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Optional Boss Fights? Hell Yes
11.6.2021
There’s a big feature on the upcoming Axion Verge 2 over on the PlayStation Blog, and while the whole thing will be of interest to fans of the first game, there’s one passage in particular that really stood out to me.Read more
Xbox Is About To Get A Ton Of Free Game Demos
11.6.2021
From the aging musical acts to the partnership deals with Earth-ruining capitalist empires, there’s a lot to tease about Summer Game Fest. One thing that’s unironically cool? The demo event, which allows Xbox players to play a ton of indie games for free. Following last year’s successful inaugural...
It's Like Left 4 Dead, But With Better AI --- And More Style, Too
10.6.2021
The Anacrusis was revealed today during Summer Game Fest 2021’s E3 2021 kickoff stream. Stray Bombay, the developer behind the co-op shooter, is an indie studio created by former Valve writer Chet Falizek.Read more
Everyone Else Saw The Elden Ring Horse Double Jump, Right?
10.6.2021
The folks at From Software dropped a new Elden Ring trailer this afternoon, providing almost three full minutes of gameplay for the previously camera-shy game. And while I’m sure the loremasters and other internet sleuths are deducing clues about the game’s narrative and mechanics as I type,...
Everything We Saw At The Summer Game Fest Kickoff
10.6.2021
E3 2021 started today with Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest kickoff. In true Geoff fashion, it was deceptively stuffed with news and announcements, musical performances, and—finally—some actual Elden Ring. Here’s everything we saw.Read more
2B Comes To Fall Guys
10.6.2021
Mediatonic announced Nier: Automata protagonist 2B is coming to Fall Guys on June 18 at Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest today.Read more
Among Us Gets Hide and Seek Mode
10.6.2021
Among Us announced it’s getting a new hide and seek mode at Summer Game Fest today.Read more
Borderlands Spin-Off Wonderlands Stars Tiny Tina
10.6.2021
Gearbox officially unveiled a new Borderlands game during Summer Game Fest’s Kickoff Live! event today. It’s not a sequel, nor a prequel, nor a cutesy phrase that honestly just means “prequel.” It’s a proper spin-off called Tiny Tina’s: Wonderlands, starring Tiny Tina. It’s out early 2022. Specific...
How To Upgrade To Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade On PS5
10.6.2021
A PlayStation 5 version of last year’s best darts-throwing game is out today in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, which makes that door look prettier (and provides some other snazzy enhancements too, I suppose). Thing is, upgrading from the PS4 to the PS5 version isn’t exactly a no-brainer.Read...
Summer Game Fest: How To Watch E3 2021's Kickoff
10.6.2021
E3 begins today with ubiquitous video games cheerleader Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest Kickoff event. Here’s when and where to watch.Read more
Xbox Wants To Let You Play Games Without A Console
10.6.2021
Xbox cloud gaming allows Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to stream popular Xbox games to their Android devices and internet browsers, but that’s only the beginning. In a pre-E3 post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft revealed plans to create TV apps and dedicated streaming devices to bring Xbox gaming to more...
The Nintendo Download: Coding With Nodons
10.6.2021
While this week only brings a relatively modest 26 games to the Switch eShop, it also brings Game Builder Garage, an app that can be used to make infinite games. Technically, this might be the biggest Nintendo Download yet. Oh wait nevermind, they counted Ninja Gaiden twice. Read more
From Software's Elden Ring Coming January 2022
10.6.2021
Geoff Keighley and Summer Games Fest brought the goods today, finally revealing the release date for highly anticipated From Software project Elden Ring. It’s coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on January 21, 2022.Read more
Ninja Gaiden's New PC Port Is One Of The Laziest I Have Ever Seen
10.6.2021
I’ve seen some ill-equipped PC ports in my time, but Koei Tecmo’s efforts on the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection are something else.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Is Not Commentary On Climate Refugees Says Dev, Internet Disagrees
10.6.2021
Just as the world keeps turning—at least, until the climate apocalypse claims us all—so too has the latest big video game announcement brought a new developer attempt at denying that their game might say something.Read more
Call Of Duty's Most Hated Zombies Map Should Make A Comeback
9.6.2021
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2’s TranZit was an infamously unpopular Zombies experience when it launched in 2012. But hear me out: now might be the best time to reintroduce the map.Read more
PUBG’s Cheating ‘Terminator’ Bots Have Been Neutralized
9.6.2021
The latest update to battle royale juggernaut PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is focused almost entirely on reining in the game’s bots, which for the past two weeks have been waging a brutal war on human players.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Reveal Nods At Fan's Famous Mid-Flight Bazooka Kill
9.6.2021
It’s official: the next Battlefield game will be Battlefield 2042. Battlefield 2042 is set in the near future on an Earth ravaged by ecological disaster, with the United States and Russia fighting over the planet’s rapidly diminishing resources via mercenaries. Today’s trailer teased some of...
Overwatch Adds Crossplay
9.6.2021
Where once Overwatch players were divided along the lines of both platform and whether or not they’d push the damn payload, now they can at least not push the payload together.Read more
Investors Still Think Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Makes Too Much Money
9.6.2021
Grass is green, the sky is blue, and Bobby Kotick is still rich. Earlier this year, Activision halved the CEO’s pay and annual bonus target after he spent years pulling in tens of millions of dollars (even after laying off employees), resulting in sustained pressure from investors. A group...