While we wait patiently for the return of Amazon’s Rings of Power and a whole new series of Lord of the Rings movies, Wētā Workshop is bringing Middle-earth home to you in video game form. On Monday, the studio shared the first trailer for its Hobbit life sim, Tales of the Shire, and at first … Read more
Sony The hype around PSVR 2 has largely died off just a year after its launch, though there’s no denying it’s a cool piece of tech. Making big strides from the original PSVR, the latest headset from Sony offers better graphics, improved tracking capabilities, and introduced the world to the sleek new Sense controllers, which … Read more
Rockstar Games A slam-dunk of a game for the talented developers at Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto V has been out for several years now, but it’s still an extremely popular title. We’re also guessing there’s some renewed interest in the game because the world knows we’re getting a Grand Theft Auto VI in the somewhat-near future. … Read more
When Apple announced it would finally allow developers to launch retro game emulators on the App Store earlier this month, I was thrilled. After several false starts, the iOS emulation era truly kicked off on Wednesday with the debut of Delta on the App Store. The all-in-one emulator can play virtually every SNES, N64, and … Read more
A former video game executive sparked controversy by suggesting players, who are already shelling out a lot of money to get their hands on top titles, start “tipping” developers with up to 30 percent extra. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Mike Ybarra, the former president of significant gaming company Blizzard Entertainment, promoted a concept that … Read more
LONDON: Role-playing hit Baldur’s Gate 3, based in the world of Dungeons And Dragons, slayed its video game rivals to win a flurry of top prizes April 11 at Britain’s annual BAFTA Games Awards. Set in a fantasy realm of wizards, elves, barbarians and other characters, the latest instalment in the titular franchise created by … Read more
The Nintendo Switch is one of the most popular consoles Nintendo has ever produced, with a wide variety of games to choose from and plenty of unique features. We’ve already gotten to play new entries across the Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokémon series on Nintendo Switch, but there are still plenty of great games on … Read more
Asymmetrical multiplayer games have come into their own over the past few years, with titles like Among Us, Dead by Daylight, and Left 4 Dead pulling in legions of players. Instead of giving two teams a similar set of abilities, asymmetrical games are purposefully lopsided — one team might be larger but have less firepower, … Read more
In a world gone mad, spending days with a bunch of costumed nerds and mutually geeking out over video games is what qualifies as normal, according to one of the minds behind Boston’s PAX East. Jerry Holkins, the co-founder of the long-running webcomic that spawned an international series of video and board game-focused conventions, sat … Read more
It’s been three decades since the Sony PlayStation first brought to life some of the video game industry’s most beloved franchises. Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan is set to retire in March 2024. His tenure began in 1994, the same year the PlayStation launched in Japan. The gaming console expanded into the … Read more
