In Eastward, John is the strong, silent type. So silent in fact that he never utters a word – and yet the people he encounters still seem to understand him. His companion is Sam, a young, hyper-enthusiastic kid with a glass-half-full attitude to anything that’s thrown in the duo’s direction. …
Read More »Dear FromSoftware, please stop killing us with swamps
Souls franchise director Hidetaka Miyazaki hopped on a rare interview circuit after the latest Elden Ring reveal, and in the process he commented on the series’ fixation on swamp levels. “I don’t know!” he said in an interview with Russian outlet Igromania (opens in new tab). “Something makes me put …
Read More »Battlefield Portal is probably the closest well be able to get to Battlefield: Bad Company 3
EA has revealed Battlefield Portal, the second part of the Battlefield 2042 package. For a great many of you, it may just change the way you think about the version of all-out-warfare DICE is delivering this year. If you’re over the age of 25, and a fan of multiplayer first-person …
Read More »Tom Clancys XDefiant looks set to fill the space between Counter-Strike and Overwatch
Tom Clancy’s XDefiant is a free-to-play, class-based arena shooter that falls somewhere between Overwatch and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and simultaneously pulls from other recognizable Tom Clancy games. That may sound like a strange position for the Tom Clancy brand to be slotting itself into, but our first look at XDefiant …
Read More »Aliens: Fireteam preview: Play your own Aliens movie on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X this summer
Aliens: Fireteam has been a long time coming, both in the Aliens game universe sense and for Cold Iron Studios, the developer that’s been working on the title since 2016. That’s why the excitement during our preview event was palpable and spread equally amongst the members of the dev team …
Read More »Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance forgets whats fun about D&D
To understand why Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is a frustrating take on the legendary tabletop role-playing franchise, you need to know what it’s like to be really up against it in Dungeons & Dragons. When your character is wading through problems of their own making, responding to ever-evolving situations, …
Read More »The best tattoos in games
Whether you’re tatted IRL or not, you have to admit you’ve pondered the best tattoos in games. Tattoos are a great way to add realism to a world, or give a character an interesting backstory, or just make it very clear that they’re a badass. With the updated graphics of …
Read More »Meet Twin Suns Corp, the former Halo and Hitman developers building a creative and unexpected AAA action game for console and PC
Supergroups can be risky propositions. Whether in music or in games, it’s easy to think of examples of people who’ve done great work in the past forming groups that add up to less than the sum of their parts. But for Tim Longo, CEO of Twin Suns Corp, it’s not …
Read More »Lemnis Gate will put everything you know about first-person shooters to the test
Lemnis Gate is Shooter Linguistics. It’s a study in the language of first-person shooters that will put your years of experience in the field to the test, unlike anything in the genre that has come before it. The game takes place within a collection of 25-second time loops, pushing you …
Read More »Ubisoft E3 2021 predictions: Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six, and a few surprises
The Ubisoft Forward E3 2021 showcase provided us with fantastic new game announcements, title changes, and fresh updates for key titles including Riders Republic. Below we round up everything that was revealed and announced at the Ubisoft Forward E3 2021 showcase. Rainbow Six Extraction (Image credit: Ubisoft) Say goodbye to …
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