Pop quiz: If you were putting together some kind of Olympic esports event, what games would you feature? Perhaps Dota 2? League of Legends? Counter-Strike? Hell, you could throw Quake 3 Arena in there and really put on a show worth seeing.
You probably wouldn’t feature such legendary titles as Tic Tac Bow, a free-to-play mobile game that released last month and currently enjoys a…
Read moreAfter a long career at Bethesda, Starfield lead quest designer Will Shen has left the studio and joined Something Wicked Games, where he’ll serve as lead content designer on its first game, the open-world RPG Wyrdsong.
Shen spent nearly 15 years at Bethesda, during which time he earned writing and design credits on Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. He was the lead designer on the Fallout…
Read moreIn the latest in a long string of calamities, cringe moments, and baffling upsets that have marked Elon Musk’s stewardship of the platform formerly known as Twitter, a Brazilian judge has given the site 24 hours to appoint a legal representative in the country or have its local operations shut down completely (via AP).
The judge is Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes, and Musk has c…
Read moreThe wildly unpredictable spinoff publishers over at Riot Forge have got something new for you—Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story will be a crafting RPG inspired by games like Stardew Valley that stars the adorable fluffballs known as the Yordles, set in their hometown of Bandle City. It’ll be developed by Lazy Bear, the studio behind Graveyard Keeper and Punch Club, with adorably colo…
Read moreAt GDC, CD Projekt Red is showing off the future of ray tracing in Cyberpunk 2077, one bouncing neon light at a time. It’s set to arrive with a new graphics preset, Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode, which will come to the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 on April 11. This gives you enough time to track down an RTX 4080 and its powerful frame-generating magic. You’re going to need it.
In what Nvidi…
Read moreBad Toys 3D is described by publisher Tibo Software as “a 3D first-person shooter with funny graphics and sounds.” Originally released in 1995, it’s a simplistic Wolfenstein 3D knockoff that sees you exploring flat mazes of Windows screensaver-like brick walls, blasting purple pom-pom monsters with pistols and shotguns. “THE FACTORY FOR TOYS HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY THE COMPANY DELTA MILITARY SYSTEMS…
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