Programming

Game Builder Garage Review – Learning Through Play

Game Builder Garage on Switch When it comes to game design, few come close to the folks over at Nintendo. Throughout the years, the Japanese gaming giant has given us plenty of awesome experiences, and have influenced even more game designers looking to make their mark on the industry. With Game Builder Garage, the gates are opened even wider, as Nintendo unleashes a potent and accessible video game development software on the Nintendo Switch. This is not exactly the first time that Nintendo has allowed players to go wild with

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora “Will Only Appear with Ray Tracing”

Ubisoft Massive have made it pretty clear that with their upcoming open world game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, they’re looking to leverage the hardware of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S to deliver an incredibly immersive experience, and that given the things they’re trying to accomplish, they couldn’t have made the game work on the PS4 and Xbox One. One of the things that the game is going to do on a visual level is dedicate itself to ray tracing completely. Speaking with German site Gamestar, technical director of programming Nikolay Stefanov

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Devs Say PS5 and Xbox Series X/S Allow the Game to be “as Immersive as Possible”

Unlike most major (or otherwise) games coming out right now, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora isn’t going to be cross-gen. In a recent interview with IGN, the game’s creative director Magnus Jansén and technical director of programming Nikolay Stefanov spoke about why Ubisoft made that decision and what that has allowed the developers at Ubisoft Massive to do. In the same interview, they also spoke about being able to make the game a much more immersive experience than it would otherwise have been. Jansén said that immersion is key in Avatar: Frontiers of

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Developers Explain Why the Game is Next-Gen Only

Most games releasing right now are cross-gen titles, as is usually the case with console generation transitions, and that’s likely going to continue being the case for at least another year or so, if not more. When Ubisoft’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora launches next year, however, it won’t be releasing for PS4 and Xbox One. So why exactly is that the case? According to its developers at Ubisoft Massive, who recently spoke with IGN, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is leveraging the hardware of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S to do things that

Niantic Labs Reveals Roadmap for Removing Pandemic Bonuses in Pokemon GO

PokémonNiantic Labs has published a detailed roadmap for removing the pandemic-era bonuses it previously implemented in Pokemon GO. / Niantic LabsNiantic Labs has published a detailed roadmap for removing the pandemic-era bonuses it previously implemented in Pokemon GO.The company unveiled its plans through a post on the official Pokemon GO live news blog on Monday, June 21. Throughout the process, Niantic plans to keep tabs on the COVID-10 situations around the world and make adjustments accordingly. Trainers may benefit from different bonuses at different times as a result."We learned a

10 Obnoxious Ways Video Games CHEAT

I love video games. You love video games. But sometimes they hurt us. Video games do plenty of cool little tricks to help us feel immersed and give us a tiny edge — and sometimes they do the opposite, just totally throwing out the rules and making us fight an uphill battle toward victory. Today we’re not talking about the nice tricks. We’re talking about the mean, lowdown and dirty ways that video games cheat. Whether its spontaneously generating resources, using a bottomless well of MP / stamina, or gaining

Recompile Gets August Release Date

Developer Phigamesand publisher Dear Villagers have announced that Recompile, a “Metroidvania-inspired hacking adventure game” will release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in August. In an interesting twist, “the game’s entire narrative takes place within 1 second of real time.” According to the publisher, “combining traditional Metroidvania mechanics with a dynamic branching narrative system, Recompile challenges players to explore, fight, hack and survive. Discover the many secrets beneath the ancient digital landscape, and prepare for system-wide reconfiguration.” The game promises several playstyle options, several critical paths

15 Best Point And Click Adventure Games To Play In 2021

There are a ton of great point-and-click adventure games out there and we have years of back catalog we could bring out. With so many iconic classics, it’s worth looking at a few titles that might have popped up that you either missed out on recently or are slated to come out within this year. We’re going to highlight a few titles that we think you should be playing in 2021 or at the very least kept on your radar when you’re in the mood to try a new point-and-click

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is an Underrated Masterpiece

2020, despite all of its delays and other issues, was quite the hyped year. Even without all of the acquisitions and next-gen console launches, it offered some seriously big releases like The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Demon’s Souls, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and so on and so forth. Of course, it also saw the release of some stellar indie games like Streets of Rage 4, Spelunky 2, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Hades and The Pathless. Among all of these titles were a number