It came down to the wire, but The Good Life has passed its Kickstarter funding goal, ensuring that the game will get made and that developer White Owls is able to retain creative control over the project. Until yesterday, things weren’t looking great for Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro’s new game; with just 72 …
Ever since its early teases (sorry, “leaks”), I’ve been very skeptical about the upcoming Shadow of the Tomb Raider. I love Tomb Raider and Rise of the Tomb Raider dearly, so the thought of a new game that has the involvement of neither Crystal Dynamics nor Rhianna Pratchett is troubling. The announcement of Eidos Montreal …
Final Fantasy XIV producer/director Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida has talked a few times over the years about his desire to introduce some sort of companion app for the game. That’s finally coming to fruition, with the Final Fantasy XIV Online Companion App outlined in the latest development update. The free app …
After an unsuccessful Fig campaign last year, director Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro and his studio White Owls are once again seeking crowdfunding support for his new project, The Good Life—this time through Kickstarter. At more than a third of the USD $638,000 goal already raised, things are looking better than they …
Earlier today, Square Enix announced a new Final Fantasy XIV companion app: Final Fantasy XIV Online GO, where the “GO” stands for “Gathering Outdoors”. Following the hype of Pokemon GO and other GPS-enabled games that followed, FFXIV GO would let players gather crafting materials from nodes in the real world. Reading the press release that came into …
It feels like arcade-style racing games have somewhat fallen to the wayside lately, but fans of those delightfully unrealistic takes on motorsport have a couple of new things to look forward to this year: a remaster of the critically-acclaimed Burnout Paradise by Criterion, and Codemasters’ Onrush. Originally released in 2009, Burnout Paradise brought …
This morning, SNK and NIS America announced SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, a new crossover fighting game starring the glorious women of SNK’s numerous games. It’s coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, and it looks fantastic. SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy brings together women from a wide variety of …
Strange, abstract trailers have a way of catching my attention. No, I’m not talking about that Death Stranding thing from The Game Awards, but the curious-looking 0°N 0°W from indie outfit Colorfiction. The title, pronounced “zero north, zero west”, is based on the coordinates of the fictitious Null Island. The game itself is described …
