Astro Bot is not just for kids. Team Asobi clearly designed it for players of all skill levels, and that includes children and newbies, but at its core Astro Bot feels purpose-built for video game fans. It’s a skill-driven celebration of everything tha…
Continue reading "Astro Bot is one of the best games Sony has ever made"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC on December 9. It'll be available on Game Pass Ultimate day-one. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is also coming to PlayStation 5, but it's taking the scenic route to Sony…
Continue reading "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hits Xbox and PC on December 9, PS5 in spring 2025"When I attended the first hands-off briefing for Star Wars Outlaws at Summer Game Fest 2023, I left Ubisoft’s demo room on a high, thinking this could be the piece of media that finally pulls me into the Star Wars universe. I loved the focus on a solo …
Continue reading "I really want to like Star Wars Outlaws"Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down.
Waves the size of skyscrapers explode beneath me as I creep across a busted metal beam in the middle of the North Sea, suspended at the base of an oil rig that’s in the process of collapsing. I’m crawl…
Summer Game Fest 2024 officially wrapped up on June 10, after a long weekend of game previews, developer interviews and unlimited cold brew — but we just published our final stories from the show this week (held under embargo, of course). Those were M…
Continue reading "Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Summer Game Fest Play Days 2024"Push. Push. Push, push, push, jump —
All four wheels reconnect with the glowing pavement in a slap of crisp plastic and crunching wood.
Push, push, push, push, jump kickflip —
Another slam, a quick screech.
Push, push, push, ju —
A shattering crash. T…
Astro Bot is as precise as it is ridiculous, and this is exactly what makes it so damn delightful. During my 30-minute demo at Summer Game Fest, I crashed into spiky obstacles, flew off the side of sky-high platforms, bounced into deadly projectiles a…
Continue reading "Astro Bot is a supremely silly and incredibly smooth platformer"Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is lush. Set on the side of a mountain that’s been covered in a terrible black defilement, Kunitsu-Gami’s world is an ancient, psychedelic dreamscape packed with magic and otherworldly horrors. It’s also mechanically d…
Continue reading "Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess feels as luscious as it looks"South of Midnight, first revealed at last year’s Summer Game Fest, will launch on Xbox and PC sometime next year. During today's Xbox showcase, we got a first look at how the third-person action-adventure will play.
Right off the bat, it rem…
There's a new Doom in town. Doom: The Dark Ages is heading to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, day one on Game Pass, in 2025. The game's first trailer showcases a world of hulking monsters in blood-soaked environments, badass new weapons…
Continue reading "Doom: The Dark Ages hits PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2025"
