LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight – Batcave revealed

Brendan Greene says AI content is ruining the internet because it’s ‘a loop, LLMs are scanning this junk, and then that becomes truth… it’s like a race to the middle of sh*t’

The next issue of PC Gamer magazine features an interview with Brendan Greene, perhaps better-known as PlayerUnknown, about his career in game development thus far, the wider landscape, and what PlayerUnknown Productions is up to over in Amsterdam.PC Gamer’s Joshua Wolens at one point asks Greene about his prediction that the future of computing will…

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is when Infinity Ward ‘finally gave up on the idea that we were making a better version of Counter-Strike’

On October 28, 2023, the Call of Duty series will be 20 years old. While it’s now one of the most impressive and well-resourced development projects on the planet, with three core studios (as well as support studios) dedicated to keeping its annual release cycle spinning, the foundations for its success were laid by Infinity…

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Space Invaders creator recalls building arcade games with mirrors, making a prototype console that never saw release, and how short-sighted Taito’s sales team was about videogames: ‘These things will never sell’

Time Extension has a new interview with Tomohiro Nishikado, the designer known for his long career at Taito and in particular the creation of Space Invaders. The 1978 arcade game has a good case for being the single most famous videogame ever, and upon release became a craze and phenomenon (a popular urban legend claimed…

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How to get Complex Root in Borderlands 4

Sniper rifles in Borderlands 4 aren’t my cup of tea, but like the similarly definition-breaking Katagawa’s Revenge sniper, the Complex Root is simply too good to ignore. This legendary sniper shoots a slow-moving mesh of…energy bolts? It’s a barrage of projectiles that twist and turn as it moves, giving it the potential to hit larger…

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