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One of the big highlights of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is its dual protagonists that split the series’ roots into two halves. Naoe is a shinobi who prefers the shadows over brute force, while Yasuke is a samurai, favouring close-quarters combat. Both characters have their own skills that make deciding how to approach quests and combat…
In one of Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘ earliest quests, you’ll need to find Imai Sokyu, a wealthy and influential merchant in Sakai. While you’d think this quest would warm you up to the new, more exploration-based quest objectives, you’re thrown in at the deep end. I’ll admit that it took me a good fifteen minutes running…
Ben Porter, director at the consultancy firm NewZoo, is giving a GDC talk this week that picks out some highlights from the firm’s annual look at the state of the games industry. PC Gamer was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek at his slides, and one of the takeaways is that PC gaming is…
An AMD spokesperson has claimed that Radeon gaming graphics cards now have 45% market share in Japan. This appears to be something of a surprise to the AMD rep, referred to as Mr. Sato, who said that the company, “isn’t used to selling graphics cards”. Er, righto…! According to Japanese website ASCII (via Google translate),…
HyperX has just announced a follow-up to its Cloud III headset, the HyperX Cloud III S Wireless. As well as coming with a few technical upgrades, it is giving users the opportunity to wear wings on the side of their heads. Those wings come in the form of removal magnetic earcup plates. Like those you…
It’s hard to believe, but the premiere metropolis maker this side of SimCity 4 has just hit a 10-year milestone—and in classic city builder fashion, Cities: Skylines 2 is honoring the occasion with traffic bug fixes, new buildings and radio stations, and major changes to homelessness. Notably, citizens will no longer become adults and then…
I regard GTA Online the same way I regard the Seven Years’ War: I only know it at a distance, it sounds like a living nightmare, and whenever I learn something new about it I’m sure glad I’m not there. Maybe I’m not the only one, because Rockstar is giving away $3,000,000 to any lapsed…
Amazon’s upcoming God of War series is still in the pipeline after everyone previously making it quit last year—which, if you’ve been big into the weirdly decent era of prestige TV and animation coming out of videogames recently, should come as a relief. Kratos’ grim mien is still coming to the silver screen. The series,…
The ESRB—Entertainment Software Rating Board—is, notionally, there to stick age ratings on games that make sure little Timmy and Sally aren’t scarred for life by the torture scene in GTA 5. In reality, I’m beginning to suspect the whole thing is a gigantic operation made to scupper games industry PRs’ carefully laid marketing plans. Like…
Whether you’re just getting into game design or honing existing skills, the perfect game design program for you is out there. Read up on the 50 best undergraduate and 25 best graduate programs in the country and beyond. Charting a path for your education isn’t as easy as videogames make it out to be. As…