Give people the ability to transform into a bear and they will do anything in their power to avoid reverting back to their flimsy human form. This is the core fantasy of playing a druid in any RPG, and it’s something the Path of Exile 2 developers learned at the least opportune time when polishing…
This holiday, whether you’re taking a trip to visit loved ones or spending a winter day indoors, having a Nintendo system loaded up with a variety of games to play and share will add excitement to the festivities with friends and family. Starting now and running until Dec. 4 at 11:59 p.m. PT, the Nintendo…
The NFL has an extremely ugly history with concussions. I won’t rehash it all here, but in broad strokes, the American football organization spent years denying a link between head injuries sustained by players and the devastating long-term effects, was eventually sued by more than 4,500 players for negligence and fraudulent concealment, and settled the…
Grinding Gear Games has announced the Dawn of the Hunt update for Path of Exile 2. It launches on April 4, and it’s a big one: the first major content drop to hit the early access ARPG. The headline feature here is a new class—the Huntress—but GGG has also got plenty of new toys for…
The latest UK physical software charts are now available and Paper Mario: The Origami King for the Nintendo Switch had a decent launch and arrived at No.2 this week. It was nabbed to the post by Ghosts of Tsushima for Sony’s PlayStation 4. Paper Mario: The Origami King sales were bigger than the last two…
Helldivers 2’s runaway popularity last year was, in part, due to just how focused it felt—while other games might bombard you from orbit with a silo of microtransactions, features, menus, and stats, Helldivers 2 basically said, “Hey, do you like shooting bugs? You wanna scrap some robots? Here’s a bunch of guns to do just…
Turmoil at reddit You may have noticed that some of the subreddits you frequent are inaccessible at the moment. No, the site wasn’t hacked, though it is turning on itself in protest of the firing of Victoria Taylor, a high-ranking administrator and Director of Talent who coordinated the sometimes complicated process of reddit’s Ask Me…
In Marvel’s Spider-Man, launching exclusively on PS4 tomorrow, fans will experience an action-packed narrative that lives up to the legacy of the character’s rich history while traversing an expansive open-world Marvel’s New York using a suite of tightly tuned gameplay mechanics. And, of course, a stunning graphical presentation crafted by the maestros at Insomniac Games….
Paladins: Champions of the Realm, the new team-based shooter from SMITE developer Hi-Rez Studios, is coming to PS4 — and you can sign up for the Closed Beta right now! Never heard of Paladins? It’s the new free-to-play fantasy-themed first-person shooter that’s taken the PC gaming community by storm. In its first ten days of…
Cathedral: Crow’s Curse announced for PC and consoles. Decemberborn Interactive, the indie developer behind the NES-inspired metroidvania Cathedral, announced earlier this week that it is working on a prequel that will be coming to PC (Steam) and consoles (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4). Cathedral, in case you’ve never heard of it, was an action-adventure game released…