I'm playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for the first time and it's complicated my feelings about fast travel in open-world games

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. I didn’t unlock fast travel inRed Dead Redemption 2until halfway through chapter three. I used it once or twice and then never did so again. Red Dead Redemption 2 has been a formative experience for me so far. I’ll admit that I struggled with the slower pace of Red Dead Redemption 2 in general at first....

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 151 words · Cody Wang

Like a Dragon director explains why Yakuza games release much faster than GTA or Assassin's Creed: "I don't think many companies are doing this"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. What’s its secret? Iterative game design, apparently. RGG Studio is beloved for following one storyline across several games and returning to familiar locations again and again. Rocksteady only released Batman Arkham Knight and, recently,Suicide Squad Kill The Justice Leaguein that same timeframe. And just two mainline Halo shooters have dropped. And fans are happy to see it return, continually reinvigorated with zany side activities and heartfelt vignettes....

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 117 words · Russell Brown

Steam Next Fest countdown – here's when Valve's next demo extravaganza kicks off

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Steam Next Fest is typically a week-long celebration of upcoming PC games headed toValve’s storefront. Over here in Merry Old England? I’ll be there after work. Here are more of thebest upcoming gamesif you’re looking for a bit of potential inspiration.

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 58 words · Ashley Young

The best Palworld bug yet gave one lucky player a gigantic Vixy the size of their entire base

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Bugs arent all bad. How can one catch their own mega Pal? “I’m not entirely sure,” the redditor commented in the thread above. It also happened once when I fast-traveled to my base and syndicate thugs spawned." Though, they also note that the bug hasn’t reappeared since the latest patch. The post below shows one captured boss Grizzbolt that somehow ballooned to a mountain size....

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 115 words · Erin Hull

The Last of Us Part 2 director wanted Laura Bailey to bulk up for her Abby role: "I was training like crazy, and then I got pregnant"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “Abby evolved over time. If you look at the concept art, the character looked very different from where we’ve ended up. The team also wanted Abby to both mirror Joel’s movements and stand in contrast to Ellie’s moveset. “There’s something interesting in Abby feeling a lot like Joel” continues Druckmann. “So I did,” she explains, “and I was training like crazy....

February 4, 2024 · 1 min · 107 words · Lisa Hughes

Avatar The Last Airbender's elemental weaving shot this spectacular indie Metroidvania past 30,000 Steam wishlists

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Take one look at Emberbane’s trailer below and youll see what I mean. All these moves are accompanied by awesome Avatar-style hand gestures that verge on dance. Oh, and her hair totally changes color depending on the element you decide to bend. (How cool is that?) Emberbane’s unique style didnt just charm me, though....

February 3, 2024 · 1 min · 92 words · Evelyn Nelson

How the war began – the making of Call of Duty

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Steven Spielberg started Medal Of Honor," says artist Brad Allen. It was super neat to get to work on a Spielberg project." Brad’s role at 2015 Inc was his first games industry job. “But it was really fun.” He arrived at Tulsa International Airport on 15 December 2000, when development on Allied Assault was already underway....

February 3, 2024 · 8 min · 1643 words · Craig Lynch

Nintendo reviving a nearly 20-year-old Nintendo DS game for the Switch is wild

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Any clever puzzle I solve, I think it. Every bit of dialogue, I think it. I especially think it every single time I have to somewhat jankily move from one place to another. That’s not to say Another Code: Recollection is bad by any means. I promise it’s more exciting than that sounds, but it’s certainly no Subway Surfers TikTok mashup....

February 3, 2024 · 1 min · 92 words · Charles Hopkins

Stardew Valley creator says the game's name "just came to me," after the original "was not pleasant to say"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Sprout-likes don’t hold the same appeal as Stardew-likes either, I imagine. All’s well that ends well, I guess. In the meantime, see what else is on the horizon with ourupcoming indies of 2024 and beyondguide.

February 3, 2024 · 1 min · 52 words · Sheila Brown

Steam's surprise JRPG hit of the year almost has more players than Persona 3 Reload and Infinite Wealth combined

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. But the genre’s biggest game on Steam right now is, somewhat surprisingly, neither of them. Granblue Fantasy: Relink also comes hot off multiple other big multimedia endeavors. Up next on the JRPG train is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which is arriving on February 29. Check out thenew games coming in 2024for more unexpected surprises....

February 3, 2024 · 1 min · 71 words · Jackie Richard

The Last of Us Part 2 studio admits "we have a reputation for crunching" and pledges that "it's something we're not going to do anymore"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. In fact, the documentary occasionally frames crunch as a self-imposed chain. And it’s something we’re not going to do anymore," quality assurance lead Patrick Goss reveals. But at least one developer encouragingly claimed thatThe Last Of Us Part 1 remake was made crunch-free.

February 3, 2024 · 1 min · 60 words · Rhonda Peters

'Dwarf' is now a tag on Steam following silly yet "very serious" demands from Dwarf Fortress and Deep Rock Galactic devs

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Valvehas finally given in to demands to have “Dwarf” added as a tag on Steam. Naturally, this led to the developers calling on players to do just that. “They did WHAT?!” replied Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox Games. Oh whoops, wrong button!

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 58 words · Jared Thompson Jr.

2023 was the year of the RPG – now 2024 looks like the year of JRPGs

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. I knew there were a lot, but holy crap. Persona 3 Reload and Granblue Fantasy: Relink dropped back-to-back, and both have reviewed encouragingly well. I look forward to losing another 134 hours to its cleverly intertwined combat and social systems. Nobody was surprised to hear that the Persona 3 remake is good. Granblue Fantasy: Relink, meanwhile, is kind of a miracle....

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 89 words · Jessica Hall