The Ancient Arrowhead treasure map is Avowed’s welcome to the Galawin’s Tusks region — a map protected by a beetle army and a gigantic, tier-five monster, culminating in a reward perched on a cliff with a drop that leads to certain doom. Yay…You can get in and out quickly, without...
Segaâs finally got some Virtua Fighter (6?) news coming
Well, well, well… it appears Sega has finally decided to bless us with new Virtua Fighter information. On Friday, the company announced that a new Virtua Fighter Direct presentation is scheduled for Sunday, May 11 (the final day of Evo Japan), and will be broadcast on Sega’s official Virtua Fighter...
The Scottish Gaelic translation of Still Wakes the Deep is deeply political
In the opening hour of Still Wakes the Deep, the acclaimed horror game set aboard a perilous oil rig in the North Sea, we hear the C-bomb no less than six times. Most come from the mouth of gruff protagonist Caz McLeary, an electrician, or “leccy,” from Glasgow. Caz possesses...
Lucasfilm is now shamelessly owning the Star Wars Holiday Special
For decades, the Star Wars Holiday Special was a misbegotten artifact of a specific era of network TV variety-show thinking, and Lucasfilm seemed content to pretend it never happened. Fans considered it a black mark on George Lucas’ franchise, and made it the butt of endless fandom jokes. But that’s...
Marvel Rivals layoffs are just part of NetEaseâs ice-cold job and game cuts
When NetEase slashed jobs at its Marvel Rivals development studio in Seattle earlier this week, it was unclear why the Chinese game publisher would make cuts around such a successful project. Marvel Rivals has attracted more than 40 million players since its December launch, helping NetEase rack up $2.9 billion...
Palworld devs blame Nintendo Pokémon lawsuit for âdisappointingâ game changes
Palworld developer Pocketpair has admitted it has had to make changes to its game in response to the patent-infringement lawsuit brought against it by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company — and indicated there are more of these changes coming.In a blog post titled “Regarding the lawsuit, changes to Palworld and...
50 years of game history, as told through 60 games
Julian “Jaz” Rignall has been playing games for nearly 50 years, and writing about them for most of those. The former competitive arcade game player and Mean Machines editor has seen the games industry morph through more generations than are easy to count, and now he’s written a book about...
Wicked tackled ‘one of the most difficult things you can do in CG’
From plucky talking bears to motion-capture apes, from Avatar’s sentient space whales to Toho’s relentless Godzilla, computer generated creatures take center stage in movies more and more often these days. If there’s a big-budget film coming out, you’ll likely find a mountainous sandworm or a sound-hunting alien in it. The...
What is the Marvel Rivals roadmap?
The roadmap for Marvel Rivals details what to expect next from the ongoing competitive romp through Marvel’s multiverse.Season 1 recently started in Marvel Rivals, and the developers at NetEase Games have offered a bit more of what to expect from the game as it continues to add new characters, maps,...
Dead Man’s Mail treasure map location and solution in Avowed
The Dead Man’s Mail treasure map in Avowed sends you into one of Shatterscarp’s most dangerous areas on a quest for pants of questionable origin.Still, if you need more distractions in battle than your two companions provide, it’s worth putting up with some tough fights to find the treasure. In...