Category Archives: Χωρίς κατηγορία

Star Trek: Discovery goes out as it came in: robbing better shows of their mystique

Warning: spoilers up to Discovery S05E07 within. Cards on the table: I’ll watch anything if it has Star Trek in the title. Hell, I’ll happily watch Enterprise, which infamously ditched the franchise branding for its first two seasons in an ill-advised attempt to modernise. It was a bit pants – an ill-fitting prequel series where […]

Man’s best friend in a Wasteland: Why Dogmeat reigns supreme in the Fallout universe

Dogmeat. The name conjures up images of a loyal canine companion, braving the radioactive wastes alongside you in the Fallout franchise. And for good reason – Dogmeat is arguably the most beloved companion in any Bethesda game, earning the adoration of players, designers, and critics alike (except for one, but we won’t put them on […]

Hi-Fi-Rush and The Evil Within games being “positive” review bombed on Steam in wake of Microsoft’s closure of Tango Gameworks

Steam users have taken to the service to review bomb Tango Gameworks titles Hi-Fi Rush, The Evil Within, and The Evil Within 2 – but in a positive manner. Review bombs are usually made in anger over some reason or another, mainly as an attack on the game as a whole, its developer, or over […]

The Rogue Prince of Persia studio pushes back Steam Early Access launch to avoid current Early Access darling Hades 2

Evil Empire, the studio behind The Rogue Prince of Persia, has announced the game will not enter Steam Early Access on May 14 as originally planned. Why? Because everyone is playing Hades 2 right now, which recently went into Early Access. According to the developer, delaying the Early Access launch was the best decision since […]

Is Call of Duty coming to Xbox Game Pass? Yes, no, maybe, who knows – but it’s clear no one believes what Xbox says any more

2024 will forever be known as the year of record games industry layoffs and studio closures, but I’d argue it will be just as remembered as the year Xbox lost the plot. Every other month, Microsoft’s gaming division has what ranges from avoidable PR scandal to full-on doom-and-gloom meltdown. We’re not even halfway through the […]

Rumor has it God of War: Ragnarok will be announced for PC this month – possibly via a State of Play stream, which is also rumored

It’s rumored that Sony is set to announce God of War: Ragnarok for PC sometime this month. According to prolific leaker billbil_kun, who has in the past proven rather reliable, Sony is set to reveal the PC port this month, possibly during the first State of Play of 2024 – also rumored. Per billbil_kin, several […]

Prelude Dark Pain may look like isometric Darkest Dungeon, but its influences run much, much deeper than that

Last weekend, I spent far less time than I’d have liked checking out cool indie games at Guadalindie 2024, a little but hard-hitting event in Malaga, Spain, which I wholeheartedly recommend if more editions are happening in the future. Coming out of this celebration of indie games and devs, Prelude Dark Pain was by far […]

From the publisher that popularised loot boxes comes… in-game ads – didn’t we do all this in in the late 2000s?

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has stated in a company earnings call that considerations towards adding advertisements into future video games are very much alive within the company. However it’s not a surefire thing – and he stresses that they have to be “very thoughtful” about it. Wilson says, “To answer your question on advertising broadly, […]

“Being acquired is a stepping stone to having your studio shut down” Gaming founders and CEOs speak out on the current state of the industry

This week’s news of Microsoft shutting down several studios – including Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin – has left an especially sour taste in the mouth of pretty much everybody. It’s the latest entry into the acquisition fallout saga – which seems to be one of the biggest hits in the video game industry right […]

From FF to… FF? Final Fantasy 16’s Cid is going to be in Marvel’s Fantastic Four

Ralph Ineson has been cast in a major role in the upcoming Fantastic Four film. The British Actor, known for his serious roles in a variety of movies as well as video games in recent years will be putting on the purple crown as Galactus – marking his second appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. […]