BioShock is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, March 26, 2023. Below, we take a critical eye to how it ultimately mishandles its prominent Black revolutionary character, Daisy Fitzroy. Let me tell you a story: a story about a slave. You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos. Click To …
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BioShock is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, March 26, 2023. Below, we reexamine the game with modern eyes, in the context of its place in the series as a whole. If you’re reading this, odds are that you have some opinion of BioShock Infinite, and it’s likely to be a …
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BioShock is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, March 26, 2023. Below, we take a look at how its DLC, Burial at Sea, attempted imperfectly to find synthesis between its various worlds. BioShock’s Rapture is a place of necessity. The novelty of its underwater setting comes out of a practical concern: …
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The Spring Edition of Fanatical’s Build Your Own Play On The Go bundle is now available, offering up to eight Steam games for just $10. You can also opt for just three game for $5 or five games for $7 if you want a cheaper option, but the full eight-game …
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CD Projekt Red’s lead level designer has openly discussed what Cyberpunk 2077 could have done better with its non-linear levels, using the Dishonored games as influences for the future. Speaking at GDC 2023 panel “What Cyberpunk 2077 Taught Us About Non-Linear Level Design” (via IGN), Miles Tost discussed the problems …
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Final Fantasy XI’s development team is being downsized to allow developers to continue their careers on other projects. As a result, fans can expect the scope of future updates to Square Enix’s early 2000s-era MMORPG to be “quite compact.” The news comes as part of an official FFXI blog post …
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Valve announced that Counter-Strike 2 will be released in Summer 2023, with limited testing available to some Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players starting today. Eligibility will depend on a “number of factors,” including recent playtime and Steam account standing. Players who have been selected will automatically get an invite via CS:GO’s …
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An in-person fan event dedicated to Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption video game series will take place this July in Arizona. It’s called Tombstone Redemption, and it will be held July 29-30 in Tombstone, Arizona, a historic mining town also known for the big shootout at O.K. Corral. Tombstone Redemption will …
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Electronic Arts announced that it will be delisting Battlefield 1943 as well as Battlefield: Bad Company 1 & 2 from digital storefronts on April 28. Additionally, their online services will shut down on December 8. A previous announcement also included Mirror’s Edge, but this was omitted from an updated version …
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It’s been nine years since Snake appeared drenched by the rain in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. To mark the anniversary, director Hideo Kojima opened up about the game, saying the prologue chapter to The Phantom Pain was originally meant to be the beginning of an episodic series. Kojima …
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