Several members of the Escapist Staff got their hands the beta of The Elder Scrolls Online and came back from Tamriel with a ...

Landmark is true to its name, allowing you, the player, to leave a lasting mark on the world. After a 15 year franchise ...

Like many space sims before it, Starpoint Gemini 2 takes place in the far off reaches of space, in this case, a distant ...

Part One – Hands-On Lords of Shadow 2 opens with a combat tutorial couched inside a flashback. Dracula, seemingly at the height of ...

So there’s a new game in the Alien franchise coming out, and it’s got a really interesting premise. Basically, the devs at Creative ...

The temptation to just keep throwing more “stuff” into a strategy game can be very strong. More options! More maps! More items! It’s ...

I’ve been playing a lot of XCOM: Enemy Within lately and marveling at its use of acronyms. There’s MELD, EXALT, and MECs, not ...

In 2009, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment did the impossible: published a Batman game that was actually good. The success of Batman: Arkham Asylum ...

It’s an age-old question in the videogame industry – How do you add content to a profitable game without messing with a winning ...

In 1994’s XCOM: UFO Defense, you built bases all over the world to defend against the alien menace, upgrading them all along the ...

The Golden Age of Piracy is a particularly polarizing setting for any piece of media, let alone a videogame. Combating the constant “Yarrrh ...

Contrast is yet another delightful little indie title that I had the pleasure of experiencing at PAX this year. Unlike a number of ...