The redemption song of Hello Games has been one of the most magical stories in game development over the past ten years, especially the revamp of No Man’s Sky Multiplayer. After being panned at launch for its lost promise (including a lack of multiplayer functionality) it has been receiving bumper …
Read More »Apex Legends now has a porn parody and the trailer is just too much
[NSFW WARNING: We’ll keep this post clean apart from a bit of language, but we are talking about pornography here, which is generally considered NSFW in most workplaces. Please don’t get in trouble by reading this article when and where you shouldn’t. Okay? Let’s continue.] “It’s Ass Sex Legends.” That’s …
Read More »BioWare says “Anthem is here to stay” in a lengthy open letter to the games frustrated community
Anthem (opens in new tab) isn’t in a good place. Players know it, and BioWare knows it. Yesterday, Reddit user harishcs (opens in new tab) asked BioWare “what’s going on?” in a lengthy Reddit thread with 4,300 upvotes at the time of this writing. The thread criticizes several issues with …
Read More »Yes, Switch Fortnite players can still play with their PS4 and Xbox One friends
Fortnite (opens in new tab) update v8.10 has sparked a bit of confusion. On top of adding hamster balls (opens in new tab) and one-shot weapon vending machines, the update made some changes to the way Fortnite Battle Royale cross-play is handled. Where PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch players …
Read More »Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki would “love to” make a battle royale game
In a recent interview with The Telegraph (opens in new tab), Dark Souls creator and From Software president Hidetaka Miyazaki said he would “love to take a crack at” a battle royale game and/or a massive, regularly updated game a la Destiny 2 (opens in new tab). “These games are …
Read More »An incoming Destiny 2 update will buff the drop rates of Dreaming City cosmetics and One Thousand Voices
In a long overdue effort to make a few infamously rare Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) cosmetics more obtainable, Bungie will buff the drop rates of several items in an upcoming update, most notably the Dreaming City’s ship, Ghost shell, and Sparrow pieces. The studio briefly discussed these changes …
Read More »The Walking Dead: The Final Season episode 4 release date announced, and its soon
Work on The Walking Dead: The Final Season properly resumed in November 2018 (opens in new tab) after Skybound Games stepped in to resurrect the series following Telltale Games’ abrupt closure (opens in new tab), and it seems its development is nearly finished. As Skybound announced (opens in new tab) …
Read More »Sunless Skies review round-up: A fantastical train ride through a storybook of an RPG
With Sunless Seas and its newly released sequel, Sunless Skies (opens in new tab), developer Failbetter Games has carved an incredibly specific niche for itself: survival RPGs melded with interactive fiction. And when I say interactive fiction, I don’t mean in the normal sense that all video games are technically …
Read More »Dragon Ball Zs best-known saga is being turned into an action RPG in 2019
In a surprise reveal, Bandai Namco has released an announcement trailer for Project Z, a fully 3D action RPG retelling Goku’s most famous exploits. You can watch the trailer above to get a glimpse of Project Z – or Dragon Ball Game: Project Z, if you prefer the full working …
Read More »Fortnite Save the Worlds changing how loot boxes work so you can see what youre buying
As the debate over the legality and morality of loot boxes continues to escalate, more and more games are cleaning up their bags-o’-RNG. As Epic explained in a new blog post (opens in new tab), Fortnite (opens in new tab) Save the World is the latest game to make its …
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