Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard, made a recent appearance on the Girt podcast discussing his career in videogames and various elements of the publisher’s history. Kotick at one point discusses Blizzard, and specifically what he felt were some of the developer’s biggest issues with World of Warcraft: Making a movie, burning out…
Jeff Minter, the legendary indie developer who’s been doing his own weird thing since the early 1980s, has a new weird thing in the works: a remake of I, Robot, an arcade shooter originally released by Atari in 1984. I, Robot challenges players to find their way across a “3D kaleidoscopic visualizer” while dodging the…
Summary Symphonia was released for Xbox Series X|S on December 5, 2024. Custom level design, precision platforming and special features great for speedruns. Deep dive into speedrunning with player perspectives and tips. From its inception, Symphonia was envisioned as a game that rewarded control and timing mastery. Initially designed as a game to bring classical…
Last month, the Steam version of Dwarf Fortress received the long-awaited addition of its absentee roguelike Adventure Mode after a lengthy beta period. The fan-favorite feature from the game’s ASCII era allows players to venture the vast, procedural wilderness as a lone, probably doomed wanderer. Today, Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox Games announced via a Steam…
The Alters, 11 Bit Studios’ weird-looking game about recruiting alt-universe versions of yourself to survive on a hostile alien world, has been altered again. Following a delay in 2024 that pushed it into the first quarter of 2025, it’s now been delayed again to an unspecified 2025 release. “Following a comprehensive assessment of Project Dolly,…
Two months ago, the internet gathered around and informally crowned Marvel Rivals as the new popular hero shooter of note. I’m having lots of fun with it, but its rule-breaking heroes and experimental abilities have kept a question nagging in my noggin: Why isn’t Overwatch 2 trying anything like this? Well, now it is. In…
It’s a big week for Overwatch 2 fans, new and old—there’s a ton of new content to sift through, including hero perks, a new third-person game mode, and the return of loot boxes, something I’m particularly excited about. “Season 15 also features the return of loot boxes,” a press release says. “You will be able…
Category: Games February 12, 2025 Perk up A Deep Dive into Overwatch 2’s New Perks System Alec Dawson, Lead Gameplay Designer, Overwatch 2 Summary Perks are exciting new abilities for Overwatch 2 heroes, offering wild gameplay twists and creative strategies. Lead gameplay designer for Overwatch, Alec Dawson, explains how Perks work. Overwatch 2 Season 15…
Alan Wake 2, Remedy’s gorgeous oddity, is finally making the developer some cash, over a year after its launch. In a financial report published today, the Finnish studio revealed that sales of the sequel had now surpassed two million units, and that “the game started to accrue royalties”. It’s taken a while—Alan Wake 2 launched…
We knew Barrow-Dyad was coming, but even so, this is a surprise. Bungie revealed the new exotic Strand SMG in a preview stream before last week’s launch of Destiny 2’s new episode, Heresy. What nobody expected was just how it would arrive in the game—as part of an elaborate secret quest culminating in a new…