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Sonic Adventure 2 was one of the first games I remember watching my sibling play, mostly because they would often fight about who gets a turn next while I just sat there, not really knowing what was going on. But…
Remappy days. The long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond finally released in December, and well, not everyone is happy with it. The game’s focus on NPCs and a literal desert of an open world did not resonate with gamers as well…
As X/Twitter owner Elon Musk moves Grok’s widely condemned AI image manipulation feature to paid-only and users flood the “town square” with thousands of sexualised images, Epic Games boss said that senators calling for the removal of X from the…
Portal 2 isn’t perfect. Expanding and narrativizing this jewel-like game so it could assume the scope of a traditional video game blockbuster was always going to blunt its edges. It’s still very good, though, and still mordantly funny, with a…
There’s been a surprisingly strong run of Half-Life total conversions of late, by which I mean there have been two of them. November brought us Diffusion, a massively ambitious sci-fi adventure with some truly eye-popping environment design, especially considering the…
After five years, the PlayStation 5 is getting experimental with color. While we’ve gotten special edition designs and colorful faceplates in the past, this week, Sony announced a new line of “Hyperpop” faceplates that give the PS5 some especially bold…
The Witcher 3 may notionally be about helping Ciri defeat The Wild Hunt, but real heads know CD Projekt’s RPG is really about mending Geralt’s fractured relationship with Yennefer with the help of a stuffed unicorn. Navigating the love triangle…
From there, Deadpool digs up Logan’s body at the same gravesite he was buried in at the end of Logan, revealing Wolverine’s remains in an advanced state of decay, making his skeleton, still covered in near-indestructible adamantium metal, highly visible.
It’s no secret that major studios are struggling to put out successful games. Between increasing development turnarounds, ballooning budgets, cancellations and mass layoffs, the industry is finding it harder to reliably bring projects to conclusion, leading to fewer blockbusters coming…