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As soon as I sat down to play it, the developers of Phantom Blade Zero were eager to tell me that they motion captured the movements from real kung fu masters to ensure their game was as “authentic” as possible. They’re also very aware that when the game was first revealed, players thought it looked…
We’re firmly in the era of Nintendo Direct presentations having announcements relevant to PC gamers and that’s especially true when it comes to the cozy farm sim genre. This year’s harvest of pastoral sims now includes Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, announced with an August 27 release date during today’s Direct. Farm sim lifers will…
Ubisoft is continuing to trumpet the success of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, saying today that the game has now surpassed three million players a week after its release. The new big number comes just four days after Ubisoft said Shadows had broken the two million player mark, and points to continued growth for a game the…
Cozy games are as big as ever, with the likes of Stardew Valley maintaining their vice grip on chilling out and relaxing enthusiasts. It’s hard to imagine how the formula for an unwind-’em-up could get much more appealing, but setting things in a school for witches seems like a good start. So it goes in…
When Path of Exile first emerged on the ARPG scene, it was like an oasis in the desert. Diablo 2 had long reigned as the genre go-to and Diablo 3 was still shaking off the worst aspects of its notoriously rocky launch. Over 10 years later, it’s a very different story: Diablo 4 got a…
Grinding Gear Games has announced the Dawn of the Hunt update for Path of Exile 2. It launches on April 4, and it’s a big one: the first major content drop to hit the early access ARPG. The headline feature here is a new class—the Huntress—but GGG has also got plenty of new toys for…
The list of Inzoi cheats is pretty short right now—there’s basically just one—but with more coming in its first game update this spring. For now, there’s a quick and dirty money cheat you can use and a way to approximate the same function as the move objects cheat we all use and abuse in The…
StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void was released in 2015, a fitting capstone to one of the greatest RTS games ever made. This was the final entry in the StarCraft 2 trilogy of games, which started with Wings of Liberty in 2010, and ever since then… nope, nothing. The series appears to be on hiatus…
One time in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, I decided to put its unarmed combat to the test against an armored bandit. I sheathed my sword, started throwing punches, and immediately discovered that I’d made a terrible mistake. For reasons that don’t need explaining, fists deal almost zero damage to full plate armor. I got cut…
Ubisoft and Tencent have announced a new “dedicated subsidiary” that will “will focus on building game ecosystems designed to become truly evergreen and multi-platform” in the Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six brands. “As we accelerate the company’s transformation, this is a foundational step in changing Ubisoft’s operating model that will enable us to…