Forget Mario: The Nintendo Switch Will Live or Die With Indie Games
NIntendo is making a big push for the Switch as a destination for indie games. It makes sense: the Switch…
With Breath of the Wild, Zelda Finally Loses Its Way. And I Love It
In a striking return to form, the newest Zelda game captures the joy of getting lost in an eclipsing, unfamiliar…
Sniper Elite 4 Makes Nazi-Fighting Gruesomely Satisfying
The lavishly violent WWII videogame is gory enough to be off-putting, but there’s still surprising therapeutic value in beating the…
What Makes Resident Evil 7 So Terrifying? The Humble Videotape
The haunted VHS cassettes play with perspective and ramp up the horror, becoming the best part of an already excellent…
How Madden Got So Silly Good at Predicting Super Bowl Winners
EA Sports’ ‘Madden’ games have correctly predicted the Super Bowl’s outcome nine out of 13 times. How? Data. The post…
Publisher Opens Its GDC Space to Developers Stranded by Trump’s Travel Ban
In response to President Trump’s travel ban, videogame publisher Devolver Digital is opening up their display space at GDC to…
Yakuza 0 Is a Brilliant Prequel to Japan’s Best Crime Games
Sega’s ‘Yakuza 0’ opens with Kazama Kiryu walking down neon-lit Tokyo streets, dragging on a cigarette. There’s blood on his…
Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Overwatch
Interested in the hype over ‘Overwatch’? We’ve gathered everything you need to know to start playing now. The post Everything…
The World Really Doesn’t Need an Apocalypse Now Videogame
Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope is working with some gaming industry veterans to create an Apocalypse Now videogame. But is…
Rez’s Trance Vibrator Changed the Conversation About Women’s Sexuality in Games
Fifteen years ago Rez released with the trance vibrator, a creative peripheral whose reception reveals a lot about the way…