Remakes are very much in vogue these days, providing developers the opportunity to return to an old favourite and enhance, expand, and correct the wrongs of the past. Some of the best, such as Mafia: Definitive Edition, redraw the edges of an old story, elevating and embellishing what was there in…
They still make GPUs too, ya know.
Imagine the spawn door telling you to uninstall the game.
Finally, a game developer who agrees with my fervently held view that new technology makes everything worse. Celebrated designer Clint Hocking – him wot worked on Far Cry 2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Watch Dogs Legion, and the forthcoming Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe – has publicly opined…
The deal is currently undergoing an internal union vote.
Efforts to start a blaze by huffing on the embers of BioWare's legacy continue with the announcement of Studio Reset - a new Canadian independent whose members include veterans of Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Anthem. The key personalities are Kaelin Lavallée, lead narrative designer on Dragon Age:…
It sure stunned me.
Following a public hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels last month, European politicians have debated the Stop Killing Games campaign's petition to put more consumer protections around online game server shutdowns into law again today, May 21st. This latest debate took place during…
"It will surely be more successful than even Grace Blackwell."
Does this come under "just chatting?"
Womp womp, but I suppose what do we expect?
Today, May 21st, marks the release of ZA/UM's Zero Parades, the studio's Disco Elysium follow-up arriving following years of drama and turmoil surrounding the original game and the people who made it. So, naturally, one of numerous Disco-like games which have sprung up over the past few years has…
This cat has too many lives.
That there Dragonblade is tricky.
Moore's Law alive and kinda kicking…
When rockets and AI collide.
Many fantasy games deal in the prospect of sacrificing things to gods, but few dramatise the associated exciting logistical pressures. Say you want to chuck a bunch of virgins into a volcano at regular intervals, to stop the regional Vulcan pulling a Pompei. Well, how are you going to procure an…
The king in yellow.
The future of the AI industry isn't as certain as Nvidia seems to make out.
And that's before consumables, which ramps that bill up to 340,692 if you're going full tryhard.