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5 Blockchain Games: What Works and What Doesn't
9.7.2024
Web3 games are much, much better than they used to be. Longtime gamer David Morris ranks the gameplay, graphics and tokenomics of popular franchises like Gods Unchained, Pixels and, yes, Hamster Kombat
Star Wars Outlaws' Planets Sound Like They Fix A Major Ubisoft Problem
9.7.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is nearly here and a lot of players are likely excited to hop into this open-world Star Wars game featuring five large planets. And according to Ubisoft, three of these worlds will take about five minutes to travel across using a speeder bike.Read more
How much busier is Steam for 'significant' games?
9.7.2024
However... you define that? Also: the big streaming games of June and lots more
Should You Side With Apsaras or Leanan Sidhe In Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance?
9.7.2024
In the first major zone of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, you’ll encounter your first sidequest with a branching outcome. You’ll (most likely) first see Apsaras, surrounded by demons kneeling before her. According to her, she wants to protect these demons by forcing them to acknowledge their...
How To Defeat Romina, Saint Of The Bud In Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
9.7.2024
Compared to the Shadow Keep, Shadow of the Erdtree’s Ruins of Rauh can actually feel like a walk in the park. That’s kinda literal, too. It’s all greenery and waterfalls. And oh, look at that, there’s even some pretty butterflies floating around that just so happen to be in the same room as...
Night Springs Is The Perfect Follow-Up To Alan Wake 2
9.7.2024
How does a developer follow up a game like 2023’s Alan Wake 2? How do you follow a survival horror game steeped in meta-textual commentary on art and its own troubled road to release, with incredibly bold themes and genre-bending moments that earned it several major game awards? If you...
Still Wakes The Deep Achievement And Collectibles Guide
9.7.2024
Developer The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep is a short, six-hour game that puts you up against the horrors of Lovecraftian nightmares and decaying fossil-fuel infrastructure. Now you can add a third to that list: achievement hunting.Read more
Apex Legends Players Are In Full Revolt After Battle Pass Controversy
9.7.2024
Yesterday, Apex Legends announced the free-to-play battle royale would be embracing shrinkflation, splitting seasonal battle passes in half while still charging players roughly the same amount for them. Today, some long-time fans are calling it the last straw after months of other issues,...
Helldivers 2 Boss Begs Team Not To Fix The Game's Best Bug
9.7.2024
Co-op third-person shooter Helldivers 2 has a new bug discovered this week (thanks PC Gamer), as the game’s latest big story beat reached its dramatic conclusion: offering mid-air hugs saves lives. Various emotes, when performed while plummeting, will reduce fall damage. And today, the developer’s...
Ubisoft Partners With Double Jump.Tokyo to Implement Web3 in Its Games
9.7.2024
Ubisoft, the French AAA game developer, has recently announced a partnership with Double Jump.Tokyo, a Web3 gaming company, to accelerate the implementation of Web3 elements in their games. As a first step, Double Jump.Tokyo will issue NFTs for Champion Tactics, a game still in development, on...
Zenless Zone Zero Is Stylish, Fun, And A Letdown
8.7.2024
Above all else, Zenless Zone Zero is beautiful to look at. HoYoverse’s latest action RPG gacha title, following 2020’s Genshin Impact and last year’s Honkai: Star Rail, has a lot much going for it, with a beautifully detailed world, characters, and animations. Underneath that style there is even...
Starfield Modder Brings Star Wars Ships To Xbox
8.7.2024
In June, Bethesda brought mods to the Xbox version of Starfield. Since then, fans have created a ton of cool and useful mods for the massive, space-faring RPG. And one fan has even started porting Star Wars ships like the X-Wing into Starfield on console. Read more
How To Find The Brand New Returnal Bot In Astro's Playroom
8.7.2024
While everyone is eager to get their hands on the upcoming full-blown Astro Bot game, developer Team Asobi is giving us all a reason to revisit the PS5 pack-in title Astro’s Playroom in the meantime. Each month until the new game arrives, the team is placing a new Special Bot in Astro’s Playroom...
Apex Legends Doubles The Price Of Keeping Up With Battle Passes In What It Promises Is A Good Deal For Players
8.7.2024
Apex Legends is revamping how its battle pass economy works in season 22 and it sounds expensive. Every season will now have two premium battle passes starting at $10 each and Apex Coins (AC) can no longer be used to purchase them. Weirdest of all is the fact that Respawn Entertainment seems to...
The First Descendant Is A Fun But Forgettable Mash-up Of Better Games
8.7.2024
The First Descendant, Nexon’s new third-person sci-fi free-to-play online looter shooter is a lot like a bowl of so-so mac and cheese. I promise that opening sentence will make some sense by the end of this article, okay? Read more
Overwatch 2 Heroes As Transformers Look Pretty Sick, Actually
8.7.2024
Overwatch 2’s latest collaboration gives four of its heroes skins based on Transformers. It started with a comic that seems to actually canonize the robots in disguise within Blizzard’s universe, rather than simply letting its characters “cosplay” something from a different property as it did with...
How To Level From 80 To 90 Fast In Final Fantasy XIV
8.7.2024
If you’re a dedicated Final Fantasy XIV player, there are two paths you can take to start your adventure in Dawntrail. On one hand, you could simply equip your main job of choice, look for the “A New World To Explore” quest in Old Sharlayan, and go straight into Dawntrail’s new zones....
Dr Disrespect Skins Removed From Abandoned Online Shooter, Players Refunded With Fake Money
8.7.2024
Free-to-play tactical shooter Rogue Company has disabled all cosmetics themed around Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm in the game following the streamer’s admission that he was banned from Twitch back in 2020 for having “inappropriate” conversations with a minor. Players will get refunds but only in...
After Almost 20 Years, Shadow The Hedgehog Fans Have Reason To Be Excited Again
8.7.2024
Sega has designated 2024 as the Year of Shadow, celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog’s rival through games like Sonic X Shadow Generations, a starring role in the third live-action film, and an animated mini-series delving into the character’s past. At Anime Expo 2024, Sega held a panel with Sonic Team...
Final Fantasy 14 Players Are Shockingly Horny For Dawntrail’s Two-Headed Lizard
8.7.2024
With the recent release Final Fantasy 14’s new expansion comes the inevitable thirsting over a new character players encounter. For Dawntrail, that character in question is a bit of a surprise. Yes Dawntrail is full of cat-like female Hrothgar, including the ever-lovable Wuk Lamat, to fawn over...