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Report: EA Canned Dead Space 2 Remake, Team Working On Battlefield Now
10.4.2024
EA and Motive were reportedly working on a Dead Space 2 remake as a follow-up to the studio’s critically acclaimed 2023 remake of the 2008 survival horror game. However, due to “lackluster sales,” that game has allegedly been shelved indefinitely and the team behind it is now working on Battlefield...
New Star Wars Outlaws Trailer Reveals What The Game's Actually About
9.4.2024
On April 9, after some teasing (and a leak) Ubisoft released a new trailer for its upcoming and highly-anticipated open-world Star Wars game, Star Wars Outlaws. The third-person action-adventure game is being developed by Massive—the same studio behind The Division—and will be out this August. Read...
Police Arrest Suspect Behind Nintendo Live Tokyo 2024 Threats
3.4.2024
After multiple persistent threats against attendees and staff that led to the cancellation of the major Nintendo Live event in Tokyo in December 2023, Japanese police have reportedly arrested the person responsible.Read more
Helldivers 2 Players Finally Liberate Malevelon Creek, AKA 'Robot Vietnam'
1.4.2024
The narrative of the co-op shooter Helldivers 2 has taken unpredictable twists and turns that have kept its community on its toes since it launched, but no surprise has been greater than the reverence for Malevelon Creek. The embattled planet, often referred to as “Robot Vietnam” due to...
How To Rank Up Your Fortnite Festival Pass Without Actually Playing
1.4.2024
In February, Fortnite Festival season 2 launched and added Lady Gaga songs and the singer herself to the popular online game. It also added a new mini-battle pass known as the Festival Pass that rewards players with new music and—if you earn enough points—a Lady Gaga skin. If you want that skin...
Popular Streamer xQc Gets Banned From DayZ Server
1.4.2024
Controversial Kick streamer Felix “xQc” Lengyel has found himself not welcomed in the DayZ community. An admin in one of the multiplayer zombie survival game’s popular servers recently banned him, with his status as a streamer seeming the likely reason.Read more
You Won't Guess The Origins Of This New Roguelike Shooter
20.3.2024
Usually, spin-offs and sequels feel like they are cohesive parts of a larger universe of franchises. But there are exceptions. For example, take Project Birdseye, a new top-down roguelike action game from Striking Distance Studios. Surprisingly, this upcoming game is a spin-off of 2022’s Callisto...
Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection's First Update Is Here And Fixes A Lot
19.3.2024
Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection hasn’t had the best rollout since it launched on March 14. From issues with online multiplayer to some missing control options and other annoying bugs, the new package—which contains remastered ports of the first two Pandemic-developed Battlefront...
Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection Devs Respond After Abysmal Launch
15.3.2024
The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection launched on March 14, and it sounds like it’s a bit of a mess. As of this writing, the compilation has mostly “Overwhelmingly Negative” user reviews on Steam, with only 19 percent of over 4000 scores being positive. Fans are complaining of online server...
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Is A Messy Stumble Down Memory Lane
14.3.2024
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, which combines remastered versions of the first two Pandemic-developed games, is now out on consoles and PC. And while I’m enjoying the chance to replay this favorite of mine from yesteryear, bugs and other problems make it tricky to recommend in...
Stephen A. Smith Knows Tilted Towers Is The Fortnite Hot Spot
6.3.2024
Everyone’s favorite out-of-pocket basketball uncle, Stephen A. Smith, knows Fortnite better than you might think. At least, that’s what can be gleaned from a breakout clip of his YouTube program, The Stephen A. Smith Show, that’s making the rounds today.Read more
Neil Druckmann Is Tired
29.2.2024
Neil Druckmann, the co-president of Naughty Dog and creative director of The Last of Us, is tired. From the sound of it, he might be looking to change his career up so he doesn’t have to deal with the stress of leading a AAA team that puts out games on the scale of Sony’s flagship studio.Read more
EA Cancels Respawn Star Wars Shooter Amid Mass Layoff
28.2.2024
Respawn’s unnamed Star Wars first-person shooter, first confirmed by EA in January 2022, has reportedly been canceled as the publisher pulls back on licensed games amid a large round of layoffs. Read more
Helldivers 2 Raises Player Cap To 700,000 Ahead Of Busy Weekend
23.2.2024
Let me be upfront: no, you’re not the only person trying and failing to spread democracy in Helldivers 2 this week.Read more
MOBA Brought Back To Life, Only To Be Killed Again
22.2.2024
Can an online video game die twice? Yes, apparently. Paragon: The Overprime, a competitive online multiplayer game built using assets and designs featured in Epic’s previously killed original Paragon, is being shut down in April. Read more
OG Star Wars: Battlefront Games Are Back With Bonus Content And Features
21.2.2024
Two incredibly popular Star Wars games— 2004’s Battlefront and 2005’s Battlefront II—are coming back in a new classic collection that will bring 64-player online action to consoles for the first time as well as other new features and bonus content, too. And you won’t have to wait long as these...
Tips For How To Actually Survive Playing Helldivers 2 Solo
16.2.2024
Greetings, fellow solitary gamer. If you’re thinking of giving the third-person co-op shooter Helldivers 2 a shot on your own, well, you’ll have your work cut out for you. Helldivers 2 is not only typically more fun with friends, much of the game’s challenges and mission structures are designed...
Foamstars Is A Colorful, But Mostly Awful Mess
8.2.2024
Square Enix’s new, PlayStation-exclusive, multiplayer foam-combat game—Foamstars—is out now on PS5 and PS4. It’s free for folks who have PlayStation Plus, which means the barrier to entry is low and it’s just your time you’ll waste playing this meh shooter instead of actual money. Read more
Conscientious Objector Jailed After Being Outed As PUBG Player
5.2.2024
The Supreme Court of Korea has ruled that a South Korean man must serve one year and six months in prison after he refused the country’s mandatory military service. He had argued he was a conscientious objector, but a lower court dismissed this partially because he loves playing PlayerUnknown’s...
Suicide Squad’s First 12 Hours Include Great Action, But A Lot Of Filler
1.2.2024
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League isn’t the game a lot of Arkham fans wanted. It’s also yet another live-service video game, something that folks are less and less excited about with each passing year. And it’s not had great previews or trailers. But, I’ve enjoyed Rocksteady’s past games a...