A demo for Dishonored 2 [official site] would’ve been more useful five months ago, back when people had no way to know without buying the game whether its initial performance problems would strike them. Still, a demo coming this Thursday will give a welcome look at the first three missions of Arkane’s first-person supernatural stealth game. That’s a good chunk of sneaking from a good game. … [visit site to read more]
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.
It’s sad to see what’s happened to Bubble Bobble in recent years, whether it’s the descent into match-3 blandness, or the absolutely atrocious remakes that farted their way onto Nintendo DS. But the original was a wonder, released in 1986 and since ported to every platform ever. … [visit site to read more]
Agents Of Mayhem [official site] – the Volition cartoony third-person, open world action adventure set in the near future of the Saints Row universe – now has a release date. It’s 18 August which is also Antonio Salieri’s birthday. Volition have also released a new trailer but it doesn’t mention Salieri NOR does it use the music of Salieri so please moderate your expectations appropriately: … [visit site to read more]
Skating around as a roller derby player who is gleefully belching and swearing as she sprays enemies with bullets from her minigun, it’s difficult not to have at least a little fun while playing Volition’s new third-person open world action adventure RPG. Taking place within the same universe as their Saints Row series, Agents of Mayhem [official site] has the same irreverent humour, and this time is poking fun at superhero groups. … [visit site to read more]
After leaving goggheads mumbling “Na na na na na na na nah really mate, thanks for letting me try on your cybergoggles” on PlayStation, Batman: Arkham VR [official site] is coming to PC. Arkham VR will be on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive cybergoggs on April 25th, Warner Bros. announced today. It lets players see through Batman’s Bateyes and engage in Batdetective work using Batgadgets to solve Batmysteries – all in a Batnight’s work. Batpeep this Batrailer: … [visit site to read more]
A new update and a sale is news exciting enough for a game as fun as Brigador [official site], but this is just a teaser for more to come. Brigador developers Stellar Jockeys have announced that they’ll “re-launch” the isometric tactical mech action game in June with a big update that’ll add a new intro campaign along with even more vehicles and more. Even at launch, in June 2016, it was good stuff — read Wot Alec Thought — so this is all great news. … [visit site to read more]
Pippin Barr’s water collection, v r 3, is so lovely [official site]! You can download it for free and just wander round examining different people’s approaches to designing and programming water effects in a museum-style setting. It’s so pleasing as a snapshot of different game aesthetics as well as different people’s ideas and work and style! … [visit site to read more]
