Original War – это стратегическая игра в реальном времени, где переплетаются альтернативная история и научная фантастика. Игроку предстоит отправиться в 1918 год и возглавить одну из двух фракций: американцев или русских, в борьбе за контроль над древним артефактом, обнаруженным в Сибири. Ключевая особенность игры – фокус на отдельных юнитах, каждый из которых обладает уникальными навыками и может улучшаться по мере развития. Необходимо не только эффективно управлять ресурсами и строить базу, но и заботиться о своих солдатах, обеспечивая их пищей, обучением и экипировкой. Игроки могут захватывать вражеские здания и технику, переманивать специалистов и исследовать новые технологии. Важным элементом геймплея является возможность перемещения во времени, позволяющая собирать ресурсы и влиять на ход истории.
Anderson says he's got no time for people who do game adaptations without playing them—'That's outrageous' And also finds time to demolish that awful Doom movie. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Anderson, who helmed the likes of Mortal Kombat (1995), Resident Evil (2002), and Monster Hunter (2021), has just done a new interview on Chris Plante's (excellent) podcast Post Games. 2025 games: This year's upcoming releases Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice.
Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director says Ubisoft 'became very allergic' to new games, which contributed to a 'talent drain' Alex Hutchinson diagnoses the downward trajectory of his former employer. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Skull and Bones became a $200 million folly, one of several failed attempts to capitalise on live-service popularity; staff are revolting due to layoffs, studio closures and a mandatory return-to-office command; and after years of trying to curtail the influence of Tencent, the Chinese publisher now controls more than 26% of newly-formed Assassin's Creed subsidiary Vantage Studios. So I think they lost that momentum as well." Back when Ubisoft was fighting fit, it released Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag in a mere six years.
Xbox назначил Asha Sharma в качестве генерального директора Microsoft Gaming и Matt Booty в качестве главного контент-офицера Xbox. Sharma заявила о намерении вернуть бренд Xbox, начиная с нового игрового оборудования, и планирует анонсировать детали в ближайшее время. Booty подчеркнул, что студии Xbox будут продолжать работать как издатель первой партии и участвовать в ранних решениях по аппаратному обеспечению. Изменения произошли после ухода Phil Spencer и Sarah Bond.
Resident Evil Requiem – основной сиквел, в котором несколько персонажей проходят собственные миссии. В статье сравнивается его концепция с Resident Evil 6, где также использовался многопроtagonist‑путь, но игра получила негативные отзывы. Автор отмечает, что в Resident Evil 6 кампании персонажей сильно различались по стилю и качеству, что привело к разочарованию игроков.
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Sony is remaking the original God of War trilogy and it’s already raising some interesting debates online . While the series mellowed out with the more recent Norse titles, the original PS2 and PS3 games – set within the Greek mythology – had a more cartoonish tone. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
"What the f**k are they thinking" - Original God of War creator slams Sons of Sparta, branding it "one of worst decisions" ever made "Who the f**k wants to play this?" It is fair to say God of War creator David Jaffe is less than enamoured with the series' newest entry, 2D side-scroller Sons of Sparta. God of War: Sons of Sparta was announced during last week's PlayStation State of Play, coming from Mega Cat Studios in partnership with Santa Monica Studio. It's a canon story all about Kratos and his brother Deimos in their youth at training at the Spartan Agoge (which was very "brutal"). At the same time it was announced, Sons of Sparta released on PS5 consoles.
Original God of War creator, David Jaffe, is less than thrilled with the new Sons of Sparta game, arguing that its very existence makes him angry for a litany of reasons, including story choice, alleged design flaws, and “kiddie level dialogue.” To close out the February, 2026 State of Play event, Sony had one last surprise in store. After announcing full-fledged remakes of each part of the original trilogy, Santa Monica Studio and Mega Cat Studios shadow dropped God of War Sons of Sparta. The 2D Metroidvania game takes place long before Kratos is the Kratos we’re familiar with. His gut reaction was that Sons of Sparta was “well made, but generic and dull.” At the top, the God of War and Twisted Metal creator stressed the premise is something he’s been looking for ‘forever.’ “This is the kind of game I’ve always wanted, in terms of 2.5D God of War.
Tactics Ogre Reborn Developer: Square Enix Release date: November 11, 2022 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC Tactics Ogre Reborn, a hybrid remaster-remake of the PlayStation Portable's Tactics Ogre:Let Us Cling Together (itself a remake of a PS1 game), demands a lot from you on and off the battlefield. See at Humble Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Developer: Square Enix Release Date: October 1, 2025 Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S Square Enix's seminal 1997 turn-based strategy received a full remaster in 2025, and the new version of the game, subtitled The Ivalice Chronicles, is the best-ever version of an all-time great. See at Fanatical Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Sparks of Hope Developer: Ubisoft Paris Release date: August 29, 2017 | October 10, 2022 Platforms: Nintendo Switch Both Mario + Rabbids games, Kingdom Battle and Sparks of Hope, are essentially Mario meets XCOM, but since Ubisoft's Rabbids are involved, it's not quite as straightforward as that. See at Steam SteamWorld Heist 2 Developer: Thunderful Release Date: August 8, 2024 Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One SteamWorld Heist 2 offers something a bit different from other turn-based strategy games.
