PC Gaming
Last week, one of the most circulated reactions to the Marathon server slam was a YouTuber who took one look at the menus and declared it the first ever “fontslop” game. He wasn’t the only one who felt their eyes were assaulted by Marathon’s unorthodox graphic design. UI feedback was one of Bungie’s major takeaways…
It was around this time last year when Embark and Bungie both ran playtests for their new extraction shooters at the same time. Marathon’s alpha was the culmination of two years of feverish speculation about the legendary FPS studio’s first non-Destiny project in over 15 years. Then the unexpected happened: Arc Raiders upstaged Marathon. Embark…
An Australian studio responsible for a raft of hugely successful games, including Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, has announced layoffs. Brisbane-based Halfbrick Studios confirmed as much on LinkedIn last week, just months after the release of its most recent game Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen. “Today we’re sharing that Halfbrick is making changes to…
After the year’s sleepy beginning, our list of new 2026 games finally starts bulking up in March. It was the first time this year that I looked at the calendar and thought, oh god, which will I make time to play? But I’m still making my way through Resident Evil Requiem, so I’ll worry about…
Fallout fans eagerly anticipating a New Vegas remaster got a big ol’ snort of the good stuff over the weekend in the form of a social media post from Iron Galaxy Studios, which shared—in a very subtle, nothing-to-see-here style—some idle (or perhaps not) musing about what it’s getting up to. “Today’s our February company meeting,”…
In a new YouTube video detailing game design pitfalls that regularly derail game development projects, Fallout co-creator and veteran RPG designer Tim Cain said one of the most common issues in game design stems from neglecting an overlooked skill: Knowing when to stop. “As a very wise designer once told me, ‘A game that includes…
You don’t have to stop me if you’ve heard this one before, because I know you have: As the US and Israel continue their bombing campaign of Iran, clips from videogames are being shared on social media as actual combat footage. The most recent example was posted on February 28 by TheUnHeard_One, a self-described MAGA…
The Marathon server slam is over, and now begins the awkward gap between playtest shutdown and its full release on March 5. Throughout the weekend, Bungie published daily recaps of feedback it’s considering and bugs addressed, culminating in a “Weekend Feedback Recap” article published on social channels today. “Many Runners have maxed out their Faction…
Just five days after filing for insolvency, publisher and peripheral maker Nacon has postponed its Nacon Connect showcase, which had been set to take place on March 4, because, well, it just filed for insolvency. “Faced with a difficult economic environment for the company, we are choosing to focus our resources on upcoming releases and…
Between metroidvania Sons of Sparta, a remake of the original trilogy, and a bold new vision of clean-and-dadly Kratos, my cup runneth over with God of War news right now. And yet, somehow, there is more. Internet detectives—that is, people who look at LinkedIn—have spotted a now-deleted page on the profile of a (purported) senior…