When I recently spoke to Stellar Jockeys lead artist Jack Monahan and lead designer Hugh Monahan about Brigador Killers, a big focus for me was approachability versus depth. Most of my favorite games are super-crusty and complex RPGs or immersive sims, and the studios that made them—Troika, Looking Glass, Obsidian, to name a few—often found…
I’ve been playing videogames since my Dad was convinced my tiny baby hands were strong enough to grip a Mega Drive controller for more than five seconds. I’m sure he was just trying to convince my mum that the CD add-on was worth the insane amount of money—it definitely wasn’t, as I’m told it broke…
If what Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier says is true and making an indie game is like buying a lottery ticket, Meccha Chameleon has hit the jackpot. It seems uncontestable as the friendslop hit of the year now, with over 15 million copies sold in less than a month. Developer lemorion_1224 thanked players for all the…
Last week, Marvel Rivals made the headlines for a familiar reason: one of its new skins is on the bleeding edge of horny superhero costume design. But in a refreshing change of pace, it was the boys’ turn this time around—Captain America got a summer swimsuit skin with proportions so absurd they’d make a Gears…
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in June. It’s time for this month’s (read: last month’s) eShop Selects, our look back at our favourite eShop-only releases from the last 30-ish days. In June, we had six games that met our criteria for our monthly showdown: Switch eShop games that…
Dungeon Master (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Dungeon Master, PC Gamer’s regular RPG column, where Online Editor Fraser Brown delves into PC gaming’s most beloved and enduring genre. Grab a seat in our badly-lit tavern and please ignore the goblin puke. Larian didn’t want to make Baldur’s Gate 4, BioWare veteran James Ohlen didn’t want…
Check out the brand-new teaser image. Last October, WayForward announced it was currently hard at work on a seventh entry in the Shantae series. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Do you know what makes Warhammer 40k so special? It’s not just the Space Marines. No, it’s the setting’s sense of mystery. Even after burying my head in hundreds of Black Library novels, there’s still plenty I don’t know about its vast and enigmatic universe, and even more I’ve simply forgotten. No matter how hard…
Overtake in Takeover 2. All the way back in 2013, 90’s Arcade Racer looked like it would become the ultimate love letter to the likes of Daytona USA and Scud Race, and, following a successful crowdfunding campaign, looked set to appear on modern systems, including the Wii U. Sadly, it never met its proposed launch…
When it comes to cheap yet worthwhile Atari 2600 games, the usual suspects like Asteroids, Missile Command, and Space Invaders tend to dominate the conversation. And for good reason: they’re iconic, easy to find, and still offer plenty of arcade fun. In fact, many of the system’s most common cartridges are inexpensive precisely because they…