Author: David Carter
A rated RTS match has a build-up that is unlike anything else I have experienced in a game, and Stormgate even has it in Early Access. I recognize my name. I notice the name of my opponent. I inhaled deeply, feeling the beat of my own heart. Then I see a brightly colored command center surrounded by a motley crew of personnel, and it is just me and some unknown stranger vying for fame or destruction. Despite having a smaller budget than its Blizzard-produced predecessors, Stormgate is subtly—and sometimes not so subtly—advancing the base craft formula in terms of design.…
When Dead Rising was first published as an Xbox 360 exclusive back in 2006, it took a different approach to zombie-slaying action than its Capcom brother Resident Evil. Instead, it favored sandbox-style gameplay that could get pretty silly if you so wanted. You can therefore imagine my amazement when Capcom chose, seemingly out of the blue, to not only bring the series back but also to completely reconstruct the original game. I am convinced that Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is going to be everything I could have hoped for in the eagerly anticipated return of one of my favorite games…
The White Wolf will appear in the upcoming mainstream Witcher game, codenamed Polaris, but not as the primary character, according to voice actor Doug Cockle, who plays Geralt of Rivia. A new protagonist was anticipated for Polaris, as developer CD Projekt Red has long stated that Geralt’s story is coming to an end. However, this is the first indication that he will even appear in the upcoming game, which sparks some wild speculations among fans. In an interview with Fall Damage, Cockle confirmed Geralt’s involvement in Polaris but withheld any specifics. He added, “I can not say anything about [Polaris].”…
Dragon Ball Project: Multi, a free-to-play cooperative Dragon Ball Z MOBA game, was unveiled by Bandai Namco. Ganbarion, the creator of One Piece World Seeker, created Dragon Ball Project: Multi, a top-down action real-time strategy game with 4v4 combat in which players must use their heroes’ powers to change the course of battle. Heroines like Goku, Vegeta, Android 18, Majin Buu, Piccolo, Krillin, and Future Trunks are examples of this type. The will also include series antagonists from across the Dragon Ball mythology, such as Vermoud and Zamasu from Dragon Ball Super and Cooler from Dragon Ball Z. According to…
About four years after its initial release, id Software revealed during today’s QuakeCon 2024 broadcast that DOOM Eternal will finally receive official mod support. The option to choose to enable mod support through Steam’s beta branch is now available in DOOM Eternal Update 6.66 Rev. 3, per a post on Bethesda’s Slayers Club blog. There will be “soon” support for the Microsoft Store version; a console version is not mentioned. Through the studio Beta program, which you can view above, those who choose to participate in the beta branch will be able to make and share original mods. Here you…
The community is reacting negatively to Arrowhead Game Studios, the developer of Helldivers 2, for nerfing fire damage weapons just days before the release of Freedom’s Flame, a premium war bond with a pyromaniac theme. This week’s Escalation of Freedom update brought balance modifications, including several adjustments to the fire damage mechanism of the game to make flame-spewing weaponry act “more realistically.” Social media has been used by some irate community members to voice their displeasure about the update’s drastic nerfing of fire-based weapons like the flamethrower, which was before seen to be a powerful countermeasure against armored determined charges.…
The president of WolfEye Studios and co-founder of Arkane Studios, Raphaël Colantonio, has stated that fans of Prey and Dishonored “will be satisfied” with the upcoming game from his new studio. After co-creating Dishonored and directing Prey, Colantonio left Arkane in 2017. He teased the upcoming game from WolfEye Studios on X/Twitter, stating that “fans of the past first-person games I was associated with (Dishonored and Prey) will be satisfied” with it. In a few days, he said, “We will share a bit more about our upcoming game.” Colantonio left Arkane Austin in 2019, and he later founded WolfEye Studios.…
Helldivers 2 continues to amaze. Despite a significant decline in its player base, the community is still running strong, with an average of about 40K divers diving at any given time. Because players were still taking their time to unlock every item in the previous Warbonds, the game’s developer, Arrowhead Studios, was forced to reduce the pace at which they released new content. Helldivers 2 has committed to maintaining player engagement, which appears to be working so far. It is time for their major initial expansion now. Level 10 difficulty, a new kind of swamp environment, new adversaries from the…
Being a fan of independent games in the early 2010s was fantastic, as titles like Super Meat Boy, Bastion, and Limbo set the standard for later titles. The original Volgarr the Viking, a 2D platformer inspired by the ways the genre had changed during the 1990s, is one of my faves from that era. It plays and looks like a 16-bit Sega Genesis game. It was extremely enjoyable to surpass its trials because it was brutally challenging but always fair, with careful balance. I hate to say it, but Volgarr the Viking 2, the 2024 sequel, completely throws that balance…
Gamers of Elden Ring have found a risk-free method for quickly dispatching Rellana, the Twin Moon Knight, one of Shadow of the Erdtree’s primary bosses. The exploit operates by going to the Scadu Altus region and then going to the legacy dungeon Castle Ensis, all without ever entering her arena. Players can destroy Rellana by simply performing long-range spells while standing in touch with the boss chamber’s back fog gate, as discovered by X/Twitter user Ziostorm. “It turns out that you can use Flame of the Fell God, an Incantation that launches a ball of fire, to cheese Rellana by…