Tag: author_name|Jessica Conditt
‘Time Flies’ turns the life of a housefly into a cute game about existential dread
I didn’t expect to laugh while playing Time Flies, but I did, out loud on the Summer Game Fest show floor. It’s a deceptively simple game with monochromatic, MS Paint-style visuals and a clear premise: You’re a fly and you have a short time to live a full life in…
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Street Fighter 6’s modern controls made me OK at Street Fighter
Thank you, Street Fighter 6. For the first time in my life, I wasn’t embarrassed to play a fighting game in front of strangers on the show floor of a video game convention, and it was all because of the updated control scheme in Street Fighter 6. The modern control…
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‘Starfield’ extended first look has big ‘No Man’s Sky’ energy
Here’s our first deep look at Starfield, the expansive sci-fi RPG coming from Fallout studio Bethesda. Bethesda producer Todd Howard introduced the gameplay video at the end of the big Xbox and Bethesda games showcase today. It quickly gave off No Man’s Sky vibes, with a person in a space…
Read More‘Monument Valley’ studio returns with a cerebral and sporty roguelike, ‘Desta’
Ustwo, the studio behind Monument Valley and Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, is working on a new game called Desta: The Memories Between. It features a blend of roguelike, turn-based and sports-game mechanics, and it’s in development for multiple platforms — though exactly which remains a mystery, as does the game’s…
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Xbox Game Pass comes to new Samsung smart TVs on June 30th
Xbox has been talking about bringing the Game Pass Ultimate library to smart TVs for at least a year, and it’s finally happening in 2022. The Xbox app will hit this year’s lineup of Samsung smart TVs and monitors on June 30th, allowing Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to play titles…
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What to expect from this summer’s big video game shows
It’s June, and video game fans across the globe know what that means – it’s not E3. Again. The old, in-person gaming show has been canceled for the third year in a row, but this summer will still be filled with news and virtual events, thanks in large part to…
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