Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Review
Perhaps the ultimate dream of a ‘90s Metalhead nerd, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is the fusion of retro-style first-person shooters with the beloved sci-fi universe that birthed the term "grimdark." It gets a lot of fun mileage purely from combining the aesthetics, sense of story, and level design of a game ...
Total War’s next stop is Ancient Egypt with Total War: Pharaoh
The next Total War game will be taking players to the Egyptian New Kingdom period, Sega and Creative Assembly have announced today, with the reveal of Total War: Pharaoh. Releasing in October 2023, Total War: Pharaoh will see the three great cultures of the people of Egypt, Canaan and Hittite ...
Lords of the Fallen: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Lords of the Fallen is set to release for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 13. A spiritual successor to the 2014 game of the same name, this new installment promises a lot more of the Soulslike action-RPG gameplay that the first one offered. The game will be ...
Indie immersive sim Ctrl Alt Ego adds a Sandbox mode generating new levels
I've said it before, but I really keep meaning to play Ctrl Alt Ego. Released last year, it's a sci-fi immersive sim built all around classic abilities of the genre: remote control and possession. You bounce your digital consciousness between robots and devices and ach, I hear it's great. I've ...
Mini Review: Nightmare Reaper – A Roguelite, Boomer-Shlooter Bloodbath
Psychoactive.Nightmare Reaper’s procedurally generated stages are as rawly aggressive as the thrash metal motifs that drive it. Coined a looter-shooter, it’s a roguelite that revels in retro visuals, blazing speeds, and the ensuing spectacle of its bloodbath.In a novel move, it procedurally generates levels, meaning each time you die or ...
Forget Exoprimal’s dinosaurs and evil AI, the real villains are its surprisingly capable bots
After giving us an early glimpse of its unstoppable raptor hordes in a closed beta test last summer, Capcom recently let us loose with the opening hours of their upcoming dinosaur multiplayer shooter, Exoprimal. Its final release isn't far away now - its July 14th launch fast becoming the sole ...
Could Final Fantasy 16 be the last numbered Final Fantasy game?
Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has said he thinks "Maybe it's time we removed the numbers" from Final Fantasy games. In an interview with GQ, he talked about the baggage that inevitably comes with having a 35-year-old series with soon to be 16 numbered mainline games in it (not ...
Nintendo Japan To End Repairs For Wii U When Current Parts Inventory Runs Out
Get booked in soon.Nintendo's Japanese support service has announced that it will be ending repair support for the Wii U. When exactly? Well, that really depends on when its current parts inventory runs out.The announcement was made on the Japanese Nintendo Support Page, confirming that the period of holding repair ...
Exoprimal devs tell us how they pushed for thousands of onscreen dinosaurs, and why it bears no relation to Dino Crisis
Last july I was given the opportunity to play an early beta for Exoprimal, Capcom’s upcoming multiplayer shooter that pits you and a bunch of your mech suit-wearing buddies against unstoppable raptor hordes. In the nine months since I took command of a T-Rex and did a sick backflip, my ...
Mario Kart Tour Lawsuit Calls Out “Immoral” Lootbox Gacha System
The pipe has backfired.At the end of last year, Nintendo removed the gacha elements from its mobile racing game, Mario Kart Tour. It replaced this system where players would "fire" a pipe to receive a random item with a 'Spotlight Shop'.Although the item system has already been updated, Axios reports ...
