A new action-adventure game set in medieval China, Blood Message, has been revealed with a suitably epic trailer for its epic historical journey. Developed by NetEase’s 24 Entertainment Lin’an Studio, Blood Message will be a “cinematic, singleplayer, linear story-driven action-adventure” powered by Unreal Engine 5 and released for PC and consoles. NetEase said in a…
Denmark is switching to Linux, says its Ministry of Digital Affairs, in a move that exchanges Windows and Office 365 for Linux and LibreOffice. Yes, that Danish government. The government of a nation of roughly 6 million people, which is the southernmost Scandinavian nation and/or the northernmost part of Central Europe, comprised of the Jutland…
Oh, no. I’m feeling a little game journalist’s remorse on this one. What was so important, a decade ago, that I couldn’t get behind a flawed but fundamentally faithful Thief game? What might have happened if I’d dedicated all my energies to pumping the bellows in the direction of its lukewarm response at launch, persuading…
Creative Assembly’s long-running readjustment of Total War: Warhammer 3 presses on with the slow but inexorable determination of an army of dwarves. Back in March, the developer completely overhauled the game’s maligned Kislev faction to make its polar-bear riding humans more fun to play. Now, it has issued a new patch targeting another specific area…
Cowtastrophe. After the best part of a decade with Mario Kart 8, we’d wager that you had probably grown pretty close to your main. You know, your main. The character that you picked to sit behind the wheel, regardless of the situation, because their weight class, look, or general vibe matched your playstyle perfectly. But…
Obsidian will be shaking up its early access strategy for the release of Grounded 2 next month. Rather than the monthly micro-updates that were the norm when Grounded launched, the developer has decided that something more like every four to five months will be the norm. In an interview with GamesRadar, Grounded 2 game director…
Throwback RTS Tempest Rising is one of my favourite games from this year, a spectacular and thrilling tribute to Westwood’s tragically absent Command and Conquer series. I thought its twin campaigns were pretty much perfect when I reviewed it a couple of months back, which is possibly why its first major update focuses mainly on…
“They are not fast, they are not prolific, they are not pumping out games”. It’s fair to say that the reaction to the recent Donkey Kong Bananza Direct has been overwhelmingly positive, and the perception of the already-anticipated Switch 2 title has improved dramatically. In fact, DK’s next 3D adventure looks so good that some…
I was seriously impressed by Terminator 2D: No Fate when it was revealed earlier this year. I love the idea of a tie-in that’s authentic not only to the events of the film, but also the era of gaming in which the film was released. Developer Bitmap Bureau seems to have largely nailed the authenticity…
Although No More Room in Hell 2 launched into early access a little too early for its own good, I still think it was a better zombie game than it gets credit for. Not only did it capture the essence of zombie horror with its eerie, pitch-black nights and undead hordes that seemed fairly unthreatening…