Typical, isn’t it? You wait ages for a wildly ambitious cooperative mod to arrive, then two come along at once. This week already brought us a refurbished co-op campaign for the original Command & Conquer, and now some bright spark has reworked Yakuza 5 to make it playable with a pal. That modding whiz is…
Hello, PlayStation fans! I’ve been writing this blog from the conference back stage, and I’m so glad I can finally talk about the next Call of Duty. Everyone here at PlayStation couldn’t be more thrilled about tonight’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 news and what it means for the PlayStation Nation. It’s hard to…
I am more and more convinced that an insidious cabal of games industry executives—headed by ‘Todd Howard’ and ‘Phil Spencer’—is conspiring to prevent the rumoured Oblivion remaster/remake from releasing to drive me, specifically, to madness. No matter how much I will it, the game has been a no-show at every splashy, trailer-filled videogame event for…
For years, one of the most spiritually potent images on the internet was Multi-Track Drifting: It’s a pair of double-page splash panels from the doujin parody manga Densha de D, depicting with mythic intensity a singular moment of locomotive stuntcraft. During a virtual preview event, developer Undercoders said it’s channeling that same spirit of train…
“We are so very sorry”. League of Geeks, the developer behind the acclaimed Switch game Armello, has announced that over 50% of its staff have been made redundant. In total, 31 people have been laid off following “unprecedented withdrawal of funding opportunities” within the industry, along with rising operation costs and poor Early Access sales….
Not satisfied with keeping me up until dawn conquering the world (or galaxy) in its gargantuan grand strategy romps, Paradox has lately been trying to find other ways to stop me from going to bed at a reasonable time, like early access colony sim Stardeus and next year’s Sims-like Life By You. Today, another game…
“Because of this work, he was delayed in going to the hospital”. Astro Boy: Omega Factor is one of the highlights of the GBA catalogue and arguably shows Sega’s Hitmaker studio (which collaborated with Treasure on the game) at its finest. However, working on the game came at a considerable cost for artist and designer…
I know what’s got you down. “Oh, it’s nothing,” I hear you lament. “I just want to play 2002 real-time tactics superhero RPG Freedom Force, but I don’t have access to the PC Gamer character skins exclusive to the June 2002 demo disc!” I think I speak for everyone when I say we have all…
Category: ID@Xbox January 29, 2026 I Hate This Place: How a Comic Shaped an Entire Visual Style Janusz Tarczykowski, Game Director, Rock Square Thunder Summary Learn how the new game I Hate This Place lives within the same universe of the acclaimed comic book series. Sound in the game is represented visually through stylized callouts…
“We have designed a surprise that most players would not expect”. Chinese company AYANEO has made a name for itself via its range of high-end handheld gaming PCs, but its new ‘Remake‘ series is trying something a little different – it seeks to create cutting-edge products which pay tribute to the hardware successes of the…