The phrase ‘industry veterans’ has long been a meme — when newly opened studios use it in their advertising campaigns, their releases often disappoint. Embark Studios is not one of them — it was founded by people who worked on various parts of Battlefield, and their debut joint project, THE FINALS, was a huge hit….
A new Commodore Amiga news story has appeared in our inbox, as we’ve recently found out through the EAB forums, that the previously announced game of Flying Shark. A new Arcade to Amiga remake by Magnus T together with JMD and John Tsakiris(GFX). Has recently been teased with a new one demo that you can…
“88 playable characters? Are you crazy?!” is probably what we should have asked ourselves before we started work on 88 Heroes. But no, as with most of our previous games, we were determined to bring something new to the genre we were tackling, even if it was almost commercial suicide and would push the development…
Blizzard refuses to say what new class is coming to Diablo 4 when its first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, launches late next year. But datamined text from a leaked build of the game makes it pretty clear what it will be. Officially, Vessel of Hatred will continue the story in Diablo 4’s campaign, and will…
The upcoming Commodore 64 platform adventure, Captain Victor Stormbeard and the Undead Treasure by KD Software, has officially been teased with a playable demo. Commodore 64 enthusiasts can now download and test the initial stage of this highly anticipated title, offering a substantial look at what the full game will provide. In fact if you…
Since the end of the Phyrexian Invasion, which was basically the Avengers: Endgame of Magic: The Gathering, the card game’s expansions have hopped between some different genres of fiction. We had one set themed around fairytales and legends, and another based on pulp adventure in a jungle full of dinosaurs and pirates. Next we’re going…
‘Operation Galuga’ launches in Early 2024. The Contra franchise has had a bit of a rough ride in recent years. Although fans and critics alike were generally receptive toward the 2011 title Hard Corps: Uprising, Konami put the franchise on ice for a total of eight years until the poorly-received Contra: Rogue Corps in 2019….
Yes, I know: more AI. Love it or hate it, that’s the way things are going. For us gamers, it started with upscaling, then frame gen, then Multi Frame Gen, and soon, it seems, fully AI-generated frames. At GDC today Nvidia announced that “neural shading support will come to DirectX preview in April, unlocking the…
Heavyweight Champ was released by Sega in 1976. A museum based in Bologna, Italy has recently come into possession of the blueprints to a Sega game from the 1970s that has long been considered “lost” (the video game historian/preservationist Damiano Gerli recently informed us). Heavyweight Champ was a boxing game that Sega originally released in…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just received another patch—putting its finishing touches on the RPG’s difficulty options, alongside the usual bug fixes and the like. The game is now both easier and harder to play, based on what options you’d like to select. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be. For Story Mode players, the difficulty…