It was a few days after Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart had launched on PS5, and Insomniac Games had a problem. Using a glitch known as the swingboost to gain phenomenal amounts of forward momentum, a small group of players had found a method of tearin…
Dead Cells’ Constant Mutations Make It One Of The Best Games Of 2021, Too
I love Dead Cells. The side-scrolling combat and platforming are tight, the art is impeccable, and its progression system and unlock curve are among the best I’ve ever seen. It feels like a near-perfectly designed game. In the three years since its rel…
25 Years Later, Quake Gets A Horde Mode
Back in August, Bethesda released a remastered Quake across basically every modern gaming platform, including Switch. Now, a few months later, this version of the game just received its second large update, adding a new co-op horde mode, additional map…
I Like The Steam Deck’s Box Art
Valve has released hardware before, but nothing quite so big and ambitious as the Steam Deck. And releasing proper hardware means Valve had to think of something a software-first company hasn’t had to think of very often: what should its box look like….
Wow, Dead Cells Is Still Going Strong, Huh
For a game about the undying, Dead Cells is really living up to subject matter. The popular roguelike, first released in 2018 for consoles and PC, is getting even more new content, developer Motion Twin announced via press release today. The expansion …
Bots Propelled An Old Arcade Game To The Top Of The Steam Charts
The top five played games on Steam are the usual suspects, online multiplayer games, with one unusual exception. As of this writing, Capcom Arcade Stadium is the third most popular game on the Steam charts. Read more…
Four Hours With Dying Light 2: Beyond An Open-World Zombie Game
Dying Light 2 was announced all the way back at E3 2018. A lot has happened in the three years since, including multiple delays and the departure of RPG writer/designer Chris Avellone from the project following sexual harassment allegations. Now set to…
Darkest Dungeon II Tries Something New, And It Mostly Works
Darkest Dungeon II is nothing if not evocative—a positive quirk it shares with the first game. When my party reaches the Mountain at its heart, they are brought low. This place has haunted their dreams for weeks—a different configuration for each of th…
What’s A 4X Game, And Why Do They Rule?
Here’s an experience we’ve all definitely had: It’s a Monday and your co-workers are gathering around the water cooler discussing the games they played over the weekend. “I can’t get enough of this new 4X game,” one of them declares. Excited by talk of…