Author: Karen M. Menke
The former Apex Legends executive producer has been named the new studio head of developer 31st Union, while 2K has reiterated its support for the third-person action roguelike shooter Project Ethos. Employees were informed of this information today during a town hall, and 2K then shared the internal document with IGN. According to the memo, which was authored by David Ismailer, the president of 2K, Ben Brinkman will assume responsibility for 31st Union’s studio starting on Monday, October 20. Project Ethos will be developed under Brinkman’s direction as it is “reimagined” “with a renewed vision” following 2024 playtests that indicated…
Based on my brief experience with it, Enginefall’s strongest point is that it lacks the instantly recognizable characteristics of survival, extraction, and battle royale games that it seems to be emulating. You might not get as far as you would in other games right out of the gate if you have a Tarkov or Fortnite experience. The quantity of small things you’ll need to learn to make wise decisions is daunting, yet this early learning curve is also a result of creative systems that produce a faster and more hazardous pace than others. The beginning of each Titan Train run…
Battlefield 6 has had a phenomenal start on Steam, with more than 740,000 players at the moment. 747,440 people were playing Battlefield 6 concurrently on Steam at the time this story was published. The new first-person shooter from EA is now the second most played game on Valve’s platform, after Counter-Strike 2. Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3 is aiming to overtake Battlefield 6, which is currently the fourteenth most played game on Steam. For comparison, there were 521,079 concurrent players at the height of the Battlefield 6 open beta. These figures have never been approached by any other Battlefield game on…
I wouldn’t enjoy video games, and I definitely wouldn’t be playing roguelikes, if I thought that playing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome was “insanity.” By definition, they are repeating a lot of the same actions over and over again in the hopes that this time, Steve would be different. I’m going to beat my head against that boss till that mother is defeated this time. I’m going to finish the run this time, and I’m going to look amazing while doing it. It will be different this time. I tell myself such things…
Ordering a fleet of dozens of starships of various sizes and shapes to hyper-jump to a nearby planet, then zooming in to see them explode into existence on the other side, bearing down on the entrenched enemy as they scramble fighters and bring their guns to bear, is always a thrill for me as a lifelong fan of sci-fi battle scenes. Though few games allow you to conduct interplanetary combat on the scale of Sins of a Solar Empire 2, we have seen it play out numerous times in Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and other series. The result…
Surprisingly, it’s taken this long for the largest brick manufacturer in the world to build a monument to Mario Party, considering that the LEGO brand is now featured on practically every family-friendly multiplayer game you can imagine, including kart racers, Super Smash Bros. clones, and even a Rock Band spin-off. However, LEGO Party is more than just a block-based parody of Nintendo’s venerable virtual board game franchise. It may build upon the foundations of Mario Party, substituting a variety of ridiculous minifigs for the best of the Mushroom Kingdom, but every single one of the 60 minigames is bursting with…
Formula Legends is an off-brand arcade racer with a Formula One theme, developed by the same team that brought us Paw Patrol Grand Prix and Gigantosaurus: Dino Kart. Indeed, it’s true that the majority of 3DClouds’ production seems to be racing games for a very young audience. For those of you who aren’t eating spaghetti with your hands anymore, Formula Legends may seem like an easy game to pass on paper. However, Formula Legends may end up being a dark horse in the race if you enjoy the lengthy and illustrious history of Formula 1 racing as well as video…
I was captivated by the job system, the enduring cast of people, and a plot that provided few simple solutions when I played it for the first time on the original PlayStation in the 1990s. 2025 has long been set up for an upgraded version of this RPG classic that is worthy of the original, thanks to the PSP re-release of The War of the Lions, which had more material but significant performance concerns, and mobile versions that only had touch controllers. Did The Ivalice Chronicles by Square Enix meet expectations? It certainly did, with a few exceptions. Even though…
How do you follow up with a character-driven roguelite like Hades that is almost unmatched in its field? Knowing where to grow larger without being overly bloated is essential. Knowing where to tighten screws without removing too much texture is important. In addition to identifying areas where it makes sense to experiment and remix, you must understand the fundamental, sacrosanct components that made it unique. All of these things are somehow accomplished in Hades 2, with the attention to detail and flourish that have come to define Supergiant Games. Not a single note is out of place. Hades 2 begins…
I had pondered whether I would have any less excitement from this brutal survival horror-parkour when I embarked on my fourth adventure of jumping across roofs while chopping zombies in two via the Dying Light series. Even if the fundamentals haven’t changed much since 2022’s Dying Light 2: Stay Human, I’m pleasantly happy to report that it’s still a ton of fun after more than 40 hours of tucking and rolling. The fact that you play as a human with monster DNA pumped into you, allowing you to tear people’s heads off with your bare hands, ups the ante a…