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Assassin’s Creed Is Back After Two Years Away, See It In Action In First Trailer
7.9.2022
During today’s Ubisoft Forward livestream, the company finally peeled back some of the layers to Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the “back-to-basics” stealth-action game that leaked late last month before getting confirmed as real.Read more
PlayStation Boss Calls Out Microsoft Over 'Inadequate' Call Of Duty Deal
7.9.2022
The console war custody battle over Call of Duty has taken an unlikely turn. In an industry notorious for secrecy and backroom deals, two of the biggest executives in gaming are hashing it out in public. A week after Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said Activision’s hit shooter would remain...
This Twitch Streamer Just Became The First Person To Beat Every N64 Game
7.9.2022
Samuel “Acegamersam” Girand owns a lot of video games. The 32-year-old Québécois has a vast library of classic console titles, including complete collections of North American Dreamcast and N64 games. Five years ago, with a fledgling Twitch channel, Girand began streaming the Nintendo titles to...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Villains Are The Bad School Kids, New Switch Hardware Coming
7.9.2022
Two professors. A true open-world. Legendary Pokémon that can turn into freakin’ motorcycles. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are incrementally shaping up to be some of the most intriguing role-playing games of the fall. Today, the Pokémon Company made that even more clear with a new trailer that...
This New Soulslike Proves Easy Mode Isn't Just Possible, It Makes Everything Better
7.9.2022
The opening moments of Steelrising felt surprisingly doable and fun for a soulslike, a genre of game that often starts out with tough challenges and a “go figure it out” kinda vibe. But once I hit the second map, I encountered an enemy that made me reach for the game’s “Assist Mode.” You might...
NFT Psycho Advocates Turning Players From 'Developing' Nations Into NPCs
7.9.2022
A common thread linking my complete revulsion for all things blockchain and AI is the sheer inhumanity of it all. Devotees of these techbro causes are so focused on technology, profits and market forces, while remaining oblivious to their effects and consequences, that at times it feels like they...
The Best And Worst Parts Of Every Mass Effect Game
7.9.2022
It’s hard to hear the name BioWare without conjuring up some image from Mass Effect, its groundbreaking series of sci-fi RPGs. Mass Effect was pretty damn good. Whether you were in it for its smoochable aliens, expansive world building, or its choice-driven gameplay, Mass Effect had a little bit...
Report: Ubisoft To Reveal Multiple Assassin's Creed Games This Weekend, One Set In Japan
6.9.2022
The Assassin’s Creed machine over at Ubisoft is apparently humming away, as a new report claims that not one, not two, but three different Assassin’s Creed games will be announced Saturday alongside the already leaked and confirmed Mirage.Read more
Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Some Terrific Games This Month
6.9.2022
Yes, the big Disney Animal Crossing clone rolls out on Game Pass today. But Microsoft’s popular games-on-demand service is set to take a big hit in September with the loss of some of its best games, including a must-play Final Fantasy and some intriguing indies. Here’s everything coming to...
God Of War Ragnarök Footage Shows New Elemental Weapon Signature Moves
6.9.2022
God of War Ragnarök, a game perhaps most remarkable for not slipping into a 2023 release date, has released a snippet more footage showing off the new ways Kratos can wield his axe and blades.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Almost Feels Like A Finished Video Game
6.9.2022
Battlefield 2042 ate a lot of shit at launch, and rightly so, because for a game claiming to be launching as a premium shooter at a premium price point it sure came out undercooked.Read more
Oh God, Ew, Randy Pitchford Wants You To Buy His Used Shirts
5.9.2022
You know how amateur magician and some-time Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford wears awful shirts? Well, the Borderlands boss has chanced upon this idea to auction off his old, used clothing to aid a charity. Which charity? No clue. Because this is the timeline we deserve.Read more
Nintendo Suffers Another Colossal Game Leak
5.9.2022
As appears to be ever-more frequently the case, Nintendo has seen another of its first-party games leaked all over the internet almost a week before release. This time it’s Splatoon 3, the much-hyped threequal to the company’s pet project, which is already in some players’ hands ahead of...
Rumbleverse Is A Rare, Fresh Twist On Battle Royale
3.9.2022
Rumbleverse is the latest entry in a seemingly endless list of free-to-play battle royale games. However, this latest spin on the aging format is more creative and interesting than I expected, as Rumbleverse ditches the usual SMGs, shotguns, and grenades for wrestling grapples, melee combos,...
Microsoft Lets Sony Have ‘Several More Years’ Of Call Of Duty, As A Treat
2.9.2022
Good news PlayStation Call of Duty players: Microsoft says you get to have “several more years” of playing the shoot-bang game on your Sony console. Read more
Xenoblade Chronicles 3's Most Deliciously Cringe Moments
2.9.2022
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Before You Start: Five Settings To Change In The Last Of Us Part I
2.9.2022
At this rate, we’ll never see the last of The Last of Us. Ahead of a high-profile HBO adaptation, Naughty Dog released a top-to-bottom remake, called The Last of Us Part I, for PlayStation 5.Read more
9 Farming Games To Fall In Love With After Stardew Valley
2.9.2022
I do not want to be a farmer—I’m a city girl, or, on my most vulnerable days, a suburban wife in the making—but something about farming games is simply so relaxing.Read more
Someone's Made A New Game For The Donkey Kong Bongo Controllers In 2022
2.9.2022
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Hopefully Fortnite's Fantastic New Destiny 2 Crossover Mode Sticks Around
1.9.2022
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