Try out the five-level campaign today. Quake has just released a new free add-on called Episode Enyo. It’s available to download now and serves as a prelude to the upcoming side-scrolling action title Slave Zero X. This particular episode takes place four years before the original Slave Zero game, dating back to 1999. It’s been…
The winners will be revealed this March. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has received another ‘game of the year’ nomination. This time it comes from the 2024 Game Developer Choice Awards nominations, with the winners to be revealed this March at GDC 2024. The other finalists for GDC’s game of the year…
Peanut Butter & Gyromite. Peanut Butter the Shiba Inu is officially the best boy in the world. This adorable pup has made history by completing a speedrun on the world stage at Games Done Quick’s bi-annual speedrunning event, AGDQ 2024. With the help of his owner and human speedrunner JSR_, Peanut Butter has been training…
Photo mode, control options, and updated visuals. We’re less than a month from Lara Croft’s classic adventures making their return, and publisher Aspyr has made good on its recent promise to give us some much-needed news ahead of Tomb Raider I-III Remastered‘s release on 14th February. While there’s no gameplay to show, Aspyr has detailed…
The game also contains AI-generated art. When you think of big, bright colours and shooting, you probably think of one of two things — paintball, or Splatoon. Well, last year, Square Enix unveiled its “online party shooter” Foamstars, and almost immediately, the internet reacted, comparing the colourful foam-shooting game to the inky king of the…
“Mmm, bananas, mmm”. We are rapidly approaching the Switch release of Mario vs. Donkey Kong on 16th February and today Nintendo has revealed the game’s opening movie in all of its remastered glory. Titled ‘Setting the Scene,’ the intro spills everything that you need to know about the game’s central rivalry: DK has stolen all…
Houston, we have a new obsession. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Kate looks back on a 2023 game from Rocket Rat that very nearly slipped through our net… Hey, you. If I’ve pitched this title correctly, you’re…
Too similar to Rockstar’s, apparently. Rockstar Games, the juggernaut behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise, is fiercely protective of its IP and image, and so is its parent company, Take-Two Interactive. So much so, in fact, that the latter has filed a trademark dispute over Remedy Entertainment’s new logo, revealed back in April 2023. As…
“That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen”. Yesterday, Ubisoft launched a rebrand of its subscription service, Ubisoft+ Premium, and brought its Classics package to PC. Clearly, the company sees this as a step into the future of gaming as its director of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, told GamesIndustry.biz that players need to become “comfortable” with…
Legend reborn. Remember Steel Empire for the Sega Mega Drive? What about the GBA release? 3DS? Well, whichever one you’ve experienced, if any, you’ll be happy to know that an updated version dubbed The Legend of Steel Empire is about to drop for the Nintendo Switch on January 23rd, 2024. Boasting updated visuals and improved…