Tag: elden ring

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Trailer is Stunning

AlexGherzo | May 21, 2024 | 1

FromSoftware is bringing gamers even more pain, but it sure is beautiful. Today, the developer of the popular soulslike RPG Elden Ring and the game’s distributor, Bandai Namco, released a trailer for the upcoming Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. This is a story trailer, so it doesn’t sho...

Of Games, Engines, and Culture Wars: A 2024 GDC Retrospective

IllTemperedTuna | Mar 25, 2024 | 0

Something is rotten in the streets of San Francisco. Excrement bakes into the asphalt as the light of day burns the refuse into the asphalt. Needles pile from wasted years of moral highs. The Game Developers Conference has wrapped. Elbow rubbed elbow and jerk rubbed jerk among the usual crowd playin...

A Recap of the 2022 Game Awards

Matthew Carmosino | Dec 9, 2022 | 0

The gaming world’s version of the Oscars just wrapped up with plenty of ads and cringe, along with some surprising reveals and not-so-surprising award winners. Since this was the longest Game Awards show yet, I’ll make it easier to get through by first going through the new games and tra...

New Starfield Details Confirm No Seamless Landing on Planets Among Other Things

Matthew Carmosino | Jun 14, 2022 | 2

A new interview between Todd Howard and IGN clarified a surprising number of details regarding Bethesda’s upcoming open-world sci-fi RPG Starfield. While Todd has been known to exaggerate, some of the things he shared seem very plausible and intelligent. More Hand-Crafted Content Than any Oth...

REVIEW: Elden Ring (2022)

Matthew Carmosino | May 17, 2022 | 0

Elden Ring is the latest action RPG Soulslike epic by FromSoftware. The studio known for challenging boss fights and labyrinthine dungeon design had a lot to live up to after its award-winning samurai adventure, Sekiro, and live up to it they did with a 100+ hour open-world adventure and more charac...

Elden Ring Sales Break Records, Best-Selling New IP in Years

Matthew Carmosino | Mar 11, 2022 | 0

FromSoftware’s latest dark fantasy epic, Elden Ring, released on February 25th to near-universal acclaim. The reviews were pretty much 10s across the board, with a few review bombs on PC due to optimization issues. Currently, the Metacritic score for Elden Ring stands around 95 for the com...