gaming articles published February 19, 2025
February 19 articles
- What's The Difference Between a Game Remake and Remaster?
- 12 Classic iPhone Games You Can Still Play Today
- Xbox announces 'a generative AI model for gameplay ideation' called Muse, but don't get too excited: Machines aren't about to make games for you just yet
- This Is Why The Last of Us Factions Was Cancelled
- Xbox has officially opened the generative AI floodgates, and Phil Spencer wants to use it for game preservation and save titles that "were maybe tied to unique pieces of hardware"
- Capcom already has 'many things planned down the line' that reinforce Monster Hunter Wilds' core theme: the relationship between hunters and nature
- Croteam 'never planned to make' its philosophical puzzler The Talos Principle, but it emerged as a 'happy accident' while working on Serious Sam
- Remastered Cult Classic Gets PS5 Physical Release
- NVIDIA RTX 50 Series Cards No Longer Support PhysX
- Muse, Microsoft's new AI engine, can imagine gameplay of video games that don't exist
- BioWare veteran calls out the 'cruelty' of fans celebrating layoffs: 'You are crossing a line, and you're probably attacking the wrong person anyway'
- Demon’s Souls 2 Was Turned Down by FromSoftware Because of Sony
- Following Marvel Rivals layoffs, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says studios fail big games when they don't set expectations for players: "Under promise, over-deliver"
- Microsoft: Our 'Muse' Generative AI Can Simulate Video Games
- Google I/O is happening soon: Here are the 5 most challenging and fun I/O puzzles so far
- Avowed: Best backgrounds and how they link to starting class
- Delta Force's Chinese developer says it doesn't 'have an opinion' on the American military and just wants to create 'fun and meaningful gameplay' with its campaign based on the very real Battle of Mogadishu
- When asked if they still want to make an MMO, Riot's co-founder replies: 'Oh yeah,' but don't get too excited, the ETA is 'before we go to Mars'
- Avowed's huge 66GB update includes major improvements for the game's whole progression system, along with key bug fixes and buffs for companions
- Borderlands and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands to hit Upper Deck with limited-edition gallery prints, trading card sets, and a trick-taking game
- Nintendo Ends Its Gold Points Loyalty Program
- Former exec admits Amazon tried and failed to beat Steam, says the company "needed to build something dramatically better" but "gamers already had the solution" in Valve's store
- Cancelled The Last of Us Online game was "great," but former PlayStation exec says Naughty Dog had to scrap it after Bungie told them how much work it would be
- Choo choo, here comes Monster Train 2: One of our favorite deckbuilders is getting a sequel and you can play a demo today
- ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Is Like ‘Fortnite’ in Hell — And It Rocks
- Dragon Age and Anthem producer says stop harassing developers "because you don't know the circumstances that resulted in the thing that you're mad at"
- The 10 Best Monster Hunter Games
- Avowed's in-dialogue glossary isn't that new, really—it's just somehow not industry-standard yet, though it could solve the 'amnesiac/prisoner RPG protagonist' problem forever
- Pokémon Go developer Niantic is on the verge of selling its entire game catalog
- I'm playing a massive new game that makes me yearn for the Switch 2
- PS5 Pro Support Confirmed for Upcoming Co-op Shooter, Out Soon
- God of War: Ascension's online multiplayer is still kicking almost 12 years on, but its veterans will destroy you on sight: "Everyone who plays this right now is literally a God"
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' new Canon Mode looks like the best way to play because it makes the cutscenes feel a lot more natural
- Black Ops 6 Season 2 Reloaded release time and what's being added
- Overwatch 2 Season 15 finally lets you cancel emotes mid-animation, and it's unironically the best casual change since launch
- 4 years later, the League of Legends MMO remains a major project for Riot Games' co-founder who says it's "exactly the type of company" that should be making MMOs
- Avowed's first zone of Dawnshore is the anti-Hinterlands: A fantastic first impression that I didn't mind sinking 16 hours into
- Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Review: A Yo Ho Home Run for Swarthy Adventurers
- Hollow Knight: Silksong fans reach as-yet-unheard-of levels of cope as the Metroidvania's Nintendo Switch store page briefly disappears
- Just Cause creator's new studio announces 'incredibly difficult' layoffs while still working on its first game
- Wordle hints today for #1,341: Clues and answer for Wednesday, February 19
- Ex-Witcher 3 lead says CDPR initially worried the RPG's massive story didn't fit "the play style of an open world game"
- Thanks to the upcoming Final Fantasy set, Magic: The Gathering is getting a fishing minigame
