Throughout the ‘90s, Brian Fargo was eager to create a sequel to his 1988 post-apocalyptic RPG, Wasteland. There was just one problem: Electronic Arts owned the rights. More importantly, EA wasn’t interested in funding a Wasteland sequel. In 1997, Fargo and his team at Interplay Productions got so tired of waiting on EA that they […]
Games Inbox: Will the PS5 be more powerful than Xbox Series X?
The Tuesday Inbox wonders if there’ll be three FromSoftware games at the PS5 reveal, as one reader is impressed by the 3D NES games emulator. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] Eyeballing itI hope it doesn’t make me seem too shallow but I’m going to come out and admit it: the main […]
Total War Saga: Troy Will Be Free On The Day Of Its Release
Creative Assembly’s Total War strategy series is almost always consistently good. However, there have been so many Total War games over the years that it is hard to know where to start. How about with this year’s Total War Saga: Troy, which lets players assume the roles of Achilles, Hector, and many other legendary heroes […]
Total War Saga: Troy Will Be Free On The Day Of Its Release
Creative Assembly’s Total War strategy series is almost always consistently good. However, there have been so many Total War games over the years that it is hard to know where to start. How about with this year’s Total War Saga: Troy, which lets players assume the roles of Achilles, Hector, and many other legendary heroes […]
Why Animal Crossing may not be good for your mental health – Reader’s Feature
A reader reflects on their last few months playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons and whether the game is really as wholesome as it seems. Animal Crossing has recently become the poster child for promoting the benefits of video games for our mental health during the current global pandemic. Whilst enduring strict lockdown measures, many gamers […]
Pokemon Go Fest 2020 Will Be Very Different From Previous Years
Niantic’s annual Pokemon Go Fest event is returning once again this summer with some major changes. While the event is traditionally held in-person at Chicago’s Grant Park, this year developer Niantic is transforming Pokemon Go Fest into “an entirely global event in a virtual format.” Pokemon Go Fest 2020 will take place on July 25-26. […]
Daniel Abt explains reasons behind costly Esports stunt
Daniel Abt says he was just trying to be “funny” when he cheated in Formula E’s Esports series, explaining the reasons behind the stunt that has cost him his Audi drive. Abt was suspended by Audi on Tuesday after it transpired that sim racer Lorenz Hoerzing took his place in the Berlin round of the […]
Pac-Man will be playable for free on Twitch in a new channel
Pac-Man is getting his own Twitch channel. But rather than just stream Pac-Man gameplay, viewers will be able to play a new type of co-op Pac-Man game, no download required, for free directly in the live Twitch channel. Bandai Namco and Amazon Games revealed Pac-Man Live Studio on Friday, which they call an “all-new Pac-Man […]
Halo Infinite Will Be At July's Xbox Series X Reveal Event
Halo Infinite will be an Xbox Series X launch game, but we haven’t seen any gameplay footage from it yet. When we learned that Xbox would showcase first-party titles for the system in an upcoming Xbox 20/20 presentation in July, we assumed that Halo Infinite would be one of them–and now we have official confirmation. […]
Xbox Series X will be 60fps as standard says Microsoft
Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg has stated that the Xbox Series X will have 60 frames per second as standard, and can even go up to 120fps. Microsoft recently held an Xbox 20/20 event, which was set to show off the first gameplay footage for a number of third party Xbox Series X titles. However, it seemed […]