Tag: games

Abiotic Factor’s first major update adds alien cheese and corpse bags, as the Half-Life inspired survival sim sells 250,000 copies

Abiotic Factor’s first major…

Do you ever think about how a game smells? I'm not talking about, say, the smell of the manual…
V Rising’s teleporting castles are an ingenious solve for one of my biggest survival crafting bugbears

V Rising’s teleporting castles…

Here's a confession: I don't like building multiple bases. I never understood the point of establishing another camp or…
The new Control game isn’t a shooter, it’s not set in the Oldest House, and it doesn’t star Jesse Faden—but, y’know, otherwise it seems like a faithful follow-up

The new Control game…

When it comes to developer Remedy, you should always expect the unexpected. So we probably shouldn’t be surprised to…
Helldivers 2’s Polar Patriots Warbond gets an icy reception, as over 70% of 21,000 Discord voters declare they’d prefer more patches or simply don’t like it

Helldivers 2’s Polar Patriots…

The Helldivers 2 community has poured cold water all over the game's latest warbond, with more than two thirds…
Some of the stars of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16 will be blessing Solasta 2 with their voices

Some of the stars…

The voice acting in Solasa: Crown of the Magister wasn’t its strong point. That was the tactical battles making…
Dread Delusion review

Dread Delusion review

Need to know What is it? A lo-fi, open-world RPG that pays homage to some of the genre’s greats.…
XCOM designer Jake Solomon is done with turn-based strategy and is now making a life sim inspired by small town dramas like Gilmore Girls

XCOM designer Jake Solomon…

After two decades as the uncontested king of the genre, The Sims is suddenly surrounded by aspiring usurpers. Today…
Arrowhead Games is feeling the pressure from Helldivers 2’s successes—and its blunders, community manager reveals: ‘many of us at AH more or less lost a week’ due to the PSN controversy

Arrowhead Games is feeling…

Helldivers 2 is going through some growing pains—its runaway success is a blessing for any developer, but it's also…
My penchant for yapping keeps getting me into trouble when the words I type could accidentally kill me

My penchant for yapping…

It's an oddly freeing experience playing Cryptmaster, a game where I can type almost anything (as long as it's…
You should absolutely play the Homeworld Remastered Collection before jumping into Homeworld 3

You should absolutely play…

More Homeworld (Image credit: Blackbird Interactive) Homeworld 3 review: A good sequel, though some of that Homeworld magic is…