Matt Vatankhah

4 weeks ago | vice.com | Matt Vatankhah

In the original DOOM games, our lovable, grunty protagonist was pretty much your everyday dude. In fact, the UAC Marine was originally meant to be nameless, serving as an embodiment of the player before officially adopting the Doomguy identity. Despite his resilience – and impressive ability to tear through hordes of Hell’s worst creations – he was, ultimately, a normal human. In the most recent DOOM games, however, things are a little different.

1 month ago | vice.com | Matt Vatankhah

There are so many games to play, and not enough time to write a massive review for all of them. So this segment is dedicated to those smaller games, or the games we’ve just been itching to talk about in some capacity. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Remaster, a classic game, or even a tabletop RPG: we’re here to chat about them. And during the Waypoint Mini Review Roundup, we gather up thoughts from each of our writers and pass them on to you.

1 month ago | vice.com | Matt Vatankhah

Since its release in 2022, Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 has struggled to maintain its footing as the reigning champion of hero shooters. Introducing sweeping changes to both gameplay and monetization, the sequel was initially met with harsh criticism from dissatisfied players, leading to one of the most negatively reviewed games on Steam. After reverting some of those changes, and since launching Season 16, the future’s looking much brighter.

1 month ago | vice.com | Matt Vatankhah

In today’s WoWCast, World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas explains Blizzard’s philosophy toward in-game combat add-ons and how a future without them is in the works. Some of the most widely used add-ons, specifically those that read World of Warcraft‘s combat events and auras, will eventually stop working. That means no more Deadly Boss Mods, bye-bye Bigwigs, and see ya later, Details. I can already hear the salt mines churning.

1 month ago | vice.com | Matt Vatankhah

God Save Birmingham, an upcoming zombie survival game by Korean devs Ocean Drive Studio, answers an important question. “What’s worse than being in a zombie apocalypse?” Easy – being in England. Originally debuting at Gamescom 2024, a recently released gameplay trailer shows God Save Birmingham with a major facelift. Majorly improved textures, utterly fluid animations, and a much slower pace fill almost nine minutes of new gameplay footage.