Disney Dreamlight Valley: Wishblossom Ranch Review
Hot off of dozens of hours reviewing the sweatiest kind of game imaginable in ARC Raiders, wading into the cozy waters of Disney Dreamlight Valley once again was like stepping into a warm bath at the end of a hard day’s work. I’ve managed to mostly keep up with this ...
Hytale’s original co-founder wastes no time showing off the game “as it is” after buying the rights from Riot
On Monday, Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme revealed the good news that he'd followed through on saying he'd chat to Riot Games about buying the rights to the Minecrafty sandbox game Hytale by buying the rights to said game. Now, with an independent team back working on the game following the ...
Hytale Co-Founder Fights to Bring Canceled Game Back to Life and ‘Break the Curse Once and for All,’ Releases 16 Minutes of New Gameplay Footage
Months after Riot Games pulled the plug on Hypixel's Minecraft-esque sandbox game, Hytale, a new 16-minute trailer is showcasing how the game currently plays as the original co-founder fights to keep it alive, starting with an early access release.This week, League of Legends developer Riot Games confirmed it had sold ...
Microsoft detail ‘agentic AI’ plan for Windows 11, immediately admit it might install malware on your PC
Microsoft have delivered a timely reminder that AI isn’t just effective at injecting ugly, soulless anti-art and nonsense robochat into your games – it also has the power to ruin your entire PC. MS recently updated a support article explaining the 'agentic AI' features they plan to roll out for ...
Dispatch’s ‘Sexy Demon Lady’ Malevola Was Inspired by an Iconic ’90s Pepsi Ad
If you've been spending time with Dispatch and feeling that Malevola's practically humming with early 1990s supermodel energy, it turns out you're absolutely right. Talking to IGN, Adhoc art director Derek Stratton explained how a '90s Pepsi advert starring supermodel Cindy Crawford was the inspiration for the "sexy demon lady" ...
Possibly the most complex space strategy game yet made has just received its last major update before 1.0 release
Further down the page there are horrifying phrases like "makes Europa Universalis seem limited" and "every planet and moon and asteroid, all orbiting in real time", woven through a fascinating account of a game that is sort of XCOM, but you're organising a whole Earth's worth of competing countries and ...
Review: Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2) – Incredibly Chaotic, But Satisfyingly Deep & Rewarding Racing
Air force one.Kirby Air Ride, I think it's fair to say, didn't receive all that warm a welcome when it launched back in 2003.With lucky GameCubers already marinating in the delicious driving juices of Mario Kart: Double Dash and F-Zero GX, Kirby's cute and chaotic style of racing just didn't ...
‘I Can’t Believe We’ve Reached a Point Where I Have to Clarify This’ — Director of Marathon Cinematic Short Expresses Disbelief He Has to Defend It as ‘Not AI’
The director of the Marathon reveal cinematic short has expressed his disbelief that he feels forced to come out and defend the work as “not AI.”The Marathon cinematic short, below, is over eight minutes long and sets the scene for Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter with a voice cast that includes ...
Darktide’s next new class is a dual-wielding miscreant who thinks the drugs do work, they just make heretics worse
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is getting another new class, revealed last night as the Hive Scum. They’re a suitably skull-adorned outlaw who can dual-wield guns or shivs, while indulging in a cheeky bit of chemical warfare by homebrewing stimulants and lacing their weapons with harmful chems. Basically the opposite of the ...
BioShock Narrative Lead Joins CD Projekt Following Recent Layoffs and Development ‘Rework’
Liz Albl, the new BioShock game's narrative lead, has now joined Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher studio CD Projekt Red.The move follows 2K's recent decision to "rework" development of its long-gestating BioShock 4 project, which has been in development now since at least 2018. Albl joined Cloud Chamber, 2K's secretive ...
