Aaand relax. Having fought the first three bosses, slain a familiar parade of public domain monsters, and enjoyed many a crack of Castlevania’s new whip, I can confirm that Evil Empire hasn’t followed up The Rogue Prince of Persia with its first bad game. If you’ve been longing for this series to confidently get back…
Thanks to 7-Eleven. The Tetris Company is teaming up with US retailer 7-Eleven to produce a range of exclusive merchandise based on the famous puzzle title (thanks, VGC). Items will include shirts, hats, and other clothing featuring both the Tetris and 7-Eleven branding, and are currently exclusive to the US. Read the full article on…
Final Fantasy 11 is a seasoned MMO with grey in its beard, at this point—not entirely unheard of in the industry (World of Warcraft itself is over two decades old), but absolutely in its veteran years. I mean, this is a game that originally came out on the Playstation 2 as well as PCs. Still,…
Yesterday’s layoffs at Xbox took, and will continue to take, a terrible toll. Some trumpeted the fact that no studios were closed, although the practical impact of spinning them out to independence or new ownership remains to be seen, but that has no bearing on the blow to morale caused by such deep cuts to…
Discord has a permanent spot in most of our taskbars, but even those who haven’t accepted the ubiquitous chat app into their lives may soon be using its services directly in the games they play (or possibly already are). Today, the company is launching the Discord Social SDK. It’s a free way for game developers…
Long live the Chromebook Bargain priced Windows laptops have stolen some of the appeal of Chromebooks, though the cloud-centric devices are still popular in the education market. To keep the good times rolling, Samsung unveiled the Chromebook 3 with improved battery life. The Chromebook 3 measures 11.36 inches by 8.04 inches by 0.7 inches and…
I originally said that Infinity Nikki was like a dress-up Genshin Impact, but after entirely too many hours of playtime over the weekend I’m becoming convinced it’s more like a dress-up Dark Souls. Nothing has solidified that theory for me more than discovering that players have been using the Snapshot function—essentially the only form of…
Tapped. As the entirely new Mario & Luigi RPG in some time, and the first home console entry in the series, Mario & Luigi: Brothership brought plenty of new skill to the table. One of these is Battle Plugs and Power Taps, which you get access to early in the game. These allow you to…
Have you also spent far too many hours daydreaming about leaving everything behind, buying a camper, and driving through the country to get away from it all? Lord knows I have, and something tells me I’m not the only one. With the release of Outbound—a laid-back, crafting exploration sandbox—all you listless adventurers can too. I’ve…
A number of Square Enix employees have chatted to Famitsu about their plans for 2021. Tomoya Asano and Masashi Takahash, who are the producers behind February’s Bravely Default II for the Nintendo Switch, hope that the game will achieve its sales targets and they can make a third. Noriyoshi Fujimoto series producer for the Dragon…