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Garth DeAngelis remembers being in the room when Firaxis chose to ditch XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s procedurally generated maps. Despite being a feature of the original 1994 game, when Firaxis tried to build the tech for their reboot of the turn-based tactical classic 15 years later, it was causing major headaches.
Verdict A mass of features, including a heated and massaging lumbar support, under-seat cooling fan, integrated footrest, and loads of adjustability make this an impressive chair on paper. However, many of these features are more frustrating than fantastic, and when combined with a high price, they make for an unconvincing whole. Pros Amazing amount of adjustability Loads of features Footrest is a great addition Mesh build is comfortable and ventilating Cons Lumbar heating and massage aren’t very effective AI lumbar support is irritating Infuriating armrests Lots of assembly required The Hbada X7 Smart Ergonomic Chair is absolutely packed with features…
Crimson Desert players have been complaining that main man Kliff’s pockets aren’t deep enough to carry all the miscellaneous shiny jiggys littering the game’s massive open world, so Pearl Abyss has rolled another goodie out of its patch conveyor belt, this time increasing storage to up to 1,000 slots.Crimson Desert patch 1.02.00 plopped along earlier today – following yesterday’s similarly sizeable patch… see, it’s an assembly line – and it’s live on all systems bar Mac, though that’s in-progress too.The update’s headlining feature is that “the capacity of your private storage can now be increased from 240 slots up to…
I’m fully immersed in the world of Crimson Desert, and things only keep getting better as developer Pearl Abyss rolls out continued updates targeting specific community complaints and other issues with the open-world game. It’s always pleasing to see a team so responsive to its player base, and this fresh set of Crimson Desert patch notes proves that the studio is prepared to consider both sides of the coin. Update 1.02.00 introduces the option for anyone who preferred the old movement controls to flip back to them, dramatically expands your private storage, and adds one of my favorite roleplaying features,…
As is often the way for Warhammer 40K, things have gone horribly wrong. First, robo-skeleton Necrons woke up a malevolent star god in the ‘500 Worlds’ supplement. This was followed by pirates raiding the beleaguered Imperium in ‘Maelstrom.’ Now, the forces of Chaos are pouring from a tear in space-time to bring down mankind (a standard Tuesday for the grimdark future, in other words). An accompanying book called ‘Eye of Terror’ tells us all about the latter event, including how to play what it describes as “the most enormous and spectacular wargaming experience in the 41st Millennium.” But this isn’t…
Generally speaking, the Greymanes of Crimson Desert live up to their reputation as mighty warriors who protect what is just. Except for Yann, who spends a remarkable amount of time complaining, which might not be so bad, if he wasn’t always giving you stuff to do, and players are already getting sick of him.”There are like 40 Greymanes, most of which are genuinely pretty interesting and have cool stories,” John ‘Bucky’ Buckley, head of publishing and communications at Pocketpair, says on Twitter. “And yet… We have to do like 40 missions that involve Yann moaning like a baby for 15…
Humble Bundle is being suspiciously generous again. As ever, the lineup of Humble Choice games gives you good value for money in terms of the cost of the subscription versus what the games would normally cost, but now a special offer code is bringing the subscription fee down to almost half price. This means you’re effectively getting eight games, including Tempest Rising and Chants of Sennaar, for just $1 each. Yes, actual maths. If you caught my last piece, I was raving about Chants of Sennaar and you’re lucky because you still have a chance to get this gem as…
Nexon’s 2024 looter shooter The First Descendant was never truly healthy, and its 110,152 Mixed Steam reviews and slowly collapsing PC concurrent player count make that clear. Nexon can’t deny it, but to its credit, it doesn’t want to. Instead, the studio is introducing a “Completing the Game” roadmap to possibly, finally find gold in the mess it’s made.Game director Minseok Joo and community manager Jason go into detail in Korean and English, respectively, about Nexon’s plans in a Dev Talk livestream from April 2; you can watch the entire stream here. Following Nexon president and CEO Junghun Lee’s recent…
Oscar winning Sinners director Ryan Coogler is continuing his trend of bringing fan-favorite ’90s sci-fi stories into the modern era signing on to executive produce a new Animorphs show for Disney Plus through his company Proximity Media, with Bayan Wolcott serving as showrunner.Announced via Variety, Animorphs joins Coogler’s upcoming X-Files reboot as classic ’90s properties he’s now attached to as a producer. Animorphs is a bit more of a cult-classic than X-Files, but it’s still remembered with reverence by a generation of readers who grew up with the books.Created by writer KA Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, the series…
New action RPG Arknights: Endfield turned heads not just because it’s a major release from Hypergryph, home of tower defense powerhouse Arknights, but also because none of these other post-Genshin Impact gacha action RPGs have tried turning themselves into Factorio yet. This mix of genres immediately stood out, and I’ll be damned, it actually works. Lead developer Ryan of Hypergryph tells me the factory and automation side of the game was something the developers just wanted to try, but it does have the added bonus of feeling different in a space crowded with similar RPGs.At GDC, I spoke to Ryan…