World of Warcraft’s controversial battle royale mode relaunched a week ago, once again pitting PvE mount and transmog collectors against hardcore PvP enjoyers. And this time around… almost no one is complaining. Blizzard made some smart changes to the way its pirate-themed Plunderstorm worked. The rate of earning plunder, the game mode’s currency, has increased….
Synduality Echo of Ada is one of those games that feels custom-made for me. A third-person mech action game that takes the extraction shooter formula and twists it into something more social and accessible, with an unusual structure hiding a wealth of optional story tied into a recent anime series. It aims high, but an…
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, I wonder what Jusant would be like if David Szymanski made it, you’ll be thrilled to hear about White Knuckle, “a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game” being developed by three-person indie studio Dark Machine Games. Even better, you can partake in its unique horrors right now thanks to a free…
I wasn’t expecting much from Thursday’s Xbox Direct, but then isn’t that always the way: It turned out to be the most laser-targeted assault on my gaming desires in years. What Microsoft is calling “The Year of the Ninja” saw the announcement of Ninja Gaiden 4, a mere decade after the disappointing Ninja Gaiden 3:…
I bet some of you had the same reaction I did when Ubisoft first told us that Assassin’s Creed Shadows would have two protagonists: Why do you need sneaky shinobi Naoe and stalwart samurai Yasuke when you could just make one character who’s super stealthy and a master swordsman? It worked well enough for Ezio…
Earlier today, Xbox Wire published a lengthy interview with Obsidian, in which the studio laid out its philosophy for storytelling, narrative design, and handling player choice in Avowed. Given that it’s a Microsoft-published story about a Microsoft-published game, it’s a bit fawning, but it’s worth a read to see Obsidian explaining how it works to…
Yesterday afternoon, my local medical centre sent me a text warning me that going outside the next day might prove to be fatal. A couple of hours later, my phone started going nuts, scaring the heck out of my dog and, frankly, me, as an alert prepared the country for Storm Eowyn. This morning, as…
Bandai Namco announced the end of the anime MMO Blue Protocol in August 2024, setting the date for its demise as January 18, 2025. Fans made their displeasure known, but when the sad day finally arrived they met it with grace and style, dancing and partying into their final oblivion. As reported by Automaton Media,…
Oh, Aerith. Even after all this time, the kind-hearted flower merchant we first met in Midgar’s Sector 5 slums still has my heart. And though Cloud’s completely oblivious himbo personality is pretty charming, he can’t be trusted to always say the right thing, so I’m here to play the role of matchmaker with an FF7…
Category: Games January 24, 2025 Metaball New Year Update Adds Story Mode, Ranked Play, New Maps and More Lesouple Vincent, Marketing Manager, Bucketplay Summary Metaball’s latest update is here, bringing new modes, maps, outfits and other new additions. Experience the brand-new Story mode, or test your skills against other players in a new Ranked mode….