When Bend Studio introduces the world to Days Gone, it came with a look at the terrifyingly huge Freaker hordes. These masses of foes flow like water and kill quickly. Players manage massive crowds of enemies, trailing them through macabre killing grounds littered with explosive barrels, choke points, and other tools of destruction. Learn more…
Dishonored 2—one of the best immersive sims ever made—did not sell as well as a game of its pedigree or impressiveness really deserved. And if it wasn’t for the reputation of the series, which offered it a “seal-of-quality protection”, and Arkane’s history of arguably making Bethesda’s “most refined games”, the studio might not be around…
Microsoft has rolled out a big update for the Xbox app on PC that it says will make it faster and easier “to find their favorite games and discover great new titles to play.” Alongside the update, nearly 400 games that weren’t previously available through the app have been added to its lineup. Central to…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jesse “Professor Chime” Collins who is displayed on card number 3156, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Since 2007, Professor Chime has been heavily involved in the gaming scene. He has done everything from digital media to marketing. Jesse started one of the first modern digital gaming conferences and…
The first major content update for the backyard survival sim Grounded 2 went live today with a new Garden Patch biome, new creatures (friendly and otherwise), and “the mysterious Tang effect,” the result of an experiment gone wrong at Ominent Practical Technologies that’s corrupting the soil, water, and unsuspecting creatures alike. Toxic Tangle adds a…
It’s an April Fools’ joke from 2000. It’s odd how some pieces of clearly false video game folklore end up becoming real the more time passes, while other, more outlandish events (like ET cartridges being buried in the desert) turn out to be true. Sadly, it seems this isn’t the case with an infamous PS1…
Second-stick syndrome. Remember the Dream Color Plus? This forthcoming aftermarket pad promises a built-in colour VMU screen, rumble, built-in microphone and wireless connectivity – but its biggest selling point has only just been revealed. As reported by The Dreamcast Junkyard, the people behind this controller have just shown off a new prototype which includes a…
The Fallout TV series is a hit, and so Prime is taking the obvious next step and firing up a “reality competition series” called, and based on, Fallout Shelter, a popular 2015 mobile game (that later came to PC and consoles) in which players design and manage one of Fallout’s underground Vaults, where the survivors…
No surprises here. Baldur’s Gate 3 is the best game of the year. For the rest of the awards, visit our Game of the Year 2023 list. Phil Savage, UK Editor-in-Chief: It wasn’t even close. Of the 26 people who submitted nominations for our GOTY awards this year, 23 of them included Baldur’s Gate 3….
Hi everyone! My name is Craig Sharpe from Retro Dreamer, a small three-person studio based in California. Today we’re excited to announce that our latest game Monsters & Monocles is coming to PS4! Monsters & Monocles is a frantic, Victorian steampunk themed twin-stick shooter all about using teamwork and heavy weaponry to battle the hordes…