On the second episode of Spot On, GameSpot’s topical news show featuring managing editor Tamoor Hussain and senior producer Lucy James, we’re talking about open-world games. Specifially, whether publisher and developers need to be making them. Open world games are a big investment from both developers and players, but have …

GameSpot is proud to debut Spot On, a new weekly news show featuring managing editor Tamoor Hussain and senior producer Lucy James. We know that the internet is full of daily and weekly news shows that recap the goings on in the games industry, so we’re opting to dive deeper …

Arkane Studios is known for a very specific kind of game: immersive sims. The team made its mark on the industry with intricate sandboxes that feature systems and mechanics interacting with each other in fascinating ways. Games like Dishonored and Dishonored 2 are standout examples of why the developer is …

It’s strange to think that there are still new frontiers of achievement available for a person with a career as illustrious as Shigeru Miyamoto. At this point, he and his Nintendo cohorts have shaped entertainment and pop culture around their barrel-rolling apes and pipe-hopping plumbers in a way that has …

While the original PlayStation VR was an admirable first effort for Sony, it was also an awkward piece of hardware. It launched when consumer-focused headsets were in their nascency, which is probably why Sony could get away with a jerry-rigged chimera of old and new technology. The headset looked slick …

With the DualSense Edge, Sony is the last of the big three platform holders to bring a pro controller to the market. Nintendo has one for Switch, Xbox’s Elites are in their second iteration, and both of these exist alongside a plethora of third-party devices from Astro, Turtle Beach, and …

In the last decade, few developers have been as influential as From Software. Whether it’s the challenging gameplay of Demon’s Souls, the thoughtfully constructed worlds of Dark Souls, the compelling stories of Bloodborne, or the razor-sharp gameplay of Sekiro, each of its games has resonated in profound ways. The design …

Who could have foreseen that God of War, a series built on the shoulders of a character defined by his campaign to ruthlessly murder the pantheon of Greek gods, would be the same series to deliver a thoughtful exploration of fatherhood? But that is exactly what Sony Santa Monica’s 2018 …

To describe Brandon Sanderson as prolific would be an understatement. In addition to being the author of the acclaimed Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series’, as well as finishing Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, he teaches, tours, and makes YouTube videos. And, somehow, in between all that he works …

Have you heard the news? Batman is dead. The untimely demise of the Dark Knight creates a multitude of questions, with the most obvious being, ‘Who will step up to become Gotham’s unflinching protector in his stead?’ WB Games Montréal’s Gotham Knights casts Batgirl, Robin, Red Hood, and Nightwing as …