Tag: author_name|Jessica Conditt
Apple unveils a dedicated Games app at WWDC 2025
Apple is rolling out a new, dedicated gaming app, called Games, that will come pre-installed on Mac, iPhone and iPad with macOS Tahoe 26 and iOS 26 this fall. It's basically a spit-shined, updated version of Game Center, a service that Apple has let languish since its rollout roughly 15…
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Sword of the Sea is what happens when Matt Nava strides back into Journey’s shadow
Sword of the Sea is a game about letting go. Its main mechanic involves surfing across vast desert dunes on a thin blade, slicing through glittering sands and scaling ancient towers on a quest to unearth the secrets of civilizations past. It plays best when you forget about the controls…
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Rescue African artifacts from colonizers’ museums in the heist game Relooted
Relooted is a heist game about reclaiming African artifacts from the Western countries that stole them, developed by independent South African studio Nyamakop. Relooted is set in a future timeline where Western nations have signed a treaty to return plundered items to their African regions of origin, but things aren’t…
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‘FBC: Firebreak’ preview: Controlled chaos
A successful co-op shooter feels like a bottomless tub of popcorn, hot and smothered in golden butter, built for bite-sized consumption and impossible to resist. Smooth mechanics and a satisfying, repeatable loop should draw you in for one more bite, one more round, over and over again. FBC: Firebreak, Remedy…
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‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ review: Goodbye parkour, hello Shield Saw
Doom: The Dark Ages is a very different game than Doom Eternal, the most recent mainline entry in id Software’s demon-splattering series. While the Slayer in Eternal was a high-jumping, rail-swinging parkour machine, the Slayer in Doom: The Dark Ages moves like a bull on ice skates, heavy and meaty…
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Despelote review: A poignant memoir masquerading as a soccer game
Despelote is a living memory. Julián Cordero, the game’s co-creator, invites players to spend a few hours in the city of Quito, Ecuador, in the early 2000s, and experience a nationwide soccer fever from the perspective of his own childhood. Wrapped in layers of static and shadow, Despelote follows an…
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