Age of Empires IV's developer Relic Entertainment revealed the long-awaited strategy's first gameplay trailer this weekend, and I felt something in my chest constrict--either a minor heart attack at the veritable age of twenty-five, or a wave of nostalgia must've overcome me, for as I watched on, I was reminded by the hundreds of hours... Continue Reading →
Microsoft to Continue Buying Studios, Series X/S Shortages To Continue Onto Next Year
Xbox's CFO Tim Stuart gave a talk at the Jefferies Interactive Entertainment Virtual Conference on November 12, where some of his remarks sketch out the issues Xbox faces in shipping their newest consoles, the Microsoft entertainment division's future plans for the Xbox Game Pass, and how Bethesda's acquisition will prioritize Xbox's platforms before all others. Stuart... Continue Reading →
Gears 5 Act 2 Impression – Skiff, Glitch, Repeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAQPi0DI7o Gears 5 continues to entertain with the most unlikely of all things - the skiff! Okay, the story and the gunplay are fun too...but the glitches aren't. The small ones I can stomach, even ignore - but when the game robbed me of a well-deserved victory against the Act 2 boss by crashing the... Continue Reading →