Rise of the Performance Issues After being an Xbox One exclusive for all of five minutes,Rise of the Tomb Raideris finally making its way to PC. As the follow-up to the popular 2013 reboot, it certainly had a lot to live up to. Back when it originally launched, Steven quite liked it for its few new features, but found it to be simply more of the same stuff we’ve seen before....
‘Best Girl’ or so I’m unreliably informed The beat goes on for Atlus and their marketing machine, pumping out character trailers for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS sequelPersona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth. This new clip introducesPersona 5’stech-whiz Futaba Sakura. One of the latter-day additions to The Phantom Thieves, Futaba is a young girl whose quiet and shy exterior hide an incredible I.Q. and a genuinely affecting backstory. A master of computer hacking and awkward conversation, Futaba has won the hearts of a huge number ofPersonafans, even though she isn’t Makoto, or that badass reporter who hangs out at the bar, or the well-shifty doctor....
Dungeon Defendersis a great game, but as you may have already experienced it can be very challenging. That’s not a bad thing unless you’re struggling with solo play, or have friends who are terrible at videogames. Or perhaps they just never listen when you say an Eternia Crystal is at risk of being destroyed. While I can’t help you with that last bit, Trendy Entertainment was kind enough to provide us with a wealth of expert strategies for solo players, general tips, and how to get the highest scores to fight your way to the leaderboards....
Let me start by talking about the constant growing numbers of players within the kingdom – we’re now at around 23.5 million gaming enthusiasts. And under the custodianship of HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, last year Saudi Arabia launched the National Gaming and Esports Strategy, which aims to unify all efforts in making the Kingdom ‘the center of the game’. In other words, a global hub for gaming and esports....
For as long as I’ve been able to hold a controller, I’ve had a fascination with horror games. From the giant spider inUncle Fester’s Queston the NES toStill Wakes the Deep‘s unsettling body monstrosities inspired byThe Thing, there’s something about being scared while gaming that’s been a constant in my life. No more is this true than with Frictional Games’Amnesiaseries. There was a time in the early 2000s when horror seemed to be struggling with its identity....
A deep cut For Honorreminds me of the kind of game that gets featured in TV shows where the writers don’t really know a lot about games. It’s just this crazy mash-up of fantasy warriors, cool martial arts, and plenty of blood splashed about without any real context or plot. Turns out, I’m totally fine with that. Similar to games likeBushido BladeandMount and Blade,For Honoris all about digging into the nitty-gritty details of sword fighting and one-on-one duels, but it occupies an interesting middle-ground between simulation and fantasy....
The sequel to the popular tabletop-inspired RPG adventure,For the King II, is just around the corner. Developer IronOak Games and publisher Curve Games revealed the sequel will be released worldwide via Steam on November 2 at a price point of $24.99. Pre-orders are live now with a 10% discount as well as some pre-purchase goodies for those who choose to do so. “As a small studio of thirteen, we’re so proud of the work we’ve put intoFor The King II....
Was shelved twice before this version Scaleboundis one of those games I’ve just been excited about since it was shown off at E3 last year. A new game from Platinum, the master of character action, about riding dragons into ancient combat while modern music blares in your Beats headphones. That sounds like a pretty badass combination to me. However, according to an interview betweenGameSpotand Hideki Kamiya, the game went through a few very distinct redesigns between its initial pitch in 2006 and the version that surfaced in 2014....
New novel goes over the legendary man’s life Satoru Iwata was massively influential in the world of video games. While he may have been the president of Nintendo and thus not working directly with other companies, his decisions and actions have shaped everyone in some way. In a new Japanese retrospective novel titledIwata-San, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto reflected on the relationship he had with Iwata during his tenure. “To me, he was a friend more than anything,” Miyamoto says....
New Splatfests, balance updates in 2016 While I was sad to hearSplatoonis about to make its final big DLC push, I have to look back on the post-launch support fondly. It has been a hell of a year for this increasingly wonderful game. In aFamitsuinterview picked up byNintendo Everything,Splatoonproducer Hisashi Nogami and co-directors Tsubasa Sakaguchi and Yusuke Amano elaborated on what’s in store for 2016. Substantial updates that add things like new weapons, gear, or stages will come to an end in January, as you may have heard, but the developers will continue to work on balancing for the foreseeable future....
[Every now and then, Dtoid shines itsSpotlighton a games-related artist, event, or place we’d like to share with you guys. Basically, we think this is awesome. Do you think it’s awesome?] Located in Wicker Park, one of Chicago’s highlight, nightlife neighborhoods for cool kids and old folk, lies the recently opened Emporium Arcade Bar. Having previously managed the popular Barcade in Brooklyn, NY, Emporium co-owner Danny Marks decided to venture back to Chicago to open up the city’s very first arcade bar with his brother Doug Marks....
[Update:According toCapcom Unity, this is also coming to Europe and the States. I still think it’s a case of “too little, too late,” but at least the West isn’t gettingcompletelyscrewed over again.] Son of a less than classy lady. Those Japanese and their damn preferential treatment. What has been the biggest complaint with the Wii’s Virtual Console? That the games released for it are untouched? That no effort is made to enhance them for greater accessibility in today’s interconnected world?...
DC’s band of misfits is moving back its release date. A new report from Bloomberg says Warner Bros. has delayed the video game, pushing it from May out to sometime later this year. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguewas originally planned for 2022, untila delay pushedRocksteady’s new DC project into 2023. No official confirmation has happened yet for this delay, and a representative for Warner Bros. did not respond to Bloomberg’s request for comment....
