Author: Karen M. Menke
Can you recall your worst day ever? You don’t have to respond, therefore it’s all right. Yes, I do. I made a mistake while doing something I loved, and a tale someone else told about it for their personal gain cost me nearly all I owned. Everything I had worked for vanished, doors slammed shut in my face, and people I thought were my friends left my life. I refused to answer the phone, so my family had to communicate with me via postcard. I thought about ending my life for the next two years before I eventually found some…
Following poor sales of FBC, the CEO of Remedy Entertainment resigned, leaving the new CEO of Control and Alan Wake to reassure investors: Firebreak caused the corporation to write down the game’s development costs and drastically reduce its revenue projections for the year. Remedy disclosed in its quarterly results report today that it acquired the publishing and distribution rights for FBC: Firebreak and recorded an impairment charge of €14.9 million ($17.4 million), which accounted for the majority of the development costs. Overall, Remedy’s income dropped 32% to €12.2 million ($14.2 million) from the previous year. According to Remedy, this was…
Call it the sentiment of an aging millennial, but playing Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted makes me feel a little more at ease. In addition to updating the original’s brilliant fusion of puzzle gameplay and simple tower-defense, it serves as a reminder of how charming and oddball games were in the late 2000s. With the addition of additional content, quality-of-life enhancements, and features from past ports, developer PopCap Games is back to give this classic another well-earned moment in the sun. Nevertheless, Replanted finds it difficult to strike a balance between updating and maintaining the original’s appearance. By doing this, it…
Do you have time to discuss PowerWash Simulator, my savior and lord? The unexpected cult hit’s calming, fulfilling premise—clean dirt off things—hooked weirdos like me back in 2022. Has the basic process of power washing been altered by the follow-up PowerWash Simulator 2? Has it given blasting graffiti off a wall a new purpose? Will it cause you to wonder what being dirty in 2025 really means? No. And I want to thank Mr. Clean for that because it’s quite rewarding since it’s so simple. Fans like me, who have over 400 hours logged on the original, truly needed what…
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…