On May 24, 2000, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney shared a public statement (the specific platform or venue eludes me) on the closure of Looking Glass Studios, a canonical PC gaming institution and originator of the immersive sim genre (maybe don’t call it that, though). The statement was resurfaced by immsim enthusiast account Sinnoware on…
Welcome to The Sprawl. Developer Hilltop Studios has revealed a whole bunch of new information about its upcoming adventure game Lil’ Guardsman in an extended blog post titled ‘Visitor’s Guide to The Sprawl‘. Launching on Switch in “the coming months” (specific date currently unknown), Lil’ Guardsman contains gameplay inspired by Papers, Please in a colourful…
A question as old as time: Does size matter? When it comes to making a laptop purchasing decision, size and form factor is often key to picking the right lappy for you. However, some buyers are content to throw portability out of the window in the name of top gaming performance, and a substantial screen…
This week, the Tetris® 99 game on the Nintendo Switch™ system collides with the comedy-filled Paper Mario ™: The Origami King game for the Tetris 99 15th MAXIMUS CUP event. Don’t fold when the Tetriminos fall down your screen! While Paper Mario jokes never fall flat, you’ll always want to remain the last player standing…
Whether you want to save a rough game of Connections with instant access to today’s answers or would rather read a few hints for the September 21 (#102) game, everything you need to win your way is only a quick scroll away. Today’s yellow Connections came in seconds for me—it’s just a shame about all…
The early squid catches the woomy. Last week, Nintendo released the ver. 11.0.1 update for Splatoon 3, addressing multiple bugs that cropped up with the beefy patch prior. This was business as usual, of course, but it turns out that the update accidentally included some adjustments that Nintendo was hoping to release further down the…
The May 16 launch of Farpoint is quickly approaching, and we wanted to give you a preview of a new TV spot set to air nationwide this week. This is the latest spot in our “Two Worlds” campaign for PlayStation VR. As the name implies, this campaign brings together the real world and incredible gaming…
Coming to Steam later this year. Yuzo Koshiro has been a busy man. Not only has he been hard at work recently finishing Earthion, his upcoming Mega Drive shmup (which is also coming to PC & consoles), but he has also continued offering his services as a freelance composer, with the latest of these projects…
Fifteen years have now passed since Destroy All Humans! made its franchise debut on PlayStation 2, yet the witty banter and observational humor somehow ring even truer today. Or maybe we simple humans are all just ripe for a good laugh! When Tom Abernathy set out to write a buddy-comedy-style, action-adventure game about a gruffy…
Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will run on Steam Deck at launch, which is great albeit unexpected news. It’s unexpected, because last month Ubisoft ruled out Steam Deck support, pointing out—quite reasonably—that Valve’s handheld is “below our minimum specs for PC“. So what’s changed? Presumably the studio has done some testing, tweaked some…