12 Things To Know About Far Cry New Dawn
After launching Far Cry 5 in 2018, Ubisoft Montreal is bringing players back to that game’s Montana setting. However, this direct sequel is far from a retread. The Hope County you explore in Far Cry...
View ArticleHere's What You Missed At The Game Awards 2018
Last night Geoff Keighley and crew put on a heck of a show for the fifth annual Game Awards. The show's grown quite a bit over the years, with reveals from both indie developers as well as studio...
View ArticleThe Most Horrific Post-Apocalyptic Settings In Video Games
Post-apocalyptic settings in video games are always a blast. Whether they’re populated by cyborg demons or feral humans, these dust-beaten worlds are rife with conflict, crawling with creatures that go...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Need To Know About Rage 2's Factions
Within the fiction of Id Software's universe, it’s been nearly three decades since the ending of the original Rage, and the various groups that Nicholas Raine squared off against have shifted radically...
View ArticleNHL 98: The Greatest Sports Game Intro Of All Time
I was talking with Game Informer creative director and friend Jeff Akervik one day, and somewhere in the conversation NHL 98 came up – specifically its intro. I never played the game back in the day,...
View ArticleSci-Fi Weekly – Brightburn, Men In Black, Captain Marvel, Mutant Year Zero
The deadline for Game Informer's "best of the year" voting draws near, and I'm doing everything I can to play as many of 2018's games as I can. I recently watched the credits roll for Darksiders III,...
View ArticleHere Are Rage 2's Pulverizing Powers
Rage 2 has a lot of great weapons, sure, but part of what makes the combat so satisfying are the nanotrite powers that protagonist Walker can use to stun, bamboozle, and otherwise decimate foes....
View ArticleVote For Your 2018 Games Of The Year
Now is your chance to sound off on your favorite games of 2018. Do your part and vote to make sure your favorite games make our Reader Games of the Year section in the February 2019 issue of the...
View ArticleCapcom Talks Ranking Points, Changing Venues, And Addressing Feedback For...
Throughout the year, Street Fighter V players have been competing at various tournaments as part of the Capcom Pro Tour for a place in the Capcom Cup, which pits 32 qualified players from around the...
View Article8 Dream Characters We’d Like To See As Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s base roster cemented, players can now set their sights on the all-important question: Who’s being made available via DLC? Primary among the many completely justified...
View ArticleWhat You Should Know About The Keyblade Wielders Before Playing Kingdom...
Square Enix has unveiled the first of three planned trailers before Kingdom Hearts III’s launch next month. The video showcased an exhilarating and action-packed, though exceedingly brief, overview of...
View ArticleRethinking Wastelands: How Avalanche Brought Color And Insanity To Rage 2
Rage 2 debuted with a bombastic trailer full of neon color splashes. It was a sign Rage 2 would not look like the first Rage, which was defined by brown horizons.Avalanche aims to create a variety of...
View ArticleThe Internet Reacts To Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Posters
Sonic the Hedgehog as a movie was always a collar-tugging proposition, but a recent movie poster teaser has gotten a lot of people scratching their heads. Even former Sonic the Hedgehog developers are...
View ArticleTop Of The Table – Pandemic: Fall of Rome
Pandemic is one of those rare board games that has breached out of the hobby market, and has at least a passing familiarity from a more mainstream game-playing public. And there’s good reason for that....
View ArticleReplay – Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Watch the Game Informer crew find new ways to take down targets in this look back at one of Agent 47's earliest assignments. Game Informer gave Hitman 2: Silent Assassin an 8.5 when it released in...
View ArticleMeet The Unstable Wastelanders Of Rage 2
The characters in Rage 2 are insane, but living through an apocalypse will do that to you. Avalanche Studios has spent a great deal of time dreaming up the inhabitants for Rage 2’s chaotic...
View ArticleDiscussing Sports In 2018 & Beyond
It's another year in the books, and today I'm joined today by colleagues Matt Bertz and Brian Shea to talk about what's been going on with this year's sports games as well as look ahead a little to...
View Article2018’s Best Games Were About Change
2018 has been an interesting year for me. I ditched most of my social media platforms, embraced sobriety, became a vegetarian, and in general have tried to focus on finding validation through creation...
View ArticleSpider-Man: Silver Lining Impressions – A Fitting, But Breezy End
Both Peter Parker and Insomniac Games know the end is near in Silver Lining, the final installment in The City That Never Sleeps DLC campaign. They race to the finish, almost like this story is ticking...
View ArticleHow Rage 2 Rewards Those Who Have Played The First Game
As we revealed earlier this month, you don't need to play the original Rage to understand Rage 2's story. However, there are definitely some surprises and nice nods to the original game for returning...
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