Buffering… Last week’s Nintendo Switch 2 Direct was absolutely bursting at the seams with new announcements for the company’s upcoming console. Yet thanks to some frustrating technical difficulties during the livestream, you might have missed a couple of bangers from publisher Devolver Digital. Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions and Enter the Gungeon 2 are both heading for…
Ara: History Untold maybe could’ve used a better title—it makes me think of a Las Vegas show, like the Luxor hotel’s King Tut Experience—but it’s interesting: a historical grand strategy game from Microsoft-owned developer Oxide Games (maker of Ashes of the Singularity) with ambitions to deliver “an evolution” in the genre. A lot of what…
Satisfactory released its big 1.0 update this year to pretty much universal acclaim from critics and record player numbers, the blend of first-person survival and factory building giving a unique flavor that’s hard to put down once you get going. I think some of us figured that’d be it, but now developer Coffee Stain Studios…
Hello again, Supermassive here, checking back in to give you another update on Until Dawn. I hope you’ve all had the chance to see the new trailer we released last week. If you haven’t, head here to check it out. Don’t worry. We’ll wait. Now that we’re all on the same page, we have another…
When Sabotage creative director Thierry Boulanger was eight years old, his grandfather gave him a copy of Ninja Gaiden II. This event sparked a lifelong interest in telling stories and creating his own dream video game. About 25 years later, The Messenger, an 8-bit ninja platformer that blossoms into a 16-bit metroidvania, was released to…
I’m just now getting to know Minthara in Baldur’s Gate 3—both on my evil necromancer playthrough and my Honour Mode run, where I intend to pick her up from Moonrise Towers after risking my neck to knock her out. Still, I’ve cast off the shackles of spoilers after completing my first playthrough—gleefully getting my mitts…
For those wondering, the answer is yes. Road Redemption was heavily inspired by the classic Road Rash series, particularly the Road Rash entries on the original Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Road Rash on 3DO (later ported to the original PlayStation), and Road Rash 64 on Nintendo 64. Motorstorm was also a big inspiration for us, as were…
New year, new games? Wahey, it’s the weekend! Gosh, it comes around quickly, right? Before we take a look at what we’re going to be playing over the next couple of days, let’s recap what’s been going on in the world of Nintendo this week. Admittedly, it’s not a lot, but we’ve still had plenty…
Jody Macgregor, Weekend/AU Editor (Image credit: Future) This week: Between obsessing over the trailers for Mandrake and Innkeep, I’ve been trying to finish Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And failing. I was watching the Frosty Games Fest, a showcase of upcoming games from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand—where it’s currently cold as balls, hence the “Frosty”…
Nintendo has announced a brand new spirit event in Super Smash Bros Ultimate and it kicks off tomorrow Thursday, 10th September. The event is amusingly titled All’s Hair in Love and War and it will feature spirits who feature long and luscious locks!There will also be special legend-class spirits popping up at set times and…