Gaming

When I reviewed MLB The Show 20, I praised it as the best baseball simulation around while dinging it for playing too safe, recycling visuals, and leaning on marginal improvements instead of taking real swings. Six years later, I’m getting deja vu. Despite giving MLB The Show 21 a standing ovation for finally starting to mix up the formula in its jump to next-gen (at the time) consoles, I’m…

Tomb Raider: Catalyst developer Crystal Dynamics says it “remains fully committed to the future development” of the Lara Croft franchise despite suffering its fourth redundancy round in the last 12 months. “Today, Crystal Dynamics is reducing its workforce by 20 talented team members, split between some development personnel and some central operations roles,” the company…

If it can hold up against the staggering, expansive weight of its complex systems, Never’s End might be an all-timer. Big words, I know, but playing even just half an hour of this Final Fantasy Tactics-style tactical RPG with its director left me buzzing. It’s painted in a charming, 2D-meets-3D art style and set in an expansive world, and even my demo held hours of content to explore that…

So, Nvidia just revealed DLSS 5, its new AI graphics tech that uses generative systems to “enhance” video games with more photo-realistic effects, and I’m not going to worry about mincing my words here: I think it looks shit. Yes, we’ve barely seen a minute of it in action, but if what’s teased is where technology giants think the future of graphics tech in games is going, then I’m…