Tag: games

Amanita Design teases the Orwell-inspired Phonopolis with a surprisingly funny demo about messing with people, running from the cops, and fighting fascism even when you don’t really want to

Amanita Design teases the…

Amanita Design is one of my long-standing favorites. It was the studio’s 2009 robot adventure Machinarium that hooked me,…
Final Fantasy 14 is making it easier to enter its latest dungeon so you can stop spending half an hour playing ‘instance gacha’

Final Fantasy 14 is…

As I wrote when it first launched, I’ve quite enjoyed Occult Crescent, the Bozja-esque field operation mode. It’s far…
‘We just kept geeking out’: Skyblivion devs were invited to Bethesda HQ and ended up spending the whole day talking about modding with the team and Todd Howard

‘We just kept geeking…

In the build-up to Skyblivion’s release Bethesda has been rather normal. It’s not only let the modders carry on…
These 7 games need a remaster, and they need it now

These 7 games need…

We live in the age of the remaster. From classics of yesteryear, to games that are only five years…
Despite bankrolling Square Enix, ‘cost’ is somehow the reason Final Fantasy 14’s newest raid (which has only been cleared 400 times in 23 days) wasn’t given an easier version

Despite bankrolling Square Enix,…

Dear reader, my job is to find clever, informative, and interesting ways to deliver news to you—but on hearing…
Oblivion’s dungeons suck, Skyblivion is making them better: ‘That’s where the power of a proper remake comes from’

Oblivion’s dungeons suck, Skyblivion…

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt in my hours with Oblivion Remastered, it’s that Oblivion’s dungeons kind of suck.…
My new indie darling is this crafting game stuffed with hand-sculpted creatures made by a husband and wife dev team

My new indie darling…

Every cozy gamer’s got one: that one little indie game that you fall in love with at first sight…
FF14 ‘stalker plugin’ PlayerScope shut down after creator says they were sent a cease & desist—though that’s not quite the end of it

FF14 ‘stalker plugin’ PlayerScope…

Final Fantasy 14 has a technical problem—it’s been ongoing for a few months now, but the jist of it…
Today’s Wordle answer for Friday, June 20

Today’s Wordle answer for…

Give yourself a bit of a break, or just make things a little easier for yourself this Friday with…
Eight minutes of footage from an unfinished open world D&D game has leaked

Eight minutes of footage…

Four years ago, Hidden Path Entertainment—the studio behind the Defense Grid series and the codeveloper of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive—posted…