Sometimes the simple things in life work – like Nutella on toast or a ham sandwich. Games sometimes don’t need to be complicated 100-hour RPGs with an in-depth conversation system, ornate in-world design and endless side quests. They can sometimes take the form of endless runners or simple chess exercises with slight twists. In some …
Live service games and live service elements within games are becoming more popular and Warner Bros. seems to be jumping on the bandwagon. In a job listing, as spotted by Twitter user @MauroNL3, the publisher describes how a variety of new projects will have a “heavy focus on live service”. In the job listing for …
One of the biggest benefits of all that power in the hardware is giving developers the ability to make games that are Xbox Series X|S Optimized. This means that they’ve taken full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X|S, both for new titles built natively using the Xbox Series X|S development environment as …
With the recent Star Wars news confirming that EA no longer holds exclusivity over the IP, the gaming world has been abuzz with what that means for a galaxy far, far away. While Ubisoft is hard at work on its own open-world Star Wars adventure, a recent report alleges that a new Star Wars: Knights …
Read moreNew Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Game Reportedly In The Works Without BioWare
Before we booted up Solitaire 3D, we tried to imagine what a Solitaire-based game would have to do to warrant a £19.99 price tag. This is a game that most PCs are born with, after all, as are Minesweeper and Paint. It’s like charging pay-per-view for watching me get out of bed. We decided to …
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There’s a rumor going around that Intel and Nvidia have conspired to block AMD’s Ryzen Mobile 4000 series from high-end gaming laptops. This information has supposedly been provided by an unnamed OEM, and claims that a secret agreement between Intel …
Read moreIntel, Nvidia Deny Blocking AMD From High-End Mobile Gaming
In a new Sherlock Holmes Chapter One question and answer video from Frogwares, the developer has answered a few of fans’ burning questions about the upcoming origin story for the young Sherlock, including how much playtime players can expect, and the number of cases they’ll be able to solve. Sergey Oganesyan narrates the video over …
Genshin Impact continues rolling along with another big content drop coming February 3. The open world free-to-play gacha game is bringing a character that you may have met much earlier in your journey in as a new playable 5-star character. Yep, I hope you’ve been saving your primogems, because Xiao is here! Xiao is an Anemo …
Remember so long ago, way back in December during The Game Awards when we gave you a preview of what games were coming soon? That soon is sooner now than it was then, and we have more games now than we had then, which means we have even more games coming soon now… make sense? …
Read moreComing Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Yakuza Remastered Collection, The Medium, and More
Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated games of the generation and a large part of that was due to the reputation CD Projekt Red had with gamers and the excitement to experience something new from The Witcher studio. Despite that excitement, reports pre-launch painted a dire picture about what development was like for the …
Read moreCyberpunk 2077’s Late Development, “Fake Demo,” And More Details Revealed As CDPR Responds
A mod years in the making launched just last Friday, and it was a launch so big it took Nexus Mods with it. Fallout: The Frontier is essentially a new game, built onto Fallout: New Vegas. The Frontier has been kicking around for several years, and it’s easy to see why. It’s a fair bit …
Read moreMassive Fallout: New Vegas Mod The Frontier Is Finally Out
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time… Ah, the internet. It might be a cesspool of fibre optic-fuelled hate and anxiety these days, but back in ye olde dial-up times of 1999 it felt like a new frontier of hot information. It was …
In a dark futuristic setting where even the suns are starting to flicker and die, great noble Houses battle for control of the once proud Empire, waging war with assassins, legions of troops and in space. The Fading Suns RPG setting has been around since the 1990s, and takes its influences from several sources including …
IO Interactive has announced that HITMAN 3 will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch system on 20th January. It won’t be a traditional edition as instead it will be a cloud streaming version, which makes sense given its graphical prowess. Pricing for the game hasn’t been announced as of yet, but it will most likely …
Read moreHITMAN 3 (cloud version) arrives on Nintendo Switch 20th January
2021 will be a fantastic year to be an Xbox fan. The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have launched, so we’re officially going full steam ahead into the next generation of gaming. Catch ya later, 2020! Of course, no matter the year, it’s always about the games. In 2021, creators around the world …
Read moreHere are the Games Coming Exclusively to Xbox in 2021
When Everspace 2 was first revealed, I got a little worried. The original game is a favourite of mine, but it was very much a less-is-more kind of game. Everspace 2 promised RPG-like mechanics, loot and a few other elements that I feared could unnecessarily bloat it. Having now played the near-final Early Access build …
