Xbox has detailed the new games that will be making their way onto Games Pass over the coming month. From today (3rd May), subscribers will be able to have a go of Loot River, via Cloud, console and PC. This dungeon crawling action roguelike combines “tense, real-time combat with spatial block-shifting” and players will have the chance to explore “procedurally generated labyrinths” while casting spell and besting the world’s “abominations”....
Firaxis Games has shared a new trailer for its upcoming XCOM 2: War of the Chosen expansion. In this short trailer, we get an inside look at The Hunter, a blue alien hunter. He’s out for blood… human blood. This trailer gives us a glimpse at some of the abilities of one of the Chosen, who has been tasked to take on the Resistance. What follows is a few alien quips,a big rifle, the blue fella standing on top of pillars, and finally a grappling hook....
On IGN’s first day of Summer of Gaming, we got a 15-minute look at the next entry in the Yakuza series, Like a Dragon. During which Senior Localization Producer Scott Strichart got to talk a little about the different mechanics and features that will be found in this bold new entry in the franchise. Get your Dragon Quest on The new protagonist for Like a Dragon is very different from Kiryu....
PlayStation games coming to PC platforms isn’t just a limited-time thing. In fact, Sony has projected that the PC platform will be a significant part of its business moving forward. Since then, titles like the Insomniac developed Marvel’s Spider-Man have made an appearance. If you’re ready for more web-slinging, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is just about here and ready to pre-load on PC. Time to make some space If you’re planning on hitting the ground running on the streets of Harlem and beyond, it might be wise to get your installation ready for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales....
If you’re in the market for a new Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, then your search might prove to be difficult. This is due to the fact that stock shortages are currently affecting the card. The real catch is here is that the situation doesn’t have much hope of improving either, as production has ended. It’s not too surprising that the 1080 Ti cards are now out of production, as Nvidia revealed their successors just a few weeks ago: the new RTX family....
2018 is already gearing up to be a good ‘un. We’ve barely cleared away the detritus of the New Year’s party and there are already rumblings across tech sites that a bug on Intel CPUs (allegedly affecting all modern CPUs from the last decade or more) needs to be fixed with a patch that’ll slow down your computer. Possibly a lot. Possibly over 20% a lot. The bug in question is a security vulnerability that could grant access to protected kernel memory if it isn’t fixed, but there aren’t a lot of details on the ground and the speculation is that there’s an embargo in operation due to lift this month....
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, players were thrilled to learn Apex Legends would be bringing back its Duos Mode for a short time. This is the second time the game has implemented an event featuring teams of two, and many players are interested in Duos Mode becoming permanent mode. Similarly, Destiny 2 is now running Crimson Days, which invites players to partake in 2v2 Crucible matches called Crimson Doubles. Given the holiday’s emphasis on coupledom, it makes sense that these games would seize this opportunity to host duos events....
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem is another one of those Diablo-esque ARPGs that have come out following in the footsteps of Path of Exile. Diablo 3 did have a shaky launch, which gave ample time to other developers to carve out a decent size of the player base for their games like Path of Exile. Now, there’s a new entrant in the genre, and that’s Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem which is a mix of both Diablo and Path of Exile....
Coming soon is the Writer’s Guild of America award for excellency in “Videogame Writing” and you know, actual movies. The nominees are: Assassin’s Creed 2 - Story by Corey May, Script Writers Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Written by Jesse Stern, Additional Writing Steve Fukuda, Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, Sean Slayback Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Written by Amy Hennig Wet - Written by Duppy Demetrius X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Script Writer Marc Guggenheim Everyone who’s seen this list have the same thing to say about it more or less, and that is, what exactly is Wet, X-Men, and Modern Warfare doing on that list when there were other games like Dragon Age: Origins that certainly had great stories and dialog....
This review contains spoilers for X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Ever since the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, fans have been clamouring to see an extended version which restores the (allegedly) substantial amount of material that didn’t make the cinematic cut. Even at the time of release, it was widely known that most of the scenes filmed by Anna Paquin – Rogue from the original X-Men trilogy – had been removed....
Though there never really was any slow point this year, game release schedules just keep picking up speed. That’s as true for download services as it is for retail games, and now Microsoft has just detailed its next big batch of XBLA games. XBLA’s Block Party kicks off March third, and keeps going through the 24th. Here are the details: March 3rd: Toy Soldiers -1200 points. March 10: Scrap Metal — 1200 points....
Xbox One S will not provide improved frame rate and resolution in games when compared to the original Xbox One console, Xbox planning lead Albert Penello has told Eurogamer. Yesterday Polygon reported that the Xbox One S had extra processing and GPU power which could be used to boost game performance. “When we made changes to the box for 4K we unlocked a little bit more processing power to enable HDR....
It’s that time of the week again where Destiny 2’s local traveling merchant peddles his wares to the masses. Destiny 2 players are once more gearing up for this week’s appearance of the vendor Xur. Xur sets up his black market shop in Destiny 2 in one of several potential locations at 6pm GMT (UK time) on Fridays. NOW BUY: Pre-order Destiny 2 Lightfall with the Annual Pass on PC via Green Man Gaming...
The third episode of House of the Dragon is filled to the brim with symbolism and plenty of imagery that likely serves as foreshadowing for future events. Among them is the white hart, which served as a big object of interest for multiple parties this episode. Here’s why the white hart appeared before Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon. Why Did the White Hart Appear Before Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon?...
Later this week, Blizzard is expected to finally pull the curtain back on the long-rumored Overwatch 2 at BlizzCon 2019. While fans wait for an official reveal from Blizzard, there has been no shortage of leaks about Overwatch 2, with one of the more shocking leaks claiming that the game will actually replace the original Overwatch. Some leakers have said that Overwatch 2 is the equivalent of Fortnite: Chapter 2 for Overwatch, meaning that the original OW could essentially cease to exist....
When Star Wars: Battlefront was released in 2015, it was the Star Wars game everyone had been dreaming of… for about a day. Once the initial – and undeniable – thrill of the fidelity of EA and DICE’s recreation of the Star Wars universe began to wear off, players quickly realized just how empty the game actually was. DLC helped a bit, but the original version had almost nothing that players loved from the original Star Wars: Battlefront series....
The success of the joint Kickstarter campaign for Armed Fantasia and Penny Blood by the creators of Wild Arms & Shadow Hearts continues, and now they’re officially coming to consoles. The campaign, which was fully funded in less than a day, has now reached its first combined stretch goal at $1,000,000 and that unlocks console versions. This means that the game will come to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and a possible next-generation console by Nintendo on top of PC....
Another day, another Wordle, with this page explaining the Wordle answer for today, 20th January. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....
The Wordle answer for today, 27th September, takes the form, as always, of a five-letter word. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....
The planned DLC for WWE 2K16 and its Season Pass has been revealed by 2K. DLC will include a story-driven 2K Showcase surrounding the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015 inductees; access to new moves, unlockable content, player progression; and playable WWE Legends and WWE and NXT Superstars. DLC will begin to roll out late in 2015 and will continue into early 2016. “WWE 2K16 will deliver a unique and extensive selection of downloadable content spanning WWE’s past and present, including the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame-inspired 2K Showcase, a solid offering of new in-game moves and a wide variety of playable WWE and NXT talent,” said Greg Thomas, president at Visual Concepts....
