At startup, New world broke records and built a massive player base of over a million concurrent players. But like my high school bully, this massive monstrosity of an MMORPG somehow managed to quickly reach its peak and disappear from the face of the earth. Despite the lackluster response after the first month, Amazon Game ...
Screenshot: Rose Engine / Kotaku As an indie horror obsessive, I am bound by union regulations, which I must mention signaled Every time I write articles like this. It would be stranger if I didn’t. signaled just celebrated its second anniversary, but if you’re new to survival horror, with this SH2 If you’ve made a ...
Picture: Sony The Last of Us is prestige survival horror at its most cinematic and playable. Horrible things happen, and not just from fungus-infested zombies. If you saw this HBO adaptation Even though you’ve never played the game, or only played the game years ago and not before the PlayStation 5 upgrade, it’s worth finding ...
Picture: Epic Games / Kotaku I shared the image above with some colleagues My city and asked her what game she thought it was. The most popular answer was Call of duty. And that’s completely fair. It looks like new Call of duty game, perhaps a mobile port of one. But no. The screenshot above ...
My first mistake was rushing in. Shogun showdown is a game about planning and patience. Things can go from worst to death in just a few rounds. If you don’t take a step back and try to see the bigger picture, it can feel like an overly simplistic and unnecessarily punishing experience. My first, short ...
Picture: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios / Sega At the beginning of the year Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth launched a hellish opening salvo. The latest part of the long-running Like a dragon/Yakuza series is weirdly full of things to do. On one hand, it’s a turn-based RPG epic that splits its narrative between two larger-than-life ...
While Black Myth: Wukong may not adhere to the standard Soulslike formula in every way, but there are plenty of features in this action-adventure title that borrow from the popular genre. Enemies respawn after resting at a checkpoint, the challenging battles require you to keep an eye on a stamina meter, and dangerous explorations can ...
Four years after the announcement, Black Myth: Wukong is finally in the hands of critics, who have reviewed the third-person action RPG ahead of its August 20 release. The general consensus seems to be that while the upcoming game looks great and has some cool boss designs, it is buggy, too easy, and the combat ...
Picture: RiotGames Since Appreciation began his Console Beta On June 14th I couldn’t put the game down. I’m not a newbie in RiotGames‘ tactical hero shooter, but the console version has reignited my love for it, and that has to do with the port’s new main feature: Focus mode. Take a tour of Halo Infinite’s ...
At the Summer Game Fest, Blumhouse Games revealed a whole slew of horror games it will be releasing in the near future as the horror film studio sets its sights on a new medium. Among the games shown is Sam Barlow’s upcoming horror game titled Project C which is being created in collaboration with Brandon ...
