More shocking than an alien spider jumping at your face, I’m happy to reveal Farpoint co-op! The undiscovered planet in Farpoint is unpredictable and dangerous, but no longer does it have to be a solitary experience. You and a friend can explore the planet together in cooperative levels. Farpoint places you on on a distant…
The latest video game charts are now in from the NPD group which covers sales in the United States. The month of March has seen Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch shoot straight to No.1 and the Switch was the best-selling system. It will be interesting to see if it is still No.1…
Before Pocket Monsters paid the bills. Game Freak is best known today as the creative force behind the mainline Pokémon games, a series of titles which has sold millions of units worldwide and is effortlessly one of the most popular and recognisable franchises in the world of interactive entertainment. However, once upon a time, the…
Last week, PC Gamer’s own Andy Chalk talked about an upcoming patch for Starfield—flagged as the “biggest Starfield update yet”, though he rightfully pointed out that it didn’t seem all that big. Well, patch notes for beta testing are here. We’re getting visual and lighting upgrades to certain areas, as well as bug fixes to…
The Finals, the newest competitive FPS on the block, has gotten lots of praise for its gunplay and movement, but its carousel of physics objects and dynamic destruction is what truly sets it apart from the pack. Under its sweaty game modes and leaderboard chasing is the spirit and toolset of an immersive sim, and…
Real-time tactics WW2 game Commandos is coming back from the dead to quietly, methodically dismantle the Nazi war machine once more. Three years after we reported on the development of a brand new game in the series and 18 years after the most recent one came out, Commandos: Origins promises to tell the tale of…
Back in the 1970s, you bought your video games at Sears, which, according to Nolan Bushnell, “The first three years it as exclusive to them. After that, e opened it up to several other retailers.” You would buy your computer software at an Apple dealer, Radio Shack, or the few other stores that primarily sold…
Bandai Namco has announced that a playable demo is available for suspense adventure game Little Nightmares II on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The demo invites you to explore the Wilderness before the full game launches on 11th February. The file-size for the full game is 5.0 GB if you are looking at a digital download…
“Crush your enemies and see them driven before you”. The Switch 2 has dominated the headlines over the past few days, but there’s been plenty of other stuff going on in the world of video games this week. On the Mortal Kombat front, NetherRealm revealed the official gameplay trailer for Conan the Barbarian featuring the…
Well, partially. In August 2014, photos and videos of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS were leaked online, demonstrating evidence of unannounced fighters. The leaks were seemingly confirmed following a copyright strike from Nintendo of America before being proven irrefutably real upon the game’s eventual release later that year. Since then, the origins of the…