I recently had the rare opportunity to interview Tarn Adams, the designer and programmer of Dwarf Fortress. For those who aren’t familiar, Dwarf Fortress is an incredibly complex simulation, and in a wide-ranging interview Adams talked about his quest to eventually simulate much of existence in Dwarf Fortress, right down to the density of cactus....
Blizzard released the first Overwatch animated short earlier this month, and it was really quite impressive. It shone a bit of light onto the origins of Winston, the brilliant, Beast-like scientist who packs a ferocious punch, and maybe—probably—possibly contained a few secrets, too. Soon, fans will be able to start digging for more, as Blizzard...
As revealed by one of the briefest announcement teasers I’ve ever seen, the second episode of Hitman will come out on April 26. Entitled Sapienza, it’s named after the fictional town in the sunny south of Italy in which the action takes place—a lovely place for a holiday, just as long as you don’t have...
The Ark: Survival Evolved mod Survival of the Fittest was spun off into a free, standalone game earlier this month, as the first step in establishing the competitive esports Survivor League. Today, developer Studio Wildcard revealed how its new esports league, which will award cash prizes to the game’s top 40 players each month, will...
Kingston HyperX’s Cloud Revolver headset will be out on May 9, with pre-orders beginning on April 1. We first got our hands on it back in January, and we’ll have to wait and see if it knocks the HyperX Cloud off the top spot in our best gaming headsets list. It has new 50mm directional...
I had every appendage crossed for news of a Final Fantasy 15 PC port at Square Enix’s Uncovered event on March 30. It was not to be, but don’t despair—director Hajime Tabata made encouraging noises in a follow-up interview with Engadget. “Unfortunately we weren’t able to do simultaneous development on a PC and console version for 15,” Tabata...
TimeSplitters 2 was a defining game of the PS2, Gamecube, Xbox and, er, not PC. In fact, there has never been a TimeSplitters game on PC, until now: the first two levels of TimeSplitters 2, Siberia and Chicago, are hidden inside the upcoming Homefront: The Revolution. If you’d rather not know where, back away now. TimeSplitters’ singleplayer campaign was...
The latest Total War: Warhammer showcase goes in-depth with the Vampire Count mechanics to demonstrate why necromancy is forbidden by most fantasy lore: because it’s too much fun. This is your primer on raising the dead in Total War, or, better yet, setting two strong foes against each other and raising their corpses to polish off the...
“Not fully tested” isn’t something I like to hear in association with roller coasters, but here RollerCoaster Tycoon World is having a crack at Early Access. Your £30/$50 (wince) buys “the core features and content of the game”, including the campaign, sandbox and scenario modes, 10 coasters, 30 flat rides, 4 themes, “a full (albeit not fully balanced)...
Wildstar has received its first major content dump since going free-to-play in September last year. Destination Arcterra invites you to explore a frigid continent in following the tale of Drusera and the Entity. Along with its telegraphing, dodge-rolling combat system, Wildstar’s story was a joy, so more of that, please. There’s also a new dungeon below the wastes, unlocked...
