I had the chance to talk to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 producer François Meurisse during the 2025 Game Developers Conference, and the Sandfall Interactive COO got down to brass tacks about how the game draws on JRPG history, the types of stories that can be told with these mechanics, and how the ambitious Expedition 33…
When Abyssus first dredged itself up and into view at last year’s PC Gaming Show, I was immediately struck by its glowy firearms, which appeared moddable on the fly and unique in the world of co-op FPS. I love Deep Rock’s flamethrowers and Vermintide’s swords and sorcery just fine, but let me have my cake…
Category: Games March 20, 2025 Why Nightdive Remastered System Shock 2 Instead of Remaking It Morgan Shaver, Communications Manager, Nightdive Studios If Nightdive Studios were a home, it would be built upon the foundation of System Shock. As one of the studio’s formative projects, the Kickstarter campaign for its acclaimed System Shock remake put Nightdive…
Slender: The Arrival VR by developer Blue Isle Studios is the unholy union of a horror phenomenon and an innovative gaming peripheral. Together, they deliver a holistic horror experience to players looking for a game that can shake them to their core. On May 13, Slender: The Arrival VR will utilize the platform-defining features and…
Sometime in the first or second century AD, the ancient Greek mathematician and engineer Heron of Alexandria invented the world’s first steam engine. In Echoes of Elysium, an upcoming survival game from Loric Games, Heron didn’t stop there: He’s punched a hole into Elysium, the mythic paradise of Greco-Roman mythology, where he’s harvesting the souls…
If you’re at the center of the Venn diagram comparing Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny fans and masochists who prefer their protagonists go down in one hit, rejoice: a new developer diary trailer for the game’s remaster debuted at the Future Games Show today, and it shows off the appropriately titled “hell mode.” As game director…
For nearly 30 years—ever since the release of its second ever game, Max Payne—developer Remedy Entertainment has been in the business of making narrative-driven singleplayer games. Recent releases have even taken that focus further, tying together the studio’s games into one connected universe of stories. All of which ensures that, however you slice it, the…
Category: Games March 20, 2025 FBC: Firebreak Isn’t Just Reimagining Control – It’s Reimagining Modern Co-Op Shooters Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Remedy comes back to a key point about FBC: Firebreak repeatedly – “this game isn’t a second job.” You won’t need to check in every day. You won’t need to frettingly finish a…
I really don’t know how to feel about this one: A new Painkiller was unveiled today at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, being developed by Anshar Studios and published by 3D Realms, and I just don’t know if I can bring myself to have hope that it’s going to be good. See, here’s the…
Hi everyone, I’m Julius Fondem, Community Manager here at Remedy Entertainment. Today I’m very excited, jazzed even, to talk to you about a brand-new feature in our upcoming game FBC: Firebreak – Altered Augments. If you’re not familiar with FBC: Firebreak, it’s a cooperative first-person shooter for three players set within a mysterious federal agency…