“He was more concerned with the end result than the journey”. Richard Garriott holds a unique place in the world of role-playing video games. Through his astoundingly influential Ultima series, he introduced countless people to gameplay that not only granted incredible player agency but also carried considerable moral weight in-game. It’s a shame, then, that…
See you Layton. Hmm, this Box Art Brawl reminds me of a puzzle. Last time, we put Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse in the spotlight, as we matched up its two regional covers. It was anything but a close-fought contest, mind you, as the European and Japanese variant walked away with a staggering 81% of the vote,…
Not long to go now. Nintendo’s Fire Emblem series is back next with the arrival of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave exclusively on the Switch 2. If you’re planning on picking up the game digitally, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got enough space on your system to install it. According to Nintendo’s official eShop listing,…
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and screenshots. By Garry Whitta Beneath a Steel Sky review – PC Gamer #1 (UK, December 1993) It’s here at last. After two years in development and more column…
Reactions to the StarCraft trailer shown at BlizzCon this year seem pretty universal. Initial excitement, immediately deflated when the words “STARCRAFT RETURNS 2030” appeared at the end. (The fact it’s going to be an “open world shooter” didn’t help.) The surprise announcement of Diablo 5 coming in 2029 seems odd too. There were 11 years…
Transfer “up to 8 monsters” to the full game. During a sizzle reel in the Nintendo Direct earlier this week, Square Enix gave fans another look at the upcoming release Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World. It also included an eShop demo announcement, and in case you missed it, it can be downloaded right now!…
The kids who grew up playing StarCraft on Nintendo 64 must have thumbs of steel. With the exception of a handful of games designed specifically for consoles like Herzog Zwei and Halo Wars, the RTS has not been a genre that’s played well with controllers. It remains the heartland of the mouse and keyboard. And…
Diablo 5 is shaping up to be very different from Diablo 4. The sequel is set a hundred years after Diablo 4 in the aftermath of Diablo (the demon)’s apocalyptic destruction of Sanctuary, and it’s going to bring fundamental changes to combat, classes, and loot. Several Diablo 5 developers took the stage today at BlizzCon…
Diablo is returning: At BlizzCon today, Blizzard announced that Diablo 5 will be set a century after Diablo 4 in a Sanctuary that has succumbed to the Lord of Terror, Diablo himself. That’s not until 2029, though. In the meantime, Blizzard will continue the story of Diablo 4 with seasons, but no more expansions are…
Set 50 years before the events of the first “Lost Planet,” this game is definitely geared more towards fans of the series. At the same time, since it’s a prequel, it’s not a bad place to start for newcomers either. If you’ve played the series before, the gameplay is similar in the fact that you’ll…