Bandai Namco’s Tekken is one of the longest running fighting game franchises and has gone from strength to strength with every iteration. Its last entry, Tekken 7, proved to be massively popular worldwide, igniting the competitive spirit in seasoned fighting game players, and stoking the curiosity of newcomers with an …

In theory, live service games seem like a win-win for developers and consumers: Developers get to focus on supporting one title, while players are offered a constant stream of new content for their favorite games. In practice, however, things are playing out a bit differently. With the rise of games …

The newest season of Audio Logs continues with an episode focused on Immortality, a unique and award-winning game from Half Mermaid and Sam Barlow. Immortality maintained the narrative and character-driven focus of the team’s previous titles Her Story and Telling Lies, as well as the investigative nature of gameplay. However, …

This week, the Video Game History Foundation released a study that contained some truly shocking statistics about the availability of classic games. With video games being delisted, TV shows and movies being wiped from streaming services, and even games that come on a disc requiring you to download some files …

AAA video games require millions of dollars and multiple years to make and market. While the result can often be fantastic, highly polished, and lavishly created gaming experiences, they do often do so with the sacrifice of trying new ideas that push the medium forward. Instead, that responsibility is shouldered …

A new Perfect Dark was revealed at The Game Awards way back in 2020, but a recent report from IGN has indicated that its release is still years away, despite Xbox’s Matt Booty saying that he played it recently. This isn’t the first time this has happened. In fact, there …

At Summer Game Fest, Tam and Lucy went hands-on with Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077’s upcoming expansion, but during the session they discovered that CD Projekt Red has tweaked and changed almost every major gameplay system in the open-world RPG. Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t have the smoothest launch, but over time the …

The PlayStation Showcase offered an early look at a variety of new games coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR, but the biggest reveal was undoubtedly a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The title is one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry and, finally, it is …

This week Blizzard announced that it was dropping Overwatch 2’s eagerly anticipated PvE element: Hero Missions. These replayable, story-driven missions would make use of a Talent System, where Heroes would level up and gain access to new abilities. While PvE elements and missions will appear as seasonal content, a lot …

Overwatch is a game that rose from the ashes of Titan, an ambitious MMO that Blizzard pulled the plug on. In the wake of this decision, developers at the studio reworked ideas they had for Titan into what would become Overwatch, a hero-based multiplayer shooter that was critically acclaimed and …