Shigeru Ohmori has been working on Pokemon games since the original Ruby and Sapphire in 2002, and has been directing the series since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire over a decade later. Now, still at Game Freak, he’s working on something all-new in the form of a magical girl RPG that relies on real-life weather. […]
2019
Over the summer, a bubble of discourse centered around one developer – Mateo Covic of Paddle Paddle Paddle fame – and his frustrations with Steam’s two-hour refund window saw countless players and developers interrogate Valve’s policy. Lots of people, including Covic himself, said they remain “100% pro refund” despite some potential for exploits. In a […]
2019
Arc Raiders is finally trying out a PvE-only mode, and it’s gone exactly as you’d expect. After the limited-time release of a PvE toggle, fierce opinions have hit the game’s community faster than Bastion bullets to my temple after I misclick my photoelectric cloak, and the test has only just begun. Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal […]
2019
Fallout co-creator Timothy Cain has released another fairly depressing video about the state of RPG game development today compared to his heyday in the late ’90s to early ’00s. According to Cain, RPG developers aren’t bothering as much with hidden and optional content because the people with the money aren’t as willing to shell out […]
2019The second episode of VisionQuest introduces viewers to a Vision unlike one we’ve seen before in the MCU. Gone is the measured, logical synthezoid we know so well, as White Vision meets the Paladin in the Edinburgh pub where he’d been working undercover. Trying to manipulate him to turn himself in to save his supposed […]
2019
Jason and Lucia are going to work up a sweat in Grand Theft Auto 6 – literally. Among the many detailed systems Rockstar built for the game is one that sees realistic sweat gather on characters’ bodies depending on how much effort they’re exerting in physical activities. No wonder GTA 6 has taken so long […]
2019