Cyberpunk 2077 is often held up as the greatest redemption arc in videogame history, but I think No Man’s Sky has a legitimate claim on the crown too. More than eight years after it landed with an ugly thud on Steam—a “supernova of negative backlash and disappointment,” as we put it at the time—Hello Games’…
The Pokémon Company International today announced that the latest animated Pokémon movie will debut globally and exclusively on Netflix on Pokémon Day, February 27th, outside of Japan and Korea. “Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution” tells one of the most popular stories in the franchise in a new CGI animation style. This announcement marks the…
With the confidence of a man whose name is on some of the best videogame stories out there, BioWare veteran and Dragon Age setting creator David Gaider recently told GamesRadar that generative AI is a “virulent plague” on the games industry. Gaider, who most recently worked on “unholy roguelite deckbuilder” Malys, said that the way…
Hey everyone! I’m Nick, Spiritfarer’s Creative director. I’m very happy to be announcing the game’s release today. To those of you just joining us, we call Spiritfarer a “cozy management game about dying.” We designed it to be a wholesome, soothing, and welcoming game — something that we believe a lot of us need in…
Something or nothing? Well, here’s a weird discovery – Monolith Soft’s Wii U epic Xenoblade Chronicles X has popped up on a Microsoft PC webpage covering “enhanced games for Microsoft Edge game assist”. We’ve taken a look ourselves and can confirm it’s featured. It’s listed alongside PC releases like World of Warcraft and Half-Life 2….
Counter-Strike 2 has released an update that makes one of the biggest changes in the game’s modern history: and no-one saw this one coming. Valve has changed how reloading works, so that when you reload, any ammo remaining in your current magazine is lost. And players are not happy. “When you reload in CS2, the…
Dead as Disco is already proving to be a delightful grab-bag—I had the pleasure of toying with the game’s demo back in June of last year, but nothing could’ve prepared me for the musical smorgasbord that awaited me while playing this early access romp. This thing isn’t just a very solid rhythm action game, it’s…
I was recently in the market for a new ereader and decidedly wary of staying in Mr. Bezos’ walled garden. Besides that time in 2009, when Amazon remotely deleted George Orwell’s 1984 from devices due to a rights issue, more recent news has also given me pause. For example, did you know that as of…
“I know the truth isn’t simple, but nothing is when it involves your child” – Freya We hope that trailer leaves a lasting impact because today is Father’s Day, a day with a very special meaning to the new beginning of God of War. At its heart, this is a story of a father and…
A fresh report from Charlie Demerjian’s SemiAccurate pegged Nvidia to be negotiating to buy a “large PC oriented company”. Though the GPU company has since denied it in later reporting by Bloomberg. The paywalled report from SemiAccurate suggests that the purchase would “fundamentally change the computing landscape”. The report from the respected outlet was enough…