Gaming

Karyn Kusama is slated to direct the first two episodes of Amazon’s Life is Strange TV series. Read more

Last year, I had a stint where the only game I wanted to play was Art of Fauna. The App Awards-winning mobile game is as simple as they come. It’s a puzzle game where old paintings of animals are split…

The Legacy of Kain series is steadily making a comeback after decades of hibernation. We’ve seen ports and remasters of classic games in the series like Soul Reaver and Legacy of Kain: Defiance, as well as a new spin-off game,…

He’s a really useful engine. So sayeth the sacred texts surrounding star of at least one million mods Thomas the Tank Engine. He’s also a really fast engine. Or, at least one of his mates is. So demonstrateth the social…

Tomb Raider: Catalyst developer Crystal Dynamics says it “remains fully committed to the future development” of the Lara Croft franchise despite suffering its fourth redundancy round in the last 12 months. “Today, Crystal Dynamics is reducing its workforce by 20…

Among the many debates surrounding Nvidia’s DLSS 5 announcement is one about artist autonomy and creative freedom. Effectively, the question is ‘do these tools hinder or contribute to artistic direction?’, and developers are pretty mixed on that one, to put…

Crystal Dynamics, the esteemed studio known best for its work on the Tomb Raider franchise, has announced its fourth round of layoffs in the past year alone. The developer said this latest round, which impacted 20 people, was “necessary.” In…

Indie games survived the theoretical “indiepocalypse” of 10 years ago and they survived the influx of AAA escapees of five years ago, and if we were going to coin a new era of indie games right now, it’s “survival,” says…

Valve is changing how we reload and manage ammo reserves in Counter-Strike 2. Like plenty of other shooters, Counter-Strike games typically let us reload weapons without penalty. Now, however, Valve is bringing “higher stakes” to how and when you reload…