Author: David Carter

Monster Hunter Wild’s worldwide release dates have been confirmed by Capcom. Monster Hunter Wilds may typically be played on a PC later in the day and on a console (PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X and S) starting at midnight local time on Friday, February 28. However, starting at 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 27, people on Pacific Standard Time (PST) can play on consoles and PCs. It is also important to remember that, per Capcom, playing Monster Hunter Wilds on physical copies requires a 15GB upgrade. To be prepared for Monster Hunter Wilds’ February 28 launch, you can download…

I had convinced myself that the zenith of tycoon games was in the 1990s after years of mediocre business simulations, but Two Point Museum might have convinced me otherwise. This time, Two Point Studios has finally mastered the formula, while it is not a radical change from their prior series of oddball games, Hospital and Campus. I occasionally struggled to pull myself away from it because of its diverse and difficult management layer, awesome props and exhibitions to unlock, and a delightfully sarcastic sense of humor. Comparing Two Point Museum to other recent games like Planet Coaster 2, I find…

In the name of a deity usurped by a malevolent entity, a warrior is called to battle hordes of enemies on another planet. Stop me if you’ve heard this pitch before. Yes, but even though its plot and boss battles may be phony, Warriors: Abyss successfully applies the “1v1000” twist of its Dynasty Warriors origins to the tried-and-true room-to-room roguelite model of games like Hades, which is something I haven’t seen very often. A straightforward yet effective upgrading system, screen-filling special attacks, and one of the largest character rosters I’ve seen in this genre allowed this new roguelike to captivate…

The PlayStation 2 game is called Okyo Xtreme Racer. Now, you may have learned from years of YouTube comments from cynical people who were probably still squirming inside an ovary at the beginning of the new millennium that “PS2” is a derogatory term that is used to disparage anything that doesn’t blow the multiprocessors off a graphics card. However, it need not be. The PS2 was a fantastic console, full of fantastic, approachable games that accomplished their goals, were utterly free of microtransactions and live-service jargon, and were utterly addictive. Genki’s 2025 Tokyo Xtreme Racer remake, which just became available…

I have given up on ever being a decent golfer, even though I have a strong passion for all things sporting. It just doesn’t make sense to me how the body must bend to efficiently crank a ball down the fairway. However, few other games can achieve what I see myself doing in real life, and PGA Tour 2K25 does it digitally thanks to its detailed simulation gameplay that allows my brain and thumbs to do things my real body just won’t. I must admit that I was a little nervous going into PGA Tour 2K25. Despite not being the…

Avowed is a return to the classic action RPG comfort food we know and love, following two delightfully unexpected diversions from developer Obsidian’s best-known work: a survival game with a lot of insects and a 16th-century 2D detective thriller. This game, which takes place in the fantasy world of Pillars of Eternity, is full of all the clichés I love about role-playing games, such as gathering around a campfire with my party members to share dark pasts and unresolved traumas and looting every single victim before their corpse has even had a chance to cool. After two pleasantly surprising detours…

On my second sortie in Synduality Echo of Ada, I lost my mech for the first time, and a lot of things went wrong. I pushed the wrong button, took much too many things with me, and neglected to take a moment to fix it before I went into the encounter that killed me. I didn’t purchase insurance beforehand. It’s a good indicator that once I finished criticizing Synduality and then myself, I was eager to try and get it all back because I made a stupid decision following a string of preventable mistakes, and this mech-flavored extraction shooter made…

Science fiction has a long history of using non-human subjects to depict moving human stories. Because of its deep examination of individuality and community in a world where everything seems fragile, 2022’s Citizen Sleeper almost immediately earned a spot alongside films like Blade Runner. The compelling, system-hopping plot of this sequel continuously reaches the same high points. A consequence of its tabletop-inspired design, redesigned survival systems, new multilayered crew missions, and an enhanced sense of tension in every dice roll makes Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector more engaging more often, even though it can be extremely slow-paced, repetitive, and full…

You need to look no further than my strange yet enduring fondness of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts to see that I usually embrace sequels that are a radical departure from the original. I feel like Vito Corleone is asking you to look at how they killed my child after spending more than a dozen hours with Hyper Light Breaker, which is a follow-up (though not a true sequel) to Hyper Light Drifter, one of my all-time favorite independent games. The foundation of a decent action RPG is undoubtedly present in this extremely difficult cooperative roguelike, but it is currently hidden…

The Marvel Rivals Spring Festival event, which features a soccer game style that may look similar to users of Overwatch and Rocket League, as well as a few new hero skins, has been released by NetEase Games.The Clash of Dancing Lions game mode and the Fortune & Colors Gallery Card customization event will launch on January 23 at 9 am UTC, according to the latest update trailer released by the developers behind the popular hero shooter game. First of all, rather than concentrating on a single hero, the limited-time mode appears to highlight at least three characters: Star-Lord, Iron Fist,…