At a TED talk back in April, Lucasfilm senior vice president of creative innovation Rob Bredow presented a demonstration of what he called “a new era of technology.” Across 50 years of legendary innovation in miniature design, practical effects, and computer animation, Lucasfilm and its miracle workers at Industrial Light & Magic have blazed the…
Subscribe via iTunes, Google or RSS, or download here We’re back, baby! A bounty of listener letters sparks serious (ha!) discussion on a variety of topics in this week’s Blogcast: Justin shares tips for anybody thinking about diving into FFXIV, Sid finally conquers the Darkest Dungeon, Zac reveals his secret past in Hollywood, and it…
Category: XBOX Games Showcase Halo: Campaign Evolved Hands-On Demo – It’s The Halo You Love, But Even Better Danielle Partis, XBOX Wire Editor Published June 10, 2026 Summary We went hands-on with Halo: Campaign Evolved’s remake of Assault on the Control Room, Combat Evolved’s memorable fifth – and longest – campaign level. Halo: Campaign Evolved…
It looks like Split Fiction is headed to the big screen: Less than a month after the release of Hazelight Studios’ latest hit co-op adventure, Variety says media company Story Kitchen is assembling writers, a cast, and a director in response to what the site calls a “bidding war” for the rights to turn the…
Can’t stop the dream. It has been another rough post-price-hike sales week for Switch 2 in Japan, but Nintendo stays winning on the software side, thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (thanks, Famitsu). The wacky life sim added another 50,000+ copies to its pile this week, stopping the new Switch 2 releases of Final…
Ever play a game set in a world so intriguing and enjoyable you wish there were other games, even of a different genre, that took place in the same setting? Eremite Games, the studio that created roguelike city builder Against the Storm, has announced just that. “There’s something we’ve been dying to tell you,” the…
It’ll be back. It has been out for a little over two years now, but if you finally decided that now’s the time to pick up 2022’s tactical delight, TRIANGLE STRATEGY, then you’re out of luck — at least, you are if you wanted to download it on Switch — because the game has been…
“Names are for friends, so I don’t need one”. Aww, mate. That sub-header quote from Hitman: Absolution has made us sad now. Poor Agent 47. It must be lonely being an insane psychopath who spends his time flying around the world, looking cool, getting free clobber, and offing folk in trendy nightclubs. However, chin up,…
Last week, developer ShiftUp released a video marketing its upcoming sequel Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. A so-called “music video” which was riddled with generative AI, from Evie’s harrowing grin to a very rubbish song with cringeworthy robotic vocals. The video has garnered a whole bunch of backlash—from myself included—as people wondered why on earth a…
Have you heard the good word? Sorry, good words. Two of them, to be precise: Ace Combat. I know I’m not the only recent convert to this long-running series; after the announcement of Ace Combat 8 last December, I saw a wave of chatter across social media reiterating that what the uninformed might expect to…