Author: David Carter
Ustwo Games revealed five years ago that it was working on the third installment of the highly regarded puzzle series, Monument Valley. It will launch exclusively on Netflix Games on December 10, 2024, following a lengthy period of anticipation. Today during Opening Night Live, a trailer for Monument Valley 3 gave us our first proper look. It has a new small protagonist who is holding a lantern, making it both familiar and unique. As previously, the player manipulates scenes reminiscent of M.C. Escher with the touchscreen to build pathways for the character to advance. Monument Valley 3 appears to employ…
One of the industry giants spearheading the AI arms race, Nvidia, never stops coming up with novel applications for AI. The business today revealed that ACE, an AI-powered technology, will launch as a game the following year. Nvidia stated in a blog post that the first game to take advantage of this new AI-powered system will be Mecha BREAK, an action game by Seasun Games. Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang unveiled Nvidia ACE at Computex 2023. It will combine AI and gaming in a novel way by employing generative AI (GenAI) in NPCs to make them as interactive as…
PC fans, there is not much longer to wait: Square Enix has formally revealed that Final Fantasy 16 will launch on PCs on September 17, 2024. The PC version will retail for $49.99 and will be released ahead of tomorrow’s Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation, the publisher announced. Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide, the two DLC additions for Final Fantasy 16, are both arriving concurrently on PC, but you will have to pay extra to play them. The publisher announced that the PC version will retail for $49.99 and will be released ahead of tomorrow’s Gamescom Opening…
Several games include large stakes, international military activities, and the balance of power in the world. However, if we swap out their military armor and automatic weapons for flying brooms and pointed hats, we are entering the realm of “things you do not see daily.” The inventive setting of Tactical Breach Wizards complements its sharp and humorous script nicely. Its quips tickled my funny bone more than the actual tactics in its main campaign did, but the little encounters kept up a fast-paced, captivating tempo that quickly made hours of my time disappear beneath a magic handkerchief. All things considered,…
About half of the 100 employees of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, which was shut down by Microsoft, are being brought over by PUBG publisher Krafton. Reporter Stephen Totilo stated on X/Twitter that he was informed by Krafton PR that Tango Gameworks “plans to relocate roughly 50 development workers to Krafton’s Japan division.” The expansion of the HI-FI RUSH IP at Krafton is one of the new initiatives that the transferred crew will continue to work on.” When Krafton revealed that it had acquired the studio from Microsoft earlier in August 2024, the studio and the Hi-Fi Rush franchise were…
Black Myth: Wukong has left me feeling both incredibly impressed and incredibly frustrated at the same time. I have never been this way over a game. Without a question, this is one of the most amazing and ambitious action games I have ever played. To name a few of its many virtues, it is breathtakingly beautiful, has excellent fighting, is extremely difficult yet always rewarding to conquer, and has a scenario that is both refreshingly new and deeply rooted in rich Chinese culture. Even with all of that, it frequently seems to be barely hanging on. Even with my top-of-the-line…
Although Dustborn’s almost parodically melodramatic characters and peculiar blend of genres make for an eye-rolling first impression, there is a lot more to it than I initially realized as my group of mutant misfits traveled across America hitting people with an upgraded baseball bat and having emotional conversations. Dustborn is tackling big ideas, and it is doing it with science-fiction squids, biker queens with shattered hearts, and robots wearing bunny hats. This hybrid of rhythm games, comic books, and Telltale-inspired narrative experiences is like a feast of action, story, and genres, and it works better than it should. You take…
The latest Escalation of Freedom update for Helldivers 2 left players unhappy, and the game’s developer, Arrowhead Studios, says it wants to make things right. In a message posted on its Reddit page, the studio addressed the issue and outlined a 60-day plan to win back player confidence and lost territory. In this statement, Arrowhead concedes to player annoyance while pledging to concentrate on “action. Not talk” regarding Helldivers 2’s future. Game designer Mikael Eriksson stated, “We have spent the last week listening to feedback, contemplating the way ahead for Helldivers 2 and how we want to continue creating the…
A second delay has been announced for Replaced, an Xbox console-exclusive cyberpunk sidescroller. It was originally scheduled for release in 2022, but it is now anticipated in 2025. In a post on Twitter/X, developer Sad Cat Studios kept it short and sweet: “Our initial release date was optimistic, and we apologize for that. Developing Replaced is quite a unique challenge, and we’re proud to be creating something that special. “We need more time to ensure we meet the high standards we’ve set for ourselves and to meet the expectations of our fans.” Sad Cat has revealed that “something amazing” will…
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.…