Image: nintendo It’s been a long while since we’ve heard anything about the next Zelda game, hasn’t it? Fortunately, today’s Nintendo Direct finally gave us another glimpse of the highly anticipated action adventure game by Nintendo, to hold us steady until its release next year. It’s coming on 5/13/2023and it’s called The Legend of Zelda: … Read more
Gloomwood, a first-person stealth game with a killer retro style that just hit Steam Early Access, is garnering its share of praise. Being in pre-release, it’s not quite finished yet, and does have some limitations. But if you want to get a peek at what looks to be a great tribute to classic Thiefwith some … Read more
screenshot: Jake Peterson Part of what makes video games so darn fun is the pure exploration. Us 90s gamers remember how huge Ocarina of Time’s Hyrule Field felt for the first time, or how realistic Grand Theft Auto III’s Liberty City seemed. While these games are still just as fun to explore today, modern tech … Read more
screenshot: Sony / YouTube Ubisoft didn’t give us a ton to chew on when it unveiled Assassin’s Creed Redwhich will follow next year’s Mirage in the long-running historical fiction series, beyond the fact that it’s set in Japan. However, that hasn’t stopped AC fans from making comparisons to Ghost of TsushimaSucker Punch’s 2020 open-world RPG … Read more
screenshot: nintendo There’s going to be a Nintendo Direct on Tuesday morning, September 13th, at10 am ET, Nintendo has just announced. It’s going to be a big one, too, with an estimated clock time of 40 minutes. We’re hoping we’ll get to hear about some of the bigger games Nintendo has been silent on for … Read more
Photo: Spotify Hideo Kojima games are always like a cerebral rubik’s cube. The plot, pacing, dialogue, and gameplay all tend to present this fun, if not elusive puzzle that you’ll likely keep thinking about even after you’re done playing. One would expect his new Spotify-exclusive podcast, Brain Structure, to also be as clever and engaging, … Read more
Image: Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation The Endless Seven-Day Journey In 2000, a game called Boku no Natsuyasumi (“My Summer Vacation”) was released on the PlayStation. As the name suggests, it was about being a kid on summer vacation, and its slow pace and cruisy setting made it something of a … Read more
screenshot: Acegamersam Samuel “Acegamersam” Girarowns a batch of video games. The 32-year-old Québécois has a vast library of classic console titles, including complete collections of North American Dreamcast and N64 games. Five years ago, with a fledgling Twitch channelGirard began streaming the Nintendo titles to a tiny audience. That audience quickly began to grow as … Read more
And they said it couldn’t be done…screenshot: FromSoftware No-hit runs in games—a kind of self-imposed challenge where you take zero damage from enemies—are nothing newespecially for tough-as-nails titles like Dark Souls. Aim Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Twitch streamer and YouTuber TheUrbanOrb has taken that feat to the extreme, and after more than three years of … Read more
The “BreenGrub”Image: David McGreavy/Valve/Kotaku Avid Valve fan and collector David McGreavy just shared a large trove of unseen concept art for Half Life 2: Episode Three and other unreleased Valve projects as part of his effort to preserve this history for the future. Over a decade ago, Valve began releasing smaller episodic sequels to 2004’s … Read more