Tag: games

FBC Firebreak asks the brave question: ‘What if you were just really drunk?’ while coming up with all their wacky loadouts and weapons

FBC Firebreak asks the…

It’s been clear from the very beginning that FBC: Firebreak, while inspired by Control and based in its world,…
Starfield fans despair after it’s a complete no-show at the Xbox Games Showcase: ‘This game is done’

Starfield fans despair after…

An awful lot of games turned up during today’s big Xbox Games Showcase, but one game did not, and…
The Outer Worlds 2 has a ‘bad knees’ perk that makes your old-man legs pop and alert enemies when you stand, and another that Obsidian fully admits makes the game ‘pretty unplayable’

The Outer Worlds 2…

I didn’t love the original Outer Worlds, but I’ll give it this: it got a few laughs from me.…
Assassin’s Creed 3’s greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that ‘the tech wouldn’t work’

Assassin’s Creed 3’s greatest…

In hindsight, Assassin’s Creed 3 is both fascinating and fundamental to the later development of the series. At the…
Ark: Survival Ascended celebrates 10 years of dino-dodging with a visual upgrade and letting you run around in your birthday suit

Ark: Survival Ascended celebrates…

Ark: Survival Evolved is 10 years old this month, a fact that makes me feel like a dinosaur. Studio…
Rust’s recently added rainforest is so dense the developers changed how resources spawn because players couldn’t find them: ‘The jungle was a bit too good at being a jungle’

Rust’s recently added rainforest…

Atavistic survival sim Rust recently added a whole new area to get brutally murdered in while running around naked—a…
Bloober Team’s upcoming horror game Cronos: The New Dawn just got even harder to survive as the ‘body-horror monstrosities’ can work together

Bloober Team’s upcoming horror…

We just got another look at Bloober Team’s upcoming horror game Cronos: The New Dawn during the Xbox Games…
Baby Steps, Bennett Foddy’s slapstick walking simulator about a slob climbing a mountain, stumbles onto Steam in September

Baby Steps, Bennett Foddy’s…

I’ve generally avoided Bennet Foddy’s games, given they are essentially purpose-built frustration generators. But there’s something that intrigues me…
Here’s an alchemy shop-sim that is also a mech-builder deckbuilder

Here’s an alchemy shop-sim…

In the southern hemisphere the Summer Game Fest is a winter event. The Frosty Game Fest exists as a…
I can already tell that this co-op firefighting game is going to lead to some hilarious highlight clips

I can already tell…

Firefighting is cool, and dangerous, and there’s lots of neat gear, plus you get to saw holes in houses,…