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Why I Won’t Be Playing Hades 2 In Early Access
6.5.2024
As of Monday, May 6, Hades II is now available in Early Access. That’s an exciting development for fans eager to play the sequel to developer Supergiant Games’ 2020 action roguelite. But while plenty of gamers around the world will be diving into Early Access, I won’t be one of them.Read more
Hades II Enters Early Access, And You Can Play It Right Now
6.5.2024
After a brief technical test that whooped so much ass, acclaimed developer Supergiant Games has announced that Hades 2 is in Early Access, which is expected to last until the end of the year. What does this mean? Simple: You can head over to the Epic Games Store or Steam and purchase it right...
Every Change Coming In Diablo IV's Massive Loot Reborn Seasonal Overhaul
3.5.2024
Loot Reborn is being positioned as Diablo IV’s most important update since launch. While a bit shorter than most seasons and seemingly lighter on new story content and activities, the underlying rework of the action-RPG’s loot chase and end game grind has players excited. Blizzard recently...
Someone Created A Fallout-Inspired Game In Excel That You Can Play At Work
29.4.2024
If you thought that Excel spreadsheets were just for mind-numbing office work, think again. A gaming hobbyist has created an Excel-based RPG game that he based on the popular post-apocalyptic game Fallout. It’s the end of the world, all over again.Read more
The Fallout TV Show Is Way Sexier Than The Games
19.4.2024
Spoilers for the Fallout show follow.Read more
Final Fantasy 14 Benchmark Gives Fans A Taste Of Dawntrail’s New Features
16.4.2024
Dawntrail—the next expansion for Square Enix’s masterfully designed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV—doesn’t release until July 2, but fans can get a taste of what’s to come right now. The official benchmark for the game is available as of April 14, and will let players experience some of the expansion’s...
Fans Aren’t Alone, Final Fantasy XVI’s Producer Also Wants A New FF Tactics Game
8.4.2024
With the release of the Rising Tide DLC on April 18, Final Fantasy XVI’s story will finally be over. While that doesn’t mean Square Enix is done working on the project (a PC port is still in the works), it does mean fans are curious as to what the team will do next and if we will ever see...
Final Fantasy Tactics Director Wants You To Play Unicorn Overlord
14.3.2024
Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord has managed to carve out a niche amongst the larger releases of 2024 so far. The game offers tactics and strategy fans one of the best experiences they’ve had in years. One of the game’s most vocal fans is Yasumi Matsuno, best known for directing the likes of Final...
Operation Galuga’s Director On Capturing That Classic Contra Feeling
12.3.2024
If you asked me what I think the best game of the ‘80s is, I’d have a hard time answering. There are just so many hugely important and amazing games of that era, from Ultima IV to Out Run to Super Mario Bros. 3. If, however, you asked me what the most ‘80s game is, I’d answer you right away:...
Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Responds To Fan Toxicity: 'Please Stop That'
26.2.2024
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has announced it’s working on official mod support for the award-winning RPG for both PC and consoles. This will roll out sometime in 2024, but in the meantime, the studio has responded to fans who have been less than patient, calling out “threats...
Bethesda Drops A Nuke... Full Of Fallout Games
20.2.2024
Things are going to get pretty Fallout-y this April. With Amazon Prime’s promising-looking TV adaptation due to hit the streamer April 12, Bethesda is leaping on its own bandwagon and releasing seven Fallout games, in one handy nuclear bomb.Read more
Stormgate's Ex-Blizzard Devs Want Players To Invest In The Company
19.2.2024
As 2024's big bad—Late Stage Capitalism—continues its grim rampage, some developers are looking to more innovative approaches to avoid the publishing industry’s self-sabotaging need for impossibly endless growth. Stormgate creator Frost Giant—a studio created by former StarCraft 2 devs—is following...
Yellow Paint Is Once Again Breaking People’s Brains
12.2.2024
Last week, thanks to the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo, some old video game discourse returned and overtook social media: The use of yellow paint to mark certain in-game objects or ledges. All it took was a now-viral tweet of Cloud climbing some yellow rocks in the new demo and a comment about...
Doom Kinda Runs On Human Bacteria Now, If You’ve Got 599 Years
31.1.2024
The determination to run 1993’s seminal shooter Doom on absolutely everything is one of humanity’s finest features. From tractors to pregnancy tests, if the technology exists, someone’s trying to install Doom on it. And you know what else is technically technology? Living organisms. Yes,...
Obsidian’s Avowed Will Defy One Major RPG Trend
29.1.2024
Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, sprawling levels set in the same universe...
These Incredible Cyberpunk 2077 Mods Will Make You Question Reality
2.1.2024
Leave it to modders to push the boundaries of what was once (and arguably still is) one of the most impressive visual showcases of modern gaming: Cyberpunk 2077. A skyrocketing post on Reddit shows off some pretty remarkable graphical feats that one enterprising player has achieved. Featuring...
Grand Theft Auto V Joins PlayStation Plus This Month
13.12.2023
Oh hey, we’re just burning through December, aren’t we? Well if the 2024 release calendar is lookin’ rather slim to you, might I interest you in some new additions to Sony’s PlayStation Plus service? This month includes quite a few tempting offers. Read more
Big Diablo 4 Update Accidently Breaks Players' Glyphs
6.12.2023
Diablo 4's latest update went live on December 5. It added a new end game pinnacle dungeon challenge where players rush to defeat bloodseekers in the Abattoir of Zir, with the goal of spawning an even more difficult boss. It’s meant to be one of the hardest fights in the game, aimed at players...
Hope For A Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Springs Eternal
5.12.2023
Final Fantasy Tactics is one of the best games Square Enix ever produced, and it’s not available anywhere on modern consoles or PC. A remaster is an obvious way to fix that problem, and it seemed like all signs were pointing to one getting announced any day now. So it’s an especially cruel twist...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Takes Place In A Very Small Part Of The Dungeons & Dragons Map
27.11.2023
Larian Studios’ hit RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 is expansive and consuming, but its map isn’t quite the size of something you’d expect in open-world games like The Witcher 3 or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. So it shouldn’t be surprising that a fan was able to pretty much mark exactly where in the Dungeons...