Western fans of Sega’s long-running Yakuza series have already been blessed once this year, with the long-awaited localisation of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life releasing on PS4. Now, however, after a thirteen-year stint as a console exclusive, the series is finally making its debut on PC, starting with the 2015 prequel Yakuza 0. The Yakuza series has been a Sony exclusive (bar a strange occurrence where HD remasters of the first two titles appeared on the Wii U) since its debut....
In December 2017, Rian Johnson and the team at Lucasfilm unleashed Star Wars: The Last Jedi onto an unsuspecting galaxy. The eighth instalment in the mainline Skywalker saga went off like a thermal detonator lobbed into the heart of the fandom, sparking arguments between old friends and igniting an online discourse comprised of endless hot takes and a fair bit of nastiness. One thing that can’t be argued is that the film was a huge success financially, raking in upwards of $1....
French studio Dotemu has released an almost-thirty minute documentary going behind the scenes of the development of Windjammers 2. Featured in the video are many members of the Dotemu team, including CEO Cyrille Imbert. They speak on their entire journey to the new sequel, which included securing the rights for the original Windjammers for their 2017 remaster on the PS4 and PS Vita. It’s clear the project was a labour of love for all involved, having fond memories of the original arcade game....
Bethesda has super-glued a July 26 release date to Wolfenstein: Youngblood on PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. In addition, the studio has also cobbled together a new trailer for the Nazi-mashing shooter, so be sure to have a gander at it below. Wolfenstein: Youngblood turns the attention to Jess and Soph Blazkowicz, the twin daughters of BJ, who has gone missing in Nazi-occupied Paris during the 1980s. There’s campaign co-op, too, which is nice....
The Wordle answer for today, 31st January, 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....
Blizzard has announced that upcoming MMO expansion World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will finally land on November 23. In a statement posted to the game’s official Twitter account, executive producer John Hight thanked the WoW community for their words of support following the announcement of the delay of the expansion back at the start of the month, and said “We’ve used the time to further polish the expansion and shore up the endgame, including overhauling the combat and rewards in the Maw, and reworking the Covenant systems to make your choice more immediately impactful and have clearer long term goals....
Ah, the joy of the grind. At least the World of Warcraft is a big place, so there’s plenty of alternatives when you need a change of scene. That just doesn’t mean different quests or new gear, it also means discovering new zones. The following zones were chosen based on location, travel options, and quest variety. Some places are more of a challenge to level in than others, but maybe that’s your thing, so don’t let this list keep you from exploring every corner of Azeroth....
Like opening the first door on your advent calendar, Xbox has revealed the treats coming to Xbox Game Pass for the first two weeks of December. Of course, we’ve already heard about the heaviest hitters but indeed, the selection is particularly excellent this month. We kick off tomorrow with ANVIL and Final Fantasy XIII-2 both of which will be available on console and PC. On the same day, there’ll be Archvale, Lawn Mowing Simulator, Rubber Bandits and Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector all on Cloud, Console and PC....
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer recently expressed that “nobody is asking for VR” when the topic came up in an interview. This statement might have been made a bit early in the game, as VR seems to be picking up steam as we head into the new year. The fact of the matter is that Xbox will miss out if VR does hit its stride, given Spencer’s sentiment, so it is high time that Microsoft arrange its priorities accordingly and launch its own VR operation....
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has offered insight into Xbox’s plans for the Call of Duty series following the former’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. In a tweet, Spencer revealed he’d been chatting with bosses at Sony. “I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship....
With the launch of The Taken King, Destiny’s Exotics dealer Xur is no longer the snake-faced Agent of the Nine he used to be. Bungie has confirmed that Xur will no longer be a community loot drop, instead selecting either a specific Exotic Weapon or Exotic Engram to go on sale each week. “This change is due primarily to our desire to give players more direct paths to acquiring the Exotics they want through Quests and gameplay experiences, and to avoid repetition in his inventory,” explains senior design lead Tyson Green....
Cyber Monday is upon us and that means it’s time to score some amazing deals on TVs, notably the QN85B one. We’ve found a very good budget-friendly Cyber Monday QN85B deal, so read this article thoroughly, and maybe even get a new 4K QLED TV for yourself! Samsung QN85B – 55-inch 4K Neo QLED TV – was $1399 now $999.99Samsung QN85B – 65-inch 4K Neo QLED TV – was $1899 now $1399....
Nintendo 64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will be available to download on Wii U this Thursday, July 2, Nintendo has confirmed. The press release notes that this is the European version complete with the corrected aspect ratio. Available for £8.99, Ocarina of Time sees players join legendary hero Link as he journeys across Hyrule to thwart the plans of Ganondorf. It’s worth noting that this isn’t the jazzed-up version which was released for Nintendo 3DS, but is still one of the all-time classics....
If you’ve ever wondered what the limit is of the Switch’s Play Activity Timer, a Zelda fan’s persistent playthrough of Breath of the Wild has finally given us the answer. Twitter user Samir AID tweeted a photo earlier today with a screenshot of his Nintendo Switch’s profile page, featuring his Play Activity, a log where the Switch tracks a user’s playing time on any console game. As it turns out, the Switch stops tracking a user’s play activity after 9,999 hours of playthrough....
For Modern Warfare 2 (MW2), this is no different, and since its launch, has propelled a lot of popular questions raised by fans pertaining to the latest Call of Duty experience. One of those questions that has floated to the top of the heap, is whether Modern Warfare 2 will be home to a new Zombies game mode? In its previous two editions, Call of Duty did incorporate a Zombies mode....
The Witcher Netflix series has its faults, but the author of the novels has promised that it won’t repeat one of the biggest mistakes made by Game of Thrones, as Ed Sheeran will never sing in the show. Game of Thrones had a lot of terrible moments in its later seasons, but few scenes were as awful as the Ed Sheeran cameo in “Dragonstone.” Arya encounters a group of Lannister soldiers while traveling south and she sits with them while they make camp....
WWE 2K20 is an important entry for the for series. It is the first entry not to be developed by Yukes and the first to be entirely developed by 2K’s in-house studio Visual Concepts. It’s not all bad news for the series though, because WWE 2K20 is still running on Yukes’ wrestling engine. Furthermore, Visual Concepts know their way around the game after serving as understudies to Yukes during development....
WWE 2K20 was in such a sorry state when it released back in October. When I reviewed it, I couldn’t believe that I was playing “the jabroni of pro-wrestling games.” We were even surprised when it managed to hit the charts as one of Steam’s top-selling games in October. As time passed, we saw a few updates, though problems remained aplenty. Well, it looks like players are getting an early holiday present....
Microsoft has announced the free Xbox Games with Gold for March 2020. As always, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will have the chance to add four new games to their library for the month of March, including two Xbox One titles and two Xbox 360 games. On the Xbox One side of things, Xbox Live Gold subscribers can claim Batman: The Enemy Within from Telltale Games. Batman: The Enemy Within is a sequel to 2016’s Batman: The Telltale Series, and its inclusion on the Games with Gold lineup is fitting since the January 2020 Free Games with Gold included the original....
Xbox has announced the next set of games it’s dropping for Xbox Game Pass subscribers for the remainder of July. Leading the charge is As Dusk Falls, an interactive drama first revealed all the way back in 2020. Taking place in 1998 and featuring a robbery gone wrong, you’ll have to make important choices in this soap-opera like story. It’ll be available on Day One across Cloud, Console and PC from July 19....
