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Dying Light 2 Will Take 500 Hours To Fully Complete And I'm Already So Tired
8.1.2022
Some games, like Wordle and other indie titles, are trying to be smaller experiences that you play for a few minutes or hours and then leave. Dying Light 2 isn’t one of those games. Instead, the folks behind the game are excitedly advertising that it will take players over 500 hours to fully...
After Sony Passed On Days Gone 2, Devs Pitched Open-World Resistance Reboot
7.1.2022
Former Bend Studio director Jeff Ross recently revealed that he pitched an open-world Resistance sequel after Sony made it clear it had no interest in a Days Gone 2. There were also talks of a new Syphon Filter reboot. But none of these projects made it very far, according to Ross in a...
Days Gone Was A 'Disappointment' To Sony Despite Selling Millions, Director Says
6.1.2022
While developer Sucker Punch Productions celebrates the massive success of Ghost of Tsushima, which recently sold more than eight million copies, not everyone is reveling in the excitement. Case in point: Former Bend Studio director Jeff Ross, who used the opportunity to take a stab at Sony for...
New Resident Evil 2 VR Mod Looks Great (And Terrifying)
2.1.2022
2019's Resident Evil 2 remake was fantastic, blending the third-person action and combat from Resident 4, with the scares and visuals of Resident Evil 7. But now, thanks to an impressive-looking fan mod, you can revisit this survival horror glow-up in virtual reality, which sounds both exciting...
Renata Price’s Top Ten Games Of 2021
23.12.2021
2021 has been a tremendously odd year. It has also been my first year with a real job as a games writer. This means that I have a lot of pent-up feelings from the past several years about video games that I love, many of which are embodied by this very strange and messy list–which, yes, includes...
Resident Evil Village And Metroid Dread Were The Most Completed Games In 2021
19.12.2021
Resident Evil Village is a great game! It’s easily one of my favorite games of 2021. But it’s also a game that can, at times, be scary or tricky to get through. So, I was surprised to see stats showing it as the most completed video game released in 2021. Read more
A Couple Of Hours With The First Big Five Nights At Freddy's Since Scott Cawthon's Retirement
18.12.2021
The eighth main installment of the Five Nights at Freddy’s saga beings with a glam-rock ‘80s version of Freddy Fazbear, noted child-murdering robot, suffering a malfunction on stage in front of his hordes of fans. When the animatronic awakens, he discovers he’s picked up an unwanted passenger...
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Developers Remove NFTs After Fan Uproar
17.12.2021
STALKER 2 developers GSC Game World announced yesterday that they’d be adding NFTs to the game. Public reception was, as you’d imagine, not kind.Read more
The Best Games Hidden Inside Other Games
16.12.2021
In an industry that can all too often feel like it wants to wring us of every last drop of money, there’s a special pleasure in noting those most entertaining of freebies: the games hidden inside other games. For instance, did you know the original Animal Crossing was crammed with classic...
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Wants To Turn You Into An NFT, For Some Reason
15.12.2021
In video games, non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are no longer relegated to the realm of underperforming Ubisoft games and Peter Molyneux’s fever dreams. One of the spring’s ballyhooed Xbox shooters, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, will feature NFTs, developer GSC Game World announced in a press...
Silent Hill Creator Is Working On A Spooky New Horror Game
10.12.2021
It might not be the Silent Hill announcement that fans have been waiting for, but the trailer for Splitterhead revealed at The Game Awards looks just as spooky and dreadful as its spiritual successor. Read more
Twitch Streamer Beats Every Classic Resident Evil Game Without Taking A Single Hit
1.12.2021
Resident Evil games have never been known for their kindness, which makes beating four of the series classic games in a row (in all their myriad configurations and routes) without taking a single hit all the more impressive—and that’s exactly what streamer MattDaRoc did.Read more
Rats (Sort Of) Played Doom Via VR
22.11.2021
I guess it was inevitable that once humanity got Doom running on everything, including cash registers, Twitter, and unreleased consoles, that we would have to seek out a new formidable challenge. Now that we’ve nearly done it all, it’s not about how you play Doom, but who you get to play Doom....
Four Hours With Dying Light 2: Beyond An Open-World Zombie Game
16.11.2021
Dying Light 2 was announced all the way back at E3 2018. A lot has happened in the three years since, including multiple delays and the departure of RPG writer/designer Chris Avellone from the project following sexual harassment allegations. Now set to come out in February 2022 (alongside a bunch...
Back 4 Blood Devs Say The Game Is 'Far More Difficult Than Intended' And Have Plans To Fix It
14.11.2021
No, it’s not just you. Yes, Back 4 Blood is hard, and also, yes, the game is still spawning way too many special infected. Turtle Rock, the devs behind the popular zombie shooter, admitted that Back 4 Blood is currently harder than it intended and has plans to address various issues behind...
Id Software Is Trying To Stop A Man Who Wants To Name His Band 'Doomscroll'
13.11.2021
Doomscrolling is that thing where you spend way too much time flipping through Twitter or Instagram reading bad news. And apparently, a metal guitarist in Dallas, Texas thought it would be the perfect name for a new band. But after attempting to trademark the band name, Doom devs Id Software began...
More People Are Playing Left 4 Dead 2 Than Back 4 Blood
1.11.2021
A quick perusal of Steam-tracking sites indicates that players returned to Left 4 Dead 2 in droves following the October 12 launch of spiritual successor Back 4 Blood, so much so that the older game is now more popular than the newer one.Read more
14 Horror Games Available Now On Xbox Game Pass
30.10.2021
A good scary game is often a thrilling experience. And if you are currently a Game Pass subscriber and in the mood to play something terrifying, creepy, or just downright spooky you already have access to some fantastic horror games for no additional cost. This is nice, because the only thing...
A Psychedelic Horror Game About Exploring A Haunted Train
29.10.2021
Boarding a city subway is always a dice roll for whatever terror awaits you once the train doors close. Maybe there’s some trash taking up a seat, or annoying passengers who are hell bent on making their business yours. The new psychological horror game, Subway Midnight, taps into that uncertainty...
Alone In The Dark Scared The Crap Out Of Me
29.10.2021
I am scared of many things in video games. Sharks mostly, but there’s other stuff. Nothing has ever scared me, though, as much as 1992's Alone in the Dark.Read more