MMOs—at least, the big boys that have endured from the massively multiplayer golden age—can sometimes be considered a smidge stale. Many design elements are, in a sense, solved. The Holy Trinity took over years ago, dungeon finders are a must, and heaven forbid if you’re running something suboptimal in a pick-up group of hypervigilant strangers,…
When NBA Playgrounds launched last May, the team here at Saber was incredibly excited – but also full of nervous energy. When developing an arcade NBA-licensed game, you’re taking part in a rich history of gaming that brings with it certain expectations. On release day – and the weeks and months that followed – we…
Want to change appearance in Monster Hunter Wilds? Let me guess: you accidentally made an absolute monstrosity of a hunter and are rapidly regretting your decision. Honestly, sometimes characters just don’t look the same in the game as they do in the creator—something about the light maybe? You’re kind of in luck, though, since Wilds…
Paving the way for context-aware services The past few years have seen several advances in wireless technology with things like beamforming, faster 802.11ac routers, and the such. Not resting on its laurels, the Wi-Fi Alliance is keeping the good times rolling by announcing a new certification program for a technology called Wi-Fi Aware. What is…
With Cyberpunk 2077’s redemption arc firmly in the rear-view mirror, CD Projekt Red is now full throttle on three separate projects. We already know, more or less, what two of them are: One is a new trilogy of Witcher games codenamed Polaris, and the other is a Cyberpunk sequel codenamed Orion. But one mysterious star-themed…
The Finals Season 5 is here just in time for the holiday period and alongside a number of aesthetic festive updates and a brand new map, there are a few new weapons and gadgets to play around with too. The ShAK-50 is a hard-hitting assault rifle tailored for the Heavy class, while the Cerberus 12GA…
In 2012, our dear friends and partners at thatgamecompany brought a transcendent, award-winning game to the PlayStation universe that has connected gamers worldwide. Journey is a game that truly encapsulates our imagination and emotion into an experience like no other. If you’ve ascended the mountain, you know exactly what I mean. On July 21st, Journey…
“Eventually, a good Bubsy game needs to be made”. Atari’s been splashing the cash recently, acquiring not just Nightdive Studios but also Moby Games and AtariAge. As part of this process of hoovering up assets, the company has also picked up the rights to hundreds of games from Micropose, Infogrames and Accolade – and Bubsy…
Hato Moa, the pseudonymous creator of weird, wonderful, and warbling pigeon dating simulator Hatoful Boyfriend, has a problem. She says she’s not received any royalties from the 2014 HD remake of the game ever since Epic picked up Mediatonic—the studio behind it—in 2021. On September 29, in the wake of a wave of layoffs at…
Our E3 2018 Showcase is over! And I hope you agree that the future of PlayStation is looking brighter than ever. Hot on the heels of God of War and Detroit: Beyond Human, PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios are brewing up revolutionary new games designed to push the medium to new frontiers. We got an extended look…