Microsoft may actually be committed to PC gaming this time
Microsoft has claimed for years that it’s committed to PC gaming. But even as the company began putting more Xbox games on Windows, it...
Hitman 2’s first expansion unleashes Agent 47 on Wall Street
Hitman 2 still has a lot of new content on the way. The 2018 sequel was one of the best releases of the year,...
Hearthstone will Hall of Fame Mind Blast, Vanish, and add 10 new Classic cards
Blizzard Entertainment has detailed some big changes coming to Hearthstone, including moving the Rogue card Vanish and the Priest spell Mind Blast to the...
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...
Roblox’s famous ‘oof’ death sound allegedly came from a Tommy Tallarico game
The Roblox death sound, a comical and short “oof” noise, has become famous to the 90 million players who play games in the kids...
How Ghost Recon: Breakpoint turns up the realism of drone warfare
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint pits the ghosts of elite military units against rivals who are armed with killer drones. The game is a...
The RetroBeat: Timespinner is a beautiful Symphony of the Night indie tribute
I love Metroidvanias, and indie developers have taken to the genre to create worthy games like Hollow Knight, Guacamelee, and Axiom Verge. Metroidvanias have...
Bungie helps raise $400k for St. Jude’s during the GuardianCon marathon stream
Bungie joined the GuardianCon marathon stream yesterday, which is raising money via donations for St. Jude Children’s Hospitals. During its 4-hour block on Twitch,...