For all of Rockstar Games’ technical prowess, the genius of Grand Theft Auto lies in the beautiful simplicity implied by its title: brazenly commit crimes, and have a good time doing it. Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to be an industry milestone for open world density and attention to detail, and what we’ve seen […]
2019Last week heralded in a set of Xbox X25 pre-orders that promptly sold out in a matter of minutes. The special edition translucent green console and controller, despite their hefty markups, were gone in the blink of an eye when pre-orders dropped on Thursday. While hopes of a stock refresh on the main event might […]
2019
Things reportedly aren’t going well at Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor. Apparently, most of the team that worked on the tactics game were quietly furloughed right before it came out, and the company claims it intends to bring them back if sales prove good enough. This comes from Game File, which reports that […]
2019I was not ready for Total War: Warhammer 40K. Starting at the tutorial, I’m given 35 space marines to fight more than 1000 orcs – odds I would never take in another Total War game. Spoiler: it is one-sided. With my squads positioned across hillside vantages and behind cover, the orcs charge into a slaughter. […]
2019Cycles in Star Wars Zero Company are the game’s unit of time, each one representing a day, and a single completed mission. As they begin to tick down, you might begin to wonder how many cycles are in Zero Company from beginning to end, and if there’s a built-in timer for the whole game, similar […]
2019Upon stumbling across a new PS1 homebrew with a Quake demo included, I thought I’d finally found a solid way to play the shooter on Sony’s console. Unlike DOOM, the iconic MS-DOS romp didn’t get an invite to the PlayStation party back in the ’90s, but my dreams of playing it AFK were shattered by […]
2019