The first details on Marvel Rivals Season 2 are here. It’s called Hellfire Gala, it starts April 11, and the first new hero arriving in-season is Emma Frost, an X-Men villain with telepathic abilities and the power to turn stuff into diamonds. She’ll be a Vanguard, and the second hero arriving in Season 2.5 is…
Serious-looking multiplayer shooter Striden grabbed my attention last year for one simple reason: moose artillery. It’s simple, really, you say “moose artillery” and I say, “tell me more.” And if you then say, “Oh yeah, you can become a radioactive bear,” at that point I don’t say anything because, you know, just sign me up….
Breathtaking? It’s funny, even though CD Projekt Red has given the Switch some love in the past, it’s safe to say almost none of us had Cyberpunk 2077 on our Switch 2 bingo cards, let alone the ‘Ultimate Edition’. That’s not to say we don’t want it, quite the opposite! We just never honestly envisioned…
It’s fair to say that the PC port of The Last of Us Part 1 wasn’t a huge success to begin with. Original developers Naughty Dog and porting team Iron Galaxy produced a conversion that performed rather poorly and was blighted by excessive shader compilation, bugs, and memory leaks. It took a good while but…
What is it? What’s the formula, the secret ingredient to make a VR game bring pure excitement and adrenaline to the players? How can we make them smile and go “wow” after they take off the headset? For us devs at Something Random working on Harpagun, it all comes down to a few simple elements….
If you were around for the release of The Last of Us, you’ll remember that it felt like a watershed moment for the medium. There had been plenty of good videogame stories before, but few with such good performance capture as to draw comparisons to film and prestige television. The Last of Us Part 2…
“it’s a bold move”. Nick Arran, managing director of UK retailer GAME, has stated that digital games being cheaper than physical on the Switch 2 will be “a challenge”. As reported by The Game Business, Arran commented on the cost of the Switch 2 console and games, stating that although the £75 price point for…
Den of Wolves is an upcoming multiplayer FPS game from 10 Chambers, the studio made up of devs known for Payday: The Heist, Payday 2, and the co-op horror game GTFO. But despite not strictly being a horror game, 10 Chambers is still planning to use the expertise they gained from perfecting GTFO in Den…
“we do not expect the price point to impact early adoption”. The Switch 2 is finally official and it has a price: $449.99 / €469.99 / £395.99 for the console on its own, and $499.99 / €509.99 / £429.99 for a bundle that includes a digital copy of Mario Kart World. Initial concerns around the…
Category: Games South of Midnight: 6 Tips to Help You Thrive in This Dark, Fantastical World Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published April 3, 2025 Summary South of Midnight launches on April 8, or play now with the Premium Edition. The game arrives for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox app for Windows PC, Steam, cloud, and…