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Stepping into a new world in Valheim is an exhilarating feeling: a massive realm surrounds you, wild and untamed in all directions, just waiting for you to grab your hammer and start shaping it. But—and hear me out on this—what if the world was already shaped, just for you? What if a couple of modders…
It was just a few months ago that Jason Momoa was announced as the headline star of the upcoming Helldivers film, but it seems that plans have changed. A Deadline report, later confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, says Momoa is now out. The reason for Momoa’s departure isn’t currently known, although both sites confirmed that…
One of the games that got us excited during the Summer Game Fest deluge this past weekend was 1666: Amsterdam, a long-in-development project headed up by Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Desilets. The narrative teaser, about witches, cats, and supernatural spookiness, lacked any kind of look at gameplay, but it sure set a powerful mood. And…
Two years ago, Sega and Creative Assembly announced that they were finally working on a follow-up to our 2014 game of the year. Remarkably, in the years since Isolation there hasn’t been another stealth game that really captures its sense of dread—where most give their enemies set paths and routines, Isolation’s alien instead stalks you,…
Skyrim is one of the most modded games of all time, and the r/skyrimmods subreddit is one of the best follows on the internet. Sure, most of the forum posts are people discussing various Skyrim mods, requesting a mod they’d like to see made, or troubleshooting mods they’re having problems with. More quizzes! (Image credit:…
son of Ubisoft CEO Yves GuillemotUbisoft is closing two more studios, in Winnipeg and Belgrade, and making more layoffs throughout the company as part of its ongoing effort to reduce costs and keep the lights on. A source familiar with the matter said the cuts will see up to 380 people put out of work….
Technically Fumito Ueda, the director of critically acclaimed adventures Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian, has released a game on the PC. His first credits, from a year-and-a-half working as an animator at Kenji Eno’s studio Warp, are on horror adventures D and Enemy Zero, which both got ’90s MS-DOS releases. Once…
There was a spot of confusion when Xbox CEO Asha Sharma declared during the recent Xbox Games Showcase that Gears of War: E-Day is an “Xbox console exclusive.” What, we wondered, does that mean for us when it’s said by Xbox’s new management? In a new interview with GameInformer, Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty…
Though the Steam Controller broke Valve’s storefront, and the Steam Machine otherwise stealing the show, I’m most looking forward to Valve’s VR headset, the Steam Frame. Until its release date is announced, however, the brief look at the headset’s Welcome Tour software, allegedly leaked to Reddit, will have to tide you over. Over on the…
Greetings from my desk, a place I have not seen much in the month of June. I just got back from Summer Game Fest’s in-person event, Play Days, in Los Angeles. I saw and played a boatload of cool games that I’m eager to talk about. If you’ll allow me to step behind the curtain…