Starfield Might Have A Review Bombing Problem

'Go grab me some iron on this barren wasteland of a planet for a few scraps of credits, will ya?' a random NPC asks me while I wander through a science outpost I found in the middle of nowhere. 'Sure thing, pal'. I get into my ship, fly into orbit, and boot up the grav engines for this menial, mundane fetch quest... and then the Starfield theme blares as though I've been sent to free the Settled Systems from their oppressors and uncover the meaning of life.

You can't pet the dog in Starfield, and that might be because they've all gone extinct by the time of the game.

Starfield is now available for those with early access and modders quickly worked to add several missing features including support for Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) tech and an FOV Slider.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka episode 3 ! Turn back now if you're not up to date! 

Mario is having pretty great year so far, with a successful movie under his belt and two big video games on the horizon. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first of the plumber's big adventures to come charging out the gates, and Nintendo has a standalone Direct taking place tomorrow which will give us a better look at the game in all its glory. However, it also seems that Nintendo may have another announcement to make, as a Mario-themed Switch OLED console may have leaked ahead of the show.

Bethesda has launched a Starfield advertising campaign designed to get players worldwide hunting unique billboards for the game.

There is no shortage of video games fans are looking forward to playing this year. It’s been filled with incredible games, and the remaining few months of this year also have quite a stacked lineup. But for those who have been waiting on The Day Before, it’s been rather quiet. The developers have been going through their own hoops and obstacles to see their survival game launch into the marketplace. However, a series of delays have forced this game further into the tail end of 2023. 

Overwatch 2 has had a fairly rough go of it since launch, but since coming to Steam, Blizzard has been struggling with a fresh PR disaster. Thanks to Steam's detailed, egalitarian analytics, it became the platform's "Worst Game of All Time", which is a pretty tough moniker to spin into a positive.

«Our hope is that it is another game that's around a decade plus longer, later after it launches, and people are still enjoying it.»

Well, friends, we are just over a week away from the early access launch of Starfield and spoilers have begun leaking, including the opening 40 minutes of the game from someone who got a copy early.

A lot of video games come out every month, even during slower months like August. If you gave the game release calendar a thwap with the ol’ broom, a few huge AAA-tier games would likely drop to the ground like anvils. Games like Madden NFL 24, the rerelease of Red Dead Redemption, Immortals of Aveum, and Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon kick up a cloud that overshadows the arrival of smaller games — potentially great ones, even, from developers you might’ve heard of and new indie creators alike. Like, some that may actually end up on your GOTY list.

Produced by Uncut Gems directors the Safdie brothers and telling a remarkable true story, Telemarketers has quietly become one of the best-rated shows of the year so far. The HBO true crime documentary series has scored a whopping 95% critics' score and 100% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.