Discovering a powerful (and profitable) new element on a faraway planet is a sci-fi staple that is especially prevalent in modern media, but Saros embraces this trope by making Lucenite’s home planet, Carcosa, the stuff of inescapable but wholly engaging nightmares. Protagonist Arjun fights to maintain his sanity, find a lost love, and stay alive…
Much like the roguelike hellscape it takes place in, even thinking about Saros offers me something new every time I reflect on Housemarque’s roguelike shooter. Much like Returnal, the game’s spiritual predecessor, it revels in abstract worldbuilding and symbolism that may seem unwieldy and obtuse, but as I bash my head against the walls of…
What’s in the new Overwatch season? Every two months, a new Overwatch season takes place, introducing new heroes, skins, maps, and more. At the beginning of the year, Blizzard wiped the seasonal numbering and established the narrative arc in 2026 as ‘The Reign of Talon’, marking a new era for the hero shooter. There used…
Image: Ubisoft Since the launch of the Switch 2 last June, Ubisoft has supported Nintendo’s new hybrid platform with Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows. While many fans of Edward Kenway were hoping to see him sail onto the Switch 2 this July, there was no sign of a Nintendo release during yesterday’s showcase…
Another day, another PS5 game comes to the PlayStation Store. The latest game on the digital storefront is Kiln, a party game developed under Xbox Game Studios’ umbrella. What is Kiln? Developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Xbox Game Studios, Kiln is an online multiplayer party brawler where players craft their own pot…
The next chapter of the Event Horizon saga is officially unfolding in the comics. After the massive success of the prequel miniseries Event Horizon: Dark Descent, IDW has dropped a sequel set 200 years in the future titled Inferno. In its first issue, the series introduces a new super-villain in devil-worshiping billionaire Daniel Durante, along…