Yeah, it’s Keighley o’clock again. I won’t do the whole spiel about Geoff Keighley or the games presentations associated with him - they’re vapid, bloated productions run by gaming PR’s favourite host, but you know that already (OR you know that now). Other folks have better, more entertaining material poking fun at the whole farce of the thing, whereas my aim is simply to find the potential gems amid the middling fare. This year’s Summer Game Fest was definitely among the more underwhelming and anemic in my experience, but I still managed to find some noteworthy titles, my reactions to which I have presented below. Have a look and see if anything strikes your fancy. Star Wars: Zero Company Developed by Bit Company and Respawn Entertainment Published by Electronic Arts Releasing August 27, 2026 for Windows PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The initial reveal for this game gave a strong impression that the central idea for this game was “What if XCOM, but with Star Wars stuff?” What they sh...
Big question time: what's kept Kurt preoccupied to such a degree that he's only posting at the END of June? Well, contract work that pays the bills, for one thing - got professional responsibilities that I need to put first. Also, within the last couple of days I've been hit with a cold, the specific details of which I'll spare you. And some taxing housework that cuts into my time but needs to get done... Basically, life, money and the limitations of the human body. So I'm a little behind on stuff and will be working to get caught up. For those interested, these are the pieces I've got in the pipelines: The (slightly) long-awaited Thoughts on... Mega Man X piece. I might get into it in the piece itself, but in short: on top of normal work stresses causing delays, I'm also not in love with the game and thus finding it difficult to motivate myself to write about it. Nevertheless, it'll get done. A review of Homefront: The Revolution An E3 roun...