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Generation Zero, the co-op shooter that pits kids in the 1980s against threatening machines that have overtaken a vast Swedish wilderness, is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2024. The game's earliest days were shaky at best with pre-release hype seeming let down by the game's subpar launch, but the independent team at Systemic Reaction Group has survived not just that rough start, but also a pandemic and an industry that demands multiplayer games either dominate the zeitgeist or die...
Newly independent studio Toys for Bob has reportedly reached a deal with Microsoft to fund its next title. The developer, which in recent years was utilized as a Call of Duty support studio, was originally absorbed alongside several other studios when Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard, but regained its independence in February. Toys for Bob had mentioned a potential partnership with Microsoft in its "going indie" announcement, saying at the time that it was in the early days of...
A mint-in-box Xbox 360 console--with its massive 20GB hard drive attachment--will cost you quite a bit of cash, but fortunately, the Mega replica is a much more affordably priced alternative. Also, you won't have to worry about any potential Red Ring of Death issues! Normally $150, this delightful building kit is now on sale for $50 off at Target, a pretty substantial discount of 33%. It also happens to be the first discount yet for the kit, so we expect it to sell out before the deal...
Grief is messy. It's complicated. It's noisy. Or, at least, that's how Abubakar Salim described grief to me when we sat down to play Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, the debut game from his studio, Surgent Studios. On the surface, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU is a confident and vibrant 2.5D metroidvania, with an African mystical world as its backdrop. But below its genre foundation, are roots nourished and forged from tragedy. When Abubakar's father passed away, he said it was like "the rose-tinted glasses...