Tides of Tomorrow is the best anti-social social game you've ever played
…My first task, as I began my Tides of Tomorrow adventure, was to pick a player to follow. Yes, a living, breathing, real-world human who's played Tides of Tomorrow before…
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James Cameron firing a car-sized crossbow on the Avatar set is the boost we all need today
…source of fascination since the first movie, because while all the roles are performed by human actors for motion-capture cameras, what we see on screen looks so little like what the…
What we know about PS6 (and what we don’t know)
…But regardless, Sony is surely already planning for the next PlayStation, and considering how it’s going to extend PS5’s dominance of the dedicated home console market and crushing defeat of…
A new breed of 'outsider AAA' studios is taking over the games industry
…The game didn’t leave a particularly strong impression on me, aside from its striking-looking protagonist. But I admired CD Projekt’s ambition and committed nerdiness, and it was a fun…
The Steam Machine is dream for PC newbies, and a headache for experts
If you’re wondering who the target audience is for the Steam Machine , you’re looking right at him. Valve’s mini-PC was custom-built for my exact situation. I’m…
Wallace and Gromit meets Sherlock Holmes in the most riveting puzzle game of the summer
…In the first puzzle, you have to wake Holmes from a nap. The phone is the answer, but the cord is trapped in a knobless drawer. So you borrow the door's…
The Honkai: Star Rail team shares how it designed 80+ characters in 4 years
…With its unique turn-based combat – which is a bit different from the other action RPGs that now flood the mobile game market – it can be hard to come up with unique…
Baldur's Gate 3 almost derailed an iconic D&D adventure, according to its designers
…Descent into Avernus was his first role as story lead for an adventure. “ Descent into Avernus was the first time, I think ever, that Dungeons & Dragons had done a really serious delve…
The definitive oral history of Overwatch
…When you start looking at some of the other shooters that were on the market then, they take place in war-torn or post-apocalyptic scenarios, and we came out with something…
Star Fox was remade for Mario movie fans, not Switch 2 players
…The uncanny nature of them is jarring at first sight, as if they’re pulled from a fan-made Unreal Engine 5 render. They do look better in context than they do…