When Microsoft unveiled last year that Halo: Campaign Evolved would arrive as “a faithful yet updated remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign,” I scoffed at the claim. It felt impossible for it to be true. The project runs on Unreal Engine 5, only a small portion of the original staff is now at what’s become … Read more
This year’s Summer Game Fest delivered plenty of impressive reveals, yet, in my view, Guild Wars 3 stands out as one of the biggest surprises. There were whispers about it for a while, along with a handful of scattered job postings, but seeing it take center stage felt like a defining milestone for anyone who … Read more
Time for a confession: I never truly finished the original Subnautica. It isn’t that I didn’t appreciate its smart mix of sandbox survival and a more guided narrative—it’s just that I’m a serious wimp when it comes to the ocean. Or, more specifically, what might be lurking below the surface. Subnautica’s sunlit Safe Shallows? Lovely, … Read more
Even if the sci-fi RPG Exodus already felt uncomfortably close to Mass Effect, Archetype’s team has now laid out a binary morality model that works in a notably comparable way—only this time, instead of tallying Paragon and Renegade points, we’ll be collecting Paladin and Immortal points. This oath-driven setup was revealed during a lengthy Exodus … Read more
Over the last several months—more accurately, the last several years—one question has kept resurfacing: what happens next? Video games have arguably faced their most dramatic shift yet as a medium, driven by a pullback from investors and a hollowing out of talent, especially across North America and Europe. The result is a troubling shortage of … Read more
6th June Hello and welcome back to our usual roundup, where we share a little about the games we’ve been getting into. This week, Bertie and Connor tweak the rules a bit, but it’s fine—Bertie runs What We’ve Been Playing, and Connor chips in regularly, so both of them get a free pass. Meanwhile, believes … Read more
To begin with, this feels genuine. After three long years filled with speculation, reports, and leaks, Ubisoft announced the Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake in March, and in April we also got more clarity on what it actually includes. The remake—called Resync—will arrive on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 9th July. Having just … Read more
The big Summer Game Fest main event for this year may be over, but that doesn’t mean our run is finished—far from it. There’s plenty more coming on Sunday, when Microsoft will spotlight its lineup during the Xbox Games Showcase (unless, once again, the fresh leadership decides to cater to internet audiences, in which case … Read more
Troy Baker is one of the best-known voices in the world of video games, with credits ranging from Batman’s Joker to Joel in The Last of Us, plus many more. Alongside leading work in long-running franchises such as Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, Baker has also lent his voice to fresh indie efforts—most notably … Read more
For a while after it first launched, I had the impression that the PlayStation 5 Pro still hadn’t truly arrived in the real world. You could argue that Sony didn’t go about promoting it in a meaningful way. The original reveal for Ghost of Yotei surfaced during the September 2024 State of Play, yet the … Read more