A Mass Effect-ish RPG based on The Expanse just makes sense (it’s a decent TV show if you haven’t seen it, and I’ve heard good things about the books), and it’s cool that a CRPG-focused studio like Owlcat gets to make it. There are some rough edges in the latest trailer, embedded above, and the…
“I see this game as the foundational product for the future”. Virtua Fighter isn’t a series you’d generally associate with Nintendo systems, and that’s probably because the closest we’ve had to an entry is Virtua Quest, a GameCube spin-off from 2004 (though we also had a Virtual Console release of Virtua Fighter 2 back in…
It’s fine and dandy loading into Cryo Archive in Marathon and looting it for all its worth—seriously, there’s high-end loot everywhere—but you actually need to escape for it to count. The Cryo Archive extract system functions very differently from the other maps, where you casually stroll on over to an exfil beacon and beam outta…
Marathon‘s Cryo Archive is a maze, made only more complicated to navigate by the fact that you need Security Clearance to access most areas. It’s a system unique to this endgame map, and it’s not immediately obvious what it is and how to increase it. But if you want to extract from the ship in…
Category: ID@Xbox March 26, 2026 How Sands of Aura Brings Soulslike Combat and Sandsea Exploration to Xbox Katie VanClieaf Marketing Manager at indie.io Summary Read about the developers’ design goals and inspirations. New targeting assist and a new compass UI. Combat and economy balance updates for console, refine build experimentation and flow. If you’ve ever…
Sand: Raiders of Sophie, the PvPvE extraction shooter where you build and drive huge stompy mechanical bases around on a desert planet, “will not be releasing this March” as planned, developer Hologryph announced today. “It’s been a difficult few months for us here in Ukraine,” the developer wrote in a Steam post, “with frequent severe…
Back in February, Larian rolled out a small update for Baldur’s Gate 3 that aimed to fix a few crashes, technical issues, and in particular, corrupted saves. And it worked! Except, well, it apparently also broke a few things along the way. So you know what that means: A new hotfix to fix the old…
Category: Xbox Partner Preview March 26, 2026 Xbox Partner Preview: March 2026 – All the Announcements from Our Amazing Partners Danielle Partis, Xbox Wire Editor Another instalment of Xbox Partner Preview aired today, delivering news and updates from our third-party partners around the globe with world premieres, new content, and much more. The 30-minute broadcast…
Category: Xbox Partner Preview March 26, 2026 Artificial Detective: Breaking Down the Gameplay Behind This Incredible Xbox Partner Preview Reveal Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Summary Artificial Detective is the debut title from the indie studio Vivix, comprised of talented game industry and sci-fi film veterans. You’ll play as AD 2846, a robot detective who…
Category: Xbox Partner Preview March 26, 2026 Hades II Comes to Xbox Game Pass on April 14 – Here’s How It Builds on the Iconic Original Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Welcome back to the Underworld – as we just announced in the latest Xbox Partner Preview broadcast, Hades II launches April 14 for Xbox…