A year ago, Payday 3released to calamity, as the always-online game immediately wasn’t, with outages lasting for over a week. When people finally were able to play it turned out they didn’t like it much, made worse when vital patches kept missing their deadlines, communication fell apart, and eventually senior heads… Read more... View the full article
Horror games scare you in ways that nothing else can. The tactility of their ******* and the immersiveness of their worlds can make it hard for scaredy cats to even give one a chance, let alone get through it. Beating a horror game is one of the most triumphant feelings you can experience as a gamer, as it marks not… Read more... View the full article
Pokémon GO added Dynamaxing to the mobile game only just over a month ago, with the accompanying addition of Max Points, all-new Pokéstop-like Power Spots, and the ability to Max Battle your monsters. And today, it’s followed up with the announcement of the arrival of Gigantamax Pokémon, with a rather splendid trailer. Read more... View the full article
Scalpers are just capitalism working efficiently. As such, they’re absolute scumbags who ruin fun things, proven yet again with the release of Larian’s physical “Collector’s Edition” of Baldur’s Gate 3. The enormo-box, sold out by official means, is now being listed for prices over $3,000. Read more... View the full article
Few comic book characters are as beloved as Spider-Man. With such a simple and understandable set of powers and a memorably iconic guiding ethos, Marvel’s signature character is a shining example of what it means to be a hero. Created in 1962 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has a rich… Read more... View the full article
With the release of Vessel of Hatred, Diablo IV has seen its most significant changes since its original launch in June 2023. Adding a completely new region, Nahantu, along with a wealth of added characters and modes and a brand-new story, the expansion pack is the very definition of a game changer. But it goes even… Read more... View the full article
Pokémon maker Game Freak has suffered a massive data breach that saw employee info as well as tons of details about past games and upcoming sequels stolen from the developer. Fans are calling the leaked data the “Teraleak” as insider accounts pore over everything from unused Pokémon designs to the codename for the… Read more... View the full article
With both the epic role-playing gameMetaphor: ReFantazio and Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred expansion having just released, we’ve got heaps of pointers to help you start off on the right foot in both. Also, players are getting their butts kicked by Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’s Great Ape Vegeta, and we’ve got tips on… Read more... View the full article
This week saw the release of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the long-awaited new release from the folks behind Persona. It’s a game bursting with big ideas and rich themes, and we’ve got a lot to say, both about the things it does well, and at least one area in which it falls short of one of its predecessors. On top of that,… Read more... View the full article
This week, YouTuber and Kick streamer Jack Doherty crashed his $200,000 McLaren sports car while broadcasting, an event which has seen him banned from the latter platform permanently. Also, The Weather Channel used its Unreal-powered storm visualization tool to give viewers a good look at just how bad the devastation… Read more... View the full article
The city of Irvine, California’s police department officially introduced its cringy new Tesla Cybertruck on Tuesday to the public in the most cringe way possible: a dorky video featuring theme music from “The Terminator,” a franchise that famously portrays cops in a poor light. Read more... View the full article
Were you obsessed with “Back to the Future” growing up? Did you never grow out of that obsession? Do you quote ‘80s movies so frequently your wife finally left you for some guy willing to watch newer movies and eat his vegetables without being told? Well, then boy have I got the car for you — this Back to the… Read more... View the full article
Metaphor: ReFantazio is the latest RPG from the minds of the Persona. Like its predecessors, Metaphor is a dense game with lots to do and talk about, from its Archetype class system to Atlus’ maturation as storytellers. There’s even something to be said about how cool it is to skate on your sword. Our first… Read more... View the full article
Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Ball Z: Sparking Zero are out this week, so many of you are probably set for video games to play this weekend (and beyond). But if you’re not a fan of social sim RPGs or Dragon Ball, you might be lacking a piping hot new release to play with your precious downtime. Not to worry, we’ve… Read more... View the full article
First announced years ago, the ability to begin streaming games you own on Xbox but that aren’t part of Game Pass will go into testing for insiders beginning in November. It’ll add another meaningful perk to the Netflix-like subscription program, letting players stream games like Baldur’s Gate III and Elden Ring that… Read more... View the full article
Keep Driving is a newly revealed indie game that looks to provide a chill RPG experience about driving across the country in the early 2000s in your beat-up and ******* first car. And I’m here for it. Read more... View the full article
Netflix just dropped its Tomb Raider animated series, The Legend of Lara Croft, for everyone to enjoy. If you’ve already marathoned all eight episodes of the show and are craving more treasure hunting goodness, then good news, there are a lot of Tomb Raider games to play. Even better news, the entire franchise is on… Read more... View the full article
When Disco Elysium came onto the scene in 2019 it completely shook up RPG storytelling, spearheading new ways to immerse players and build worlds. Surely it was just the start of something new, bold, and exciting. Instead, things got very messy, very quickly. Now, multiple teams made up of former staff are racing to… Read more... View the full article
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero features a massive roster, with over 180 playable characters. But just like some other entries in this series, you don’t have access to them all at the start. There’s a bunch of ways to unlock them in the game, and we’ve broken them all down. Read more... View the full article
Throughout the 2010s one of the most interesting developers around was Telltale Games, the developer behind a number of exceptional narrative-driven adventures set in the worlds of popular franchises. The team was most known for its Walking ***** series, generally considered an emotional masterpiece. Telltale still… Read more... View the full article
On October 12, following a last-minute 24-hour delay, Fortnite’s massive Halloween update will go live on all platforms, bringing Edward Scissorhands, Leatherface, Cruella DeVille, Billy the Puppet from Saw, useable chainsaws, and more to the battle royale. Read more... View the full article
Metaphor: ReFantazio, the new fantasy RPG from Atlus’ Persona team, is out today. It’s an excellent game that builds upon its predecessor’s foundations and manages to correct some old mistakes, as well. But there is one thing Atlus said was going to be different in this game compared to Persona, and the team was… Read more... View the full article
Following a year after the Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection, three additional Lara Croft games are getting updated with visual upgrades and new features. Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered arrives in February 2025 for $30. Read more... View the full article
Metaphor: ReFantazio, the new fantasy RPG from the minds behind Persona, is a pretty dense game. There are a lot of systems to keep track of, levels to grind, and time to manage as you travel through the world of Euchronia. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the things to do when actual in-game days pass when you so… Read more... View the full article
Sometimes the optimal play is to not play optimally at all. In Altus’s Persona-like RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, there are the class options you’d expect from the genre, so you might expect to be told the best possible choice to most enjoy the game. It’s just…it doesn’t work like that here. It’s better. Read more... View the full article
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A year ago, Payday 3released to calamity, as the always-online game immediately wasn’t, with outages lasting for over a week. When people finally were able to play it turned out they didn’t like it much, made worse when vital patches kept missing their deadlines, communication fell apart, and eventually senior heads… Read more... View the full article