Video Games
An Apology from Editor-in-Chief Russ Pitts
Yesterday was a bad day. It was a reminder that the smallest of actions can have a big impact on everyone. Yesterday Escapist ...
Opinion
How Bethesda Killed Fallout
This is not a eulogy for Black Isle Studios, the creators of the original Fallout games. Nor is it a paean for the ...
Opinion
Games of 2018: Editor-in-Chief Russ Pitts
This is a weird year for me to pick a game of the year. I started this year as a civilian playing games ...
Interview
Seven Years and a Breakdown: Schafer’s At the Gates Is (Almost) Done
Jon Shafer used to be the strategy game wunderkind who got started making mods, mentored under the legendary Sid Meier, took over Meier’s ...
Opinion
[UPDATED] Bethesda’s Canvas Bag Problem Gets Ridiculously Worse
Six months ago, when Bethesda announced its online-only version of Fallout, Fallout 76, I was too busy sweating in the Los Angeles sun ...
Video Games
Review: Red Dead Redemption 2
Spoiler warning: There are spoilers. “All those years!” Arthur Morgan screams in anguish, as he follows the titular head of Dutch’s gang down ...
Opinion
Blizzard Betrayed its Fans, and the Press Only Made it Worse
Last week, Blizzard gathered a throng of ultra-fans at its annual Blizzcon in Anaheim, Calif. and there, in full view of the gathered ...
Opinion
I Hate Everything That Isn’t Red Dead Redemption 2
I hate everything that isn’t Red Dead Redemption 2. This is not a review. I’ve played 30 hours of Red Dead Redemption 2, ...
Movies & TV
Vroom Vroom Shootem: Mad Max is the Perfect Terrible Game
Mad Max shouldn’t exist. Starring a vaguely Australian-sounding Max in search of his “Black on Black” Ford Falcon Interceptor, Warner Bros. and Avalanche’s ...
Video Games
Welcome to Escapist Magazine Volume Two
Welcome to Volume Two You may have noticed we made a few changes. Escapist Magazine Volume Two has been in the works for ...
Reviews
Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Why do I play Assassin’s Creed? That’s the question I keep coming back to as I think about Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, the 11th ...
News
Digest: Fornite beats Playstation and Telltale gets sued
Fortnite scores Epic win over Playstation Acknowledging that 125 million Fortnite players can’t be wrong, Sony finally announced that PlayStation 4 owners will ...
