License to thrill The halfway point of the gaming year is fast approaching, but after several months of blockbusters, don’t count on May being a chance to catch your breath just yet. Several big releases are on the horizon, from a new James Bond game to a high-speed tour of Japan in Forza Horizon 6, […]
The name of Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion has officially been revealed. Announced during the Final Fantasy XIV North American Fan Festival’s opening showcase, the next chapter in the game’s Godless Realms Saga is titled Evercold, and will follow the player’s Warrior of Light as they attempt to stop the Fourth Reflection from freezing over. […]
Despite its age, Valve’s Steam Deck is still one of the best ways to play PC games away from your desk, with developers continuing to tweak their games specifically for the portable device. That involves some clever optimization, from launch and through post-release support, with Valve introducing new tools to ensure Verified games specifically retain […]
Far Cry is one of several video game adaptations headed to TV in the future, but don’t expect this series to be a straight-up recreation of the games, like HBO’s The Last of Us. Showrunner Noah Hawley had previously mentioned how he envisions the show as an anthology series, and in a new interview, he […]
Open worlds are difficult to craft. Make them huge and fill them with enough content to justify the space, and the result can become repetitive or tedious to explore. Lean too heavily on guiding the player toward carefully handcrafted moments, and the world stops feeling open in the first place. It’s a balancing act between […]
A new Titanfall game may never come to fruition, but that doesn’t mean the franchise’s DNA can’t live in another exoskeleton. It appears an indie team is doing what EA won’t and reviving the series‘ human-mech combat in a vibrant FPS, but don’t start clearing storage space just yet–it won’t launch until sometime in 2027. […]