Dan Stapleton

2 weeks ago | ign.com | Dan Stapleton

Note: This review specifically covers the multiplayer mode of Tempest Rising. For thoughts on the story mode, check out the Tempest Rising single-player campaign review. The problem with Tempest Rising's multiplayer is that while it's perfectly competent at recreating a slice of the old Command & Conquer multiplayer with a pair of new and interesting factions, it's just that: a slice, rather than the whole pie.

3 weeks ago | ign.com | Dan Stapleton

Note: This review specifically covers the single-player campaigns of Tempest Rising. For thoughts on multiplayer, stand by until after launch. It was only a matter of time before someone got tired of waiting for EA to announce a new Command & Conquer real-time strategy game without canceling it a few months later, and finally, Danish developer Slipgate Ironworks has become the one to take matters into its own hands.

Jan 28, 2025 | za.ign.com | Dan Stapleton

It occurs to me that the Orcs Must Die! series – and the tower-defense genre as a whole – are something like a cousin to factory games like Satisfactory and Factorio. Those games focus on feeding raw resources like iron and coal into complex machines to efficiently produce spaceship parts, while Orcs Must Die! is about feeding hordes of cartoon monsters into machines that produce… mulched cartoon monsters.

Jan 27, 2025 | ign.com | Dan Stapleton

It occurs to me that the Orcs Must Die! series – and the tower-defense genre as a whole – are something like a cousin to factory games like Satisfactory and Factorio. Those games focus on feeding raw resources like iron and coal into complex machines to efficiently produce spaceship parts, while Orcs Must Die! is about feeding hordes of cartoon monsters into machines that produce… mulched cartoon monsters.

Dec 12, 2024 | ign.com | Dan Stapleton

As we head into game awards season – IGN’s Best of 2024 Awards and many others – as always there’s plenty of talk of surprise nominations and winners, snubs and unforeseen upsets. That’s the drama that draws people to award shows in the first place: nothing is for certain until the proverbial envelopes are opened and the names of the winners are read (except for that one time).