Izanagi Games is a developer that clearly consists of some talented individuals, and you can’t accuse the folks there of lacking in creativity. Games like Death Come True, World’s End Club, and Yurukill: The Calumniation Games show staff aren’t afraid to try new things. Pairing the staff with Rika Suzuki of Hotel Dusk and Another Code fame seems like it should be a home run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9181j4NedQk While this is a Suzuki scenario, the structure doesn’t follow that of games like Another Code.
The retro single-player FPS Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! has a demo available on Steam and it's going to release March 16th. Coming from the same team that made the rather excellent Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, it's another retro-styled licensed shooter. Check out the new trailer: Direct Link From the press release: Today’s trailer includes a message delivered directly from General Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) introducing the brand new singleplayer campaign and its hero, Major Samantha Dietz (Charlotta Mohlin, Immortality).
Open world PS5 game Project Windless is part-God of War, part-Dynasty Warriors, and has a veteran Far Cry director as its lead What do you Rekon? UPDATE 10AM GMT: There's a Project Windless developer diary video which offers an extended look at the game, and at some making-of footage of the game. There's not much more information in it, but the reference is to the main character being the Hero King, who is presumably the main character of the book series The Bird That Drinks Tears. This is their origin story, set 1500 years before the events of those books.
God of War goes 2D with pixelated Sons of Sparta (which is out right now!) as original PS2 trilogy eyes up the remake treatment It's all Greek to me. Santa Monica Studio has revealed a new game in the God of War series, and it is a 2D side-scroller. It is known as God of War: Sons of Sparta, and will tell a canon story all about Kratos in his youth. Here is how much each edition will cost: - Standard Edition of God of War Sons of Sparta is $29.99 USD / €29.99 / £24.99 / ¥3480 - Digital Deluxe Edition of God of War Sons of Sparta is $39.99 USD / €39.99 / £32.99 / ¥4480 As well as this new game, the original God of War trilogy is getting remade.
To close out its February 2026 State of Play presentation, Sony revealed God of War Sons of Sparta, a new prequel 2D side scroller in the God of War franchise, and announced that it’s out right now on PlayStation 5. A surprise God of War prequel is out on the PS5 right now Sony is remaking the original God of War trilogy, too. ”God of War Sons of Sparta is a 2D action platformer with a canon story set in Kratos’ youth during his harsh training at the Agoge alongside his brother Deimos,” Sony says. It costs $29.99, with a Digital Deluxe version available for $39.99.
The biggest surprise of the night? A brand new AAA John Wick game coming from the developer of Space Marine 2 Dog of war. Now, there were many things I was expecting to turn up at this evening's PlayStation State of Play. A Resident Evil Requiem demo, for example (I am not annoyed we don't have one yet, you are).
Sony State of Play February 2026: Everything announced Marathon! God of War Trilogy Remake, Silent Hill Townfall, John Wick, and more! The February 2026 State of Play has just concluded, and it was packed full of surprise reveals, grand-returns of legacy series, and some truly oddball shock announcements. PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch 2 PC See 33 more Xbox Series X/S, PC Video Game PS5 PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC PS4, Xbox One, PC PS5 Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Video Game PS5 PS5, PC PS2, Xbox, PC iOS PS5, PC PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 PS5 PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch 2 Video Game PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch 2 PS5 PS5 Video Game Video Game
Strap in, because the next PlayStation event is going to be a long one. Sony’s latest State of Play — a showcase event for upcoming PS5 games — kicks off on February 12th at 5PM ET and it’ll last more than an hour. A surprise God of War prequel is out on the PS5 right now To close out its February 2026 State of Play presentation, Sony revealed God of War Sons of Sparta, a new prequel 2D side scroller in the God of War franchise, and announced that it’s out right now on PlayStation 5. Most Popular - The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about - The biggest app in the whole wide world - A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud - Dyson turned its skinny PencilVac into a lightweight wet floor cleaner - The RAM crunch could kill products and even entire companies, memory exec admits
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BlazBlue Entropy Effect X is an odd release this year. It is an updated version of a roguelike spin-off of Arc System Works' BlazBlue fighting game series. A series that's been mostly dead since 2016. Review Summary Pros - Entertaining Action Platforming Combat - Challenging Difficulty Modifiers and Boss Fights Cons - Padded Narrative and Meta Progression
Return to Part 1: Dumpster Diving Continued from Part 49: One More to Go! Carrying on in Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green Return to Part 1: Dumpster Diving [https://icculus.org/~hamish/retro/part50.html](https://icculus.org/~hamish/retro/part50.html) Last edited by Hamish on 9 Feb 2026 at 8:01 pm UTC For me, CtP is THE best Civ ever made: There are so many amazing game concepts which totaly ouclass basically anything ever implemented on any of SM Civs, that any SM Civ I played was just too boring for me (maybe with the exception of Civ V). I hope it's not true because it would be depressing to wait for over a year for Quake 2 and Ultima Online: 1994 Doom, Doom 2 1995 Abuse, SimCity 1996 Inner Worlds, Quake 1997 Nothing? I thought that LinCycles from 1996 was a commercial title, but a comment from the author is odd, and I have some doubts: https://happypenguin.altervista.org/sheet.php?gameid=57 Quoting: HamishOn a separate but related tangent, whether Call to Power was the first or second Linux game to be sold at retail is somewhat muddied by the fact that Macmillan Publishing announced their boxed Quake releases on May 13, 1999 (my fifth birthday) while Call to Power did not start shipping until May 15, 1999 despite being announced months earlier.I don't know it.