Palworld Review

Before Palworld’s Early Access debut in 2024, I remember eagerly wanting to review the completely unhinged-looking “Pokemon with guns” game, mostly as a joke. Hilariously, the joke was on me when it not only became one of the biggest games of the year, but also one of my all-time favorite survival games. With its 1.0 … Read more

Dead by Daylight, Control, and Other Games Are Helping Advertise Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

For whatever reason, a bunch of video game companies are helping advertise Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. The social accounts for control, Dead by Daylightand various gaming hardware companies such as SteelSeries have had their accounts taken over by marketing for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. The long-awaited remaster/remake of the beloved Assassin’s Creed game … Read more

John Carmack Responds to id Software Layoffs, Says He Believes Reports That Minecraft Revenues ‘Have Been Carrying Several Other Studios’ at Xbox

John Carmack has responded to the significant layoffs at Doom developer id Software, expressing sadness but not “anger or outrage.” On Wednesday, a WARN filed in Texas reported by notice Game Developer confirmed that 96 workers had been laid off in Richardson, Texas, home of id Software, with a further 40 remote roles cut. Reports … Read more

How to Play the Fallout Games in Chronological Order

Envisioning an alternate-universe, retro futuristic apocalypse teeming with mutated monsters, soldiers in hulking power armor and sinister human experiments disguised as bomb shelters, the Fallout franchise has spent over two decades establishing one of the richest settings in video games. With reports of a new Fallout game in the works at Obsidian, there’s never been … Read more

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Has Already Earned the Series’ Biggest Player Peak on Steam

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is off to a strong start on Steam, with around 100,000 concurrent players — more than any other title in the franchise to date. Ubisoft’s ground-up remake of its beloved pirate adventure game currently has a launch peak of 99,451 players at the time of writing, making it comfortably the … Read more

Zeverland Is a Zombie-Survival Game That Looks Like Funko Pops but Has a Serious Dark Side

We spent some hands-on time with upcoming survival adventure shooter Zeverland, which seems to be equal parts hardcore crafting/collecting and silly zombie-themed romp. In fact, the developers just told us that they will be pivoting away from a free-to-play MMO model and Zeverland will instead be a buy-to-play PvE survival crafting game. The team told … Read more

Dragon Age Ex-Lead Writer Says Series Return ‘Unlikely,’ Though Would Make Dragon Age 5 ‘Dark and Dangerous’ Again

Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider doesn’t think BioWare’s fantasy series will return while owned by publisher EA — though knows what he’d do if a fifth game was ever made. Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched to mixed reviews in late 2024 following a long and rocky development. The resulting fallout saw BioWare downsized … Read more

League of Legend’s Riftbound Vendetta Introduces a New Champion and Ability – Exclusive

Riftbound’s fourth and newest booster set, Vendetta, is just around the corner. With that comes new faces to the card game as well as new mechanics. So we’re happy to exclusively reveal the new rare champion unit, Gangplank, featuring the keyword Empower alongside his full art overnumbered variant. Riftbound continues to introduce more of the … Read more