Tag: games

The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: ‘Some companies are going to tank’ if they guess wrong, says analyst

The specter of a…

The near future plans of many game studios depend on whether or not Grand Theft Auto 6 actually releases…
Somebody finally figured out casual Counter-Strike

Somebody finally figured out…

If somebody asked me how to make Counter-Strike 2 more casual while still keeping its signature trappings—bomb sites, economy,…
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s getting a new roguelite wave defense mode that sounds a whole lot like a souped-up take on Killing Floor

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s getting…

Fatshark has done a fair bit of fooling around with Darktide’s format offerings lately, with the recent Havoc mode…
‘Players don’t explore’: former Grand Theft Auto 6 and Red Dead Online designer lays out the perils of ‘open world fatigue’

‘Players don’t explore’: former…

So there I am playing a game with a big, beautiful open world. It’s got lovely scenery and eye-catching…
Nearly 2 years after its last update, the excellent Battle Brothers gets ‘a bucket load of fixes’ and free new content

Nearly 2 years after…

It’s been eight years since the strategy-RPG Battle Brothers—turn-based Mount & Blade meets XCOM, as PC Gamer’s Evan Lahti…
Like a Dragon series director sums up why sidequests are essential to a great RPG with a single metaphor: ‘a good main dish alone will not earn you a Michelin star’

Like a Dragon series…

In a talk at San Francisco’s Game Developer’s Conference on Friday, Like a Dragon series director Ryosuke Horii said…
Bethesda marks Oblivion’s 19th with a sweetroll, a candle, and absolutely no happy birthday gift for fans eager for the still-unannounced remaster

Bethesda marks Oblivion’s 19th…

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, the second or maybe third-best game in Bethesda’s long-running Elder Scrolls RPG series, turned…
REPO dev says it wasn’t actually inspired by Lethal Company, and started as a singleplayer cleaning game: ‘It was nice, but far from what REPO is now’

REPO dev says it…

You’d be forgiven for thinking REPO is a lot like Lethal Company. Both games involve fetching precious objects, hiding…
‘We made one big mistake’: Destiny 2 developer reveals how a small team dedicated to player retention led to a 20 hour server outage and character rollback

‘We made one big…

Destiny 2 has had a turbulent history—it’s a game that, since its release in 2017, has seen many ups,…
Inzoi’s ‘Smart Zoi’ AI system sounds great on paper but seeing it in a live demo didn’t exactly wow me

Inzoi’s ‘Smart Zoi’ AI…

It’s an important part of any life sim: giving the characters life. No one wants to play a life…