proven remarkably challenging: After three acclaimed games in relatively quick succession—BioShock in 2007, BioShock 2 in 2010, and BioShock Infinite in 2013—there’s been nothing. Efforts have been made: Hangar 13…
Firaxis was brave with Civilization 7, altering the basic structure of the decades-old grand strategy series in ways that were bound to be controversial. I liked some things about Civ 7’s new “Ages” system, which requires players to swap to a new civilization twice over the course of a campaign, but it hasn’t been especially…
Another 64 remake? Say it McClouder! It’s official, everyone! Nintendo has today announced Star Fox for Switch 2, and it launches on 25th June 2026. And, yes, it is indeed another remake of Star Fox 64, with Nintendo calling it a “cinematic take. And, from the footage we’ve seen so far, it looks to bring…
Late last year, Firaxis announced that Civ 7 would be getting the ability to play a single civilization across an entire game, addressing one of the major complaints from players who weren’t thrilled with the latest entry’s ambitious experimentation with the Civilization format. After promising in February that Civ’s traditional playstyle would return sometime this…
Just a few months after his surprise departure from Ubisoft, where he’d been serving as the creative director on the mysterious Assassin’s Creed Hexe, veteran developer Clint Hocking has founded a game studio called Build Machine Games. Hocking’s new outfit is “lean and fast,” he wrote on LinkedIn, but also “bold and ambitious.” “We aspire…
Back in 2010, we gave the WW2 RTS Ruse an enviable 84% review score, applauding developer Eugen Systems for “doing something novel with one of strategy gaming’s hoariest themes.” Just five years later, it was gone—removed from Steam by publisher Ubisoft due to expiring license rights. Now, in a surprise twist, it’s back: More than…
No more civ swapping. Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is getting a huge free update on 19th May, which reintroduces a series-staple mechanic: playing as the same civilization for every Age transition. The Test of Time update has been in beta for a few months now, but the full release will be coming to all platforms…
The Mortal Kombat 2 movie comes out Friday May 8, and early reviews have begun emerging from the portal. Does the sequel right the wrongs of the first film, which oddly didn’t even feature a Mortal Kombat tournament? Is Karl Urban an improvement over… uh, whoever that main guy was in the first movie? Does…
Squeaking into that Spring window. Yacht Club Games’ highly anticipated Zelda-inspired adventure, Mina the Hollower, will be coming to Switch 1 and Switch 2 on 29th May 2026. Not only that, the developer has also confirmed the game will cost $19.99 (other regional prices to be confirmed). The announcement came via a YouTube short on…
Keeping the spirit alive. 2D platformers are easy to find. They’re one of the oldest genres in video games, and thanks to that long pedigree, they’ve been getting made for nearly the entire industry’s history. It would be impossible to play through them all in your lifetime. Great 2D platformers, though, are rare. TetherGeist belongs…