As part of Overwatch 2’s big rework, every hero will be getting a set of perks—unlockable upgrades that can be chosen throughout the game. Every hero has different traits, but there’s one throughline that some players hope means an end to counterswapping. Counterswapping is a pretty contentious subject in Overwatch. The actual definition is when…
Everybody has a story in their mind that they’d love to tell, but maybe they don’t feel like they have the ability to tell it effectively. But that’s about to change in Hazelight Studios’ Split Fiction, which launches March 6 on PS5. Play Video In the game, the publisher Rader has a new, advanced machine…
’26th Anniversary Remaster’ didn’t have the same ring to it. Nightdive Studios’ previously announced spruce up of the classic action RPG System Shock 2 has been announced for Switch and given a new name: say hello to System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster. Formerly known as System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition, this remaster will be…
It’s probably not the smartest approach, but I spend most of my time in Dark Souls games running from one boss to another, hitting my head against a wall until it finally clicks and I figure out a way to dodge their attacks and land my own. It’s not very pretty but I didn’t see…
I’ve seen pretty much everything in this industry over the years. And, yes, that does include a man eating his own head. But Intel and TSMC going into the chip foundry business together? Sorry, what? This rumour, and it very much is a rumour, comes from an equities analyst at investment bank Baird who cited…
Or $50 trade-in at GameStop. According to a recent post on the Switch 2 subreddit (thanks, wccftech), early units of Nintendo’s upcoming new console are being sold on the Chinese black market for nearly $40,000. This is supposedly sourced via the same leaker from the Xiahongshu forums who revealed the CAD model for the Switch…
Riverhill Soft’s BURAI Joukan will be released in Japan early this Summer. Earlier this month, the Tokyo-based developer and publisher Mebius announced a new series of MSX reissues for the Nintendo Switch, in Japan, with the first of these scheduled to be a rerelease of the MSX2 version of the RPG BURAI Joukan (thanks Famitsu!)…
Although I had an excellent time with Hyper Light Breaker at last year’s Summer Game Fest, the game’s had a rough go of it since hitting early access a month ago. The game currently sits at a 63% Mixed rating on Steam, with players put off by tech trouble, issues with the controls, and the…
I can say for sure there’s probably not many of you that haven’t heard of ‘Metal Slug’, a game in a series of games that are well known in the gaming community, going back to the days of the Neo Geo system. This game has plenty of humor, while remaining action packed throughout. In fact…
A fan patch for Kenzan! is also being developed. A new translation patch was released earlier this month for the Like A Dragon samurai spin-off, Like A Dragon: Ishin! (otherwise known as Ryū ga Gotoku: Ishin!). Like A Dragon: Ishin! was originally released exclusively in Japan for the PS3 and PS4, and primarily focuses on…