Influential magazine TIME has published their best video games of the decade, and as with any list of this sort, it makes for interesting reading. The two behemoths Fortnite and Pokemon GO, which both shook up the industry, are included. Here’s TIME magazine best games of the 2010s: Grand Theft Auto V (2013) The Legend…
Listen up Tankers, Wargaming has massive news to share. Beginning August 22nd, we’re introducing the first ever single player campaign mode in World of Tanks history. The mode is called War Stories, and believe me when I tell you, this is a tanking experience like nothing you’ve played before. In War Stories, tankers will be…
We speak to Zork designer Dave Lebling about his most “disappointing” adventure. In 2024, FX released Shōgun, a new 10-episode miniseries starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis, based on the 1975 historical novel by James Clavell. The show, which like the book documented the adventures of the English sailor John Blackthorne in 17th century Japan,…
The Great Dreamer has awakened! Cthulhu has lain submerged and sleeping in his watery tomb for untold aeons. But soon, Cthulhu will enter Smite: The Battleground of the Gods, to spread madness and fear! Who is this eldritch deity, and how does he fit into the world of Smite? Read on for an exclusive early…
Ubisoft Montpellier has published a new post on Facebook today which is presumably showing off something Rayman related, which will come as good news to the fans. The company does state that it is not a new game, so that means it could either be a remaster or a Rayman animation, though it is not…
As much as I love Marathon, its progression hits like a brick wall after a few dozen hours. Quests become longer multi-step treks across maps around the same time high-tier upgrades start asking for dozens of items that I’ve encountered maybe four times. These are issues that Bungie is seemingly testing against in an “end…
Preserving videogame history is no easy feat. Besides the ephemeral nature of digital downloads these days, a significant obstacle over the decades has been the interests of corporate entities as they seek to protect their intellectual property. For example, a London-based collector was raided by the police last year after he purchased dev kits reportedly…
You asked for it, they listened With just 15 days left and only $210 pledged so far towards its $50,000 goal on Kickstarter, we don’t know if One Technology’s Phantom One system will gain enough momentum to be successfully funded, but give credit to the team behind the project. When we first reported about the…
Capcom recently invited me to go hands-on for a few hours with Resident Evil Requiem. The new sections are set in Rhodes Hill hospital and feature series icon Leon S. Kennedy, playable for the first time since being confirmed last December. My mission going in was to examine what’s new with Leon’s combat options and…
No good thing ever dies, Stephen King once wrote, and while he was talking about hope, the saying could well be applied to the hugely popular ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books from the 1980/1990s. That’s because one person has decided to revisit the magic of those books and old-school text-based RPGs, by inventing a bespoke…