It’s been a big week for democracy in PvP games starting with the word “dead.” Thursday, Deadlock reprised its in-game voting table where players can vote on which of the next six heroes will release first. Then on Friday, Dead by Daylight opened up a voting booth of its own where players can select the…
Titter. Remember the GameMT EX5, an emulation handheld which came with a performance dial on its front? Well, the company is back with another similarly-equipped device, but this time it has the kind of name that’s really going to make people sit up and take notice. Read the full article on timeextension.com Titter. Remember the…
There’s probably a few holdouts somewhere, but for the most part, it seems like we’ve all come to accept Beamdog’s “enhanced” versions of D&D classics like Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights 1 as those games’ go-to editions. But there are a couple of classics still missing from the…
One of this year’s GDC highlights was a talk by Monica Harrington, a founding member of Valve and the company’s first chief marketing officer, who went over her history with the company that brought us Half-Life and Steam. There’s a whole bunch in Harrington’s recollections to pick out: like when she gave her nephew some…
Who are you going to vote for? The Strong Museum in Rochester, New York yesterday announced the 12 finalists that will potentially be inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in May, after receiving thousands of entries for consideration. The list, which is available on the Strong Museum’s website, contains a wide range…
Unsurprisingly, Larian Studios isn’t revealing much about Divinity‘s story, characters, and world, not least because it’s likely to change a lot from now until its eventual launch. Baldur’s Gate 3 made significant changes to characters and story arcs from its early access launch, so it’s a fool’s errand to even attempt to pin anything down…
Wonder Wall (of text). Nintendo has lifted the lid on a bunch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park info today. We got a new trailer packed with fresh playable characters and challenges, three new amiibo, a closer look at that darn ‘real’ Talking Flower, and the…
Here’s a useful piece of advice right up top—don’t use a free VPN. Many will have serious caveats, as demonstrated by the security researchers at Koi, who say they’ve discovered a particularly popular Chrome-based variant taking unauthorised screenshots and spying on its users. The accused Chrome extension is called FreeVPN.One, and it’s currently sat at…
Even going into the final stretch of The Spirit of the Samurai, I was still unsure if I had understood the fundamentals of its combat. Enemies were every bit as twitchy and unpredictable as they had been at the start of the game, but I still had no idea whether my custom combos were good…