Author: Mara J Powell

The appearance of the Empire of the Ants is remarkable. The amount of detail on the textures of the forest floor is so amazing that you would think for a second that it is actual macro-lens footage of ants from a nature documentary. Although it is a real-time strategy game with swarms of insects on screen at once, you never really command more than seven units, which is fortunate considering how awkwardly its controls need you to cycle through them to give instructions. There is absolutely nothing underneath the nests you are capturing and constructing. Therefore, despite its expansive appearance,…

After more than a decade online, the company acknowledged in a Facebook post that it had made the “tough decision” to sunset its free-to-play mobile game. October 31, 2024, is when The Simpsons: Tapped Out will be taken down from app stores. Although it will remain playable for the remainder of the year, servers will go down on January 24, 2025. Already, in-app purchases are not allowed. In today’s Facebook post, EA stated, “The choice to stop our twelve-year adventure is a painful one.” In collaboration with The Walt Disney Company and The Simpsons, we have had great fun providing…

In November, Six Days in Fallujah will receive a significant upgrade, including the first of its planned documentary story missions. Its two-story missions, dubbed the Command and Control update, will center on the start of the Second Battle of Fallujah, which started on November 7, 2004, and featured some of the worst combat of the conflict. In November, Six Days in Fallujah will receive a significant upgrade, including the first of its planned documentary story missions. Its two-story missions, dubbed the Command and Control update, will center on the start of the Second Battle of Fallujah, which started on November…

At least Capcom gets credit for bringing Dead Rising into compliance with canonical zombie fiction, despite the game limping out of the seventh-generation tomb for its second remaster. In other words, it is officially now a corpse that is refusing to stay dead as well. But Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is deserving of praise for more than that. Several deft gameplay adjustments by Capcom have made it less difficult to survive in a zombie-infested mall than twenty years ago. Still, they haven’t compromised the difficult, time-limited nature of the original game. Though occasionally creaky combat is showing its age through…

Developer Larian Studios has released a teaser for the Dark Urge playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3, featuring a new cinematic conclusion. Spoilers ahead: the studio revealed what looks to be the Dark Urge protagonist utilizing mind control to drive Shadowheart, Lae’zel, and Wyll to jump to their deaths in a post on X/Twitter. The 52-second “cinematic teaser” implies that the full version must be rather important. It will be released in September along with the last complete update for the well-liked role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3, though a precise date has not yet been disclosed. “Papa would be pleased,” the…

It is understandable how a popular series could get stale. There is a lot of inertia in one direction that can be challenging to reroute as gameplay standards get more ingrained, backstory bloats, and deviating from what fans expect becomes riskier. That is the perfect environment for something like Fallout London. The massive (and free) entire conversion for Fallout 4 was made possible by the mod group FOLON, who approached the project with new ideas and eyes and without concern for upsetting the Fallout acolytes. The plot is released from the weight of most of the decades’ worth of lore…

Fallout: London, the massive Fallout 4 mod that brings the post-apocalyptic role-playing game overseas, was released about two weeks ago. According to digital distribution store GOG.com, the expansion-sized update has become the “fastest redeemed game of all time” on its platform. Fallout: London was redeemed “more than 500,000 times” in the first 24 hours, according to a press statement released by GOG on Friday. This achievement made it the fastest-downloading game ever for the storefront alone. “A press release from GOG stated that the initial release of Fallout: London proved to be an enormous success – and a prime illustration…

Behaviour Interactive revealed today that the Castlevania chapter would be available in Dead by Daylight later this month, following a brief tease during its anniversary webcast earlier this year. Behaviour Interactive announced in a press release that Dead by Daylight’s Castlevania chapter will be playable as of August 27. Two new playable characters will be added in this chapter: Trevor Belmont, the protagonist of Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, will become the new survivor, and Dracula will become the latest murderer to join the cast. Even though Trevor is not the strongest guy in Belmont, Behaviour suggests that his “special expertise…

In the Traversing Hyrule video, Nintendo has unveiled a five-minute in-depth look at The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. The teaser, accessible below, shows off some of the most important locales in the Zelda-led game, including Hyrule Castle and the neighborhood of Castle Town. It also shows off the world’s various areas, like the Gerudo Desert, Jabul Waters, Eldin Volcano, and Faron Wetlands. Waypoints are quick travel points that allow players to navigate throughout the world easily; however, they are typically only accessible after the player has arrived at each area organically once the player gets the carrot echo…

Microsoft has unveiled the Sky Cipher Special Edition, a new translucent Xbox controller that brings back fond memories of the original Xbox era. The presale price is currently $69.99 on Amazon, and the release date is August 13. The transparent blue design of the Sky Cipher is “complemented by metallic accents and silver inside pieces that shine through from inside, emitting an aura of refinement and futuristic appeal,” according to a post made by Daniel Ruiz, senior marketing manager for Xbox Accessories, on Xbox Wire. Microsoft’s ad touting the new translucent controller starts with the original Xbox bootup animation, playing…