The exciting thing about Rockstar games is not that they have the most advanced technology behind them, the best stories, or the most avant-garde game systems. It’s the extraordinary amount of work the studio invests into the little details that make up its big worlds. Red Dead Redemption’s dynamic horse testicles (they shrink when it’s…
Warren Spector is one of the industry’s most storied developers, particularly among fans of immersive sims. His leading roles on games like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, and Deus Ex—and you know what, even Invisible War and Deadly Shadows, which are probably better than you think—established him as one of the field’s most admired and enduring…
It’s a frustrating thing to watch good games disappear. We’ve seen it happen time and time and time again: studios spend years on a cool multiplayer thing, bank on it being popular enough to become a live-service hit, then toss the entire project into the trash when that doesn’t happen. That could have been the…
Once your classic cartridge collection reaches a certain size, you’ll discover you’re finding few new cartridges at thrift stores. In order to “get their fix,” so to speak, many collectors start collecting label variations to keep their number of “finds” up. “Label variations” simply means different types of labels on the same game. For Colecovision…
Cyberleek, the group or person (it’s not clear which) behind today’s big Grand Theft Auto 6 leak, claims it’s not just doing it for the lulz. In a manifesto calling out industry practices it finds objectionable, Cyberleek warned that it will continue targeting publishers who violate its edicts. “Publishers sell licenses and call them purchases,”…
A pair of clips purportedly showing Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage have appeared online, along with several images of an in-game map of Leonida, the Florida-inspired state where GTA 6 takes place. Rockstar has not confirmed whether or not the clips are genuine, but they look legit to our eyes, with the caveat that…
According to former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida, turn-based RPGs, particularly JRPGs, were so unpopular several years ago that he would tell indie developers to avoid using the term altogether in their marketing—even for a game like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Yoshida recalled giving the Clair Obscur developers this advice during a lecture at the Busan…
“All the living things in this world await your awakening”. Clever River Games appears to be teasing a re-release of Quintet’s SNES RPG Terranigma, which launched on the SNES back in 1995. Created by a team that includes Tomoyoshi Miyazaki (director, designer and writer), Kamui Fujiwara (artist) and Reiko Takebayashi (writer), Terranigma is part of…
The NBA 2K27 Preseason Breakdown Game Reveal provides an in-depth overview of everything new this year. Get the full scoop on brand-new content coming to The City, MyCAREER, MyTEAM, and more, in addition to every update to NBA 2K’s core gameplay and features. Gain an edge with up to 9 days of Early Access starting…
Chromite isn’t actually rare in Palworld, but you’ve got to have a specific tool (or pal) to mine it, which is different from most other resources. To save you from the guesswork, I’ll show you how to use a metal detector to get Chromite initially and also a passive farming solution for bigger hauls so…