Imagine a hardcore survival game… but it’s peaceful? It sounds like a contradiction, but survival is about more than just bleeding, starving, fending off zombies or wild animals, and struggling to stay alive from dawn until dusk. Fighting for your life is a thrill, but that’s not the only thing to enjoy in survival games….
My feelings on the Helldivers 2: Omens of Tyranny update so far can be described in bursts of “oh this car is awesome” and “are you kidding me the Illuminate are incredible,” but there was one surprise waiting for me in Helldivers 2 this morning that I wasn’t happy to see: Arrowhead isn’t just selling…
As predictably as night following day, the last gasps of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has seemingly resulted in lost jobs. A CBC Radio Canada report says WB Games Montreal has eliminated 99 jobs, primarily among Keywords subcontractors working on its QA team. One source told the site that employees were informed there wasn’t…
Helldivers 2 was on my radar pre-release, but from its first week I knew it was one of those games I’d be playing for a very long time. I’ve dabbled in lots of live service games without ever going full no-lifer on any of them and, being a middle-aged dad, Helldivers 2 instantly ticked a…
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Larian Studios has brought back its Baldur’s Gate 3 advent calendar, promising 12 days of “wonders, music, and cheer” that kicks off with a tease—a not very informative tease, I’ll tell you up front, but a tease nonetheless—of its next game. You’ll have to work for your first reward, but just a bit, by solving…
What struck me about the Borderlands 4 trailer shown at The Game Awards is that the graphical fidelity has advanced so far that the comic book art style that defined the first game is fading away. It looks like the characters are doing Borderlands cosplay, with black Sharpie lines on foam props, and in the…
Pining for the fjords. ‘Game’ is a funny word. On its face, it describes lighthearted, fun, frivolous things. Even a very serious game of snooker, in which people wear waistcoats, is ‘just a game’ on some level. But of course video games can be very different, and Pine is one such game. The subtitle gives…
It’s not switching it up. Canadian accessory manufacturer Dbrand — known for its controversial social media stunts — has shared images of what it claims is a case for the upcoming successor to the Nintendo Switch. As VGC reports, the company shared a teaser for the case on Thursday on X (formerly Twitter) along with…
When I played Shadow of the Erdtree ahead of release, there was one thing I kicked myself for missing early on in the giant expansion—a crystal tear that essentially gave you Sekiro-style parrying in the Elden Ring combat system. A certain subset of FromSoft devotees were very excited to discover that feature, as it makes…