Empire of the Ants, a real-time strategy game with dazzlingly photorealistic insects and other critters, arrives on November 7. Although the game doesn’t sound like it’s exactly a remake, it comes from the same publisher (and draws from the same source material) as the 2000 RTS game of the same name. The new version will… Continue reading Empire of the Ants will let you explore a photorealistic bug’s life this November
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WWDC 2024: How to watch Apple’s keynote on iOS 18, AI and more
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote is imminent. The festivities kick off later today — Monday, June 10 at 1PM ET. The keynote address is available to the public and you can watch it via Apple’s event website or on the company’s YouTube channel. And if you don’t want to click away, the latter feed… Continue reading WWDC 2024: How to watch Apple’s keynote on iOS 18, AI and more
Halfway to Dawn is a surprisingly tense, bite-sized survival horror game for Playdate
Andrea Baroni’s Halfway to Dawn is unbelievably bleak for a game you can play from start to finish in about 10 minutes. I mean that as a compliment; it’s the best horror experience I’ve had on the Playdate yet. As someone who tends to gravitate towards all things spooky, one of the things I’ve been… Continue reading Halfway to Dawn is a surprisingly tense, bite-sized survival horror game for Playdate
We’re officially getting another Life is Strange game this fall
Xbox’s Summer Games Showcase on Sunday brought a nice little surprise amidst all the expected news: the announcement of a new Life is Strange game, Life is Strange: Double Exposure. The game, which sees the return of its original protagonist Max Caulfield, will be released on October 29 for Xbox Series X/S, PC and PlayStation… Continue reading We’re officially getting another Life is Strange game this fall
An all-digital Xbox Series X is coming this holiday season
Toward the end of the Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft unveiled a refreshed console lineup. For the first time, the company will offer an Xbox Series X with no disc drive in a robot white colorway. It comes with 1TB of storage and will cost $450. The MSRP of the original Series X is $500, but… Continue reading An all-digital Xbox Series X is coming this holiday season
Gears of War: E-Day is the origin story of the Gears franchise
As the grand finale of Xbox’s Summer Game Fest showcase, after the new consoles, we were treated to the exclusive premiere of the latest addition to the Gears series, Gears of War: E-Day. The trailer kicks off with a one-on-one brawl between the Gears guy and a grunt, ending in a headshot. Immediately after, however,… Continue reading Gears of War: E-Day is the origin story of the Gears franchise
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 kicks it back to the ’90s on October 25
It’s Treyarch’s turn at bat for a big ol’ Call of Duty game, which means it’s time for a new Black Ops. Today we learned that Black Ops 6 will have a full campaign set in the 1990s that picks up (broadly) where the ‘80s-infused Cold War left off. Raven Software is actually handling the… Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 kicks it back to the ’90s on October 25
Perfect Dark reboot trailer shows Joanna Dark hunting bad guys in a near-future Cairo
It’s been a long, long time since we learned that a Perfect Dark reboot was in the works, and there are finally some fresh signs of life. A gameplay trailer was shown during the Xbox Games Showcase, though there’s no release date or window as yet. Xbox is billing the reboot as a “first-person secret… Continue reading Perfect Dark reboot trailer shows Joanna Dark hunting bad guys in a near-future Cairo
Compulsion Games’ South of Midnight will arrive in 2025
South of Midnight, first revealed at last year’s Summer Game Fest, will launch on Xbox and PC sometime next year. During today’s Xbox showcase, we got a first look at how the third-person action-adventure will play. Right off the bat, it reminds me of Square Enix’s fun-but-flawed Forspoken. In South of Midnight, protagonist Hazel is… Continue reading Compulsion Games’ South of Midnight will arrive in 2025
Fallout 76’s next free expansion drops on June 12
It seemed like a missed opportunity for Microsoft and Bethesda to not have a new Fallout game ready to capitalize on the TV adaptation’s success. However, Bethesda does have Fallout 76 up its sleeve at least, and the latest expansion of the multiplayer RPG is just a few days away. The publisher revealed the Skyline… Continue reading Fallout 76’s next free expansion drops on June 12