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PS Plus September Games Are A Rad Grab Bag Of RPGs, Shooters
13.9.2023
The fall season is fast approaching and with it comes a new lineup of games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Keeping in line with last month’s diverse catalog of PS Plus offerings, September’s list features role-playing games, first-person shooters, and gorgeous story-driven games coming to...
Starfield Contains A Magic Mud Puddle That Will Make You Rich
13.9.2023
Do you need more money in Starfield? Well, you have plenty of options. You could go out and complete quests, sell expensive items, or use the game’s impressive physics to steal a bucket full of credits without getting in trouble. But an even easier option exists: Just stick your digital hands into...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet DLC Fixes Its Terrible Photo Mode's Biggest Flaw
13.9.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Teal Mask DLC may not fix all the performance issues the games have had since they launched in November 2022, but there is one thing it dramatically overhauls: the game’s godawful photo mode.Read more
How To Level Up Starfield's Piloting Skills Super Fast (And Fly Any Ship)
13.9.2023
If you’re just starting out in Starfield, chances are you’ll come across a vessel you can’t pilot for one reason or another. Maybe it’s a ship class outside of your skill set or maybe it has parts you can’t take advantage of due to a lack of training or maybe you’re just struggling to grasp...
Starfield Will Get DLSS Support, An FOV Slider, And More In Future Updates
13.9.2023
Starfield’s first update is here and its... pretty small and not very exciting. However, Bethesda has confirmed that some highly desired features and improvements, including DLSS support, will be added to the RPG via future updates. Read more
Xbox Game Pass Core Reveals All 36 Games Ahead Of Launch
13.9.2023
The full list of 36 games for Xbox Live Gold’s replacement, Game Pass Core, has been revealed a day ahead of its launch. And they’re...they’re really good.Read more
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s DLC Has Gender-Neutral Restrooms
13.9.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s first DLC, The Teal Mask, is finally out, and it takes the player and all their pocket monsters on an exchange student program to the land of Kitakami. In this wondrous land they’ll find new Pokémon to catch, new friends to make, and, as fans have discovered, restrooms...
Square Enix Loses Stock Value, Development Process Under Fire
13.9.2023
Square Enix is in a bit of a rough spot following financial setbacks and rocky game releases. While some titles like Final Fantasy XIV have delivered consistent quality and remained popular with fans, other entries from the series as well as newer games from the publisher have shipped...
Starfield’s Fast Travel Cheapens Space’s Impact
13.9.2023
Starfield is a massive game. With hundreds of planets and solar systems to probe, Bethesda’s spacefaring RPG tasks you with traveling from galaxy to galaxy. Unfortunately, for all the space exploration the game has you doing, doing this by fast traveling amounts to a series of loading screens that...
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Suggests Testing Your PC’s Stability Before Phantom Liberty Drops
12.9.2023
Cyberpunk 2077's big, free 2.0 update and the paid Phantom Liberty expansion are around the corner. To prepare for this coming one-two punch, developer CD Projekt Red is suggesting you check your PC’s specifications ahead of time.Read more
Devs React To Unity's Newly Announced Fee For Game Installs: ‘Not To Be Trusted’
12.9.2023
Unity, the cross-platform game engine that powers games like Rust, Hollow Knight, and Pokémon Go, has introduced a new, controversial fee for developers, set to take effect next year. Indie developers quickly responded to the announcement, with many suggesting the costs of this policy would kill...
Publishers, Stop Holding Games Hostage Behind Paid Early Access
12.9.2023
Starfield launched on September 6, but was actually playable for some people on September 1. How did those folks get to play the game early? They paid extra for special editions that—along with other little trinkets and doodads—let them download and play Bethesda’s big RPG nearly a week before...
Pinocchio Soulslike's ‘ACAB’ Sign Was Cut For Being Too 'Risky'
12.9.2023
Lies of P, the upcoming Bloodborne-inspired action-RPG Soulslike based around the story of Pinocchio, featured an “All Cops Are Bastards” sign at one point. But if you go looking for it in the final game when it launches on September 19, you might come up empty-handed because the text was cut.Read...
Assassin's Creed Mirage Could Be Great News For Old-School Fans
12.9.2023
Previews for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the thirteenth game in the Assassin’s Creed series and first since 2020’s Valhalla, released early on September 12, and they suggest a long-awaited return to the historical fiction series’ roots. That could come as good news—in the 16 years since the first...
2023's Coolest Video Game Map Is Here
12.9.2023
It’s rare that a video game map will make me excited. Hell, it’s rare that I even notice them, as most maps are serviceable and little more. So before playing a few hours of Ubisoft’s open-world racing game, The Crew Motorfest, I didn’t expect to be blown away by its in-game map. And yet, I was....
Forza Motorsport's Blind Drive Assist Is A Breakthrough For Gaming Accessibility
12.9.2023
Recent Forza games have been trailblazers for upping the ante when it comes to accessibility. 2021's Forza Horizon 5 came with in-game sign language for cinematics, and a time-slowing option for those with slower reaction times. Incredible stuff. This October’s Forza Motorsport is aiming to push...
NBA 2K24 Just Launched And It’s Already The Second-Worst Rated Game On Steam
12.9.2023
Steam has proclaimed Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 and 2K Sports’ NBA 2K24 the first and second worst games of the year, respectively. As of September 12, 165,573 of Overwatch’s 183,780 total Steam reviews are negative, and 3,135 of 3,523 reviews for NBA 2K24 are also negative. Since 2K24 only released...
Don't Waste All Your Baldur's Gate 3 Scrolls In Battle, Do This Instead
12.9.2023
Scrolls are some of the most useful items you can find in your Baldur’s Gate 3 adventure, letting your characters expend them to cast spells they may not otherwise know. Because of this, they can really come in handy in a pinch, when you realize you have a scroll for a fire-based spell and your...
One Of Starfield's Best Quests Is A Gravity-Defying Beer Run
12.9.2023
A random bartender on a small back-world planet led to one of my favorite side-quests in Starfield, Bethesda’s latest and biggest open-world RPG. Just be prepared for some gravity issues. Read more
Ubisoft’s New Shooter Delayed After Failing Console Quality Checks
12.9.2023
Ubisoft’s upcoming Call of Duty-like first-person online shooter, XDefiant, doesn’t have a release date yet, and now we know why. According to Ubisoft, the free-to-play arena FPS failed an important first-party certification test in August, delaying the entire launch process.Read more