Read moreEverspace 2 is inching closer to being a modern Freelancer
A new trailer for Returnal gives us a look at some of the unique weapons players will use to survive its hostile alien world. With the game only a couple of months away, this marks the first time players have gotten a deep dive into its combat. Returnal blends third-person action with a roguelike structure. …
Read moreReturnal’s New Trailer Spotlights Its Sci-Fi Weaponry And Combat
Bloober Team knows a thing or two about weaving an incredible horror tale, and that streak continues with the upcoming psychological thriller, The Medium. To celebrate the upcoming launch of this titillating horror adventure, the studio behind the title just revealed a new live-action trailer that offers an eerie new look at the mystery behind it …
Read moreLive-Action The Medium Cinematic Trailer Is A Tantalizing Teaser Of The Horror To Come
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Late on Wednesday, CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwinski posted a video in which he apologized for Cyberpunk 2077’s abysmal console launch. Iwinski took responsibility for the decision to launch the title and its subsequent unacceptably poor performance on the …
Read moreCDPR Apologizes for Cyberpunk 2077 Launch, but Explains Very Little
Video games have always suffered with confusing titles: Red Dead Redemption 2 is a prequel, Immortals Fenyx Rising feels like it is missing a colon, and let’s not even start with Kingdom Hearts. The Pillar: Puzzle Escape is no exception either; what follows the colon in this title implies a claustrophobic escape room experience. But …
For anyone who wasn’t tuned in to Awesome Games Done Quick last week – the charity marathon where people try to speedrun a variety of games as fast as possible – you may want to watch this video to witness ClaireLynnD‘s incredible wizardry to complete The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask in just under 27 …
Read moreRandom: This AGDQ Speedrun Of Majora’s Mask Is Basically Magic
Harold, they’re lesbians. Screenshot: Square Enix I finally finished Nier: Automata and I don’t think I’ll ever play it again. I don’t mean that in an, “Oh thank god the game is over, I am free now,” way that I felt finishing The Last Of Us 2—a game hellbent on holding on to you long …
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Last week, a report surfaced claiming that Microsoft and Duracell have a secret agreement between them in which Microsoft agrees to keep AA batteries as the default power standard for its Xbox controllers. Microsoft denied the rumors, which began when …
Read moreMicrosoft Denies Cutting Secret Deal With Duracell Over Xbox Controllers
WB Games Montreal has revealed that it has “entirely redesigned” the combat system for upcoming Gotham Knights since releasing 2013’s Batman: Arkham Origins. In an interview with GamesRadar, executive producer Fleur Marty said that this was necessary for co-op to work well. There will still be some familiar mechanics for those who’ve played the Arkham games, …
Read moreBatman: Arkham Origins Dev Has ‘Entirely Redesigned’ Combat System for Gotham Knights
Image: Nintendo / Kotaku A new year is here, and surprise! It’s already extremely bad—just like the last one. But maybe better things lie ahead. Or, you know, at the very least, we might get ambushed by some cool video games in addition to all the bad news bears that will inevitably emerge from the …
Read moreWaluigi Will Never Be In Smash, And Other 2021 Predictions
Would you believe it? It’s a new year and KEMCO are already on the scene to deliver a fantasy RPG to the masses. So, prepare to thrust yourself into a new journey as Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom arrives on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC After the use of a two-souled heroine in …
Read moreForge your destiny as the Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom on Series X|S, Xbox One and PC
Famitsu published the latest two-week sales numbers, encompassing the period between December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2021. During this time, the standard PS4 outsold both the PS5 and PS5 Digital combined. The PlayStation 4 sold 30,482 units during those two weeks (with an additional 112 sales of the PS4 Pro), while the PS5 and PS5 …
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Cyberpunk 2077’s launch may have been a dumpster fire, but it was undeniably a successful dumpster fire; the company reported 13 million copies sold after taking refund requests into account. The game ran far better on PC than on consoles …
Read moreCyberpunk 2077’s PC Player Base Has Shrunk 79 Percent Since Launch
gaming headsets. Made to work with Xbox consoles, gaming PCs, and smartphones. it’s a multi-platform wireless gaming headset for the streaming age. Allowing you to quickly switch from an Xbox console to a simultaneously paired Bluetooth device, it’s the most viable console-mobile cross-platform headset I’ve tested to date. Though some of its features feel superfluous, …
Read moreRazer Kaira Pro Xbox Wireless Gaming Headset Review
The author and his cat, standing in for EddiePhoto: John Carruthers As a low-attention-span indoor kid, I had two great loves growing up. The first was American football—the Bears specifically, even though they sucked. In fact, despite my regular-degular height and Doug-Jones-in-Hellboy physique, I figured that one day I’d become a professional football player. A …
Read more“I am wooooounded”: A jaunty stroll through the official Frasier cookbook