The Best Campaign Board Games
Sometimes, you want to just escape from reality and lose yourself in a new, fantastical world. And sometimes, you want to do so for hours on end. When you want to set up a long-term board game night or ongoing campaign with a group of likeminded and passionate board gamers, ...
World Of Warcraft wasn’t the biggest threat to The Elder Scrolls Online; it was Skyrim
When Bethesda was working out how to turn their popular Elder Scrolls RPGs into an online behemoth to rival World Of Warcraft back in the late 00s, the initial pitch was "Elder Scrolls with friends," creative director Rich Lambert tells me. A simple idea on paper, perhaps, but one that ...
The Helldivers 2 bot faction has been eradicated. What do now?
Exciting news for the future of everyone's favourite co-op shooter that isn't legally an adaptation of Starship Troopers. A few days ago, Helldivers 2 issued a new major order to annihilate the Automatons, who had been pushed back like never before. And annihilate you all did, with players' combined efforts ...
Botany Manor Review
I get an itch to put on my gardening gloves and get planting when spring comes around. While practicing patience for the right weather, I’ll read up on books and try to learn new techniques – but this year, Botany Manor has helped satiate my excitement. It’s a cozy, first-person ...
I am obsessed with this detailed but very weird aquarium sim
I know some of you will quibble with the headline, so let me confirm straight away that, yes, technically Aquarist is not a game simulating being an aquarium. An aquarist is someone who builds and manages aquariums, which is your principle task in the capital A Aquarist game. It recently ...
Review: Botany Manor (Switch) – Cosy Yet Challenging, This Puzzler Is Quite Beautiful
Bloomin' lovely.When cosy and wholesome games first stepped onto the scene, they were counter-culture — created in response and in resistance to an industry that churned out violence, conflict, and a particular type of masculinity that wasn't keen on things like emotions or intimacy. Some people were tired of this ...
Ring of Honor Wrestler Athena Sets Arena on Fire With Baldur’s Gate 3 Karlach Cosplay
Ring of Honor wrestler Athena debuted some striking new ring gear inspired by Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3 during the most recent Supercard of Honor event.Fans of Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios' latest video game based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role playing game, went wild for Athena's epic ...
How do we stop the next round of games industry mass layoffs?
According to one unofficial tracker created by video game artist Farhan Noor, there have been 8000 layoffs in 2024 so far, following an estimated 10,500 layoffs in 2023. The leaders of Microsoft, Embracer Group, Epic and other industry giants have made swingeing cuts to their workforces. While larger companies have ...
Yoshi-P says it’s “about time” for more Final Fantasy Tactics, does not mention Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 14 boss Naoki Yoshida has told The Gamer that he reckons “It’s probably about time,” for a new Final Fantasy Tactics game. The hint at some long term wish fulfillment came up during an interview with The Gamer’s Gabrielle Castania, in which Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ ...
The Pokémon Company Reveals Date And Venue For 2024 World Championships
Hello Honolulu!The Pokémon Company wrapped up this weekend's European International Championship with a taste of what's in store for the competitive scene over the rest of 2024, importantly sharing the date and venue for this year's World Championship which is heading to Hawai'i this summer.Revealed in an all-new trailer (above) ...
