The kids are playing computer games. According to the latest Global Games Market Report from the analysts at industry intelligence firm Newzoo, Gen Alpha—defined in this case as anyone born in or after 2010—makes up “an increasing share of the player base, especially on PC.” As a lifelong fan of computer games, this is good…
Acquiring the grappling hook doesn’t happen all that quickly in Dying Light: The Beast, but since it was such an important item in Dying Light: Stay Human, you’re probably wondering how to get it into Kyle Crane’s toolbelt. Without skyscrapers to dangle from, the grappling hook isn’t quite as useful as it was in Stay…
In a new trailer at the Six One Indie Showcase, Origame Digital showed off its first trailer for Penguin Colony, a horror game where you play as a little penguin, and the studio revealed that the game will be anchored by a performance from Lenval Brown, the narrator of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. We…
Baby Steps developer Gabe Cuzzillo prefaced today’s “very unprofessional” developer overview by saying “you shouldn’t know very much about this game when you play it, because it’s full of surprises and they’re fun.” After watching it, I’m not sure I know any more about the comedic walking simulator, but I’m certainly intrigued by the vibe…
FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every week, I’ll be covering a topic relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new. I can’t think of a time when I was solely obsessed with a singular…
Planet Centauri, a 2D sandbox game blending survival, creature collection, and automation elements, didn’t have the 1.0 launch it expected. Despite making over 100,000 sales and earning spots on more than 130,000 Steam users’ wishlists in over 10 years of early access, indie developer Permadeath watched as Planet Centauri’s full release day came—and the world…
Right now, you’re wondering what retcoming is. Being as the term was first coined only moments ago by yours truly, I’ll be happy to explain. It’s a made up word, of course, because as Thor so deftly proclaimed in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, Peri Fractic (Christian Simpson) by Brian Lesyk Yes, good readers, Commodore is…
Battlefield 6 is being pitched as a return to form for the series, and from the looks of it, a reverence for past glories will show up in its music, too: If you have the stomach and the wallet chains for it, you’ll be elated to learn that Battlefield 6 is packing more nu metal…
Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins has given a new interview to the BBC in order to promote a charity stream, and the surprising thing is how downbeat a lot of it is. Blevins began his career as a pro gamer, and achieved some success, but was a relatively low-level streamer until 2017/18, when his fondness for Fortnite…
Just breathtaking. It looks like Square Enix is still celebrating Chrono Trigger‘s 30th anniversary — and why shouldn’t it? This is one of the most-beloved RPGs of all time. And today, as a tasty little treat, the company’s Japanese YouTube channel has shared a video showcasing close-ups of some of the game’s character art and…