Semblance – это инновационный платформер, где окружающий мир поддается деформации. В роли существа, способного изменять структуру земли, вы путешествуете по минималистичному, но волшебному миру, пораженному странной кристаллизацией. Ключевая механика игры – возможность формировать платформы и ландшафт, решая головоломки и преодолевая препятствия. Игрокам предстоит в прямом смысле изменять мир под себя: растягивать, сжимать и деформировать окружение, чтобы продвигаться вперед. Отсутствие фиксированной структуры мира позволяет находить уникальные решения для каждой задачи, делая геймплей динамичным и непредсказуемым.
Reel out garbage from a flooded planet and make number go up as satisfyingly as you can in the incremental fishing game Selkie's Salvage&Co. Trash, but the good kind The wonderful thing about video games is that they can take something that is, quite frankly, terrible, and turn it into an experience where you can't help but think "just five more minutes." Incremental games often have that effect, and Selkie's Salvage&Co. is no different in that regard, it's just the funny thing is that it is essentially a game about taking your rubbish out. The setting for the world is one where the entire planet is flooded, and you, a robot created by an anthropomorphic rat girl (the titular Selkie) who I can already predict salacious fan art of, have to clean up a whole bunch of trash from it by fishing it out.
A hardware market freeze could transform the industry forever | Opinion If consoles and GPUs are priced out of reach for years, the market won't simply wait for them to come back – it'll re-centre around the devices people already have Right about now is the moment when the console business should be getting one hell of a second wind. Circana's latest figures show Xbox hardware unit sales for the year through August down 33%, sitting at an all-time low. The average PlayStation sold this year has cost a consumer $597; recall that the digital edition of the console cost $399 at launch in 2020. Discontinuation is a technicality for almost everyone; the 5090 has cost more than a small car for the past year anyway, with retail prices north of $5,000 for a card that launched at $1,999.
Since the release of the first game of the trilogy in 2020, I have been heavily invested in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake saga. I've spent over 100 hours between the first two games, Remake and Rebirth, entrenching myself in this remade version of Gaia, re-acquainting myself with Cloud and the gang, and peeling back layer after layer of this reimagined story. Revelation, the upcoming third installment, is a finale 11 years in the making (if you start counting from FF7 Remake's initial E3 2015 reveal trailer), and I went into the latest demo for Revelation ready to learn more about this final chapter. It's been 11 years since we first saw Final Fantasy VII Remake at E3 2015, and six years since we first entered this new remade version of Cloud Strife's adventure.
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In a world ravaged by environmental disaster, there is little warmth or hope remaining. Permafrost challenges you to soldier on and try to survive in a world that is permanently frozen over, yet still filled with danger. Keep reading our Permafrost preview to find out if this game delivers! Permafrost Preview | Final Thoughts I'm no stranger to games published by Toplitz Productions; I still love Medieval Dynasty, I had a lot of fun with Vampires: Bloodlord Rising, and I'm very much looking forward to Vikings Dynasty.
Performance In FHD, the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 manages to out-perform the MSI Raider A18 HX A9W in two in-game benchmark runs, Total War: Three Kingdoms and Horizon Zero Dawn: Remastered, while falling just shy of MSI's numbers in Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Cyberpunk 2077. In my tests, the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 came out on top against the MSI Raider A18 HX A9W and Razer Blade 18 in 7 tests across 1080p, 1600p, 2400p, and 3D Mark benchmark runs. Single-core Geekbench 7 performance goes to MSI as well, with the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D pulling an average of 3,186 across user tests and the Intel inside the Scar 18 only mustering 2,874. At $5,000, the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 is primarily competing against the Razer Blade 18 and MSI Raider A18 HX.
I have a working theory that above all other aspects, the Vibe (with a capital V) of a game is the most important thing to enrapture a hypothetical audience. A strong Vibe is not a guarantee of such a thing, this algorithmic world we live in denies us such luxuries, it's just the most important starting point. The Vibe does not look like any one thing, the only rule is that it must elicit a response along the lines of, "now what's this, then?" Big Stretch, a game jam physics-based platformer that features hardly a semblance of assets, feels like it proves that theory to me.
