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The Best Game Of All Time Just Turned 25 Years Old
Yesterday, June 23, marked the 25th anniversary of what can convincingly be described as one of the best games of all time. Deus Ex, created by the distinct Austin branch of John Romero’s controversial studio Ion Storm, was a first-person RPG that would change how an entire generation of players and developers thought about video…
Every New Detail About Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Development Shows Why It’s A Defining Game For BioWare
With every new report about Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s troubled development, it feels like a miracle that the game came out at all. A new story from Bloomberg outlines how the Dragon Age team was jerked around by publisher Electronic Arts and forced to make pivots with limited resources and time, making it impossible for…
Everything new at Summer Game Fest 2025: Xbox handheld, Resident Evil Requiem and more
It’s early June, which means it’s time for a ton of video game events! Rising from the ashes of E3, Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest is now the premium gaming event of the year, just inching ahead of… Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards in December. Unlike the show it replaced, Summer Game Fest is an egalitarian…
Dune Awakening’s creative director speaks on the end game, and how the Landsraad will give key roles to crafter and killer alike
As of writing, Dune Awakening just got its final dev stream going over the mid and end game. These large chunks of the experience have been largely mysterious for the longest time, aside from brief mentions of the Deep Desert and the massive community effort required to interact with arguably the game’s most exciting feature:…
Summer Game Fest 2025: What new game announcements to expect, how to watch and schedule
As if early June wasn’t already going to be a wild enough time in the gaming world with the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2, that’s also when a whole host of showcases takes place as part of Summer Game Fest. Along with the two blockbuster events — Summer Game Fest Live and the Xbox…
Summer Game Fest 2025: What new game announcements to expect and how to watch
As if early June wasn’t already going to be a wild enough time in the gaming world with the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2, that’s also when a whole host of showcases takes place as part of Summer Game Fest. Along with the two blockbuster events — Summer Game Fest Live and the Xbox…
A Game Of The Year Contender Is Passing Right Under People’s Noses
Despite having spent 45 hours with the game, I’m still not quite ready to slap “The Kotaku Review” on anything I write about The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy yet. Too Kyo Games’ tactical RPG has 100 endings and I’ve only seen a handful, the game’s “true” route not among them. But, my god, I…
Backbone Pro Review: A Smart Mobile Game Controller That'll Cost You
Pros Bluetooth plus some in-controller processing means you don’t have to play with your phone inserted Software now provides access to emulators for retro games Much better, ergonomic grip than Backbone One and other “flat” controllers Rear buttons Cons Expensive Can still only use USB for charging (now both controller and phone), not audio Some…
Grand Theft Auto 6’s Delay Just Affected the Entire Video Game Industry – IGN
Grand Theft Auto fans, there is some good news and some bad news. The good news is finally, after all these years, we have an actual day-and-date release time for GTA 6. The bad news? It’s around six months later than the ‘Fall 2025’ we were originally told. To many in the video game industry,…
Mastering Stratego, the classic game of imperfect information
Research Published 1 December 2022 Authors Julien Perolat, Bart De Vylder, Daniel Hennes, Eugene Tarassov, Florian Strub and Karl Tuyls DeepNash learns to play Stratego from scratch by combining game theory and model-free deep RL Game-playing artificial intelligence (AI) systems have advanced to a new frontier. Stratego, the classic board game that’s more complex than…