On busy weekends you can watch crowds drift toward anything that looks familiar. A joystick from the 80s, a bright score display, or a claw machine near the door gets quick attention. That pull is strong because people like a quick game while they wait for food, a table, or friends. If you run an…
One of the undisputed highlights of E3 2018 was seeing the first full gameplay reveal for Sucker Punch Productions’ majestic new samurai action epic, Ghost of Tsushima. Too busy gawping at the game’s stunning visuals to catch the finer details of the game’s combat, traversal and environmental storytelling? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back. Cinematics…
Try to contain your amazement: Elon Musk has had a terrible idea. The half-trillionaire has taken a break from getting his pet AI—the one that went on a tear and declared itself “MechaHitler” in July—to generate scantily clad anime women to instead muse on its ability to generate a videogame. Musk declared on Monday that…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is kicking off a ridiculously busy February, full of big game launches. And what a way to begin: a gargantuan historical epic full of armour-clad duels, bawdy bants and a very good pooch. Henry’s second Bohemian misadventure is twice the size of the first, introduces firearms and crossbows, and you can…
It was inevitable: following its successful Warhammer trilogy, Creative Assembly is now working on a 40k game. But that inevitability doesn’t make the announcement and the potential for massive grimdark wars any less exciting. The reveal has left us thirsty for more information, but while we wait for Creative Assembly to spill, we’ve been busy…
Mech my day. Marvelous has shown off more footage of Titanic Scion, a new entry in the Daemon X Machina series, during today’s Nintendo Direct. Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion sees players taking to battle in their customisable ‘Arsenal’ mech and engaging in “fast-paced combat” as they “freely explore a deadly and dangerous open world…
On October 10 2007 Valve released what is perhaps the greatest deal in gaming history: The Orange Box, a compendium of Half-Life 2 with both episodes, the long-awaited Team Fortress 2, and the unknown quantity Portal. OK, Half-Life 2 was a few years old by this point (Episode 2 was new), but every single game…
La-Mulana 1 & 2 taps into the excitement of exploring the unknown and challenging your reflexes and puzzle-solving skills! Slay monsters and solve diabolical traps in this non-linear puzzle-platformer from indie superteam Nigoro, now available for the first time as a physical collection on PS4! We prepared a beginner’s guide for series newcomers who dare…
A normal day goes like this: I walk into my room after work. Pass the radio, turn on lofi beats to work to, sit down, open my desktop, check my bills, open the news: “Find out why more inflation is good for you and the economy.” I don’t really know what I expect from the…
‘Carbuncle Pi’ was released in 1991. The company behind the EGGCONSOLE series of retro reissues, D4 Enterprise, has revealed it will be reissuing Compile’s MSX2 action puzzler Carbuncle Pi (かーばんくるぴ) on Nintendo Switch. The game will be released on December 25th (in other words, Christmas Day), and will cost $6.49 on the Nintendo Switch eShop….