BioWare’s Casey Hudson: from Mass Effect burnout to HoloLens and back for Anthem
Casey Hudson is one of BioWare’s longtime leaders who helped launch big games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the...
The Spectrum Retreat hands-on — puzzles and displaced reality at the Penrose hotel
The Spectrum Retreat‘s Penrose is a hotel with impeccable service, lovely spacious rooms, and stylish art deco trimmings. But you have no idea why...
Mega Man 11 hands-on — This hardcore fan is mega-happy
Mega Man 11 is one of the games I’m most excited about at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big gaming trade show...
Spider-Man hands-on — It’s the webhead game you’ve always wanted
When the bizarre (but entertaining) PlayStation media briefing ended the night before the opening of the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles,...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hands-on — It’s way more than a Smash 4 port
I thought that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was pretty close to being the perfect Smash Bros. game. I wasn’t sure how Nintendo...
Asssassin’s Creed: Odyssey won’t let you romance Socrates, so what’s the point?
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the culmination of Ubisoft’s efforts to turn its historical playground adventures into full role-playing experiences. The publisher started that effort...
How Microsoft is pouring more money into winning E3
Microsoft cares about games. That’s one of the messages the company is trying to get across at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). At its...
Metro Exodus puts you on a train journey through nuclear winter
Huw Beynon remembered doing a demo for me back in 2011, when Metro: Last Light debuted. And there was Deep Silver’s head of global...
Metro Exodus hands-on — a new journey into the apocalypse
Metro Exodus breaks out of the darkness of the underground existence of the previous two games in the series. But the third game in...
Overcooked 2 chefs it up with online co-op against the night of the living bread
In the 2016 party game Overcooked, the culinary world triumphed over the Giant Spaghetti Monster. But in Overcooked 2, a new ghoulish threat has...