Grime, blood and decay: these are images that accompany the sentence “an action game inspired by Syndicate and GTA1”, no? No indeed. Tokyo 42 looks more Mirror’s Edge than Grand Theft Auto, perhaps by way of Hitman Go. Developed by SMAC and published by Mode 7, the developer of Frozen Synapse, Tokyo 42 looks to be an assassination game in miniature. That’s...
Superb Star Wars dog-fighting sim Rogue Squadron 3D has made it to Steam at last (£7/$10). Released in 1998 for Windows and the N64, Rogue Squadron proclaimed “astonishing 3D details including real time lighting and special effects (explosions, smoke, engine glow, tracer fire and more)”. It’s showing a few wrinkles now, but there’s still nothing quite like it for...
An EA marketing survey may have let slip plot details for Mass Effect Andromeda. ‘May’ because this comes from screengrabs posted by NeoGAF user anexanhume. For one thing, they’d be easy (if boring) to fake, and for another it could all change based on feedback from survey-takers. Now that you’re suitably sceptical, here’s the transcript: “Mass Effect: Andromeda takes players...
As someone who spent about a week playing Rocket League very badly, the prospect of a basketball-themed mode makes me tense up. And yet, anyone who has played Rocket League for a reasonable period of time will probably have the skills needed to tap a giant basketball into a giant hoop with a rocket-powered vehicle. It’s...
Watch Paint Dry is “a sports-puzzle game that evolves around one mysterious cutscene. Bringing in innovative gameplay and requiring high attention to detail, Watch Paint Dry is a must play for anyone who enjoys mystery ARG type games.” Or perhaps I should say, it was: It appeared on Steam over the weekend, but only briefly—because...
Rainbow Six Siege has another huge patch rolling out this week – March 30 to be precise – and among the major changes is an improvement to Buck. He’s the fellow who wields an automatic rifle and a shotgun, but according to Ubisoft, players haven’t been using him properly. That handy shotgun is designed to...
Metal Gear Solid Online is getting a new patch next week, and it’ll introduce a game mode you might recognise from previous iterations of Metal Gear (assuming you owned a console, back then). Dubbed ‘Survival Mode’, it doesn’t involve chopping down trees, picking berries or anything like that: it’s a six player free-for-all with the...
The new Mirror’s Edge Catalyst developer diary digs a little deeper into the game’s story, which begins with Faith’s release from a two-year stretch in prison. But the real star here is unquestionably the City of Glass itself. It looks absolutely gorgeous, even the “creaky” parts downtown, which will retain an air of “old-school Mirror’s...
Founded in 2007, GameChanger seeks “to positively impact the lives of children with life-threatening illnesses through videogames, compassion and innovation.” It provides games and toys to hospitals, hosts gaming events, awards financial aid and college scholarships, and offers “meaningful services directly to patients and staff in hospitals.” To date, it has donated over $200,000 to...
Back in the summer of 2014, Valve was dragged into court by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for refusing to offer refunds on Steam. The complaint said Valve made “false or misleading representations” to Steam users in Australia, including that they were not entitled to a refund under any circumstances, and that Valve itself...
