Sesame Street has ensured that I will never be able to take Total War: Warhammer’s Vampire Counts seriously, no matter how unspeakably evil they are. Necromancers are a different matter. I don’t know why, really, especially since they’re a lesser form of wickedness than vampires, but they give me the straight-up heebie-jeebies. Maybe it’s because...
The Viking sim sequel Banner Saga 2 was delayed in late 2015 to sometime in the first quarter of 2016. It’s not actually going to make that promised launch window, but it’ll be close enough that you probably won’t mind: Developer Stoic announced today that it will be out on April 19. #BannerSaga2 hitting PC...
The secret to a creating an effective bad guy is realistic motivation. Mannfred Von Carstein, head of the Vampire Counts faction in Total War: Warhammer, believes he has a legitimate claim to the Empire. You’re not just spreading corruption and undeath across the Old World when you play as Mannfred—you’re dutifully reclaiming what’s yours. Only...
“Late-game crisis.” That’s what Henrik Fåhraeus, Game Director at Paradox Interactive, calls events that can occur near the end of upcoming space strategy game Stellaris to make the late game, as he puts it, “interesting.” Interesting isn’t quite the word I’d use. The late game crises in Stellaris he describes sound both awesome and terrifying, and they typically involve...
Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM, has announced the next title from Snapshot Games—the studio he founded in 2013 with David Kaye to develop Chaos Reborn. Phoenix Point, their latest project, is world-based strategy with turn-based tactical combat. Phoenix Point is our new game – turn based tactical combat – world based strategy – https://t.co/sHy3Cts0Fs...
Fashion is among the most important aspects of XCOM 2. There are definitely other major points of interest – the fight to save humankind, the fight to keep your marksman (who is your mum) alive – but making sure everyone looks good is arguably more important. The new DLC pack, Anarchy’s Children, is all about making...
The long-awaited XCOM 2 performance patch, which incorporates numerous fixes, balance changes, some much-needed optimizations, and the new Zip Mode gameplay option, is now live. Zip Mode, as the name implies, “will create a faster paced experience” by speeding up animations and shortening some delays. The patch also fixes a problem with shadow rendering causing...
