I’ve always had an affinity for action-RPGs that draw outside the lines of the genre’s hard edges. Something like Dark Cloud, the Level-5 adventure which smartly combined procedural dungeoneering with refined city-building; Persona 4: Golden with its imitable blend of social connection and murder investigation, or Moonlighter which uses exploration …
Read More »Baldurs Gate 3 will launch on Xbox this year after Larian and Phil Spencer “found a solution”
The hit D&D RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming to Xbox Series X and S “this year,” as Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke has now confirmed. “Super happy to confirm that after meeting Phil Spencer yesterday, we’ve found a solution that allows us to bring Baldur’s Gate 3 to Xbox …
Read More »Starfield has New Game+ but with “a unique and exciting twist”
Starfield has a New Game+ mode, ensuring you can keep playing Bethesda’s enormous sci-fi RPG even after you eventually roll credits. That’s according to a new GQ interview featuring Bethesda boss Todd Howard, Starfield lead Emil Pagliarulo, and several other members of the Bethesda team. GQ writes that Starfield “gives …
Read More »I played Ghostrunner 2 and totally sucked at the running part
I’ve never been the most coordinated person, but in Ghostrunner 2 I’m a one-woman calamity. Playing on the Gamescom 2023 show floor was my first experience with developer One More Level’s fast-paced action series, and, suffice to say, getting the hang of one-hit insta-kills, wall-running, and grappling hook traversal took …
Read More »How Baldurs Gate 3s sexiest antiheroes and villains went from “naked on stage” to the RPG of the year
Baldur’s Gate 3 is here, and it is sexy, thanks in large part to the cast who brought its often-horny heroes to life. But I think we all know that it is, in fact, the villains and antiheroes who hold the real sex appeal most of the time, and this …
Read More »I got my ass kicked by a gorilla in the Black Myth: Wukong demo, and it was amazing
The one thing you need to know about Black Myth: Wukong is that I picked it up surprisingly quickly. I was already drawn to Game Science’s upcoming action-RPG for the simple fact that I grew up watching Monkey King cartoons at school, so seeing the legend lifted from the pages …
Read More »I got knocked out by a bunny wielding a shovel as a dapper otter in Party Animals
I’ve set my sights on a bunny sporting an armored jacket in Party Animals. The adorable fuzzy fiend decked me with a shovel in the previous round of the Last Stand mode, which has teams fight it out on a platform with the aim of, as the name suggests, being …
Read More »Everything announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2023
The Future Games Show at Gamescom 2023 was broadcast live on August 23 and was hosted by Erika Ishii (Valkyrie from Apex Legends) and Troy Baker (Joel from The Last of Us). The jam-packed August showcase delivered over an hour of updates, release dates, and reveals for more than 40 …
Read More »Rockstars acquisition of FiveM mod team could be absolutely massive for GTA 6
Today, Rockstar announced its acquisition of Cfx.re, the community mod team behind FiveM and RedM. For the uninitiated, both FiveM and RedM are best known for housing GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2’s player-made roleplay servers, wherein inventive creators often bend these games so much that they become unrecognizable. …
Read More »Moving Out 2 is more brilliantly chaotic removal work fun, but now with more silliness
I’m not entirely sure who’s living in these houses, but I want to know them. The mysterious Moving Out 2 clients are surprisingly AWOL as my F.A.R.T partner and I – that’s Furniture Arrangement and Relocation Technicians, I’ll have you know – fling their furniture around and maneuver it into …
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