Box Art Brawl – Duel: Fortified Zone

North America / Europe Image: HAMSTER / LaunchBox Wow, welcome to the action! The topless man, the bullet vest, the giant gun, this cover is all about selling Fortified Zone’s grit. Even the title is wrapped in barbed wire, for crying out loud! The art style is a little uncanny, but there’s no denying that…

Going from skull-cracker to safecracker in Dishonored 2

From the archives: This feature was originally published in PC Gamer #302 (UK, March 2017). You can still subscribe to PC Gamer to get new issues of the magazine (in print!) every month. My playthrough of the first game was more disaster than Dishonored. At the time, I didn’t quite grasp that slitting every throat…

Warframe Dev Reacts To The Sudden Death Of Rival Destiny 2

Warframe launched a year before Destiny 2 and kicked off what would become one of the most vibrant and consistent MMO shooters around, especially on console. And despite spending many years in the shadow of Bungie’s live service blockbuster, Digital Extremes’ sci-fi odyssey now continues to thrive even as Destiny 2 comes to a sudden…

Hytale boss decides to break silence on its Chapter 1 update: “Asking everyone to run on faith for months isn’t great”

Hytale has now been out for six months, following its miraculous resurrection at the hands of Hypixel Founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. I’ve dipped into the sandbox game on somewhat regular occasion, and have been generally quite impressed by what’s already there in its starting state. The big question among the community of late is what its…

This Isn’t The First Time PlayStation (And Others) Tried To Kill Used Games

As monumental as Sony’s decision to abandon PlayStation discs by 2028 is, it isn’t surprising one bit. The move feels like the culmination of industry trends dating back over a decade, and it recalls one egregious business practice–one that took aim at the used-game market, whether companies would admit it or not–that caused a brief…

Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok Review (Switch 2)

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked) Though Cygames has always been a mobile game developer, the company has historically been pretty good about supporting its games with some excellent console-focused spinoffs. Shadowverse got Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle, Battle Champs got Little Noah: Scion of Paradise, and Dragalia Lost got… oh. Though the company’s popular Granblue Fantasy…