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1 week ago | 
gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin |Andrew Brown
The Witcher 4's narrative lead won't be turning his back on some of The Witcher 3's best bits: those awesome, multi-layered side quests. Philipp Weber joined The Witcher 3's team as a quest designer early on in development and, in an interview with GamesRadar+, he recalled that the earliest bit of feedback he received from the studio was that "We don't do fetch quests." Hear, hear.
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2 weeks ago | 
gamesradar.com | Andrew Brown
In 2012, CD Projekt Red's ambition was at boiling point. Paweł Sasko, then a quest designer, joined the studio on February 6. "I don't remember the birthday of my mom, but I do remember that," he admits, grinning. "It's a special day for me."CDPR was preparing to launch The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings on Xbox 360. The port was largely finished, and work on a follow-up, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, had begun in secret.
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3 weeks ago | 
gamesradar.com | Andrew Brown
For Atomic Heart, the five-year journey from announcement to launch was a rollercoaster. In its earliest days, prospective fans were enamored with its Soviet BioShock-esque premise, with one combat trailer alone racking up nearly eight million views. Anticipation was sky-high by launch, yet its reception in 2023 was ultimately more polarizing – we scored it 2.5 in our Atomic Heart review.
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3 weeks ago | 
gamesradar.com | Andrew Brown
The human brain is honed on a millennia of survival instincts, which means that we can often tell from a glance if something is bad news. Snakes. Lions. Roadworks. A twisted mass of muscle and bone, splintered ribcage blooming toward the ceiling while a slack-jawed head dangles from where its hips should be. That last one is admittedly quite specific to Ill, a first-person survival horror which has spent several years cooking since its reveal in 2022.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Andrew Brown
16 hours agoEvery big announcement from PlayStation’s new State of PlaySony kicked off the annual summer game fest (ahead of actual, Geoff Keighley-approved Summer Game Fest) on Wednesday with a new State of Play showcase.
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1 month ago | 
gamesradar.com | Andrew Brown
To a T is much more than its premise suggests. Yes, you play as a T-posing child who must navigate their life with both arms perpetually raised at either side. Yes, that makes walking through doors a nightmare. But that's not what the debut game from Uvula – a small studio co-founded by Katamari Damacy's Keita Takahashi – revolves around. Instead, To a T is about asking serious questions in a silly voice. What does it mean to be perfect? What does perfect even mean?
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1 month ago | 
gamesradar.com | Andrew Brown
Living on the fence is tiring. Having spent the last three years humming and hawing over the Steam Deck - which is perpetually one impulsive click away from being bought - there are now two handhelds to deliberate over. The Switch 2, set to launch on June 5, promises to do everything the original Switch did but better. That, to roll out an early understatement, is an easy sell.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Andrew Brown
19 hours ago10 Highly Reviewed Games That Would Flop TodayAs the video game industry changes and grows, with advances in technology and ideas, what players value at any given time is also transformed.
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1 month ago | 
gamesradar.com | Andrew Brown
"Sweet Liber-Tea," I breathe, frozen before an open fridge. A crucial decision. What's for dinner? I've been playing Helldivers 2 for less than a day and its sweet patriotic nothings have already wormed their way into my brain, presumably carving out inessential things like basic maths while doing so. Dinner ends up being a sandwich, cold chicken, and everything that can be swept onto a plate without cooking. There's no time for the oven: Super Earth needs me, and I need Super Earth.
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1 month ago | 
gamesradar.com | Andrew Brown
Between adventuring in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, I've been reading about nature. Did you know that alpha male chimpanzees need to be approved by their community's female chimps before leading? Or that some pigeons are likelier than others to influence where their flock goes? All of this is to say that hierarchy, the time-treasured system for telling others what to do, is the most natural thing in the world. It's no different in Cyrodiil.
