Hitman 2’s first DLC level is a quirky and thrilling bank heist
Developer IO Interactive has launched the first new level for Hitman 2. The studio added the New York destination to the assassination simulator earlier...
How Devolver Digital pursues the indie fringe and brings it to mainstream gamers
No one does a game trade show quite like Devolver Digital. The company set up its faux booth and trailers outside of the Electronic...
Super Mario Maker 2 review – The war rages on
Nintendo is continuing its “do over” tour this week with the release of Super Mario Maker 2. After the Wii U fizzled out, the...
Borderlands 3 hands-on — Goofy combat is back
Borderlands 3 gunplay feels as good as ever, based on a demo I played at the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), one of gaming’s...
How former Call of Duty studio head Michael Condrey views modern warfare and games
Michael Condrey has hired dozens of game developers for his new studio, tentatively titled 2K Silicon Valley. In doing so, the former Sledgehammer Games co-studio...
Why longtime Xbox chip architect John Sell moved to Intel
Intel announced last week that it hired John Sell, the chief architect of next-generation console chips at Microsoft. Sell worked on the chips for...
Devcom delivers the European perspective on gaming
While the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) had a shaky year in the U.S., Europe’s Gamescom event is going quite strong. Last year, Europe’s biggest...
How combat and storytelling will work in Square Enix’s The Avengers game
One of the big reveals at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles, was the unveiling of gameplay...
Sam Barlow’s Telling Lies lets you spy on the lives of 4 liars
Sam Barlow’s Telling Lies gives you the feeling that you’re searching through an enormous trove of surveillance data scooped up by the National Security...
Ninja Theory: After Hellblade’s darkness comes Bleeding Edge’s wackiness
Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice was my favorite game of 2017. It was also relentlessly dark. And I can see why Ninja Theory’s next...