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Halo Infinite Just Can’t Catch A Break
5.5.2022
Busted challenges. A dysfunctional battle pass. A bunch of ultimately ineffectual “fixes.” A cacophonous uproar of player feedback, much of which isn’t positive. It may sound like the launch-window era of Halo Infinite, but no: This is Halo Infinite today, six months after its launch, during...
A Very Long Look At A Cancelled Half-Life Game
5.5.2022
From 2005 to 2008, French studio Arkane—who we now know as the team behind Dishonored and Deathloop—were working on a Half-Life game. We knew this, and have even seen the game before, but today we got a real good look at it.Read more
Halo Infinite’s New Arena Map Actually Feels Like A Halo Map
4.5.2022
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Halo Infinite Update Is So Big It Requires A Table Of Contents
4.5.2022
Halo Infinite’s second season kicked off today, ushering in a handful of new maps, modes, and cosmetics to the popular multiplayer shooter. Developer 343 Industries detailed all of the minor changes in patch notes that are so long they come with a six-chapter table of contents. They’re so long that...
Activision Announces 47th Call of Duty, Modern Warfare II, Which Is The 10th Modern Warfare Game
29.4.2022
I don’t need to tell you that the Call of Duty franchise is massively popular. Equally, you’re already well aware that the Modern Warfare sub-franchise within Call of Duty is pretty successful too. So it’s no surprise that we are getting another Call of Duty Modern Warfare, this one a sequel to...
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Players Pissed Over ‘Short’ DLC
27.4.2022
Watching the news cycle around Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands for the past month has been like watching the news cycle of a game on fast-forward. You know how it goes: Game comes out. Gets positive reviews, fans praise it. DLC hits, is then slammed by fans. By now, it’s basically a framework. Only this...
Bethesda Adds Free Classic Elder Scrolls Games To Steam
26.4.2022
Back in February, Bethesda confirmed that it was shutting down its proprietary PC game launcher and would move affected games back to Steam. Now, as we get closer to the May 11 shutdown, Bethesda has started adding some of its classic games to Steam. Some are arriving on Valve’s digital storefront...
Borderlands Is Having Its Biggest Year Ever
26.4.2022
The revival of a beloved spinoff. A film adaptation (whose cast makes no sense at all). A mainline entry (that, against all odds, feels astonishingly fresh). Yes, it’s safe to say Borderlands is back, and having its biggest year in a long time.Read more
Beloved Tales From The Borderlands Finally Getting 2022 Sequel It Deserves
21.4.2022
Today, Gearbox announced at PAX East that it was developing a new entry in the Tales From The Borderlands series. The original Telltale-developed game was a narrative-focused adventure game, similar to The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us. The just-announced sequel will star new characters...
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Patch Makes Its Strongest Class Even Stronger ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
21.4.2022
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands hasn’t even been out a month, but fresh on the heels of releasing the game’s first expansion, developer Gearbox has rolled out the biggest patch yet for its buzzy loot-shooter. Let’s break it down.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Is Now A Little Bit Better
20.4.2022
Battlefield 2042's big update dropped earlier today, adding stuff like VoIP communications, more scoreboards and some much-needed balancing. I’ve been playing the game all day to see what difference it has made and...things are better.Read more
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Already Has DLC, Will Never Let You Go
19.4.2022
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands hasn’t even been out for a month and it’s already getting DLC. The first, “Coiled Captors,” is part of the “Mirrors of Mystery” series of additional biomes to shoot and loot your way through, which itself is part of the game’s season pass. It’s out today for...
Former Xbox Boss Remembers Microsoft Trying To Buy Blizzard, Westwood Back In The Day
19.4.2022
It’s 2022 and Microsoft is in the process of tying up a deal to purchase Blizzard. This isn’t the first time the computing giant has tried to buy the company, though; according to Ed Fries, who led development of the first Xbox console, it’s actually the third.Read more
Super Mario Bros.' Iconic Blocks Hold More Coins Than You Think
16.4.2022
Without thinking too hard about it, what’s the maximum number of coins you can knock out of multi-coin blocks in the original Super Mario Bros.? Did you say 10? Well, you’re wrong, but it’s not your fault. You just haven’t done a deep dive into the almost 37-year-old game’s code like a complete...
XCOM 2, One Of The Best PC Strategy Games Ever Made, Is Currently Free
15.4.2022
XCOM 2 is very good. Some have even called it one of the best PC games ever made. Even if you don’t agree with that, it’s still an incredible strategy game pitting aliens against humans in a large-scale, global conflict. Now, via the latest Epic Games Store giveaway, you can get XCOM 2 for the...
Where To Find A Ton Of Legendary Loot In Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
14.4.2022
Yeah, sure, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has an end goal. Ostensibly, you’re tasked with completing a main story, something about saving the world and defeating the big bad villain and blah blah blah. But c’mon, we all know what the real point is: finding a ton of kickass loot. Let us help.Read more
Nomura Explains What's Up With Sora's Realistic Kingdom Hearts 4 Look
14.4.2022
When Square Enix revealed Kingdom Hearts IV over the weekend, it looked…different. Hero Sora was looking realistically emo with nerfed kicks while hanging out in a Shibuya apartment that actually exists. But fans were quick to point out that there were likely lore reasons explaining the...
Someone Found A Way To Skip Metal Gear Solid 3’s Iconic Ladder Climb
12.4.2022
Despite being one of the most iconic moments in video game history, it was only a matter of time before speedrunners discovered a way to bypass the much-beloved ladder-climbing sequence in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater entirely. What a thrill.Read more
After Months Of Disappointment, Halo Infinite Is About To Get A Whole Lot Better
8.4.2022
For a while now, the prevailing narrative around Halo Infinite is that interest in the game, once confidently perched at the summit of Mt. First-Person Shooter, has fallen off a precipice. But that stands poised to change when season two, “Lone Wolves,” rolls around on May 3. Folks, it sounds (and...
Maybe We Don't Need These Expensive Video Game Remakes
7.4.2022
As video games get more expensive to make, and publishers grow ever more adverse to taking risks with that expenditure, the last few years have seen a growing trend of old video games being made new once more.Read more