At Summer Game Fest Play Days earlier this month, I had an opportunity to speak with The First Descendant director Minseok Joo following my hands-on demo. As a fan of other “looter shooter” titles, such as Destiny 2 and Warframe, I was curious about what made the team want to enter such a top-heavy genre … Read more
Uncapped Games Whether they’re a traditional real-time strategy (RTS) game or a full-on competitive multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title, these kinds of intense strategy games are often a time commitment. Players can spend hours having to strategically think and constantly ensure that they’re building and investing toward the right things, fighting with the right … Read more
I was familiar with most of the games I played and saw at Summer Game Fest before I had a chance to see them, but Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess was a rare exception. It was also one of the show’s most pleasant surprises, successfully merging a tower defense game with a third-person slasher in … Read more
Digital Eclipse I wasn’t able to beat the difficult demo for Volgarr the Viking 2 at Guerilla Collective this year, and I appreciated Digital Eclipse’s upcoming game all the more for that. Playing demos for unreleased games at events like Summer Game Fest Play Days or Guerilla Collective can be stressful as most of the time, … Read more
It’s an awkward time to celebrate the video game industry — not because there aren’t fantastic games worth celebrating, but because the studios that make them are being shut down left and right, over 20,000 employees have been laid off, and some companies are convinced that they can replace people with AI. All of that … Read more
Summer is one of the most exciting times to be a gamer, as it’s when most video game developers and publishers tease what’s coming next. For years, this was all centered around E3, but since that show went away during the COVID-19 pandemic, publishers have switched things up and held a variety of reveal-focused live-stream … Read more
Future Publishing This summer, we’re living in a brave new world. E3 is officially dead — for real this time. That means there’s a vacuum to be filled as publishers still look to showcase their games during high-profile events. There’s both good news and bad news for anyone who looks forward to E3 season. The … Read more
