Hello there, lovely characters. Back in the day when consoles had fewer bits than humans have fingers, games could mostly get away with providing solid gameplay above all else. Gameplay is still king, of course, but games these days often need to demonstrate other qualities, such as striking visuals, an engaging story, and strong characters….
Like I’m sure many other PC gamers have done, I read our Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League review with a sense of inescapable inevitability and frustrated, profound disappointment. Here we are again, another previously celebrated game developer seeing its reputation tarnished by a flawed, middling game-as-a-service release that places grind and ongoing play/monetization right…
Vote for your favourite creator island. The insanely popular battle royale game Fortnite will be celebrating this year’s Game Awards, with players able to vote for “The Best Creator Made Fortnite Island of the Year” in-game. This new update by Nighttimes and Studio 568 is a hub world that links players to ten creator-made islands,…
The future of video gaming. Iconic Issues is a new series we’re running which takes a look back at classic magazines from the past. We’re kicking things off with the first issue of a publication which is still in print today… It’s difficult to communicate the impact that the first issue of EDGE magazine had…
Koei Tecmo has recently disclosed their financial report and within that report is confirmation that the developer is looking to release Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers here in the west on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. An exact release window hasn’t been announced by the company. Hopefully Atlus and Koei Tecmo will reveal…
No one enjoys being jumpscared by their own gaming PC. I’m not talking about horror stories where a glass pane suddenly shatters, or a tube of cooling fluid starts to leak. This tale of terror centres on a (deafening) call coming from inside the house. While the infamous blue screen of death has been keeping…
Mario Wonder! Metal Gear Solid! Mail Time! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop –…
Yuya Tokuda, director of the upcoming slay-a-thon Monster Hunter Wilds, is very proud of the terrifying Oilwell Basin and the critters within it. The basin itself is styled as a ‘what if we made the deep ocean on land and then set it all on fire’ zone. For context, it’s home to that horrible “affront…
When it comes to trying to experience everything a sprawling hundred-hour RPG has to offer, New Game+ can often be an essential tool for running through a game a second or third time without causing too much psychological damage. Some games, like the Persona series, even require a NG+ run if you want the full…
“When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind”. Imagine if the 1993 space opera classic Master of Orion had been released not only for DOS, but six other major formats, and its selectable races were locked to specific hardware. The NES version would be the only one with Bulrathi, and be more of a…