Author: Rick Lane

Last week, a massive amount of data was stolen from Spider-Man developer Insomniac games. Now the hackers who stole that data have leaked it online, detailing internal plans of the studio that stretch across the next decade. On December 12, Cyber Daily reported that Insomniac had suffered a data breach committed by ransomware group Rhysida,…

Embark Studios’ multiplayer shooter dazzles in the moment, but its AI voices are symptomatic of a broader issue with artistic vision. When you kill someone in The Finals, they explode in a shower of coins, their body scattering across the ground like a tub of popcorn dropped by King Midas. As with much else…

Picking a favourite Baldur’s Gate 3 character is a bit like picking your favourite limb, but there’s little question that the best villain in Baldur’s Gate 3 is Raphael. The smooth-talking trickster cambion is as charming and charismatic as he is utterly, incontrovertibly evil, such that you kind of want to do what he asks…

Alan Wake 2 certainly isn’t afraid to be weird, whether it’s letting you change the layout of a level at the press of a button, or suddenly turning into a full-blown musical. Making a game so wilfully out there must be a nerve-wracking experience, however, as you’ve got no idea whether your kooky ideas are…

Need to know What is it? Third-person cooperative battler with middling comedy and combat Expect to pay £35/$40 Release date November 30, 2023 Developer Appeal Studios Publisher Nacon Reviewed on AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Nvidia RTX 2080 Super, 32 GB RAM Steam Deck Unsupported Link Official site  Like its babbling crew of outlaws, Gangs of…

Video games have let us drive trains, build trains, rob trains, and occasionally blow-up trains. Now, Last Train Home lets you manage one as well. Set in the aftermath of World War One, this survival strategy game puts you in charge of a legion of Czechoslovak soldiers attempting to escape Russia in the grip of…

I never fully wrote off Star Citizen as a scam to sell expensive fake ships to credulous fans of Wing Commander, but neither have I ever been convinced that it will actually achieve a 1.0 release someday. I don’t think this latest trailer has changed my mind on that point, but it has made me…

Frontier boss David Braben has said the company has experienced a “turbulent and difficult year” after Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin struggled to find an audience. As reported by IGN, Frontier issued a trading update this morning in the wake of the launch of its of its fantasy RTS, acknowledging the recent difficulties…

Team17, publisher of the excellent horror fishing sim Dredge, has warned its profits are likely to be down this financial year, as some of its games struggle to meet expectations and certain projects go over budget. In a trading update published on Friday (via IGN), Team17 said it “remains well positioned with strong traction across…

Ned Luke, the voice of Grand Theft Auto V‘s Michael De Santa, decided to spend some of his Thanksgiving streaming GTA Online for fans. But the event was spoiled when anonymous trolls had Luke’s home swatted by the police. Luke was chatting with fans while idling in a menu in GTA Online, when he received…