One of the casualties of NetEase’s retreat from overseas development was Jackalyptic Games, an Austin-based studio run by veteran MMO designer Jack Emmert. That studio’s Warhammer project now lies in the unreleased MMO graveyard, but there is perhaps a silver lining for fans of the genre: Emmert has returned to his old job as CEO…
This year, MLB The Show is all about leaving your mark like never before. More than any single game, it’s about The Journey. It starts by putting in the hard work in high school, with a continuous drive to be better than the day before and a hunger for a Hall of Fame career. That…
Arc Raiders’ Headwinds update is finally live, and it’s stacked with tons of updates and new features, including a new solo vs squads matchmaking, but most importantly, a couple of new epic augments. The new Looting MK3 Safekeeper augment is currently the talk of the town with its 18 item slots, Heavy Shield compatibility, and,…
More than five years after a Kickstarter campaign for a board game based on Darkest Dungeon roared past its goal—ultimately finishing with $5.7 million on a $300,000 target—the project has collapsed. Red Hook Studios says board game publisher Mythic Games is not able to get the job done, so to make up for it as…
Finding Rusted Bolts in Arc Raiders is surprisingly tricky. I bet you remember seeing them in loads of places when you weren’t actually looking, but now you need some, it’s tough to recall where exactly they were—I swear this is always the way with Arc Raiders, as soon as you start looking for something it…
ASRock, maker of motherboards, graphics cards, and much more, seems to have joined with Cooler Master, maker of cases, coolers, and not much more, to form a lovely little partnership for a reason I cannot quite discern. Not that I’m complaining, of course—spread the love, spirit of cooperation, and all that—it’s just a little peculiar…
ASRock, maker of motherboards, graphics cards, and much more, seems to have joined with Cooler Master, maker of cases, coolers, and not much more, to form a lovely little partnership for a reason I cannot quite discern. Not that I’m complaining, of course—spread the love, spirit of cooperation, and all that—it’s just a little peculiar…
A moment from 2019’s Control that has always stayed with me involves a skeleton in a wig yelling at another still cursed-looking puppet, “EVERYONE WANTS THE BIG CHAIR, MEG.” But when it comes to this XL edition from DX Racer, I’m not so sure. It’s not just the fact that, as a generally not small…
World of Warcraft: Midnight, the incoming expansion for the two-decade-plus MMO, will be taking players back to Silvermoon—that’s been known for some time, but it’s also a bit of a continued experiment. See, WoW’s a wizened beast with expansions in the double digits to its name, and if you keep slapping continents on the old…
“Everyone doubted it. Even today, people say that it works in practice but not in theory.” On its 25th anniversary, that’s what Wikipedia has to say about itself and the tale of its improbable success. Oh, and a warning about the threat generative AI poses to the integrity of information. To mark the occasion, the…