Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a carefully crafted nostalgia trip, in the style of the decade-old NES Remix games, that plays on the competitive spirit of the esports event that Nintendo launched over 30 years ago. Despite being another collection of worn-out NES titles repackaged as a minigame speedrunning challenge, I can’t Nintendo World … Read more
World of Warcraft: The War Within is the 10th expansion for the game, and it launches just a few months before the MMO’s 20th anniversary. But The war within is more than just a milestone for long-term World of Warcraft players feel old. It is also the beginning of the end for the first saga … Read more
In June, on the eve of the release of Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Editionpublisher Ubisoft made a surprising announcement: the sequel to that game, Outside Good and Evil 2was still in development, the company said. It was the first official update to the sequel, which has been in the works for a … Read more
The best character action games let me get into the combat flow state. I love rushing toward my target, peppering them with attacks, deftly dodging them, launching them into the air, and juggling their bodies until they finally collapse—or in the case of Zenless Zone ZeroExploding in a kaleidoscope of neons reminiscent of a 90s … Read more
Prime Day doesn’t officially start until July 16, but it looks like Amazon didn’t get the memo and is already rolling out some amazing deals. Some of our favorite games, accessories, collectibles, and toys are already on sale ahead of the main event in mid-July. Highlights include discounts on the Modern Horizons 3 bundle for … Read more
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is already a kick in the ass for players. The brutal DLC takes a challenging game and makes it even harder. Players joke about how a character higher than level 500 and with the strongest build in the game can be pulverized by a random creature in a field. … Read more
Know Fortnite is the experience of the absolute fever dream and a mixture of various media that compose it. The current season, Chapter 5 Season 3, takes war vehicles that look straight out of a Mad Max movie, combines them with items from the Fallout games, and then adds a heavy dose of inspiration from … Read more
Tuesday’s biggest shock The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom The reveal, of course, was that Princess Zelda will be the playable protagonist. The second biggest shock was that the game even exists and is coming out in three months. The third biggest shock took a little longer to register, but it’s potentially an even … Read more
In theory, Microsoft is approaching this week’s Summer Game Fest and the annual Xbox showcase on June 9 from a position of fantastic strength: Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has boosted the revenues of its gaming division and turned it into a super publisher. the gaming industry has never seen. It now owns an astonishing … Read more
I attended a screening of Indie game: the movie, probably still the most famous documentary about video game development, in early 2012. The film was held at the Game Developers Conference – “the definition of home audience,” as I wrote at the time – and received a standing ovation from a huge audience in the … Read more