Tag: games

WoW’s Plunderstorm battle royale mode is much more popular the second time around: ‘I can just play and screw around’

WoW’s Plunderstorm battle royale…

World of Warcraft’s controversial battle royale mode relaunched a week ago, once again pitting PvE mount and transmog collectors…
By opting out of an open world for Avowed, Obsidian says it can give players more interesting choices to make: ‘Pacing is really tough in open world games’

By opting out of…

Earlier today, Xbox Wire published a lengthy interview with Obsidian, in which the studio laid out its philosophy for…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows started with a single Ghost of Tsushima-like protagonist, but ‘it’s not representing what the samurai and shinobi are if it’s the same character’

Assassin’s Creed Shadows started…

I bet some of you had the same reaction I did when Ubisoft first told us that Assassin’s Creed…
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is Team Ninja making a statement of intent, and I am here for it

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black…

I wasn’t expecting much from Thursday’s Xbox Direct, but then isn’t that always the way: It turned out to…
Trains are taking over the survival genre: there are a half-dozen survival base-builders on rails coming in 2026

Trains are taking over…

What are you doing over there in that survival game? Picking up rocks and gathering twigs, chopping down trees…
While I’m trapped indoors by one of the UK’s worst storms, I’m enjoying one of my favourite pastimes: trudging through gnarly weather in videogames

While I’m trapped indoors…

Yesterday afternoon, my local medical centre sent me a text warning me that going outside the next day might…
How to romance Aerith in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

How to romance Aerith…

Oh, Aerith. Even after all this time, the kind-hearted flower merchant we first met in Midgar’s Sector 5 slums…
One of the strangest point ‘n’ click adventures of the ’90s is getting a modern ‘restoration’ for Steam, making it easily playable for the first time this century

One of the strangest…

The ’90s were a great time to be a PC gamer, especially if you go in for weird shit.…
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s latest update sure sounds like its last

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s…

Electronic Arts says thanks and farewell in a new patch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard that sounds very much…
‘When the world ends, people just dance’: As another MMO comes to an end, players come together for a final farewell rave

‘When the world ends,…

Bandai Namco announced the end of the anime MMO Blue Protocol in August 2024, setting the date for its…