This came about when Harvey Smith, ex-studio head, and his creative partner, the studio’s founder Raphael Colantonio, were sitting talking – long before Dishonored became a hit. Arkane was unfunded; the team were trying to get Thief or Blade Runner off the ground. “I said, ‘Dude,” Smith remembers. “We have all these sayings and half […]
Standout runs included Kirby Air Riders, Balatro, and Resident Evil: Requiem. The annual speedrunning marathon, held in Minneapolis this week, welcomed around 2500 in-person attendees, as well as thousands via its livestreams. All donations go directly to Doctors Without Borders, “providing life-saving medical care to those in need worldwide”. A short documentary detailing the organisation’s
"People think that I'm an asshole now and want to remove the refund policy but that was never my intention." After sharing their frustration on Twitter, solo developer Mateo Covic told GamesRadar+ that even though Paddle Paddle Paddle’s Steam reviews were “90 percent very positive”, Steam’s policy on providing no questions asked refunds within two
"We can confirm God of War Laufey will be available on disc." In a tweet shared over the weekend, presumably to quieten the backlash around Sony’s shock news that it is halting physical media as of January 2028, God of War developer Santa Monica Studio revealed the next GoW game “will be available on disc”.
At the time of writing, Palworld is second with 489,007 players and an 855,525 one-day peak, behind only Counter-Strike 2. It’s the open-world survival game’s best-ever concurrent player count since it first welcomed players. Even if Pocketpair’s Pokémon-like survival-crafting game hasn’t gotten close to its early access launch’s figures, it’s a mighty impressive boost for
Like all modern games from the French publisher, Resynced relies on Ubisoft Connect to function. This is true on all platforms, but the interface has more power on PC, in that it acts as a DRM layer on top of its existing functions. Upon purchasing a Ubisoft game, a one-time internet connection is required to
"The plan is still to deliver great content." Similar fears erupted at the beginning of the year after the previous huge round of layoffs, when ZeniMax shifted from developing expansions for the MMO to smaller seasonal updates, though it insisted this was unrelated to the cuts at the time. Massively Overpowered collected comments made by
If you want the map packs, you’ll need to fork out £26 ($30) for each season pass, and a total of £52 ($60) if you want to own all the add-ons for both games. All told, that’s £122 ($140) for the full package. To lessen that shock, Activision is offering PlayStation Plus members a substantial
The release date announcement arrived after weeks of leaks and teases, and it came during yesterday’s MSI Finals event, through a League of Legends Classic debut showmatch. LoL Classic will launch 29th July, and Riot is telling players to get their accounts ready beforehand by pre-downloading the game. Specific details about League of Legends Classic
Black Flag Resynced came under fire last week after players discovered the £49.99 single-player game (£59.99 if you’ve opted for the Deluxe Edition) launched with around £75 of microtransactions. Some of these fall into the cosmetics camp, while others are gameplay focused, providing time-saving shortcuts for busy types willing to fork over an extra bit
