I’m no stranger to the highs and lows of live service gaming. As a nine-year Destiny veteran, I’ve seen how pretty much every conceivable crisis plays out. Servers going down for days at a time. Disastrous balance changes that leave the community in chaos. Tone deaf developer statements that get walked back days later. What…
Nothing about Chants of Sennaar says “nostalgia” at first glance. It’s a puzzle adventure game with an on-trend art style of high contrast, bright colors, and beautiful lighting and water effects. But it’s taken me back to the ’90s more effectively than any self-styled “retro” game in years. Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition…
Despite tough competition, Nightdive’s recreation of the Looking Glass classic was our favourite remake of the year. For more awards, head to our Game of the Year 2023 page. Robert Jones, Print Editor: Nightdive Studios absolutely knocked it out of the park with the System Shock remake, somehow achieving the near impossible balancing act of…
Strange, for a game all about language… Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim sings (or should that be ‘chants’?) the praises of one of his GOTY picks… Let me make something clear right from the jump: Chants…
A new remastered app is expected to launch next Spring. Earlier today, Capcom announced that it will officially be delisting the 2010 iOS port of Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective in preparation for the release of a new app in 2024 based on the current remaster available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Steam. Released…
Remnant 2’s first DLC dropped a short while ago—and it’s a pretty good romp. It adds a whole new area to explore, a new class, and some new gear to grab—it also enhances Losomn as a whole, since having the DLC lets its areas and bosses crop up during your randomised runs of the main…
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has taken a shot at his main rival in high performance computing, dismissing Nvidia’s success in providing GPUs for AI modelling as “extraordinarily lucky.” Gelsinger also implied that it would have been Intel, not Nvidia, currently coining it in AI hardware had the company not killed one of his pet projects…
Powering up. Everyone loves Mario Kart, right? Well okay, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people sure do. One person who seems to have a soft spot for the racing franchise is ‘Dallas Stars’ hockey goalkeeper Scott Wedgewood, who debuted a Mario Kart-themed mask designed by artist Dave Gunnarsson (thanks, Polygon). Read the full…
It should come as no surprise that Zack Snyder is up for making a Fortnite movie, if anyone is shopping around for a director. It would be a licence to print money. It could be a complete stinker and it would still probably be the most watched movie of all time. If Epic’s interested, I’d…
The polls are closed and your votes counted for the PlayStation Blog Game of the Year 2023. The winners of these awards, spanning 18 categories, have been shaped entirely by player choice. A thank you to everyone who voted and – given the strength of titles released in the past 12 months – were stuck…