Jess Howard

St. Louis

✨ i’m like if tifa lockhart loved carbs ☕️ editor at gamespot 🌙 infrequent streamer 🔮 into grand stories, art, magic the gathering, anime, coffee & esoterica

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Life By You, Highly Anticipated The Sims Competitor, Gets Summer Release Date

Apr 29, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Life by You, the highly anticipated life sim from Paradox Interactive, has finally landed an early-access release date. After a short delay, the upcoming The Sims 4 competitor is scheduled to launch on PC on June 4, 2024.
InZoi, Upcoming The Sims Competitor, Shares Dev Roadmap And Stunning Character Creator

Apr 28, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Krafton, the studio behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, has revealed a development roadmap and several key features for its upcoming life simulation game InZoi.
Eiyuden Chronicle Devs Open Up About Murayama's Passing And Going Beyond A Suikoden Successor

Apr 26, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

The former Konami developers also revealed their favorite Eiyuden Chronicle characters and the "steamy" moment players need to see. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As the number of video game remakes, remasters, and spiritual successors grows, so does the hesitation surrounding these projects.
Hades 2: All Confirmed Gods And Characters

Apr 23, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Following the success of Supergiant Games' action-packed roguelike Hades, the studio announced it had begun work on something entirely new for the team: a sequel.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Fans Find Ruby And Emerald Weapon Cameos

Apr 16, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

Though Cloud and the gang don't face off against the original Final Fantasy 7's meanest monsters in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, that doesn't mean they don't make a brief appearance. On both Twitter and Reddit, fans have shared posts pointing out a pair of posters that allude to Emerald and Ruby Weapon existence.
Hollow Knight Silksong Has Re-emerged, But What About Other 'Missing' Games? | Spot On

Apr 5, 2024 | gamespot.com | Tamoor Hussain |Lucy James |Jess Howard |Tom Caswell

On April 1st, the worst possible day for this to happen, a listing for Hollow Knight Silksong appeared on Xbox.com. Though listing doesn't provide any clarity on when the game is going to be released, it does confirm it will be on Game Pass on day one and is optimized for Xbox Series X|S. This is both a good sign, as it's a sign of something, but also a cruel reminder that it has been five years since the game was announced.
Open Roads Review - Quick Trip

Mar 28, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

I once read in a very profound article published in a very prestigious magazine (okay, it was a TikTok) that "daddy issues" make artists while "mommy issues" make writers. I can't attest to the science--or lack thereof--behind this statement, but as a writer born into a long line of guarded women who wielded pens as weapons, I can absolutely relate. As such, I have a particular fondness for mother-daughter stories and the catharsis they can offer.
What Exactly Is Judas? | Spot On

Mar 26, 2024 | gamespot.com | Tamoor Hussain |Lucy James |Jess Howard |Tom Caswell

It's been over ten years since the release of BioShock Infinite and in the time since, developer Ken Levine has been busy.
Game Developer Reports She Was Drugged While Attending GDC

Mar 26, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

Snow Rui, president and CFO of Hooded Horse, revealed that she was drugged while visiting San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) last week. Rui shared her story on LinkedIn, laying out a full account of what happened as well as calling out "the complete indifference and inaction" of both GDC and the San Francisco Police Department. According to Rui, she was drugged Thursday, March 21 while "unwinding" at her hotel's lounge with some of her Hooded Horse colleagues.
Overwatch 2 Is Dropping Premium Heroes And Adding A New Store

Mar 18, 2024 | gamespot.com | Jess Howard

Big changes are coming to Overwatch 2, all of them an attempt to make the first-person shooter more "generous," according to game director Aaron Keller. Among the changes headed our way are the addition of the Mythic shop, greater coin distribution, new and reworked maps, a new game mode, and most notably, free heroes. Starting with Season 10, all heroes will be free-to-play upon release. This includes Venture, a drill-wielding damage hero who also marks the game's first non-binary character.