Tag: games

An extremely distracting horse forced Koei Tecmo to crop a game’s box art before release, artist says: ‘People’s eyes were drawn to the horse rather than the character’

An extremely distracting horse…

For the professional artist, sacrifice is a constant companion. Their work—however beautiful—has to fit a client’s needs or a…
Our national nightmare is over: Battlefield 6 challenges just got 100 times easier

Our national nightmare is…

I’m a sucker for a strong progression system, and between account level unlocks, weapon levels, mastery camos, and assignments,…
How to complete A Lay of the Land in Arc Raiders

How to complete A…

An abandoned space-age facility may seem cool, but Spaceport is the most terrifying map for me in Arc Raiders,…
Counter-Strike 2 has a fancy new feature that makes demo playbacks ‘match the player’s original experience much more closely’

Counter-Strike 2 has a…

In Counter-Strike 2, milliseconds matter. The tiniest time-slice can be the difference between virtual life and virtual death, so…
This week, Blizzcon 2026 tickets go on sale almost a year in advance—so what exactly is Blizzard going to bring?

This week, Blizzcon 2026…

Speaking as a recovering WoW teen, Blizzcon used to have a sort of mystical promise: It was a sort-of…
Rockstar co-founder moved to New York to help create GTA, in part, because he got chased by a guy with a machete: ‘I thought—this is not good—and I ran off’

Rockstar co-founder moved to…

Rockstar’s co-founder and writer, Dan Houser, has led a… uh, colourful life—moving to New York in 1998, he’d go…
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…
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…
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,…
This is where I found the Anvil blueprint in Arc Raiders

This is where I…

Hunting down the elusive Arc Raiders Anvil blueprint? Blueprints are one of the rarest drops in Arc Raiders, as…