Oops! Bungie rolled out Destiny 2's Rite of the Nine event three weeks early, and new loot is already dropping

The solo dev behind RPG Sword Hero is promising a ‘seamless open world’ with amazing combat, intricate simulation, and systemic dismemberment—the demo on Steam makes me think they can pull it off

I was at an impasse the first time I reached the end of open world RPG Sword Hero‘s combat arena demo. I managed to bandage up the stump where my right arm used to be, recently hacked off by the big burly knight man locked in the arena with me, but could no longer pick…

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We could get a Resident Evil game set in Japan someday as producer Masato Kumazawa reveals the development team ‘has given it some thought’

Resident Evil and the devs working on the series are currently rolling off the high that was Resident Evil Requiem’s launch. As the fastest selling RE game ever, and with some glowing reviews (I gave it a 92 in our Requiem review), it’s abundantly clear that the fans want more. And while nothing’s been confirmed,…

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ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers ‘illegal’ in Stop Killing Games hearing: ‘We consider it piracy, we have lawsuits’

In a remarkably strange statement at a recent California State Senate hearing over the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921, California’s Stop Killing Games-endorsed bill to compel publishers to provide ways to keep playing discontinued games), a representative of the Entertainment Software Association declared private servers for the likes of Minecraft and Call of Duty…

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Todd Howard says he’s been offered ‘a whole bunch’ of cameos in the Fallout show but won’t be tempted: ‘I don’t want to distract’

Bethesda director and executive producer Todd Howard has said he won’t be making a cameo in the Fallout TV show, despite plenty of opportunities to do so. The Toddster’s appearance or otherwise has been speculated on ever since the show was announced, but Howard says he’s more comfortable in the background. The topic came up…

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