gaming articles published February 17, 2025
February 17 articles
- Toby Fox is still working on more Deltarune, folks, game development is just complicated
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 just got even better to me after watching this video showing NPCs scavenging and a dev explaining "nobles might ignore cheap items, but beggars will pick them up"
- In a world of live-service chasing, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 proves people still love single-player games as it sells 2 million units in under 2 weeks
- How Modern RPGs Cured Me of Save-Scumming
- Final Fantasy creator says the original JRPG's programmer was "like a god" to him: "I still strongly feel that the core program itself is the ‘life’ of a game"
- 4 Ways Arcade Games Got Pay-to-Win Right
- Avowed Is Using Xbox Cloud Saves, Even on Steam
- Ubisoft announces the 'biggest transformation in Rainbow Six Siege's history' for later this year, so big they're adding an 'X' to the name—But don't call it a sequel
- These 12 Games Will Convince You to Install Windows on Your Steam Deck
- My respec in Avowed turned the combat from Skyrim into Dishonored, and now I'm having a blast as an invisible parkour sword-mage
- Xbox confirms the console war is over, but could still be the ultimate winner
- NZXT Function Elite MiniTKL review: ‘laser-focused on competitive players’
- Why The Switch 2 Should Embrace These Nintendo Mobile Games
- 'Civilization VII' review: Plenty of changes, but also some bad ones
- This Meta Quest 3 Game Optimizer Saved VR for Me
- GTA 3 originally gave players a wanted level for running a red light, but "This was not popular with the team," so a developer "quickly removed it"
- PlayStation Fans Shouldn’t Get Their Hopes Up for a Summer Showcase
- Get Used to Seeing PlayStation Branding in Xbox Showcases
- I've played fighting games my whole life and this arcade stick is the best I've ever tested
- 6 years after Rare's survival game was announced, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the long wait is because "we've been able to give those teams time in what they're doing"
- Microsoft veteran and former Blizzard president knows "loyal Xbox gamers are mad" about exclusives launching on PS5 and Nintendo Switch but "that isn't going to change anything"
- Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea'
- Wordle hints today for #1,339: Clues and answer for Monday, February 17
- 'Astro Bot' on PlayStation: Jump 'n' run through the universe
