Bethesda's still responding to negative Starfield reviews with cheesy taglines, and at this point I just want the studio's reply brigade to log off

When developing Baldur’s Gate 3, the studio took inspiration from some games you might not expect.

I haven’t been keeping up with player reaction to the latest Twar and Twarhammer games, but it seems players are none too pleased with Creative Assembly right now. In a rather dramatic open letter, the company's vice president Roger Collum has acknowledged that Total War: Warhammer 3’s Shadows of Change add-on and the recent historical strategy outing Total War: Pharaoh did not ship in a desirable state, with complaints ranging from wobbly execution to overpricing. The studio will try to make things right by offering partial refunds to Pharaoh owners and giving away DLC on top of the usual updates.

The Crew is being taken off the streets: Ubisoft announced today that sales of its online racing game have been halted on all storefronts, and it will no longer be playable on any platform after March 31, 2024.

An animated series about Wakanda and its historical heroes is in the works at Marvel. 

James Ohlen is no stranger to intriguing RPG worlds, having worked at developer BioWare for two decades on everything from Baldur’s Gate to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He’s now working to create “the best possible science fiction universe” at an entirely new studio, Archetype Entertainment, but the team's first game Exodus “isn’t trying to compete against Starfield.”

If there’s a series that is crying out for a spot of survival horror-type action, it’s the Jurassic Park franchise. As if the universe has finally heard these pleas, The Game Awards played host to the reveal of an all-new Jurassic Park game, set during the original film’s timeline, where you have to try to survive alone on Isla Nublar. Except you’re not alone, as you’ll be surrounded by a host of dino-friends who all want to get to know you eat you. The game? Jurassic Park: Survival.

Zombie MMO The Day Before is now out in early access, but is receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews on Steam.

If there’s a series that is crying out for a spot of survival horror-type action, it’s the Jurassic Park franchise. As if the universe has finally heard these pleas, The Game Awards played host to the reveal of an all-new Jurassic Park game, set during the original film’s timeline, where you have to try to survive alone on Isla Nublar. Except you’re not alone, as you’ll be surrounded by a host of dino-friends who all want to get to know you eat you. The game? Jurassic Park: Survival.

Thrasher is a surreal VR rhythm action game from the creator of Thumper, and it's coming in 2024. It's the work of Brian Gibson in collaboration with programmer and designer Mike Mandel. (The former also plays in Lightning Bolt which is a brilliant band).

The Day Before was recently Steam's most wishlisted game, but on the day of its long-awaited and oft-delayed Early Access launch, it's marred by an 'Overwhelmingly Negative' Steam rating and countless reviews citing poor performance and missing features.

The Day Before has a bit of a weird history. We recently summarized it here, but the gist is that it's an open-world survival MMO—or at least, that's how its combative and zealous developer describes it—that has attracted both hype and skepticism since it was announced, with some questioning whether it even existed at one point. After a fairly long delay apparently related to a trademark dispute, The Day Before proved them wrong and finally launched in early access on Steam today as promised.

Monsters & Memories  is gearing up for its public playtest this weekend, and the team has a taste of what you can expect and says to have fun testing the old-school inspired MMORPG.