March 30, 2022
DEATH STRANDING: Director’s Cut on PC is the best version of Kojima’s creation
Video game auteur Hideo Kojima and his team are delighted with the reaction to DEATH STRANDING, but they want to…
Author: Brian Crecente
March 30, 2022
How developers used Unreal Engine to showcase The Wolf Among Us 2 from inside the game
The journey between Telltale Games’ cult classic graphic adventure game The Wolf Among Us and its sequel is as surprising and dramatic…
March 11, 2022
E3 2022, Russian Piracy, Cost of Workplace Toxicity: The Week in Games
Activision Blizzard continues to make news, and not in a good way, with lawsuits, a DOJ/SEC investigation, and CEO Bobby…
March 9, 2022
The real engine driving Redout 2’s liquid‑fast graphics
The original Redout was an anti-gravity racing game set in 2560 and inspired by the likes of other racing greats like F-Zero, Wipeout, and POD.…
March 3, 2022
Ukraine, Steam Deck, Bandcamp: The Week in Games
It’s been a troubling, and eventful week in the games industry and, well, everywhere. Of course, the war in Ukraine…
February 24, 2022
First major Darkest Dungeon II update draws from original beasties and more
While Darkest Dungeon II is about the journey away from the nihilistic themes of its predecessor, that doesn’t mean it…
February 2, 2022
Solar Ash delivers a colorful, kinetic journey augmented by the power of scale
Think of Solar Ash as a sort of spiritual successor to Hyper Light Drifter. Both are colorful, explorative action games by developer Heart Machine,…
January 31, 2022
The Rise of BrickLink
The LEGO Group announced in January that it was officially retiring its long-lived LEGO® Digital Designer for fans, replacing it…
January 19, 2022
Al Jazeera: Acti/Blizzard Purchase
I spoke live with Al Jazeera’s Maryam Nemazee about the impact, history, and implications of the day’s news about Microsoft’s…
January 7, 2022
Unreal helped shape space-combat game Chorus
Space combat game Chorus splashed onto the scene in December, delivering an epic journey across a universe packed with lore-driven mystery and…