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Alan Wake 2 Spooked By October Games Onslaught, Delayed 10 Days
17.8.2023
Alan Wake 2, the highly anticipated adventure horror game sequel from Remedy Entertainment, has suffered a minor 10-day delay.Read more
A Resident Evil Remake Is Now The Best-Selling Game In The Series
3.8.2023
Quick! What did you think was the best-selling Resident Evil game in the franchise before you read the headline above? I assumed it was 2005’s Resident Evil 4, I mean, I’ve bought that game enough times at this point. But it actually was 2017’s Resident Evil 7—until just recently, when Resident...
The Great Wii U Server Outage Of 2023 Is Over
2.8.2023
The Wii U isn’t dead, it’s just resting. Nintendo finally brought the console’s servers for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 back online after a mysterious five month outage. “Please accept our sincere apologies for the extended waiting period,” the company wrote in an update, though it’s not making...
Hit Steam Game Includes Secret Designed Only For Dataminers To Discover
31.7.2023
Remnant II, a new Souls-like shooter developed by Gunfire Games, contains a lot of secrets, including a whole, completely hidden player class. But, twist: The devs hid it so well that only dataminers would ever find it. And they just did.Read more
Hasbro Wants Old Transformers Games To Return, But Activision Lost Them
31.7.2023
Remember those Xbox 360/PS3-era Transformers games? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could easily buy and play those in 2023 on modern platforms? I think so. And so does Hasbro. But according to the toy company behind the popular transforming robot franchise, Activision has apparently lost the games...
Max Payne 3 Mod Finally Restores His Original Face
25.7.2023
If you were feeling nostalgic for old-school Max Payne, the perpetually grimacing star of Remedy’s iconic third-person shooter of the same name, take heart. There’s now a mod for Max Payne 3 that brings back the character’s unforgettable OG face—based on Remedy Creative Director Sam Lake—squint...
It Looks Like Armored Core VI Will Have Six-Player Multiplayer
24.7.2023
Mech game Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon seems to include a robust multiplayer system, potentially building on the limited co-op and PvP present in developer FromSoftware’s usually solo journeys through Hell. Fans took photos of physical Japanese copies of the game (which is due August 25)...
Uncharted 2's Co-Director Also Noticed That Mission: Impossible Train Scene
17.7.2023
A suspenseful action sequence in the recently released Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One involving a dangling train and some precarious jumps might have seemed a bit familiar to anyone who’s played Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. That game’s co-director thought so too, and pointed out...
Neil Druckmann Takes Over Naughty Dog After Co-President Of 25 Years Retires
12.7.2023
Naughty Dog, the developers behind The Last of Us and Uncharted, is about to undergo a pretty big shakeup in leadership. Co-president Evan Wells has announced he’ll be retiring, and co-president and Last of Us director Neil Druckmann will be the sole president of the company moving forward.Read more
Grand Theft Auto V Is Back On Xbox Game Pass
5.7.2023
Grand Theft Auto V is one again crashing the party on Xbox Game Pass just in time for the summer vacation. It headlines the subscription service’s slate of new games for July 2023, alongside some smaller indie releases and Capcom’s new dino-shooter, Exoprimal. Read more
Upcoming Horror Game Shows What’s Driving Big Releases Away From Physical Copies
26.6.2023
Last month, Remedy announced Alan Wake II, the long-anticipated sequel to its 2010 action game, won’t be released on a disc when it launches on October 17. This news was upsetting to those who prefer to have a physical game on their shelf, but in an interview with Eurogamer, creative director...
The Alan Wake Intro Only Exists Because Stephen King Sold His Quote For $1
23.6.2023
The opening shot of Alan Wake, the 2010 action-adventure horror remastered fairly recently, in 2021, finds us winding around a dusky mountain pass. As we watch spruce trees come and go and the orange sunset give way to chalky fog, protagonist Alan Wake says the following in a voiceover: “Stephen...
Nintendo Shareholder Meeting Disrupted By Fan Who Spent $3.5K To Complain About Splatoon
23.6.2023
There’s no other video game company quite like Nintendo, and the same thing appears to be true about its fans. One reportedly spent roughly $3,500 on company stock to interrupt the most recent shareholders meeting and seemingly rant about the lack of male hairstyle customization options in Splatoon...
Ubisoft’s Call of Duty Clone Is Actually Pretty Good
23.6.2023
Ubisoft’s big, crossover first-person shooter XDefiant isn’t out until later this year. However, a short open beta is currently being held until June 23. And after playing a few hours of Ubisoft’s new Call of Duty-like shooter, I’m surprised by just how much I like it. But I’m also concerned that...
Here's What An Armored Core VI Boss Fight Looks Like
14.6.2023
I got to see Armored Core VI in action last week, and while the game appears to be staying true to the mech action series’ roots—featuring quick combat and lots of customization—there are also some things that fans of Dark Souls, Sekiro, and FromSoftware’s other, more recent games will be happy...
2023’s Biggest Mech Game Armored Core VI Goes All In, And It’s Great
14.6.2023
I can’t tell you what it feels like to actually play Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. While FromSoftware’s new mech adventure is out in August, Bandai Namco wouldn’t let media actually get hands-on time with the game last week at Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest. But I did get to watch Armored...
Metal Gear Solid 2 Gets A Whole New Perspective With Third-Person Camera Mod
8.11.2022
I am obligated to report that Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty is over 20 years old. I may not want to think about that, but here we are. The original visual aesthetic has a wonderful PS2-era charm that I think has become rather endearing in its age. But that hasn’t stopped one modder from...
Call of Duty's Third-Person Mode Is So Good, I Don't Want To Play Anything Else
3.11.2022
Battle royales aside, third-person shooters have always been somewhat of a dark horse compared to their head-mounted camera counterparts. SOCOM, the PlayStation-exclusive tactical shooter series has been left to history. Ghost Recon sits in the shadow of Rainbow Six (and The Division is more of...
Splatoon 3 Special Edition Switch Looks Gorgeously Subtle
6.7.2022
It’s not a Switch Pro but it’ll do. Just in time for the ink shooter’s September launch, Nintendo is releasing a Splatoon 3-themed Switch OLED on August 26. It’ll go for $360, and if you haven’t already upgraded to the newer model, now might be the time, at least if you can manage to get your hands...
Why Everyone’s Suddenly Obsessed With A Two-Year-Old Game About Action Figures
5.7.2022
Over the past week, the gaming world has been obsessed with an indie shooter coming to Xbox, treating it with the fervor (and wildfire social media metrics) of a forthcoming AAA tentpole. But here’s the weird part: This game’s already out. It’s been playable on multiple platforms for years.Read more