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Yes, BioShock is a “corridor” game, which is what makes it great

Yes, BioShock is a “corridor” game, which is what makes it great

In a current interview with Games Industry.bizKen Levine denigrated his most famous and popular game, BioShockas “a very, very long corridor”. He uses this description pejoratively to distinguish the 2007 first-person mystery game from his current project, the sci-fi FPS Judasa game that, in his opinion, is made “very, very differently.” As a consequence, he ...

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Five great games to play this weekend while watching AGDQ 2025

Five great games to play this weekend while watching AGDQ 2025

Picture: Night school studio Play it on: mobile Current goal: Stop these damn children Ox free is one of my favorite games ever. The captivating combination of naturalistic, tongue-in-cheek dialogue and a spooky podcast-like plot really resonated with me and completely drew me into the mysterious narrative. Strange radio signals, ghostly apparitions and the wrong ...

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Don't miss the best tactical RPG of 2024

Don't miss the best tactical RPG of 2024

Steam World Heist II sneaked out in early August last year and didn't make as much of a splash in its quirky robot universe as some of the other genre spin-offs. That's a shame, because the bones of this tactical RPG are some of the strongest around, even if the surrounding fluff can get in ...

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Game that inspired Balatro is mistakenly censored by Google

Game that inspired Balatro is mistakenly censored by Google

Screenshot: TrampolineTales Before Balatro there was Happiness be a landlorda rogue deck builder who rigs a slot machine to try to pay rent in the midst of a cost of living crisis spiraling ever further out of control. Despite the gambling aesthetic, there is no part of the game that actually involves playing with money, ...

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Fantasian is a perfect retro final fantasy throwback

Fantasian is a perfect retro final fantasy throwback

My life changed when I played for the first time Final Fantasy VII in the late 90s. The narrative-driven role-playing game chronicling the struggle of misfits on a quest to save the world captured my attention like no other. The slow-paced story told through text boxes on pre-rendered backgrounds, all set to a soaring melodic ...

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Vampire Survivors is the first of 12 free Epic Store games

Vampire Survivors is the first of 12 free Epic Store games

Picture: Poncle Limited Two years after its release, people are still obsessed with Vampire survivorsthe roguelike-style arcade fighter that, despite its name, doesn't actually contain any bloodsuckers. Anyone who hasn't bought the successful PC game yet can now grab it for free thanks to the Epic Games Store's 2024 Christmas raffle. The 10 Most Played ...

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EA currently has no interest in creating more Dead Space

EA currently has no interest in creating more Dead Space

Last year's remake of Dead space proved to be a critical hitwhich revives the popular space horror series after it lay dormant for ten years. Although it was the second best-selling game in January 2023 (behind Modern Warfare II), this apparently wasn't successful enough to satisfy EA, and this was reported in April this year ...

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Kotaku's Top 15 Games of 2024, Ranked

Kotaku's Top 15 Games of 2024, Ranked

A stunning achievement and, for my money, the most surprising, addictive and incredible game of the year. UFO 50 is actually a collection of 50 games, all released in the 1980s by developer UFOSoft. The thing is, however, that UFOSoft never really existed. Instead, they're new games, a wonderful smorgasbord of games of different genres ...

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10 fantastic film adaptations of Indiana Jones

10 fantastic film adaptations of Indiana Jones

Screenshot: MachineGames / Claire Jackson / Kotaku It's hard to say which is worse, folks. Were they the dark days when every single major blockbuster movie came with a crappy video game that was released along with the movie by a poor development team within six months? Or is it the present, in which there ...