“I wanted to do it, but I didn’t want to disrespect”. Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura is the man behind movies such as Versus (2000) and The Midnight Meat Train (2008), but he also has a connection with the world of video games – he was enlisted by Hideo Kojima to direct the cut scenes in…
Some serious ‘Firewatch’ vibes here. Publisher Annapurna Interactive has released a new trailer for its heartfelt single-player adventure Forever Ago, due for release on the Switch 2 this autumn. Revealed during the recent Xbox Partner Showcase, the new trailer displays some heavy Firewatch vibes, with lots of rural environments to explore and a narrative that…
Roblox has landed itself in hot water with viral TikTok choreographer Kelley Heyer, as she’s filed a lawsuit against the platform for using her dance without permission. Heyer is behind last year’s Apple dance—choregraphed to Charli XCX’s song of the same name—which propelled both her and the tune to fame, even leading Heyer to perform…
The maker of the viral hit survival game Lethal Company says a mobile version of the game that’s set to launch on the App Store later this month is “not real,” and you probably shouldn’t download it. The demand for a mobile version of Lethal Company is understandable. The game made a big splash when…
John Szczepaniak’s Iberian quest. The Catalonian cultural tradition of the Caganer is celebrated by these odd littlesouvenirs After the success of my academic talk in Birmingham in May, Dr Victor Navarro Remesal invited me to give a guest lecture to his students at the TecnoCampus University in Mataró, Spain. The state of current games education…
Aside from a few moments of conspicuously instantaneous death, I had a great time with the first Battlefield 6 beta weekend. The guns largely felt lovely, I got a 16-killstreak as a tank gunner, and I watched someone drive a jeep covered in C4 into an enemy anti-air gun. That all hits. My main complaint…
IGN has confirmed today that Adult Swim Games Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time will arrive on the Nintendo Switch platform on Friday 21st August. The action adventure platformer will cost $39.99 and features the animation’s original voice-actors. Here’s the details along with a trailer: An Untold Adventure That Ties Into the Epic Series Finale –…
Let us introduce ‘Broken Relic’, a new game from developer Sandpenguin. ININ Games and Smallthing Studios’ prequel to the point-and-click classic Simon the Sorcerer, Simon the Sorcerer: Origins, is set to arrive later this month for consoles and PC, but it isn’t the only fantasy point-and-click adventure that adventure fans should have on their radar….
While I understand the appeal of renovation sims like House Flipper, I simply cannot bring myself to play them. The idea of spending hours fixing up a fake house seems downright perverse when I cannot find time to maintain my own real, increasingly dilapidated abode. You might say the obvious solution is to take some…
About This Episode Four decades ago, young Alex Rogan got the highest score ever on his favorite game: Starfighter. He’s shocked to find out the game was a training & recruitment tool for actual intergalactic pilots, and his performance has earned him entry into an elite space force! Now, on its fortieth anniversary, we are…