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For all of their faults (the list may be endless), the interesting thing about live service games, when done well anyway, is the way they can change from day to day. There’s an actual living quality to them that, even if I’ll always prefer them, a singleplayer game can’t capture as well. One such game that can change quite drastically is Arc Raiders, with its varying map conditions and events, swapping in and out at the whims of its developers. This rotation isn’t something universally loved, but CEO Patrick Söderlund has said that they’re here to stay. Speaking…
At first glance, the latest update to Warhammer: Age of Sigmar’s Lumineth Realm-Lords range looks perhaps a little underwhelming. There’s the latest Battletome, a Battleforce box made up of older models, and a grand total of one new miniature. As a Lumineth player, I breathed a disappointed sigh.But looks can be deceiving. In fact, this update actually marks a significant change to the way our beloved snooty aelves play in Age of Sigmar, with a bonkers new Battle Trait, and improved profiles for some of the army’s core units.Let’s start with the most significant thing here: the Lumineth Realm-Lords Battletome.…
Last month, Ubisoft pretty unceremoniously cancelled a bunch of games, the most notable of the bunch being that long gestating Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake. This came as part of a major restructuring at the company, putting up to 200 jobs at their Paris HQ at risk, ultimately leading to a call for an international strike, and the firing of one Assassin’s Creed designer. It’s all a concerning mess, and now the creator of Prince of Persia and lead designer on the original Sands of Time Jordan Mechner has shared his sympathy to devs affected by…
February is here, and there’s no better way to hunker down from the cold weather than watching some of the best new movies on Prime Video this weekend. We’re starting our picks with an all-time-great comedy, before adding in a dash of dreamy eccentricity, and finally capping it all off with one of the best action movies ever.You can also dig into our weekly guide to the best new shows and movies on the biggest streaming platforms when you’ve finished your Prime Video marathon of three movies by beloved auteur directors that belong in the canon of great cinema, and…
The Super Bowl is a big deal in this house. After spending all year watching Sunday night, and trying to stay up for, Monday night games, seeing the two top teams duke it out is a fantastic excuse to eat a bunch of junk food and scream at the TV. Except this year it won’t be LG taking the brunt of my shouts, it’s going to be XGIMI.I’ve been testing the best projectors for gaming for a few years now, running all the way up the price scale to the ultra-luxury $18,000 offerings from Sony. And yet, ever since I…
In a few months time we’ll be approaching the anniversary of Square Enix realising that actually, their commitment to releasing certain games only on particular platforms isn’t that good for them after all. These following two years will supposedly have been a time of internal change for the studio, with that translated externally via the Final Fantasy 7 Remake games releasing on more than just PlayStation. Perhaps they’re finally making smart choices! And then last year, instead of finally showing off something like, I don’t know, Kingdom Hearts 4, which was first revealed four years ago now, they announced…
With anime on the rise globally, it’s heartening to see how strong this winter season is turning out to be. New shows like Sentenced To Be A Hero and SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games To Put Food On The Table have lots of potential, while returning heavy hitters such as Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 and Frieren season 2 have cemented themselves as modern-day classics.Yet the strongest series, the one that might stay with you the longest, isn’t concerned with displays of might or physical prowess. Any magic to be found here is strictly of an emotional kind. And while death does…
I’ll be truthful with you for a moment: I do, from time to time, enjoy a game where I do not have to be supremely strategic, and get to watch different lights and colours light up on my screen. Something that’s got the juice, but doesn’t ask too much of me. Everyone needs to turn their brain half off once in a while! And I believe I could quite easily find myself switching off that half to STICKER/BALL once in a while, a “pool game roguelike from the future.” Ok, so, I do have to admit that for…
As with any successful multiplayer game, Arc Raiders has attracted a number of bad apples and cheaters over the last few months, but developer Embark Studios’ boss says he can tell the company’s anti-cheat efforts are bearing fruit by the amount of people “trying to get to the studio.””We have been pretty aggressive on this,” Embark CEO Patrick Soderlund tells IGN of the developer’s anti-cheat measures. “The game wasn’t prone to so many cheaters in the beginning, but as with all multiplayer games that get successful, this becomes a component, unfortunately. For us as developers, just like a DDoS attack,…
You know, you’d think that with decades worth of RPGs in existence, side quests would have been more or less figured out by now. And yet, there are still enough games releasing that seem more interested in going for quantity over quality. But for the devs over at Archetype Entertainment, the goal is to make the side quests in their upcoming sci-fi jaunt Exodus not feel just “tacked on.” Speaking to GamesRadar, former Mass Effect writer and current Exodus narrative director Drew Karpyshyn explained that side quests are more about “trying to give players the chance to explore…