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Half-Life & BioShock Come Together In A Very Strange Mod
23.3.2021
Return to Rapture is a “campaign” made for Half-Life: Alyx that takes Valve’s star and drops her into the completely unrelated first-person world of 2007's BioShock.Read more
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Is Even More Heartbreaking In French
22.3.2021
I do not speak a lick of French, and yet the first thing I did upon (finally) unlocking Heavensward, Final Fantasy XIV’s first expansion, was switch to French audio. It was a recommendation of a dear friend who’s further into her first journey through FF14 than I am. Neck-deep in Heavensward’s main...
Fallout 76's 2021 Roadmap Shows More Story Content Coming This Summer
22.3.2021
Fallout 76 needs some new content, and based on today’s roadmap players will have to wait until the summer to get it.Read more
Clear Some Shelf Space Because There's a Buy 2, Get 1 Free Games Sale at Amazon
22.3.2021
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It's RPG Season, So Get Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition for $25
22.3.2021
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (XBO) | $25 | Best BuyDragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (PS4) | $25 | Best BuyRead more
The Incredible Story Of A Trackmania Shortcut 13 Years In The Making
22.3.2021
I know almost mothing about Trackmania, but this video about the quest for a particular shortcut is one of the most fascinating video game clips I have ever seen.Read more
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Post-Launch Woes Continue
21.3.2021
I loved Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. So much so that, had I been given more time with it during the calendar year, it would have made a serious run for my Game Of 2020. But boy, at the same time, I have not been happy with the support the game has got after launch.Read more
25 Years Later, Doom II's Super Shotgun Is Still The Best Video Game Shotgun
21.3.2021
Recently, I played through the newer ports of Doom and Doom II. And playing Doom II again, I was reminded of a simple fact: The super shotgun is amazing and is still the best video game shotgun ever made.Read more
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Had A Dedicated Team of Lighting Experts
21.3.2021
When Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade was announced earlier this year, Square Enix detailed how it changed the textures and lighting, as well as added fog effects. Some changes were more subtle. Read more
'Shop Contest: Bethesda+Microsoft, Winners!
20.3.2021
You got Halo in my Fallout! You got Doom in my Forza! Well, this is a giant mess. At least we get more Game Pass games out of it all. And a fun contest! Read more
Elites In Halo: Reach Contain A Gross Secret
20.3.2021
I’ve played a lot of Halo: Reach. In fact, last month I played through the entire game again with my brother via the Master Chief Collection. But I had no idea that inside the playable Elites in the game lurks a somewhat disgusting little secret: Their innards...? Guts? Bones? Hard to tell.Read more
Black Panther Coming To Avengers, Gotham Knights Delayed, Outriders Launching On Game Pass And More
20.3.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we celebrate the death of Fortnite’s Peely, learn more about upcoming Square Enix games, see who’s the next big hero coming to Avengers, eat a baby(?) and get a look at the next generation of PSVR controllers.Read more
Fortnite Players Are Getting Weird Again, This Time About The Rock
19.3.2021
Fortnite fans have been speculating on who voiced The Foundation, a character who appeared in the cinematic and in-game event that started the game’s season 6. The going theory is that it’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, but there are competing ideas too. None of this matters much, but it’s Fortnite...
It Takes Less Than 20 Minutes To Eat A Baby In Fallout 3
19.3.2021
File this one under Answers to Questions No One Asked: It apparently only takes 18 minutes and 51 seconds to go from the beginning of Fallout 3 to eating a baby in one of the expansions. Speedrunners, folks.Read more
Next Big Cyberpunk 2077 Patch Will Fix Cops And Cars
19.3.2021
CD Projekt Red released a weird update on Cyberpunk 2077's next big patch today, including a brief explanation of changes coming to how its open world works, delivered by an in-universe news broadcaster. *Sigh*.Read more
Gotham Knights Delayed Until 2022
19.3.2021
Warner Bros. Montreal has announced that Gotham Knights has been delayed until 2022. Read more
Activision Yanks Crossbow It Accidently Released Early Even After Players Spent Time Grinding For It
19.3.2021
What Call of Duty giveth, Call of Duty taketh away. Yesterday, a fancy new crossbow went live in Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War by accident, and now players who spent hours trying to unlock it are frustrated that Activision has taken it back out of the game.Read more
Among Us Gets Airship Map And New Update Later This Month
19.3.2021
Hit murder mystery sim Among Us will get an account system, new mechanics, and its long-awaited airship map on March 31, maker Innersloth announced yesterday. Read more
Uh, GamesCom Thinks People Will Be Attending In 2021?
19.3.2021
Like every other major event, GamesCom took 2020 off, swapping its enormous in-person show for a series of online presentations. Unlike other major events which are taking 2021 off as well, though, GamesCom organisers think they’ll be able to get people in the door sometime in “late summer”.Read...
Don’t Delete PS4 Avengers Before Importing Your Saves To PS5
18.3.2021
Following a delay last fall, Marvel’s Avengers is officially out today for next-gen consoles. But if you’re trying to boot up your PlayStation 4 save files on PlayStation 5, you might notice that your hard-grinded save data doesn’t automatically transfer over. Personally, I was aghast. My Iron-Man...