After three years of teases and trailers, one of the first major Xbox One games ever revealed is finished. Remedy, the studio behind Max Payne and Alan Wake, has turned in yet another fascinatingly idiosyncratic spin on storytelling and shooters. How does this bizarre blending of time-manipulation, video game gunplay, …
Read More »GR+ Live: Meet the writer of Senran Kagura Estival Versus on PS4
Senran Kagura is an unlikely series. What looks on the surface like the most lascivious sort of anime game hides an involved story beneath its pervy veneer. A fair description: it’s about breasts, ninjas, interpersonal relationships, gender dysmorphia, gender identity, and friendship. Seriously. It’s that dynamic that’s earned the series …
Read More »GR+ Live: Help us solve rage inducing puzzles in The Witness
The Witness, Jonathan Blow’s years in the making follow up to Braid, is finally out on PlayStation 4. It already drove one of GamesRadar’s staff members madness. With your help, though, we’ll survive its mad wiles. Come help us try to solve its insane puzzles at 4:30PM ET/1:30PM PT right …
Read More »GR+ Live: Meet the mind behind Star Wars Masters of Teras Kasi
Craig Rundels has been a working artist in video games for 20 years. Today he makes guitars and works for Sperasoft, a company providing art and support on games like Dragon Age and FIFA. Back in the day, though, Rundels was the lead artist and designer on the most infamous …
Read More »Caught Up: getting started in Just Cause 3
This week on Caught Up we’re parachuting into the explosive sandbox game Just Cause 3. Here, everything explodes with glorious, Hollywood-esque pyrotechnics. And we have the grappling hook that brings all these explosives together. Shake off those post-Thanksgiving blues by watching up wreak havoc all across the island of Medici. …
Read More »Departure Lounge: The heart-stopping art in Layers of Fear
Some art isn’t for the faint of heart, and neither are some games. In this week’s episode of Departure Lounge we venture into the unsettling gallery of a bizarre painter, desperately trying to bring his disturbing works to life in Layers of Fear. Though it’s already available through Steam’s Early …
Read More »How Its Done: 20XXs creator bottles that Mega Man soul
Here’s the thing about Mega Man: getting it right is not easy. Over the more than three dozen Mega Man games made over the past thirty years, most of them aren’t that great. The dizzying highs of Mega Man 3 and Mega Man X are often paired with ghastly lows …
Read More »Caught Up!: Were gearing up for MGS5 with Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is the big ticket release this week, and we’re gearing up with the PSP hit, Peace Walker. Set between MGS3 and MGS5, Peace Walker is the story of Big Boss and his adventures in Costa Rica sippin’ on tropical drinks and fighting giant …
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