Gaming

Video game developer legend Warren Spector has announced his retirement from video game development. The 70-year-old founding father of the immersive sim genre announced his retirement in a post on LinkedIn, saying he felt he had done what he set out to do over the course of his glittering career. He now plans to write a book or two and do some lecturing or consulting. Spector announced his…

The Mafia video game franchise is often compared to the Grand Theft Auto games. The rivalry began when the first Mafia game came out in 2002, just a year after GTA 3. Fast forward nearly a quarter of a century and, in the run up to the release of last year’s Mafia: The Old Country, GTA reared its head once again. For a time, it looked like The Old Country might end up coming out within the…

It’s somewhat sobering to think that the Mafia franchise is nearly a quarter of a century old. Many of the people who make the games have been working on it for even longer. What began life in 2002 with the release of Illusion Softworks’ Mafia has become a significant franchise for publisher 2K. And, like most other series of similar vintage, Mafia has seen its ups and downs. But it is still…

Key Preview Takeaways: Combat is as violent as you’d want from Wolverine, with a cleverly implemented Rage Meter, but it doesn’t have the same ability to personalize your attacks as Spider-Man. The story is intriguing, offering up a pre-X-Men Logan working alongside a couple of mutants we tend to know as foes. The non-combat Lowtown area allows for a welcome change-of-pace and chance…