Gaming

Card games get creepy in Inscryption.IMAGE: SUPPLIED

Scares on the cards

I’ve always thought horror was strange. Who would willingly play a game designed to frighten them? Well, myself of course. Horror has always been fun to play through and it comes in different forms, whether a jump-scare fest or a slow psychological burn.

Games firm fund helps eco work

"'League of Legends' for so many people has become a shared language and passion and that to us...

Games firm fund helps eco work

Conservation work in the Upper Clutha has been granted a cash windfall from an unlikely source — an online video game company.

Personal element to game studio advocacy role

Leanne Ross, of Dunedin, will take over as executive director of the New Zealand Games Developers...

Personal element to game studio advocacy role

For Leanne Ross gaming is personal.

Another feather in Quill’s cap

Guardians of the Galaxy is a simple action-adventure game that has you controlling Quill from a...

Another feather in Quill’s cap

Take 10 minutes to get past some of its jarring aspects and this is a quietly wonderful game that proves you don’t need a vast amount of hype or anything fancy to be entertaining.

Some elementary failings

I love murder-mysteries — picking apart a tangled web and seeing all the connections laid bare by the end. But they’re hard to write, as it’s easy to fall back on tropes.

The best of the best

The best of the best

There was a time, you know, when football (soccer, not American) gaming was very much a two-horse race.

A sports sim done impressively right

A sports sim done impressively right

Firing up NBK22 is like walking through a bustling Bangkok market (pre-Covid, of course).

Staying in the loop

Colt sizes up another roomful of Eternalists to be overcome in Bethesda’s new Deathloop. IMAGE:...

Staying in the loop

This seems like one of those games that will either knock your socks off or leave you wondering what all the fuss is about.

Game demonstrates old dogs make great mates

Runaway Play's team has developed a mobile game in conjunction with an American dog sanctuary....

Game demonstrates old dogs make great mates

Dunedin game studio Runaway Play has gone to the dogs — literally.

The blights bound to frustrate

At the moment, Blightbound struggles to offer more than its distinct visual look. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

The blights bound to frustrate

We live in an interesting new era of game releases. Thanks to the advent of digital distribution, if there’s something wrong with your game, no problem; just fix it with an update. This allows games to be supported easily and negates the cost of physical production.

Digital developers share funding

Josiah Hunt is thrilled to have received funding for an action-role playing game that he has been...

Digital developers share funding

Feuding royals, giant robot cricketers and dungeon-crawlers.

Plenty of wrinkles to be ironed out

here is still the familiar core of a good sports game with Madden 22, but it is deflating that it...

Plenty of wrinkles to be ironed out

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: we don’t know how lucky we are when it comes to the range and quality and insane depth of modern sports video games.

Back to the future

Dramatic sunsets are everywhere in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.IMAGE: SUPPLIED

Back to the future

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but packaging an old game series and re-releasing it can be a risky business.

1920s dieselpunk setting explores a 'what if' world

Iron Harvest, a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by KING Art Games. Photo: Supplied

1920s dieselpunk setting explores a 'what if' world

Iron Harvest has a great dieselpunk aesthetic going for it. There’s a lot of care that went into the look and feel of the game, and it really shows. But this effort is somewhat squandered by mediocre story, writes Michael Robertson.

Bugs and LeBron

LeBron James stars in ‘‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’’. PHOTOS: WARNER, TNZ

Bugs and LeBron

Don Cheadle and director Malcolm D. Lee share how Space Jam: A New Legacy brings the classic franchise into the digital age. Peter Sblendorio reports.

Bringing life to game characters

Bringing life to game characters

The ODT’s Ben Allan talks to actor, voice and motion capture (MoCap) performer for video games Brandon O’Neill.

Slow burner delivers the goods

Ratchet remains one of the great video game characters, and it all looks terrific. Images: Supplied

Slow burner delivers the goods

It feels odd to write this but, for a game that likes to throw a million things at you at once and makes it clear the only pace it likes is fast, this is a bit of a slow burner.

Keep the Peeps happy

Michael Robertson finds there's a lot to like about Before We Leave, from Dunedin’s own Balancing Monkey Games.

Game Jam for budding developers

Bayfield High School pupils Veronika Luthar and Bradyn Brown (both 17) practise their computer...

Game Jam for budding developers

The next great computer game may very well start here in Dunedin today.

Covering all the bases

A Sony game — and an elite sports title that has long been exclusive to PlayStation — published on Xbox for the first time. These are indeed strange times.

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