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Deus Ex Director Says Future Of Immersive Sims Is Multiplayer
17.4.2024
Immersive sims are traditionally thought of as single-player titles. They can be really dense and systems-heavy games in which having even one player introduces an incredible number of variables, as that one player uses the freedom they’re afforded to tackle situations in any number of ways....
This Fantastic Sci-Fi Game Is Free On PC Right Now
14.3.2024
The Epic Games Store offers free games every week, with some freebies being better than others. For example, one of January’s free games was developer Eidos-Montréal’s excellent action-adventure game Guardians of the Galaxy, while February saw a couple of Fallout games go up for $0. Right now,...
One Of 2023’s Best Remakes Is Finally Coming To Consoles
13.3.2024
2023 was a year full of critically acclaimed remakes. From Dead Space to Resident Evil 4, players could enjoy old favorites on modern consoles. One of the best remakes of the year was Nightdive’s System Shock, a remake of the influential sci-fi immersive sim released in 1994. Now Nightdive...
Amazon Prime Is Giving Away Some Pretty Good PC Games, Overwatch Levels For Free
23.6.2023
Amazon Prime Day is still a couple weeks away, but from now until July 12 you can begin picking up some extra free gaming perks for those already subscribed to the service. First up is Prey, the excellent 2017 immersive sim that Arkane Austin made before shipping the troubled Game Pass exclusive...
Sci-Fi Horror Masterpiece Prey Currently Free On PC, Along With Other Great Games
12.5.2022
Arkane’s fantastic sci-fi immersive sim Prey is currently free via the Epic Games Store alongside two other great games. And we’ll talk about those games in a moment. But first let’s chat about what makes Prey so damn good. Read more
A Horror Game That Commits So Hard To Consequences, It's A Knockout
31.3.2022
The most fascinating aspect of Weird West’s design is how friendly the game is to my fuck-ups. Have you ever thought to yourself: “I would like to play a top-down Dishonored game, but as a western?” Say no more. Even if that’s not a thought you’ve ever had, you should consider it. Weird West, which...
Ghostwire: Tokyo Looks Like Dishonored In Modern-Day Japan And I'm Here For It
4.2.2022
Last night, developer Tango Gameworks delivered an in-depth look at the gameplay and narrative of its upcoming supernatural action-adventure game Ghostwire: Tokyo. We saw some tight abilities, some cool exploration, and some adorable kitties. We also now know that the March 25 release date that’s...
Tales Of Arise, As Told By Steam Reviews
5.10.2021
Tales of Arise, the 17th mainline entry in Bandai Namco’s series of JRPGs that’s basically as old as human history by now, was one of September’s biggest games. For one, it smashed in terms of sales, selling more than a million copies in less than a week. For another, the action-RPG really clicked...
Before You Start: Tips For Playing Deathloop
23.9.2021
Arkane Studio’s latest game is its biggest yet, with esoteric puzzles, cutthroat combat, and an entire loot system all wrapped around a repeating time loop. If Deathloop seems overwhelming at first, that’s because it is.Read more
Deathloop: The Kotaku Review
22.9.2021
Video games are inescapably intertwined with iteration and do-overs. It’s written into the technology that builds them, the development practices that craft them, and often the very rules governing how they work: win-lose, trial and error. Some games have tried to mask this artifice in the service...
What Deathloop Does Differently From Dishonored and Prey
16.9.2021
Blackreef is a city built for violence. Every citizen is armed, and every law is overturned. It is a 24 hour party, and sometimes partying involves shooting your friend in the head...I guess. I’ve never been a real party girl.Read more
Warren Spector Thinks Deus Ex Is Too Real For 2021
15.3.2021
The Game Developers Conference kicked off today as a week of virtual talks. In a live chat alongside a rebroadcast of his 2017 GDC talk, Deus Ex designer Warren Spector talked about why he wouldn’t make the game today.Read more