Another day, another flagrant rip-off of Māori taonga and intellectual property, this time in a middling video game. Don Rowe reports. When the developers of the world’s most popular strategy game decided to bring a fleshed-out Māori race into Civ IV, they consulted, among others, with the Māori New Zealand Arts & Crafts Institute, a … Read more
Apex Legends is the big new challenger for Fortnite’s crown, and it appeared almost entirely out of thin air. Oskar Howell plays the new battle royale game everyone is talking about. Fortnite has spent two long years dominating the gaming scene, and no other game has really managed to come close. Its zany, cartoon style … Read more
Last week, the Tetris battle royale game Tetris 99 dropped with no announcement. Adam Goodall spent three days with the game. This is his diary. FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY About an hour after Tetris 99’s release and I know this much: I suck at the game, so much. Tetris 99 was surprise-announced this morning, like Lemonade but for … Read more
The Darwin Project, the first game from Montreal studio Scavengers, brings a player-generated narrative experience to the saturated battle royale genre, and it has an open beta out this weekend. Uther Dean talks to the people behind it. With Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds coming seemingly out of nowhere to dominate 2017, the age of the battle royale … Read more