I might have a personal soft spot for Baldur’s Gate 1, but it’s impossible to deny that Baldur’s Gate 2 is far more influential. It’s tectonic: a game that codified a model of RPG making whose influence is still felt today, and it’s in large part down to how it handled its companion characters. Where…
“But why?” That’s the question I kept asking myself as I played through a few skirmishes of Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, an RTS based on HBO’s TV show. It’s a competent, workmanlike creation that nonetheless fails to capture any of what made the show and the books that inspired it such a phenomenon….
Skul: The Hero Slayer has sold 2 million copies since release, putting the sidescrolling action roguelike in that top tier of multi-million-selling games. Skul’s Dead Cells-esque and Hollow Knight-like action never had a huge single spike in popularity, but has steadily grown in sales since its January 2021 release alongside pretty regular large additions and…
We’ve heralded Thrustmaster for gaming input devices over the years, and that means the Eswap X 2 Pro has heaps of expertise from decades of input design backing it up, all baked together with a little novelty to boot. While the bulk of the designs for the best controllers for PC concentrate on durability, comfort,…
I do love a good roguelike, it’s one of my favorite genres to play, especially when I’m delving deep into dark dungeons looking for decent loot and avoiding many of the nasties contained within. So if like me, you like that sort of gaming experience. Then make sure to check out Syntaxerrorsoftware’s upcoming Commodore 64 game…
A 40-year old man from Ridderkerk in the Netherlands has been arrested for reportedly downloading files accidentally sent to him by the police, then apparently refusing to send them back unless he received a reward. That’s according to the Dutch National Police’s report on the incident (via BitDefender). The report (machine translated) says the man…
Issue #27 – August 2025. Welcome, one and all, as we sit down and take a look through the Nintendo Life Mailbox. Switch 2 is a couple of months old now – can you believe that? This is the third edition of our monthly letters page since we finally got our hands on it, and…
It’s a big day for The Blood of Dawnwalker, the upcoming vampiric RPG headed by The Witcher 3 game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz and lead quest designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz. The release date was announced as part of today’s “Road to Launch” showcase, we got a (slightly) closer look at what the game has to offer, and…
What do Shaun White, Snoop Dogg, Steph Curry, Yasiel Puig, Shuhei Yoshida, and I have in common? Up until yesterday, absolutely nothing… but as of today, out of some bout of dumb luck, Shuhei Yoshida and I are this month’s PlayStation HEROES, complete with our very own superpowers! Check it out: Anybody who purchases the…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has more than piqued our interest over here at ol’ PC Gamer, but while Sandfall Interactive’s extremely stylish RPG shows a lot of promise, I’ve gotta admit I was surprised to find out that a live-action movie adaptation was already in the works. The game isn’t out until April this year….