Beginning in January the writing team of Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad will be contributing to the Future State two-issue anthology title, Superman: Worlds of War (opens in new tab) with a two-part story featuring Midnighter. cover to Future State: Superman: Worlds War #1 anthology (Image credit: DC) (opens …
Read More »Demons Souls PS5 devs used rubber ducks for testing, and things “got out of hand”
Sometime in the early days of Demon’s Souls PS5‘s development, little rubber ducks were scattered everywhere and a giant rubber duck loomed ominously over the world. Though Bluepoint technical artist Collin Harris clarified to me that no rubber ducks exist in the finished version of Demon’s Souls, the little guys …
Read More »How Scandinavian thriller Last Days Of Snow is channelling cinema to bring unprecedented immersion to video games
The opening sequence of this narrative adventure from Norwegian micro-studio Loeding is one of the most distinctive intros we’ve encountered in a long time. It all happens in a child’s mind: 12-year-old Oskar dreams of a world presented in a 2D ASCII aesthetic, with code built from letters and symbols. …
Read More »Devin Grayson returns to Black Widow Yelena Belova for Widowmakers
Writer Devin Grayson co-created Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow, back in the late ’90s Marvel Knights era. Now, as Yelena is on the verge of reaching the big screen in Marvel Studios’ Black Widow (played by Florence Pugh), Grayson returns to Yelena’s comic book adventures and teams her up …
Read More »Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl delivers “suspense and the brutality” from Marcelo Frusin and Steve Niles
Hit-Girl debuted in the pages of the Kick-Ass title and went on to become a solo star on her own, but later this year she’ll meet the new Kick-Ass, Patience Lee. And from the title – Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl – they won’t get along. (Image credit: John Romita Jr. (Image …
Read More »Edge Magazine Presents: Game Changers – Sonys difficult third PlayStation
What is Edge Presents: Game Changers? (Image credit: Future) Presented by Edge, Game Changers is a new editorial series that dives deeper into pivotal moments from console war history, from the original PlayStation launch in 1994, to Xbox’s billion-dollar red ring of death rescue plan. Each episode recaps the industry …
Read More »Baldurs Gate 3 Early Access preview: A perfect playground to push Larians RPG to its narrative limits
Steam Early Access wasn’t built for RPGs. The games that have thrived on Valve’s platform are mostly roguelikes and survival sims – experiences designed to be started and restarted. When these games are updated, there’s no downside: the loop begins again, punctuated with new surprises. RPGs, by contrast, tend to …
Read More »How to make a D&D horror campaign according to the team behind Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Horror isn’t necessarily the first thing you think of when it comes to D&D, but Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is an exception to that rule. Set in the far north of the Forgotten Realms (the same world as Baldur’s Gate 3), this campaign is the story of awful …
Read More »Inside the return of Power Pack (and tying into Outlawed) with writer Ryan North
Marvel’s Power Pack has mostly been off the grid as lead characters for years – but they’ve picked one heck of a time to return to action in a new limited series spinning out of recent one-shot Outlawed (opens in new tab), which made being a teen vigilante illegal in …
Read More »Envision a sci-fi future with Latinx people at the forefront with Mañana
Crowdfunding has dramatically changed the comics landscape in recent years, and Power & Magic Press publisher Joamette Gil is using the publishing medium to give 50 Latinx creators the chance to explore how the Latin American landscape may change in the many, many, many years to come. (Image credit: Power …
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