Before Valve reinvented cooperative gaming with Left 4 Dead, there was Zombie Panic! A mod for the original Half-Life, Zombie Panic! pitted groups of players against a single, player-controlled brain-muncher. Which doesn’t sound all that challenging, except that any survivors killed by the zombie would rise again as zombies themselves, slowly turning the tide against…
Railgrade isn’t the game that its trailers and store page led me to expect, and it seems that I’m not alone, given a cursory glance at its user reviews on Steam. Like so many others, I went into this railway management sim expecting something similar to Transport Tycoon, or perhaps an automation-style game in the…
In the days since the announcement of its impending end of live service updates, I’ve been returning to Destiny 2. And I’m not the only one: In the last week, Destiny 2 has drawn its highest daily peak player counts since early February as disaffected Guardians revisit their old stomping grounds in the wake of…
“Younger people who want to make games should play really old games”. One of the formative figures of video games is Tomohiro Nishikado. Known for creating the arcade game smash hit Space Invaders, I caught up with him about his long and storied career. “I was born in Osaka, in a place called Kishiwada, and…
Rollback netcode, but at a hardware level? What if your controller could sense your next move? That’s hardly science fiction—after all, rollback netcode is used in many leading fighting games to do just that—but a patent has been spotted by Tom’s Guide and Game Rant which hints that Nintendo could look to include it in…
In a surprise announcement last month, Ubisoft revealed that 2023’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage would be receiving a hefty free DLC. A new map and quests for a two year-old game, and no charge? Such largesse is only possible thanks to the involvement of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has made many gaming investments…
Even the most seasoned GTA Online criminals aren’t immune to the game’s wanted system, and the long arm of the law can take your personal vehicle and lock it up at an impound lot if you’re not careful. When your car gets impounded in GTA Online, you’re only given a small pop-up message telling you…
Bye bye, missed victories. A new update is in the works for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and while it may not quite be the drastic problem-solving patch that many of us are still hoping for, it looks like at least some bugs will be the target of the upcoming improvements (thanks, Serebii.net). It looks like…
Category: Xbox Partner Preview March 26, 2026 How You’ll Go From Prey to Predator in Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish Will Fulton, Xbox Wire Editor Summary Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish is an upcoming action-RPG about contemporary monster hunters, based on the horror TTRPG from White Wolf’s iconic World of Darkness setting. In a new…
Summary Critically Acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV Online has officially launched into Open Beta on Xbox Series X|SBoasting 4K support on Xbox Series X and faster loading times on both consoles, all progress will carry over to the full launchOur Starter Guide Series offers tips and tricks to make your early steps into the realm…