Tag: Open World

What we’ve been playing – changing perceptions, persevering, and making the familiar feel new

What we’ve been playing…

Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve…
Xbox’s Gamescom plans include daily livestreams and over 50 playable games

Xbox’s Gamescom plans include…

It barely feels like five minutes since the last one, but, somehow, Gamescom is almost upon us again. Which…
Former GTA developer Lazlow Jones thinks real-life believers in its parody of Scientology not only might exist, but once called him to say Kifflom

Former GTA developer Lazlow…

You remember the Epsilon Program? It’s basically the GTA series’ parody of Scientology and other religions with rather out…
Here’s our first look at Dynamax elements in Pokémon Go

Here’s our first look…

Pokémon Go‘s upcoming addition of Dynamax mechanics has been something of an open secret – and now we’re able…
“Bad faith” discourse “not worth engaging with”, Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws creative director says

“Bad faith” discourse “not…

Last week, Ubisoft raised eyebrows when it issued a vaguely-worded apology for “some elements” in Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘ promotional…
Watch Blizzard talk Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR effect, and what’s happening to Uniques here today

Watch Blizzard talk Diablo…

Today, we have a date with Blizzard developers. Ahead of the launch of Diablo 4 Season 5: Season of…
Star Wars Outlaws features an accessibility mode aimed at people afflicted by the most debilitating phobia in gaming, a fear of slightly annoying hints

Star Wars Outlaws features…

Are you physically terrified of the idea that a game might tell you what to do? Or, rather, that…
Star Wars Outlaws has a special mode to address that perennial ‘yellow paint’ debate

Star Wars Outlaws has…

The Star Wars Outlaws team has devised a solution to that ‘yellow paint’ debate. Many video game developers have…
Diablo 4 Season of the Infernal Hordes kicks off next week, and it’s bringing 50 pieces of new gear, a new horde mode-style co-op activity, and more

Diablo 4 Season of…

It’s that time again; the end of one Diablo 4 season and the (imminent) beginning of another. Blizzard has…
Despite being a blatant mix of all things Ubisoft, Star Wars Outlaws feels like a proper Star Wars adventure

Despite being a blatant…

Aside from a blue paint job and some migraine inducing Na’vi Senses, last year’s movie tie-in, Avatar: Frontiers of…