Towards the end of Life is Strange: Double Exposure, protagonist Max Caulfield insists she will not accept another impossible choice "between two shitty options". She's referencing, of course, the original Life is Strange's climactic dilemma, where players were forced to choose whether Max sacrificed her hometown or her closest ally. It's a moment that has reverberated through every Life is Strange game since, and has come to define a series centred around young adult drama and living with the consequences of your actions. Max's declaration she won't pick again between two similar no-win scenarios is meant to feel triumphant: she has experienced that trauma once, and is now older, bolder and wiser, so will instead fight to forge a third path. It makes for a heroic scene, and raises expectations for the game's ultimately rather maddening climax. But it simultaneously also glosses over the reality of that original, heartbreaking decision: that its impossible nature was the point.
One of my favourite parts of Sonic x Shadow Generations, released last week, is the wealth of music, stories, and art in the game's Collection. Acquired hidden emblems throughout each stage can be used as keys to unlock treasure chests throughout the White Space central hub zone and, with a quick shift of location, Shadow can check out his history through some wonderful artwork.
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 players are frustrated with the new shooter's respawn mechanics.
The Outlast Trials developer Red Barrels has shared an updated roadmap following a "cyber incident" that caused a "significant "hit" on production. It confirms a new lobby game, a fresh MK-Challenge, and a new Geister event are all on the way.
Dont Nod's studio creative director has hit out at "hateful" comments about Deck Nine's take on the Life is Strange franchise.
Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect and artist, whose glossy, curvy, arcing buildings have looped and flexed through so many cities around the world, once noted that she had never been asked to design anything of particularly striking significance in London. I wonder what she'd make of the Hadidian, cross-purpose, modular thicket of residential units, parkland, and office space that I helped bring into being over by Blackfriars Bridge the other night. It took about thirty seconds to lay the foundations, and the whole thing was fairly blipped into towering life within a few minutes. By the time I was done, the building soared high over the Thames, more a parody of the Hadid style than the real thing, I suspect, and for that I am entirely to blame. All taken care of in the time it took to eat a packet of crisps.
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The US Copyright Office has confirmed it will not grant video game preservationists exceptions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
A fantasy role-playing game of astonishing spectacle. This is the best Dragon Age, and perhaps BioWare, has ever been.
Nvidia, the Californian tech company known for its PC GPUs, has seen a surge in market value, briefly overtaking Apple as the world's most valuable company.
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