One day left in the weekend, puzzlers—make it count! Maybe with some lighter fare like The Wild ******? Grab the kids and go, or just take yourself—nothing wrong with a little popcorn and animation to wrap up your weekend! Read more... View the full article
It was quite the week in gaming, from impossible-to-secure pre-orders of the newly announced PS5 Pro, to huge sales on major Capcom and Xbox games, to confirmation about which of your Dragon Age choices will carry over to Veilguard. As always, we covered them all, and now they’re in one spot here for you perusal.… Read more... View the full article
This week, Sony opened up pre-orders for the items in its 30th Anniversary PlayStation 5 collection, and for many at least, the experience of trying to snag anything was one of confusion and frustration. Also, we’ll tell you about a great arcade platformer called Bzzzt that’s now available on Switch, explore how… Read more... View the full article
Welcome to the weekend, puzzlers! And what better way to start the weekend with a nice short puzzle? Challenging, but short. There are advantages to not being sucked into a weeks-long epic slog of a game. Read more... View the full article
Sony held a State of Play showcase this week that showed off a few new games alongside updates for Astro ****, Alan Wake 2, and others, with the biggest reveal being our first look at the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima. Meanwhile, Xbox held an event of its own at Tokyo Game Show, images of some of the amazing merch… Read more... View the full article
We are but mere days away from October, and that’s when the video game industry is going to start dropping some big games. Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 are just a few of the big releases coming out next month. Luckily, things are a little… Read more... View the full article
Outer Wilds is often touted as one of the greatest video games in recent memory, winning Game of the Year in 2019 from numerous publications. If you ask anyone online for an exploration-based game, not even mentioning the space setting, chances are someone will recommend this masterpiece from the brilliant minds at… Read more... View the full article
Star Wars Outlaws is an impressive but messy game. It’s offers an incredibly immersive open world but puts clumsy stealth at the center of its gameplay. The beginning is slow and easy to fall off of. In the words of one Kotaku writer: “it’s a ******* masterpiece.” Publisher Ubisoft seems committed to trying to turn it… Read more... View the full article
I’ve been on a tear the last few weeks. I often fall into long stretches where I pick up and play a lot of games for varying periods of time, but never finish them. Thanks to the job, I just rarely have the time to linger on a thing for too long outside of a professional obligation. Fortunately, the last few games… Read more... View the full article
Cheating in online games has been a scourge since time in memoriam, but the ways that developers deal with malicious players continue to evolve and innovate. Deadlock, the Valve hero shooter quietly taking over Steam in its closed beta, is the latest multiplayer game to move the art forward by giving innocent players… Read more... View the full article
Caroline Kwan is tired, but you can’t tell. The political fundraiser turned actor turned Twitch streamer is sitting across from me in a TwitchCon meeting room on the last day of the convention, wearing a pink boilersuit and sneakers, her hair pulled back off her face, looking clear-eyed and alert. Read more... View the full article
Remember The Day Before? If anything, the blandness of its name might have caused the clown-car series of scandals surrounding it last holiday season to fade from memory. But the zombie survival MMO’s sudden collapse and closure is back on our radar thanks to its developer Fntastic, who is rather boldly taking to… Read more... View the full article
While the possibility of Blizzard ever making StarCraft III appears to remain distant at best, the company is reportedly still keeping the dream of a StarCraft shooter alive despite several previous mothballed attempts. This time, however, Far Cry 5 director Dan Hay is seemingly at the helm. Read more... View the full article
I think the first Dark Souls game quite literally saved me. Despite having tried my hand at it in the past, namely when the original iteration of it came out on consoles back in 2011, I’d never stuck around to see it through to the end, or even get past a few early bosses. However, in the middle of the summer of 2020,… Read more... View the full article
AB 2426, a newly passed piece of legislation in California signed into law earlier this week by governor Gavin Newsom, will force companies selling digital goods—like games—in the state to warn consumers that they don’t actually own that content, but instead are licensing it and could lose access to it in the future. Read more... View the full article
Xbox has just released a new update to round out September, offering new features to those using its services via the Xbox App, PC, and consoles. For PC players, things are getting more compact. For console users, updates are beginning to be improved in a significant way. Here’s everything you need to know about all… Read more... View the full article
Pokémon Go has made a lot of big changes in the last month, to the degree that if you’ve not logged in for a while, you’ll find yourself bemused by what look like new, pink Poké Stops, Dynamaxing Pokémon, and at long last, the starters from 2019's Pokémon Sword and Shield. Continuing this trend of finally catching up… Read more... View the full article
Warhammer 4o,000: Space Marine 2 is full of high points, but one of the lowest comes very early on. The end of the Operation I: Skyfire mission has you defending artillery cannons against swarms of Gargoyles, and it can be a real pain in the ****. The sci-fi shooter’s latest update should change that. Read more... View the full article
Horror TV series From, even as it enters its third season, is wildly unknown. It doesn’t help that this show that no one’s heard of—that shares writers, directors and a lot of influence with Lost—is on a streaming network that no one’s heard of. Literally everyone I’ve recommended watch this terrifying show didn’t… Read more... View the full article
On September 25, BioWare revealed the choices that will carry over from previous Dragon Age RPGs in the upcoming fourth game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard. For the past decade and a half, the studio has largely positioned itself as, above all, a maker of games in which choices matter, and that’s extended across multiple… Read more... View the full article
The recently announced PS5 remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn arrives next month. And if you already own the OG version on PS4, you can upgrade for just $10. However, if you were thinking about buying the old PS4 version now so you can pay the small upgrade fee and save some money on that remaster, well, you waited too… Read more... View the full article
Trying to describe Echo Point Nova, a newly released PC shooter, is a tricky thing. I could describe it as a game that mixes Titanfall’s movement, modern *****’s gunplay, Minecraft’s destructibility, Skyward Sword’s floating islands, and wicked rad hoverboarding into one oddball package—though that probably just makes… Read more... View the full article
The recently released ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster is a fairly faithful upgrade of Capcom’s original zombie killin’ game, which launched back on the Xbox 360 in 2006. However, ***** Rising’s main character, Frank West, was changed quite a bit, complete with a new model, face, and voice actor. So what’s up? Read more... View the full article
The Binding of Isaac is deeply embedded within gaming culture, so much so that it inspired one of the most familiar and beloved emotes to ever spam a Twitch chat: BibleThump. It’s the roguelike hero’s head screaming/sobbing, frequently deployed to communicate complex feelings of horror, empathy, and sarcastic… Read more... View the full article
Movies often portray robots as the harbingers of something bad, whether they’re evil and want to take over the world (Terminator, I, ******, The Matrix, etc.) or are being exploited by humans (Blade Runner, Ex Machina, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, etc.). But robots aren’t all bad—they can be fun, cute, and… Read more... View the full article
Privacy Notice: We utilize cookies to optimize your browsing experience and analyze website traffic. By consenting, you acknowledge and agree to our Cookie Policy, ensuring your privacy preferences are respected.
One day left in the weekend, puzzlers—make it count! Maybe with some lighter fare like The Wild ******? Grab the kids and go, or just take yourself—nothing wrong with a little popcorn and animation to wrap up your weekend! Read more... View the full article