Writer Tini Howard took over the ongoing Catwoman title at DC in January, and in the six published issues in her run so far, Selina has expanded her Rolodex with new allies and enemies. At the end of Catwoman #43, Howard even introduced a Batman: The Animated Series villain, Red …
Read More »Star Trek Discovery: Sonequa-Martin Green on season 4’s big goodbye, becoming captain, and a season 5 tease
Star Trek has had its fair share of noteworthy captains on the bridge over the years. The likes of Kirk, Picard, and Janeway have all become pop culture icons. In Star Trek Discovery’s fourth season, it’s Michael Burnham’s turn to boldly go and take a seat in the captain’s chair. …
Read More »Saints Row devs say reboot was necessary to “keep moving forward with the times”
What do you get when a new generation of game creators want to make an old school action game? The answer to that question might just be found in Saints Row, the upcoming franchise reboot set in the fictional city of Santo Ileso in the American southwest. Developer Volition worked …
Read More »The Halo TV series is the gold standard for video game adaptations
Warning: spoilers for Halo season 1 ahead (including the finale). Turn back now if you haven’t seen the latest episode of the Paramount Plus series. The Halo TV series deviates from the games in unexpected ways. Sure, there are lovely little Easter eggs, nods to major in-game events, and live-action …
Read More »Sniper Elite 5 dev talks smarter, reactive AI, and new player invasions
I’ve not stopped thinking about the poor bastard I murdered in cold blood during my Sniper Elite 5 hands-on preview. His wide eyes. His panic. Him sprinting down a long, narrow hallway inside the French countryside mansion I’d broken into; and the stomach-turning crunch of the 30-06 Springfield Cartridge bullet …
Read More »With Bloodhunt, the architects of The Division are building a better battle royale
In the most absolute sense, battle royale is the survival of the fittest. Not only for the players who fight so fiercely over contested territory in constricting battlegrounds, but for the developers responsible for building those spaces too. When PUBG entered Early Access in 2017, it changed the composition of …
Read More »Ignore the rumors, there wont be a Switch 2 for quite some time
Where is the Switch 2? It isn’t an outrageous question. You see, it’s usually around four years in a console’s life when, no matter how well it’s doing, gamers start thinking about the manufacturer’s next piece of hardware. Recently, we’ve seen lots of rumor and speculation around the lifespan of …
Read More »Cursed to Golf is like normal golf only youre dead and its devilishly difficult
Golf games are undergoing something of a renaissance right now, just not in the way that you might expect. While the tight grip EA and Access Games once held over the digital incarnation of the sport has diminished somewhat, indie developers from around the world are flocking to fill the …
Read More »Fresh director Mimi Cave talks grossing out audiences and Sebastian Stans “creepy” turtleneck
In our dating app-dominated world, we often find ourselves wishing we had crossed paths with a potential partner in person. However, Fresh, the new tongue-in-cheek thriller starring Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones and Marvel‘s Sebastian Stan, takes the romanticized idea of a meet-cute and turns it into a nightmare. Tired of …
Read More »How The Quarry was shaped by the success of Until Dawn and a human head on a stick
A detached head on a stick helped shape a significant part of The Quarry, the new narrative horror game from Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games. And that’s not a B-movie euphemism, either. I’m not talking about some fibreglass prop dripping in fake blood, impaled on a wooden stake. I’m talking …
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