Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubiconis incredible. But despite some glowing reviews and high praise from the very dedicated and very particular fanbase, it feels like the mech shooter’s revival didn’t quite make the larger splash some had hoped for. Not to worry, though: Elden Ring director and FromSoftware president… Read more... View the full article
Released on May 23, 2024 for Switch and Windows (and it runs perfectly on Steam Deck), Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is an endearing indie puzzle game full of character. And while I didn’t totally vibe with its puzzles, the presentation made the experience more than worth its brief, silly two-hour experience. Read more... View the full article
Inside Out 2, the sequel to Pixar’s incredibly clever spin on the voices inside our head, is heading to theaters on June 14. If you’re unfamiliar, the first film personified the emotions of a teenage girl named Riley as five colorful people in her noggin. The whole thing was built on taking concepts related to the… Read more... View the full article
As Bungie continues to tease out the release of Destiny 2: The Final Shape, it has finally unveiled how Keith David (The Thing, Halo, Mass Effect) will sound when he assumes the mantle of Commander Zavala. Zavala, a key character in the Destiny series, had been played by the beloved actor Lance Reddick until last… Read more... View the full article
How many hours would you stand around in Super Mario 64 waiting to do something that’s never been done before? Five? Ten? A whole day? A speedrunner who goes by Marbler recently clocked in over 80 hours with the Nintendo classic to be the first ever player to beat it without jumping even once. This incredible feat… Read more... View the full article
The first thing that will jump out to you when starting the new indie puzzle game Paper Trail is how ***** good it looks. A gorgeous ****** palette, lovingly crafted characters and environments that look like an arts-and-crafts project, and an almost tangible feel to the visible fold lines on the screen are wonderful to… Read more... View the full article
Narrative action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II arrived on PC and Xbox on May 21, 2024. It features a focused story covering a wide variety of emotional and societal themes that are fascinating to turn over in your mind. Read more... View the full article
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 got a new trailer today and it made me even more excited for this long-overdue sequel as the upcoming third-person shooter will feature co-op missions, PvP, upgradeable space marines, and more. Read more... View the full article
Hunter Schafer, the actor you may know from Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and Kojima Productions’ upcoming Xbox game OD, was recently part of a cover story and photoshoot for Vogue Magazine. Most of these photos show Schafer doing mundane things like reading and picking up trash. But… Read more... View the full article
Playing Hades in the throes of the anguish that was 2020 was exactly the balm I needed. It was the rare roguelike that worked for me, marrying a story that toyed with a pantheon and mythos I’d loved since childhood with some of the most white-knuckle combat I’d experienced in a game. Whether I wanted to check out for… Read more... View the full article
I feel like I need to start with an apology. I’m so sorry. You were just minding your own business, scrolling the internet, and living your life blissfully unaware that late-night TV host Stephen Colbert recently premiered a Skibidi ******* sketch featuring President Joe Biden’s head on CBS. And now I’ve ruined… Read more... View the full article
We already know that The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog has at least one more game in the post-apocalyptic series floating around the studio. However, we also know that’s not the next game the PlayStation-owned studio is putting out. While the team hasn’t said what the new game is, studio head Neil Druckmann has… Read more... View the full article
**** Max franchise creator George Miller already knows what he wants from another video game set in his iconic universe. Ahead of Furiosa: A **** Max Saga’s release on May 24, the director revealed that his dream would be to have none other than Metal Gear Solid and ****** Stranding mastermind Hideo Kojima take the… Read more... View the full article
It’s official—as speculated, Activision has confirmed that 2024's sausage from the Call of Duty meat grinder will be ****** Ops 6. First revealed in a wraparound advertisement in today’s USA Today, and thus only known about by people staying in hotels, the marketing campaign has begun its inexorable expansion with a… Read more... View the full article
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger may not look as fancy and realistic as Red ***** Redemption II, but its tight Old West gunplay, creative design, and stylish visuals make it one of the best cowboy games around. And now you can buy it on Steam for under $2. That’s a steal, partner! Read more... View the full article
When 2024 started, Helldivers 2 was barely a blip on most people’s game release radars. It quickly became the biggest hit of the year so far, turning into both a sales juggernaut and a cultural phenomenon. And in an era of hyper consolidation, it made Arrowhead Studios an obvious target for acquisition by the game’s… Read more... View the full article
One of the biggest questions heading into MultiVersus’ 1.0 launch has been answered. WB Games’ crossover platform fighter dropped in Open Beta in 2022, and the plan at the time seemed to be a smooth transition to a full launch. Instead the game was temporarily shut down, despite having run multiple Battle Passes and… Read more... View the full article
WB Games and Rocksteady’s online supervillain looter-shooter, ******** Squad: ***** The Justice League, received some new skins ahead of the game’s upcoming season 1 episode 2 update. But the new skins haven’t gone over well with the game’s remaining players who aren’t sure how much longer they can keep playing. Read more... View the full article
There have been a lot of good X-Men games in the past, ***** there’s even enough to make a whole list of them! But there is one thing I’ve always felt these past titles were missing that I think would make for the perfect X-Men game: They should be more like the Persona series. Read more... View the full article
The Kingdom Hearts franchise is finally coming to Steam next month (most of it is, at least), and now people who don’t like the Epic Games Store will be able to see Sora, Donald, and Goofy’s story from start to finish. But like any long-running franchise, the series has had its high points and low points. With a bunch… Read more... View the full article
There’s something uncanny about dancing in video games. It’s a fun activity, but once it’s put in an unexpected context, things start getting weird. The dancing village in Elden Ring is one example of that, but there are also real-world events like the dancing plague of 1518 (a thing you should read about) that are… Read more... View the full article
Valve—the company behind Half-Life and Steam—is working on a new game likely named Deadlock. It’sprobably a third-person team-based hero-shooter with MOBA and tower defense elements. And people are playing it right now via a closed and private beta. However, some of those same people have started leaking footage of… Read more... View the full article
Narrative action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II may have relatively simple combat compared to other action games, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be mastered. As I said in my review, the combat itself has a narrative feeling to it, with Senua’s successes or failures in battle feeling harmonious with the… Read more... View the full article
When Diablo IV first came out its economy felt hopelessly broken. Incrementally better but mostly worthless gear was incredibly expensive to buy during the main campaign, while gold was so tangential to the end-game grind that players quickly amassed Scrooge McDuck-like fortunes with nothing really worthwhile to spend… Read more... View the full article
Netflix’s The Witcher has finally given fans their first official tease of Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia and yup, he sure does look like another brooding, white-haired himbo, just with an even ******* jawline this time around. Read more... View the full article
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Released on May 23, 2024 for Switch and Windows (and it runs perfectly on Steam Deck), Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is an endearing indie puzzle game full of character. And while I didn’t totally vibe with its puzzles, the presentation made the experience more than worth its brief, silly two-hour experience. Read more... View the full article