Robin Valentine

1 week ago | msn.com | Robin Valentine

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1 week ago | pcgamer.com | Robin Valentine

With a whole three seconds of footage, this month's Nintendo Direct put a new release window on Hollow Knight: Silksong: 2025. The game has blown past announced release windows before, of course, but this does feel a bit more concrete—brief though the appearance was, this was still Nintendo announcing the lineup for its brand new console. There's some weight to that.

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Robin Valentine

In the run up to the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, a lot of people apparently became very concerned about the series' historical accuracy. It was a bit perplexing, because as anyone who's actually played an Assassin's Creed knows, their historical accuracy usually hovers around the same level as an episode of Doctor Who.

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Robin Valentine

As I was digging into just last week, the new US tariffs stand to have a devastating impact on the tabletop gaming industry specifically—so it feels particularly appropriate that the UK's Channel 4 News has found a way to explain the situation using Warhammer models. The TikTok video (below) helps to illustrate, via placing Space Marines and Death Guard miniatures on a map, how the new tariffs could affect UK businesses.

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Robin Valentine

As countless industries reel from the news of major new US trade tariffs, you may not realise that one particularly close to our heart is likely to be among the worst affected: tabletop games. Over the last 15 years, give or take, tabletop RPGs, wargames, and particularly board games have enjoyed a huge boom. Factors such as the rise of Kickstarter and the mainstreaming of nerd culture have allowed a huge range of games to flourish and find audiences, enjoying unprecedented funding and sales.