EA's Saudi Arabian owners are reportedly considering forming an ubermegacorp by merging them with Savvy Games No decision's been made as of yet, report claims Just over a month on from a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund taking over EA, in a buyout worth $55 billion, said new owners are reportedly considering merging the publishers with their existing gaming firm Savvy Games Group. The result would be an ubermegacorp to serve as a vehicle for all of the Saudi wealth fund's future video game-related biz. The report notes that no decision has been made either way yet, with the fact that Savvy are currently in the process of buying Chinese mobile game developers and publishers Moonton for $6 billion meaning any EA/Savvy merger's not likely to happen right away. Read this next - EA's Saudi takeover wouldn't have happened if the company's culture "had any semblance of a moral backbone", say staff fearing layoffs and ownership meddling - EA have gone private, as Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment groups complete their $55 billion acquisition - EA, the big brains behind The Sims 2 H&M Fashion Stuff, announce they're "transforming how brands connect with audiences" – with in-game billboards
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy faces a difficult balancing act. Can it move away from its predecessors' terrifying waves of rats and still deliver a supernatural terror that ties into rewarding environmental puzzles? Can it ditch the series' sibling protagonists and still tell a moving story focused on two people learning to lean on one another? Set in 1334, about 15 years prior to the first two A Plague Tale games, Resonance follows Sophia instead of series protagonist Amicia de Rune.
Now the ink's starting to dry on the Saudi Arabian government and Jared Kushner-backed takeover of EA , which has seen the company go private, staff are getting to grips with what the ownership change might mean for them going forwards . Fears of layoffs and teams or game series being sold off following the leveraged buyout hang in the air alongside unease about the effect the Saudi state's values might have on what gets the green light in future, with staff suggesting EA haven't done a very good job of alleviating such concerns.
As I mentioned when writing about how cool voice-dubbing mods are for Cheap Week , I love vocalized mods. Also called voice mods, these community-made projects add voice acting to otherwise-silent games, or redub games that have voice acting in a gibberish language (like Hollow Knight ) with English. My favorite of these mods is Stardew Voices , which adds voice acting for 12 of Stardew Valley 's love interests: Abigail, Alex, Elliot, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian, and Shane. The listing for Abigail offers a rate of $100 per hour and estimates the actor will spend about 6-8 hours recording dialogue, for instance.
EA have gone private, as Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment groups complete their $55 billion acquisition The deal was announced last September Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, equity firm Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity partners have completed their $55 billion acquisition of EA Sports FC, Battlefield, The Sims, Mass Effect and Dragon Age publisher EA. This comes following a filing from EA to the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week, and confirmation that the European Commission had no intention to stop the deal. A quote from Kushner himself, who it should be noted is the son-in-law of the currently sitting president Donald Trump, in a press release regarding the acquisition reads, "EA has created stories, characters, and communities that have become part of everyday life for hundreds of millions of people. When the deal was announced last year, it quickly caused concern for unionised workers at EA over potential layoffs, with a statement from the United Videogame Workers CWA saying at the time that "if jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors' pockets," and that they are "particularly worried about the future of our studios that are arbitrarily deemed 'less profitable' but whose contributions to the video game industry define EA's reputation." There have also been concerns from LGBTQIA+ players, given that some of the most beloved games EA have published include the likes of The Sims, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age, all popular amongst various queer communities.
See at Amazon Advertisement Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Developer : Square Enix Platforms : PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC Genre : Turn-based RPG Multiplayer : No Dragon Quest XI is a massive turn-based RPG, set in the fantasy world of Dragon Quest, best known for having slimes, shirtless buff guys, and bunny girls. See at Amazon Advertisement Final Fantasy VII Remake Developer : Square Enix Platforms : PS4, PS5, PC, Switch 2 (late 2025), Xbox Series X|S (late 2025) Genre : Action-RPG Multiplayer : No The first entry in Square Enix's ambitious remake trilogy of Final Fantasy VII , Final Fantasy VII Remake primarily covers the Midgar section of the original game. See on Amazon Advertisement Octopath Traveler 2 Developer : Square Enix, Acquire Platforms : PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC Genre : Turn-based RPG Multiplayer : No Octopath Traveler 2 is an HD-2D pixel art RPG from Square Enix. See at Fanatical Advertisement The Witcher 3 Developer : CD Projekt Red Platforms : PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC Genre : Action-RPG Multiplayer : No The Witcher 3 is a beloved action-RPG, set in a dark fantasy world.
Overwatch devs commit to stop making new heroes too OP, after learning their lesson from "perma-banned" Jetpack Cat: "We're trying to find that right landing zone" Blizzard's trying to avoid more Jetpack Cats Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Now that Season 1 is underway in Overwatch, we're going to see further changes echo through the long-established hero shooter. As the new roster takes shape, Blizzard's going to be a little less heavy-handed when it comes to adding characters, because the team wants to avoid situations where the freshest faces are the most rarely seen. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexerto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more.
What's on your bookshelf: Nyamakop and Relooted's Marcia Shange read-only Hello reader who is also a reader! It's finally time for another edition of our thrillingly erratic column on game developers and their bestest books. This week, we're having our ears bent by Marcia Shange, chief operating officer of South Africa, Johannesburg-based developers Nyamakop, creators of puzzle platformer Semblance and the forthcoming postcolonial heist 'em up Relooted. Apart from The Burning God which is the last book in The Poppy War Series, I’m planning to read the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson.