I trust AI about as far as I can throw it—and I’m definitely not strong enough to lift up a data centre server rack. Flinging a facsimile of the OpenAI logo around VR is a little more realistic for my weight class, and now a software developer at Epic (no, not that one) has at…
As if September wasn’t busy enough, The Witcher 3 is calling us again. CDPR’s remaster will be launching as a free update on September 29. The studio’s goal with this new version is to make it feel like a 2026 game, rather than a 2015 game that’s been dusted off. And while this is the…
It’s been a meme for eight years—where’s the sword, Blizzard? At the end of World of Warcraft: Legion, the big bad Sargeras tried to punch a big, corruptive sword into the heart of Azeroth. For years—eight years and nine months, to be exact—it’s been a big, hanging question mark over the game’s lore. Especially given…
Control Resonant is almost here, so it’s the perfect time to talk about how we are taking advantage of the unique opportunities provided by the PlayStation 5 hardware and the DualSense controller. Play Video The sequel to Control takes place in our twisted own version of Manhattan, which, I dare say, provides an incredible backdrop…
There is a particular silence that belongs to Escape from Tarkov. You have found something valuable, your bag is full, the extract is two hundred metres away, and every footstep you take sounds like a confession. Nothing in thirty years of shooters prepared players for that feeling. Yet the genre that produced it is a…
Why does a profitable studio with two shipped titles and no fraud history get handed a 10% rolling reserve and a 90-day hold? Founders tend to treat the answer as a clerical error by a bank that has never shipped a game. The decision is narrower than that. Underwriting prices a set of behaviors game…
“I got so frustrated with the whole thing, I started looking for other work.”. This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube’s original release in Japan, which also means Wave Race: Blue Storm is turning 25. The third in Nintendo’s series of jet-ski racing games (which originated all the way back in 1992…
Helldivers, the quickest route from tyranny to Liberty is one straight line of righteous operational advancement. And today you have been granted clearance to forge a path clean through anti-Democratic resistance in your own creative way, armed with the brand-new Ironclad Democracy Warbond, deploying into Helldivers 2 next week, Tuesday September 22. Play Video Explosive….
Of Crocs & Catwomen. This week sees British developer Argonaut Games celebrating its 44th birthday. For the past four decades, the studio has built one of the most varied and unique portfolios in gaming history, ranging from bedroom-programmed releases and handheld adventures to major film licences and some of Nintendo’s biggest franchises. Originally formed in…
Eternal hope. Remaster developer Nightdive Studios has always been open about its desire to tackle Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, and a new comment from its studio head has raised hopes that it might become a reality. As covered by IGN, Stephen Kick responded to a question on social media in which a user asked if…