The director of Marvel’s Midnight Suns has explained how his upcoming superhero game will let players feel as powerful as possible. Speaking to Edge Magazine, game director Jake Solomon – who also led development on XCOM 2 – said that “Midnight Suns is another step in the direction of telling …
Read More »No Man’s Sky Sentinel update overhauls combat system to make gameplay more challenging
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has released the game’s first update of 2022 which has made the game more challenging. Announced and released today, the No Man’s Sky Sentinel update brings an overhaul of the combat systems and enemies currently in the game in order to make the …
Read More »Triangle Strategy melds great tactical combat with a world full of political machinations
Strategy games will typically throw a lot at you in the opening hours. A mass of systems to learn, should you have any hope of keeping your characters alive between battles. Which units trump which, where can each unit type move, and how can you better upgrade units for future …
Read More »Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp release date set for April on Nintendo Switch
The Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp release date is set for this April, bringing the two Game Boy Advance strategy games to Switch in a fully updated form. Nintendo revealed the Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp release date of April 8 as part of everything announced at the February 2022 …
Read More »Crusader Kings 3 PS5 and Xbox Series X release date set for March
The Crusader Kings 3 console release date has been revealed, and so has how you’ll play the massive thing without a keyboard and mouse. A new video for the grand strategy game’s PS5 and Xbox Series X and S versions confirms it’s coming on March 29, with an overhauled interface …
Read More »Star Wars Jedi 2, Star Wars FPS, and a Star Wars strategy game all in the works at Respawn
Three new Star Wars games are coming from Respawn Entertainment, and two of them are all-new projects. EA, Respawn, and Lucasfilm jointly announced the new projects today, confirming that the trio will include a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Work on the new Star Wars Jedi game is …
Read More »Total War: Warhammer 3 is larger, faster, and far more social
Total War: Warhammer 3 is an absurd package. Developer Creative Assembly has invested heavily in the culmination of this trilogy that started in earnest six years ago. Enough so that game director Ian Roxburgh is confident in claiming that it’s “the biggest Total War game we’ve ever made.” I spent …
Read More »Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope leaves XCOM behind to go interstellar
When Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle leaked ahead of its E3 reveal, slides from an internal Ubisoft presentation made it out into the wild. There, in the publisher’s pre-release plans, was a month dedicated to one job: “convince media/gamers”. If Ubisoft was worried that Mario fans might take some coaxing …
Read More »A group of MMO players are threatening an in-game strike to fix issues with their role
A group of MMO players are threatening to bring their grinding to a halt if their concerns over one of the game’s systems aren’t met. Launched in 2017, Foxhole is a persistent online war in which each player can contribute directly to the war effort, whether through combat, espionage, or …
Read More »Dune: Spice Wars gameplay detailed by developer Funcom
Dune: Spice Wars is both an RTS and a 4X strategy game, Funcom has revealed – along with a slate of other details. In a press release, Funcom revealed a bunch of new details about Dune: Spice Wars. Chiefly, it turns out the game is a unique blend of both …
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