You can see the faintest flickers of so many tenets of modern video-game storytelling in its ancient code an amnesiac wakes up on an abandoned, befouled space station and slowly pieces together the tragedy through fuzzy audio logs and portentous journal entries (usually discovered alongside the brutalized corpses of their authors). System Shock was released in 1994 in one of those blocky cardboard computer-game cases at the dawn of the FPS revolution. Rarely has Warhammer’s philosophy been better represented onscreen, no plastic miniatures required. Health and ammo can be picked up from the ground like they’re candy, and the ideal combat strategy is a relentless march forward. Boltgun pits players against a horde of chittering demons, all of whom you can easily pulverize with your armored assailant’s wide arsenal of shrapnel, bullets, and, of course, the trusty serrated chainsaw-claymore hybrid that menaces from your hilt. So if you’re looking to build a vintage Doom tribute - rendered with splattered blood and jellified gore - then a space marine is the perfect cipher. The Warhammer universe, a tabletop wargame with some video-game spin-offs, is not known for its subtlety. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X) It’s one of the best summers in the history of the hobby, so you better start clearing out your schedule now before it’s too late.
And don’t forget that these titles are all coming after the release of the consensus Biggest Game of the Year - Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which just missed the season’s cutoff with its May 12 street date. we’re highlighting some of the genuine blue bloods of this industry Blizzard, Bethesda, and Square Enix are putting out new material for gamers to enjoy this summer.
In the past, when I’d write this summer preview, I’d ask for you to get excited about low-stakes party games or indie movers and shakers that deserve a second look. Most of the major studios wouldn’t bother burning through game releases during the summer when they could be saving those titles for winter and the Christmas season. Summertime used to be a dead zone for new game releases. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos: Bethesda, Blizzard, Capcom, KO_OP, Square Enix
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