Tag: video games
How to sign up for the Payday 3 beta
Online-focused games usually allow small groups of players to test out the game before launch in various betas to make sure things are shaping up. This is true for the highly anticipated Payday 3, which will be released on September 21 of this year. This cooperative bank robbing simulator is planning on hosting a closed beta test very soon, but because it is a closed test, only those who sign up and are selected will get the chance to
This hidden Switch feature fixed my biggest Nintendo gripe
Any time I discuss the latest Switch game with my friends, I usually hear the same critique: “I wish I could remap the controls.” Major Switch exclusives like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Metroid Dread are seriously lacking in control customization, which can be frustrating if your brain has a specific idea of what a gamepad layout is.
There’s a fairly good excuse as to why those games don’t include controller customization options, though. It’s because
The Puzzle of Putting Video Games in a Museum
At some point in my childhood, I persuaded my parents to buy me a computer game at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Obsessed, like many kids, with ancient Egypt, I’d spent the day marvelling at scarabs, sarcophagi, and ivory game pieces with canine heads. My favorite spot was the Temple of Dendur, where you could actually go inside the narrow chamber etched with hieroglyphs. In the gift shop, I spotted “Nile: An Ancient Egyptian Quest”—a three-disk “edutainment,” co-produced by the
Every summer 2023 gaming showcase: full schedule of streams
Summer is one of the most exciting times to be a gamer, as it’s when most video game developers and publishers tease what’s coming next. For years, this was all centered around E3, but since that show went away during the COVID-19 pandemic, publishers have switched things up and held a variety of reveal-focused live-stream events over the course of the entire season. This year is shaping up to be no different, especially now that E3 2023 is canceled.
On
Apple Has Unleashed the Goggle Age
“Vision Pro feels familiar, yet it’s entirely new.” That’s how Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, introduced the company’s new computer goggles at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. The Vision Pro headset, which resembles a glass scuba mask with a fabric head strap, seamlessly blends the real and digital worlds, Cook said. But the product’s name, which could just as easily describe a brand of contact-lens solution, hints at a challenge. Familiar yet entirely new, natural but augmented: If goggles
Street Fighter 6 review: a new gold standard for fighting games
Street Fighter 6
MSRP $60.00
“Street Fighter 6 is perfect for both seasoned pros and those who have never picked up a fighting game.”
Pros
- Approachable fighting mechanics
- Stylish visuals
- Ambitious World Tour mode
- Great new control schemes
- Enjoyable multiplayer Battle Hub
Cons
- World Tour can be a grind
When I was first walking around Metro City in Street Fighter 6’s World Tour mode, I was shocked by just how diverse its residents were. I saw people of all shapes,
How many Xbox 2022 Showcase games actually launched on time
At Microsoft’s June 2022 Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, the publisher made a lofty promise. It said that every game shown off would be released within a year of the showcase.
That’s not exactly how things panned out, though. During a May 4 interview on Kinda Funny’s XCast podcast, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer admitted that Xbox “didn’t deliver” when that promise was mentioned. Though there are still a few weeks left for Xbox to make good on its promise,
3DS eShop devs reflect on a golden age of Nintendo indies
The 3DS eShop is no longer allowing Nintendo fans to make new game purchases, marking the end of a long era of DS-branded handhelds. Not only that, but it’s also sunsetting a vibrant indie community in the process. After helping smaller developers break through with WiiWare and DSiWare, the 3DS eShop was where indies really started to flourish on Nintendo consoles. Multiple games and developers built success stories on the platform, starting series that are still recognized in the eyes
12 Books to Help You Love Reading Again
Reading is hard right now. The pandemic has pushed our already scattered attention spans to a crisis point. But even before 2020, stressors such as political chaos and the allure of our phones made it harder and harder to find the time and focus to get lost in a book. Even when we’re not living through a distracting moment, we will inevitably have personal fallow periods when reading as a habit and a respite just doesn’t happen.
Certain writing is
What Happens When Twelve Thousand Game Developers Converge?
Nick Kaman, the co-founder and art director of Aggro Crab, an indie-game studio in Seattle, is twenty-six years old, with messy, brass-bleached hair, large round eyeglasses, and a small silver hoop in each earlobe; self-deprecating and sincere, with a sarcastic streak, he speaks with slacker chill. At the University of Washington, he studied human-centered design and engineering—“Pretty cringe,” he said—while teaching himself how to make video games. Eventually, he started running the on-campus game-development club, which taught students how to