Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to arrive in November, and pre-orders are scheduled to begin this week on June 25. Rockstar revealed the news with a short video highlighting GTA 6’s cover art. That clip has already pulled in 10 million views on YouTube, underscoring just how strong the excitement is surrounding the next … Read more
If you haven’t spent much time in the sci-fi gaming scene, one of its most prominent names has recently suffered a sudden, painful blow. Destiny 2, a major force in the genre, will stop receiving new content from its developer, Bungie. Even though fans have come back to mark the moment, this still signals the … Read more
20th June Hello there, and welcome back to our usual roundup of the games we’ve been getting into. This week, Victoria kept at it and finally finished Split Fiction—much to her satisfaction. Bertie seems rather hung up on reproduction; it’s a sentence I never expected to type. And Sherif isn’t showing much confidence in the … Read more
Warframe’s latest update, Jade Shadows: Constellations, has finally arrived, bringing with it two brand-new Protoframes: Ryoku and Vena. A comparatively recent addition to the sci-fi shooter’s lineup, Protoframes—essentially human-shaped versions of the game’s famous Warframes—was a bold step that won over players a few years back, and their appeal has endured ever since. When Protoframes … Read more
Roughly two years back, Warframe landed a surprisingly moving punch with the debut of Jade Shadows. Digital Extremes’ free-to-play sci-fi shooter has long used “interlude” missions—compact storytelling segments designed to knit together the bigger chapters of its main narrative, offering concentrated intrigue and fresh mechanics to dig into. Jade Shadows stood out for more than … Read more
IO Interactive, the studio behind Hitman, has put substantial work into making sure 007: First Light captures the heart of James Bond. We’ve already come across full videos highlighting the watch Bond will be sporting, or the Aston Martin he’s expected to pilot, plus a familiar figure appearing in a villainous cameo. Even the 007: … Read more
Mortal Shell is an action game packed with familiar RPG elements, set in a grim medieval—or Gothic—style world where hopelessness dominates and grief is never far away. The conversation leans heavily on Proper Nouns, yet still leaves enough mystery that players can draw their own conclusions about what lies beneath. The fighting feels sturdy and … Read more
13th June Hi there, and welcome back to our usual rundown of the games we’ve been spending time with. This week, Bertie can’t stop thinking about a nasty little roguelike that blends several ideas together; Matt is sure he’s stumbled on the best video game tutorial he’s ever seen; Victoria is fed up with her … Read more
Earlier in May, Sony released its fiscal year report covering the previous twelve months. Sandwiched between the usual, somewhat dry financial details, it delivered an eye-opening look at the wider economic hurdles the PlayStation platform holder is facing—along with the direction it intends to take. Importantly, all of this is presented as a preview to … Read more
Hardly any game features a story as disorderly as that of 1666: Amsterdam. This is the vision that Patrice Désilets – the original director behind the Assassin’s Creed franchise – pressed at Ubisoft. The title had been in development, in one way or another, for 13 years before Ubisoft decided to pause 1666 (it was … Read more