Sonic Frontiers is the most stupefying game I have played in some time. I got 30 minutes with it at Summer Game Fest’s Play Days event, and I spent the entire session blinking and wincing like a dog in the rain, physically recoiling in sheer bewilderment. It was not a …
Read More »Future Games Show 2022: Games from Ukraine
As if game development wasn’t challenging enough, creating video games in the shadow of war amid a still ongoing global pandemic really is a remarkable feat. For the Ukrainian game developers who featured in the Future Games Show Powered by Mana‘s ‘Games from Ukraine’ segment – Weasel Token, Sowoke Entertainment …
Read More »Genshin Impact devs talk planet-hopping with a space train in new game Honkai: Star Rail
Ready for a galactic journey aboard the Astral Express, Trailblazer? HoYoverse, the studio behind Honkai Impact 3rd and Genshin Impact, is working on a new game called Honkai: Star Rail. This turn-based space adventure is currently in its second closed beta phase, and while staying true to the studio’s signature …
Read More »How Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer is being shaped by Warzones sandboxes
Don’t be surprised if Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer feels like the offspring of Warzone and traditional Call of Duty multiplayer. After all, Infinity Ward created both, and now the team is taking all that it has learned about emergent play, sandboxes, and helicopter tricks from both the battle royale and …
Read More »Who is Cal Kestis, the Jedi alive in the time of Obi-Wan?
The Star Wars canon is passionately guarded, so new characters like Jedi Cal Kestis, played by Cameron Monaghan, don’t turn up that often. However, appearing in the Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order game means he might not be that well known to those only familiar with the films and TV …
Read More »How The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle crafted an unexplored corner of Tamriel
For adventurers in The Elder Scrolls Online, journeys across Tamriel have been lengthy, leaving hardly a stone on the map unturned. Set many years before the main RPG series, TESO’s given us looks at those games’ key locations in an earlier age – some still undeveloped, others at their peak. …
Read More »Everything announced at Sony State of Play June 2022
Sony’s E3 2022 State of Play just took place and it was one hell of a showing. From the reveal of Resident Evil 4 Remake to the first look at upcoming PSVR 2 games in action and so much more, it was an incredibly strong showing from Sony and its …
Read More »The best strategy games you can play right now
When it comes to the best strategy games, there’s a great range of experiences on offer. From advancing civilizations to managing armies and much more besides, the best strategy games will get you testing your tactical prowess and management skills. From much-loved classics to more recent games to arrive on …
Read More »Ranking the best Pokemon games from worst to best
We prepared for trouble when ranking the best Pokemon games. Naturally, there are some strong feelings around games that have spanned eight generations and four decades of Nintendo’s handheld consoles. So. to keep it somewhat simple, we decided to stick to the core games in the franchise, rather than including …
Read More »Ranking the best Assassins Creed games
Ranking the best Assassin’s Creed games can be a difficult undertaking. Ubisoft’s open-world franchise has taken us on some incredible tours throughout history in some jaw-dropping locales for the last 15 or so years. There are a lot of great games to choose from, featuring some of the genre’s most …
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