BioWare has announced that it is currently working on the next Mass Effect game (which we’ll henceforth refer to as Mass Effect 5 until its official name is revealed). The upcoming RPG looks to feature a storyline that may act as a direct sequel to the plotlines in both Mass …
Read More »Critical Role's Laura Bailey Will Narrate TTRPG-Inspired Worlds Of Aria
Laura Bailey (The Last of Us Part II‘s Abby and Critical Role’s Vex’ahlia, Jester Lavorre, and Imogen Temult) has been revealed as the in-game narrator for Worlds of Aria, an upcoming TTRPG-inspired game in which you play as an entire group of adventurers attempting to save the world one dice …
Read More »How Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Leans Into Its Shonen Anime Inspirations
Prince of Persia exists in such a strange place for me. I’m a huge fan of Assassin’s Creed, a series clearly built on the bones of a Prince of Persia sequel we never got, but I’ve never played any of the original Prince of Persia games that inspired that first …
Read More »Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Set To Release September 2024, Gets New Trailer At The Game Awards
Sabre Interactive and Focus Interactive brought a new trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 to The Game Awards, giving us our latest look at one of the most-anticipated Warhammer games of all time. We also finally have a release date: September 9, 2024. “We are thrilled to finally reveal …
Read More »Skull And Bones Gets A February Release Date; Maybe It Will Hit This One
After being delayed (again) from its November 8 release date, Skull and Bones is back in the news with a brand-new release date. If the new The Game Awards 2023 trailer is to be believed, Skull and Bones is now coming out on February 16. The trailer doesn’t show off …
Read More »Tales of Kenzera: Zau Tackles Grief As A Metroidvania With Dance-Like Combat And Incredible Music
At The Game Awards 2023, Surgent Studios finally revealed what it has been working on: a colorful metroidvania called Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, which uses its puzzles, combat, and bosses to tackle loss and the spiritual journey many take to come to terms with it. Surgent was founded by Abubakar …
Read More »Ikumi Nakamura's New Game, Kemuri, Revealed At The Game Awards
At The Game Awards 2023, Ikumi Nakamura appeared on stage to introduce her studio’s first project, Kemuri. Unfortunately, the announcement didn’t come with a gameplay reveal but we at least got a cinematic trailer that marketed the general vibe of the upcoming game. In the cinematic, you can see a …
Read More »How Burrow's End Fights Against The Constraints Of D&D's Combat-Heavy System To Tell A Great Story
Burrow’s End is my favorite season of Dimension 20. Every season of Dropout’s tabletop role-playing show is consistently fantastic, dipping into multiple genres and TTRPG systems (though largely focusing on Dungeons & Dragons 5e) and featuring talented cast members and Game Masters from across the improv, acting, and tabletop industry. …
Read More »Baldur's Gate 3 Is GameSpot's Game Of The Year 2023
I can point to the exact moment I knew Baldur’s Gate 3 would be a banger. Last year, Kurt Indovina wrote, hosted, and produced a video–aptly named The Box That Broke Baldur’s Gate 3–in which Swen Vincke spoke in great detail about how Larian Studios utilized everything short of witchcraft …
Read More »No Return Feels Like The Last Of Us Part 2's Take On Ghost Of Tsushima's Legends
I am one of those people who was a little confused as to why The Last of Us Part II Remastered was launching with a roguelike mode. You could argue that the nature of Part II’s story and its analysis of the cyclical nature of revenge and grief lends itself …
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