Image: Bungie One of the most striking things about Bungie’s Marathon is its presentation. The sci-fi extraction shooter combines bleak settings with bright colors in a way that makes it feel a bit like a sneaker promo meets Ghost in the Shell, or as designer Jeremy Skoog put it, “Y2K Cyberpunk mixed with Acid Graphic Design … Read more
A lot of people don’t like Electronic Arts—two time winner of The Consumerist’s Worst Company in America award—for various reasons. But Josef Fares, the director behind the new co-op hit Split Fiction, says he’s had a great experience working with the publisher, even if nobody believes he’s telling the truth. Is Alan Wake Worth Playing … Read more
Image: Rebel Wolves What if the next Witcher game starred a vampire instead of Geralt? That’s one of the selling points behind The Blood of Dawnwalker, a new RPG from some of the masterminds behind The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. Rebel Wolves, formed in 2022 by a bunch of ex-CD Projekt Red developers, revealed … Read more
Marvel’s ‘Rivals’ Shoots to the Top: Why This Hero Shooter is Dominating 2024 Forget superhero fatigue, Marvel Rivals is proving that the hero shooter genre still has plenty of life left. One of 2024’s biggest gaming surprises has been Marvel Rivals, a third-person PVP shooter featuring a roster of beloved Marvel heroes and villains. The … Read more