The best story-based games are ageless. While gameplay can become clunky with the passing of time, an enthralling narrative is just as gripping whether it came out in 2004 or 2024.
]]>There has never been anything quite like Immortality before. From the unique mind of Sam Barlow and his studio, Half Mermaid, this curious interactive experiment blurs the line between cinema and gaming in a way that nothing else before it has quite managed. Somehow, it’s three films stacked on top of each other, all broken apart and complemented with behind-the-scenes footage and snippets of the film-making process that end up on the cutting room floor.
]]>Elden Ring has won the game of the year award at the Game Developers Choice Awards, beating outseveral other heavy hitters.
]]>Betrayal at Club Low just won the Seumas Mcnally Grand Prize at the 2023 Independent Games Festival Awards, beating out some brillaint competition in Immortality, Neon White, Not For Broadcast, The Case of the Golden Idol, and Tunic.
]]>The VG247 Best Games Ever Podcast has been going for six months! Can you believe it? The show that was spawned out of a random Slack message has gone from mild strength to ever-so-slightly-less-mild strength. To celebrate this milestone I sat down with host Jim Trinca to berate him about the choices he's made so far.
]]>The nominations for this year's The Game Awards are in, and unsurprisingly, both God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring have racked up a few of them.
]]>Games who ape films Who like films to be games Who make films like they're games Who make games like they're films Always should be something you really love
]]>I find that there’s quite the divide between video games and cinema, and that isn’t necessarily a problem for either industry, but Sam Barlow’s latest game – Immortality – shows just how powerful intertwining the two can be, when done effectively.
]]>Immortality is an experience, to say the least. Sam Barlow’s latest game appears to have left a lot of players dumbfounded, myself included, but this seems to be for the better. Some questions are better left unanswered, right?
]]>Microsoft has announced the next batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.
]]>Immortality is an upcoming interactive trilogy and mystery game from the creator of Her Story and Telling Lies, Sam Barlow. While the title was initially supposed to launch later this month on July 26, the game has unfortunately been delayed.
]]>There are dozens of fantastic things to play on Game Pass, both on the family of Xbox consoles and PC.
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