A triceratops with a minigun in its mouth. A raptor with a laser strapped to its head. A T-Rex covered in cyborg enhancements. And across the field, readying their weapons – Cleopatra, Robin Hood and Albert Einstein, the last of which the game’s trailer proudly promotes for his “theory of …
Read More »Orx is part rogue-like, part tower-defence, part deck-builder, all carnage
Orx are coming! Or more specifically, Orx is coming, the roguelike deck-building tower-defence game from Critical Reflex, about which we’re seeing even more details at the Future Games Show Powered by Mana. And once you get past the initial, rather arresting images of parapets shooting fire at thousands of club-wielding …
Read More »How anime and JRPGs made Marvels Midnight Suns a better strategy game
XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 director Jake Solomon did not expect Marvel to approach Firaxis about making a game in its universe. Nobody at the studio did. The team was wrapping up work on XCOM 2: War of the Chosen when the offer came in, and Solomon, a self-described …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns might not have happened without XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
XCOM director Jake Solomon says developer Firaxis would’ve been more hesitant to take on Marvel’s Midnight Suns were it not for XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, to the point that the game may not have happened at all. “War of the Chosen was the first game where I’d say …
Read More »XCOM director would be “extremely hesitant” to make XCOM 3 more like Marvels Midnight Suns
XCOM creative director Jake Solomon says the next entry in the series, the presumed but unannounced XCOM 3, is unlikely to take a page from Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Solomon worked on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM 2, and XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, and is now creative director on Midnight …
Read More »Highwater is a breathtaking strategy game that focuses on climate change
Highwater, a breathtaking new indie that focuses on climate change, was announced during Summer Game Fest 2022. This beautiful game takes place in the midst of a climate catastrophe and sees players attempt to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, one where the polar ice caps have melted and the oceans …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns gets Spider-Man and an October release date
A new Marvel’s Midnight Suns trailer debuted at Summer Game Fest, revealing a new character in Spider-Man and a release date set for October 7. That October 7 release date applies to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns preview: Hands-on with superhero strategies in a not-XCOM world
I finished my four-hour Marvel’s Midnight Suns preview the same way I started it: not knowing or caring much about the Marvel universe, and convinced that XCOM studio Firaxis Games is a strategy powerhouse. I don’t necessarily know how the studio’s take on the license will resonate with a diehard …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns leak seemingly confirms October release date, Spider-Man, and more
A leak for Marvel’s Midnight Suns appeared to confirm two more characters and a release date for the upcoming strategy game, and now that Take-Two Interactive has issued a takedown notice on that leak, there seems to be little reason to doubt its veracity. According to the leak, Marvel’s Midnight …
Read More »Upcoming Star Wars games: Every new Star Wars game announced so far
There’s no shortage of upcoming Star Wars games in the works right now. We already know about some exciting untitled projects from notable studios and veteran developers, along with the revival of a much-loved classic in the form of a Knights of the Old Republic Remake. But it certainly doesn’t …
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