Enlarge / A lookout tower stands over the mountains in Firewatch. reader comments 54 Share this story Valve has acquired Campo Santo, known for the outdoor exploration game Firewatch, the developer announced late Saturday. The 12-person team will relocate to Valve’s Bellevue, Washington headquarters as it continues work on In the Valley of the Gods, ..
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reader comments 7 Share this story SEATTLE—As the Marvel Cinematic Universe expands to every movie theater in the world, the MoPOP Museum of Pop Culture (formerly Experience Music Project) swoops in this week with an exhibit that reminds fans where the heck these costumed heroes came from: the comics pages. Marvel Universe of Super Heroes, ..
reader comments 22 Share this story The Internet hype campaign for Super Troopers 2 sneaked in at the tail end of the crowdfunding gold rush in 2015, and that timing might have made all the difference. Crowdfunding fatigue is alive and well, after all, with the practice significantly dropping off since its mid-’10s heyday. Who ..
Enlarge / RIP Puzzle Fighter, 2017-2018. reader comments 20 Share this story The games-as-a-service graveyard grew one larger this week, as Capcom’s Puzzle Fighter reboot received an official “sunset” announcement on Friday. The iOS and Android port of the ’90s puzzle series will have its in-game store shut down on Monday, April 23, and its ..
Enlarge / Is this essentially the same as a kid buying a box of car skins in Rocket League? reader comments 109 Share this story Video game loot boxes View more stories Four publishers will be forced to make changes to their games in the Netherlands after a landmark report from the Netherlands Gaming Authority ..
Enlarge / An undated file photo of some of the Mercury 13 candidates. reader comments 150 Share this story This June, the world will mark the 55th anniversary of the first woman flying into space. Valentina Tereshkova, an amateur Russian skydiver, spent nearly three days in orbit inside a spherical Vostok 6 capsule. The first ..
reader comments 52 Share this story [embedded content] This video comparison shows how RetroArch emulation can actually react to button inputs more quickly than original NES hardware. We’ve previously written about how difficult it is to perfectly emulate classic video game consoles even with powerful modern computer hardware. Now, the coders behind the popular RetroArch ..
reader comments 13 Share this story [embedded content] Video shot and edited by Justin Wolfson. Click here for transcript. When we got a chance to talk to Hearthstone game director Ben Brode recently, we wanted to go beyond the kind of strategy and card-level gameplay analysis that has already flooded the Internet in the past ..
Enlarge / Improvisational “Heat Actions” end fights quickly. reader comments 13 Share this story Game details Developer: SegaPublisher: SegaPlatform: PS4Release Date: December 8, 2018 (Japan); April 17, 2018 (worldwide)ESRB Rating: M for MaturePrice: $60Links: PlayStation Store | Official website Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is not the game I was expecting. The series’ newest ..
reader comments 38 Share this story [embedded content] Mitchell addresses Twin Galaxies’ decision publicly for the first time. In his first public statements since being banned from video game scoreboard Twin Galaxies, Billy Mitchell promised to provide witnesses and documents that would “show that everything was done professionally, according to the rules” regarding his now-removed ..
