Star Wars Zero Company writer wants its cast to have real friction: ‘It’s not a personal fantasy game’

If you’ve played an RPG before, I’m sure you’re familiar with the associated plot clichés: golden boy protagonist takes on a death-defying quest, and along the road picks up several total strangers who become his best friends in record time (bonus points if one or a few of them fall in love with the player…

Sick of The Witcher 3’s Roach? Its MMO mod now lets you ride other players instead

I’ll take any excuse to return to The Witcher 3, and while multiplayer mod Witcher Online isn’t the full co-op adventure I’d love to see CD Projekt Red consider for The Witcher 4, it brings a gleeful shared experience to the world. Inspired by MMORPGs, it fills your game with other players, setting you free…

Eemake is smart, well-made, and not all that disturbing

The new horror movie Faces of Death starts from a challenge so irresistible that it threatens to overshadow the results: How do you reboot a horror franchise that’s part cult curiosity, part mockumentary, and part disturbingly convincing gore-effects demo reel? The 1978 Faces of Death gained VHS notoriety as a horror tape beyond the pale,…

The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – March 27

Marathon is (mostly) a game about various trios dropping into maps, attempting to find the best loot possible, and extracting safely from the map, killing any enemy AI or other players you might encounter along the way. There are new duo variants being tested in-game, and of course, you can always hop into the game…

Limited Run Seemingly Throws Old Guard Under The Bus, Promising No Future Delays

Limited Run has been no stranger to online controversy. Between allegations of using cheap recordable media in place of pressed CDs for certain games, a lawsuit for alleged violations of privacy, and severely delayed collectors’ editions arriving with questionable quality control, things have been messy for the Embracer-Group-owned boutique physical games publisher for quite some…

Cult Game Sequel Scrambles After Crowdfunder Misplaces Cash

Spike Chunsoft’s 428: Shibuya Scramble was a cult-hit when it debuted in 2009. Produced by Jiro Ishii, Scramble set a kidnapping caper in the middle of one of Tokyo’s most frantic wards. Its infamy and high-camp charm earned localization in the west a decade later. Last year Ishii announced a successor, Shibuya Scramble Stories, on…