Tag: games

As its much newer sequel struggles, the 13-year-old Payday 2 is getting a ‘massive engine upgrade’ that improves performance and cuts the install size in half

As its much newer…

Back in 2025, Starbreeze turned its venerable heist-shooter Payday 2 over to a new studio, Sidetrack Games, so it…
Rockstar’s decision to make GTA 6 fully digital is a terrible, anti-consumer move that makes me worry about the future of videogames

Rockstar’s decision to make…

PC gaming entered the digital domain long before any other platform, but my heart has always lied firmly with…
MindsEye loses its free-roam mode, gains a dodge roll, and rebrands itself as ‘Powered by Arcadia’ whatever that means

MindsEye loses its free-roam…

“Open world game that doesn’t need or particularly want to be an open world game” feels like a niche…
Haunted Chocolatier fans don’t have fresh screenshots to fawn over because Eric Barone says sharing them mid-development ‘feels like serving half-baked bread’

Haunted Chocolatier fans don’t…

Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone recently gave us a small update on the progress of Haunted Chocolatier. He said that his…
Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a lot more Slay the Spire DNA than I expected, because its ex-Burnout devs wanted to add ‘real consequence’ to each race

Star Wars: Galactic Racer…

Don’t call Galactic Racer “Podracer” in front of its developers—they’ll politely point out that their new game is about…
Vampire: The Masquerade’s D&D crossover is a condescending cave-in to people who are afraid of trying something new

Vampire: The Masquerade’s D&D…

Vampire: The Masquerade is getting a Dungeons & Dragons rulebook—titled Bound by Blood, this tome’ll contain a Kindred class…
Looks like there’s no firm favourite for 2026’s GOTY just yet, though there are two standouts

Looks like there’s no…

We’re officially over the halfway line for 2026, and I’m in this weird limbo where it feels like nothing…
If you don’t already own XCOM 2 or Midnight Suns for some reason, they’re part of a big Firaxis Steam sale right now along with a bunch of other strategy greats

If you don’t already…

It’s our duty to tell you every time XCOM 2 goes on sale and it’s happened again. This time,…
Blizzard doesn’t intend to rework Diablo 4 over and over again, but it also doesn’t want to leave behind ‘stuff that no one wants or cares about’

Blizzard doesn’t intend to…

Diablo 4 is officially on its second major facelift in the almost three years it’s been around. Its next…
I’ve hunted down every confirmed GTA 6 gun in its trailers and screenshots so far

I’ve hunted down every…

You won’t get far in Vice City without weapons, and lots of ’em. Jason and Lucia are on a…