I never overcame my fear of sandworms in Dune: Awakening, no matter how many times I crossed the desert. Getting swallowed by a sandworm once and losing everything permanently—my armor, my weapons, my loot, and my vehicle—was enough to make me tread the dunes of Dune as carefully as possible from then on. But that…
Blizzard principal artist and lead designer Jay Huang used to make his living creating the “props” that make up World of Warcraft’s living spaces. Now he designs the systems that allow players to do the same thing with WoW’s new player housing feature. The game’s recent patch 12.1, The Curse of Ula’tek, added a huge…
What is that melody? A new album of Overwatch music is live today, available now on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and Deezer. Entitled Overwatch: Cities & Countries, the collection of music features the regional themes of Overwatch maps and missions across the world. In addition to the new album release, starting tomorrow until July 27,…
Our predictions for Switch 2’s biggest launch game. Nintendo announced during the Switch 2 Direct that there’s another one coming: a Mario Kart World Direct is scheduled for 17th April. Promising details of the freshly unveiled open-world Mario Kart, it’s the first game-specific Direct for a Switch 2 game and we’re excited to get a…
This is Marc and Brian from Drool. For the past few years, we’ve been making Thumper, our rhythm violence game. Today, we’re happy to announce Thumper will make its console debut on PS4 in 2016. Thumper strips rhythm gaming down to its core. With one analog stick and one button, you control a space beetle…
Nintendo has confirmed that the next Super Smash Bros Ultimate spirit board event will begin on Friday, 12th February. For this special event, the Super Smash Bros Ultimate Spirit Board will feature spirits with claws which you will need to defeat to get that all-important gold. Just remember to boot up the game on Friday…
“I think in a certain sense we were a little bit too early”. Dungeon Master is a very special game to me on a personal level. Before I got my own gaming system (a hand-me-down Atari 800, which was then replaced by a Mega Drive in 1990), interactive entertainment was limited to my dad’s prized…
The RetroN GX launches this May. Back in 2022, Hyperkin officially revealed its PC Engine / TG-16 clone, the RetroN GX. Like the company’s other consoles, it uses software emulation to replicate the performance of NEC and Hudson’s iconic 8-bit system. Back in 2022, it was reported that the console wouldn’t be seen until 2023…
Every time I check in on Star Wars, there’s a new stupid little creature (colloquially known as a Glup Shitto) everyone’s into. The latest of these is Biddy Blas, a braggadocious pod racer and mama’s boy who stands out for his shrill Huttese quips. “Ding dong pookie, ding dong,” he crows. “Scrib doon!” If you…
The last ember of optimism in my subconscious wants me to believe that by putting the four words above in sequence, shouted in 30pt font, the truth of it has already rung out in your mind. You don’t need the impassioned argument about how Microsoft is the shameful poster child for just how contemptible an…