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Tony Hawk Reportedly Intervened To Get Bam Margera Added Back To THPS 3+4
25.3.2025
Professional skater and Jackass star Bam Margera will be included in the next major Tony Hawk skateboarding game after Hawk himself reportedly stepped in and forced Activison to add Margera to the game’s roster. Read more
You Can Finish Atomfall Pretty Quickly, If You Rush Through The Wasteland
25.3.2025
There have been quite a few games over the years that examine the fallout of a nuclear event, but developer Rebellion’s new title Atomfall distinguishes itself by using a real-life accident as the basis for its tale. Taking place in an alternate reality following the Windscale nuclear disaster...
Big Publishers And Studios Are Scrambling To Avoid GTA 6's Launch
25.3.2025
Grand Theft Auto 6 is officially launching later this fall on Xbox Series X/S and PS5. It will likely be one of the biggest game releases in history. Millions of players are planning to buy the Rockstar’s open-world crime sim while inevitably ignoring other games. That’s bad news for publishers...
It Looks Like Sabrina Carpenter Is Coming To Fortnite
25.3.2025
Whenever Fortnite adds a playable character from one of my various hyperfixations, my friends say, “Ken finally has to start playing Fortnite.” Dashing their hopes time and again, Epic has yet to put out a character that has actually compelled me to download its pop culture mash-up battle royale....
Jack Black Became Obsessed With Lapis Lazuli While Playing 100 Hours Of Minecraft
25.3.2025
I have a lot of questions about A Minecraft Movie, a film which, even if it’s not “for me,” has raised all sorts of red flags in its pre-release trailers and marketing. But one thing that doesn’t appear to be in question is star Jack Black’s commitment to the bit. He plays the crafting game’s...
How To Level Up Mad Fast In Assassin's Creed Shadows
24.3.2025
While it’s completely viable to cut down your foes solely via stealthy assassinations and brute-force katana strikes as either Naoe or Yasuke, leveling up and investing in additional abilities makes combat far more enticing. You can Spartan kick your enemies as Yasuke and lurch forward in...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ 'Projects' Aren’t Quite Battle Passes, But They’re Close
24.3.2025
You’d be entirely forgiven for thinking that the Projects screen in Assassin’s Creed Shadows is just a Battle Pass system. The gradual drip feed of rewards presented in a straight line evokes strong déjà vu of countless live service and free-to-play games like Fortnite or Genshin Impact....
Assassin's Creed Shadows Uses Level Scaling, But You Can Exploit The Heck Out Of It
24.3.2025
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an open-world RPG through and through, complete with stats to level up and progressively more powerful gear to find. As you might expect, it employs a level scaling system, where the enemies and quests you encounter get stronger as you do. That is to say, if you’re level...
Minecraft Is Getting A Major Visual Upgrade, Flying Mounts, And My Favorite Quality Of Life Feature In Years
24.3.2025
2025 is going to be a neat year for Minecraft. Not only is the survival crafting game moving to more frequent feature drops, it’s also getting flying mounts and a big boost to its more than decade-old graphics. Revealed during a special Minecraft Live, Vibrant Visuals will make every pixelated...
YouTuber Removes GTA 6 Map Mod And Blasts Take-Two Over Copyright Strike
24.3.2025
Earlier this year, modder Dark Space added a speculative version of Grand Theft Auto 6's map to Grand Theft Auto 5, based on details from the trailer and alleged leaks about the forthcoming sequel. He’s now removed links to download the mod from his YouTube channel after receiving a copyright...
Hollow Knight: Silksong's Copyright Updated, Fans Enter Newfound Levels Of Excitement, Nation In Chaos
24.3.2025
Did you feel it? A disturbance in the code? The very slightest shift in the metadata? Hollow Knight: Silksong acolytes all across the world all sat up at once, aware that something—something—has changed. What does it mean? Is the years-late game about to reveal something new?Read more
How To Start Off Strong In Assassin's Creed Shadows And More Of The Week's Top Tips
23.3.2025
This week saw the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows (read our review here) and if you’re one of the many people flocking to feudal Japan this weekend, we’ve got an assortment of tips to help you get started. We’ve also got recommendations for honing your ground game in Civilization VII and some...
A Great New City-Builder, A Terrific New Zombie Shooter, And More Of The Week's Recommendations And Opinions
22.3.2025
Gamers are a passionate bunch, and we’re no exception. These are the week’s most interesting perspectives on the wild, wonderful, and sometimes weird world of video game news.Read more
There's A Lot Of Cool Dinosaur Games To Be Excited About
21.3.2025
A decade ago, in a poorly written post on my terrible old blog that I won’t link to here, I pondered why we didn’t have more dinosaur games. At the time I blamed it on technical limitations and a focus on zombie-filled wastelands, and the lack of good dinosaur games made me really sad. So I’m happy...
Netflix's Spirit Crossing Is A Gorgeous Cozy MMO With A Lot To Prove
21.3.2025
Spirit Crossing is the next life sim from the Netflix-owned studio Spry Fox, makers of the beloved Animal Crossing-like Cozy Grove. Netflix announced the ambitious social MMO this week alongside some other games and a renewed commitment to investing in gaming for years to come. Spirit Crossing will...
Split Fiction Movie Rights Up For Grabs In Hollywood Bidding War
21.3.2025
Just 15 weeks ago, EA and Hazelight announced sci-fi co-op game Split Fiction. Earlier this month, the game launched to rave reviews and is a massive success. And reportedly there’s now a bidding war between different studios all interested in turning hit game into a movie. Read more
Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Take You A Whopping 60 Hours To Finish, And That's If You Rush
21.3.2025
You could easily spend hundreds of hours on a single playthrough for the past few RPG-oriented titles in the Assassin’s Creed series, those being Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. It’s been a a bit too much for those with too little free time to invest in such a sprawling storyline with dozens...
Silent Hill 4, Deus Ex And F.E.A.R. Among Latest Games To Enter GOG's Preservation Program
21.3.2025
The disappearance and unavailability of classic titles is causing an existential crisis in all of video gaming. Last November, in response, online PC games store GOG announced a Preservation Program, where over 100 games are promised ongoing support to be sold and run on modern machines forever....
Alan Wake 2 Devs Designed Their Multiplayer Shooter For People With Kids And Jobs
20.3.2025
Games from Remedy Entertainment—like Alan Wake 2, Control, and Max Payne—tend to be single player, third-person, linear adventures with cutscenes, lots of dialogue, and endings. FBC: Firebreak isn’t like those past games at all. And while it might disappoint some Remedy fans, I’m excited to see...
Document Your Journey Through Feudal Japan With Assassin's Creed Shadows' Excellent Photo Mode
20.3.2025
I’m an absolute sucker for taking in-game screenshots of my favorite games and even those I don’t particularly enjoy. And I’m not alone. Virtual photography has become quite the movement among us digital shutterbugs. Read more