The 1989 movie The Wizard had a profound effect on me as a kid. In it, young Fred Savage’s character makes his way to the Nintendo World Championships in, heck, I don’t even remember what city, but it was somewhere far away, in order to put his video game skills […]
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MaXXXine Review
MaXXXine, like its eponymous character, is desperate to be a part of Hollywood history. Whether it actually has the chops is another matter. The third entry in Ti West's impromptu X trilogy follows the burgeoning career of Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), the adult film actress who, after surviving a massacre […]
Cattle Country Aims to Mix Stardew Valley With a Dash of Red Dead Redemption
Developer Castle Pixel and publisher Playtonic Friends have announced Cattle Country, a new "cozy cowboy life-sim adventure" in the works for PC (via Steam). It promises pixel-art graphics, 18 romanceable characters, cattle to raise, bandits to fend off, and buried treasure to dig up, among other gameplay elements. Watch the […]
Alkahest Is a New First-Person Medieval Fantasy Action-RPG that Looks Stunning
2 years ago
Alkahest is a new first-person fantasy action-adventure RPG from developer Push On that bills itself as a spiritual successor to Dark Messiah of Might & Magic while also citing Dishonored and Kingdom Come: Deliverance as its influences. In it, you’ll engage in close-quarters combat, explore realistic medieval locations, learn alchemy, […]
Ex Destiny and Halo Producer Says Live Service Is ‘Better for Developers and Players’
2 years ago
A former Halo and Destiny executive producer at Bungie has said the live service model is “so much better for developers and players” than the one-off $60 or $70 purchase model. Speaking to PC Gamer, Theorycraft Games CEO and former Halo: Reach and Destiny executive producer Joe Tung said the […]
Ex Destiny and Halo Producer Says Live Service Is ‘Better for Developers and Players’
2 years ago
A former Halo and Destiny executive producer at Bungie has said the live service model is “so much better for developers and players” than the one-off $60 or $70 purchase model. Speaking to PC Gamer, Theorycraft Games CEO and former Halo: Reach and Destiny executive producer Joe Tung said the […]
Ex Destiny and Halo Producer Says Live Service Is 'Better for Developers and Players'
A former Halo and Destiny executive producer at Bungie has said the live service model is "so much better for developers and players" than the one-off $60 or $70 purchase model. Speaking to PC Gamer, Theorycraft Games CEO and former Halo: Reach and Destiny executive producer Joe Tung said the […]
The Best Hulu Deals and Bundles Right Now (June 2024)
2 years ago
Hulu has been around for a while, and for our money, it’s one of the absolute best streaming services available. From great movies like Anatomy of a Fall and Talk to Me to excellent television series like Shogun (which was just renewed for more seasons), Abbott Elementary, or The Bear, […]
The Best Hulu Deals and Bundles Right Now (June 2024)
2 years ago
Hulu has been around for a while, and for our money, it’s one of the absolute best streaming services available. From great movies like Anatomy of a Fall and Talk to Me to excellent television series like Shogun (which was just renewed for more seasons), Abbott Elementary, or The Bear, […]
Best Xbox Deals Today (June 2024)
2 years ago
Xbox’s summer showcase was a home run, with one of the best presentations of upcoming games on the Xbox ecosystem in quite some time. This included titles like Black Ops 6, Doom: The Dark Ages, Perfect Dark, Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, and plenty more. If these sneak peeks have […]