Half-Life: Alyx interview — Reviving an iconic franchise with VR
Half-Life: Alyx isn’t just the long-awaited return to a beloved gaming series. It’s arguably the biggest VR game yet. It’s a full-sized, triple-A experience....
Animal Crossing: New Horizons guide: 10 tips to get you started (updated)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is upon us. For real. You can go play it right now, and I think you should. It’s wonderful. But...
How tabletop RPG actual play shows are inspiring a new generation of fans — and products
In the past five years, role-playing games have evolved beyond a niche hobby, growing in popularity among players. While the tabletop industry as a...
Doom Eternal review — One of the best shooters, eva (updated with score)
Earth is under attack from the legions of Hell. And against all that Hell can conjure, id Software and Bethesda have sent, in the...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons review — A refined island getaway
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a tough game to assess. I’ve played around 60 hours since Nintendo sent over the download code in late...
Ori and the Will of the Wisps review — an exhilarating, emotional masterpiece
Ori and the Blind Forest is one of my favorite games of the 2010s. I know that the 2020s have just started, but I...
Baldur’s Gate III — Goblins are friends, not fodder
When playing most Dungeons & Dragons games, be it with pencil and paper or on a PC, the solution to dealing with goblins is...
How Scopely took over the Scrabble mobile game franchise from EA
Last week, Scopely launched Scrabble Go, a new mobile game based on its alliance with Hasbro and Mattel for one of the world’s most popular...
How Ninja Theory created Bleeding Edge’s unique four-on-four combat sounds
In a lot of games, sound design is often considered secondary to graphics, story, cinematics, and character design. But with Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge...
How Ninja Theory put so much design into the pure chaos of Bleeding Edge
In a Bleeding Edge brawl, four cyber-human players will meet four cyber-human players for melee combat. The ensuing fight is pure chaos, fought at...