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This Metaphor: ReFantazio Love Story Works Because It Takes Away Control
16.10.2024
The greatest strengths of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the latest roleplaying game from the minds behind Persona, come from the freedom the developers have exerted to pick and choose what they carry over from that beloved series. Unburdened by all the traditions and expectations attached to a name like...
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Horse Armor Sold Millions Despite Backlash, Ex-Bethesda Dev Says
16.10.2024
Back in 2006, Bethesda released its first piece of downloadable content on console for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It was armor for horses and it cost $2.50. Players were outraged, but Bethesda made bank. “That was kind of a head shaker for us: you’re all making fun of it and yet you buy it,”...
Fans Are Not Thrilled With Life Is Strange: Double Exposure’s Handling Of Max And Chloe
16.10.2024
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure’s expensive “early access” period began yesterday, October 15, which allows folks to play the first two episodes of the game before the full launch on October 29. However, a revelation in those early episodes has sent shockwaves through the series’ fandom...
Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred, As Told By Steam Reviews
16.10.2024
Can you ever satisfy the Diablo community? Does anything other than madness lie in wait for those who try? With the recent release of expansion pack Vessel of Hatred, squillions of people returned to the ARPG, but are they happy? Are they capable of happiness?Read more
Free New Astro Bot Levels Are Dropping Like Weekly TV Episodes
16.10.2024
“If there was one piece of feedback that came through loud and clear, it was that you wanted more,” writes Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet in an October 16 PlayStation blog. He is correct, and to satiate fans, the PlayStation 5 exclusive’s free DLC will start dropping on a weekly basis starting...
Dragon Ball: Sparkling Zero's Rush Supers Can Be A Super-Rush Once Mastered
16.10.2024
Flying through the sky at high speeds to lay the smackdown on an opponent is an essential part of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. Even more so when it’s to punch a giant ape. It’s something you’ll often do between regular dashes and “rush supers.” Unfortunately, there is a notable lack of consistency...
Super Mario Party Jamboree Gets A Bunch Of Positive Reviews And Some Really Negative Ones
15.10.2024
Another Mario Party is upon us. Does this one finally deliver an unqualified masterpiece of board game antics and mini-game fun? Maybe, almost, not quite? Initial reviews for Super Mario Party Jamboree are here and while they’re mostly positive, there are also plenty of critiques. Read more
Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft Traps The Heroine Inside Her Most Boring Adventure Yet
15.10.2024
With nearly three decades worth of games, movies, and more to pull from starring one of gaming’s most recognizable heroines, you’d think a TV show based on the Tomb Raider franchise would be a sure hit. Yet Netflix, the streaming giant responsible for powerhouse game adaptations like...
Nintendo Was Reportedly 'Upset' About That Creepy Mario Photo From 2016
15.10.2024
Back in 2016, Nintendo tweeted out an image of a person in a Mario costume peeking out from behind a curtain. The tweet was meant to tease the upcoming reveal of the Switch. But the odd image was seen as creepy by some and quickly became a meme online. And according to two people who used to work...
Pokémon Fans Are Latching Onto Leaked Concept Art Of A Starter That Never Was
15.10.2024
A lot of new information about the Pokémon series is surfacing this week after developer Game Freak suffered a data leak that exposed information and assets dating back decades. This unfortunately included some personal information about members of its staff, but the majority of the leak consists...
Bandai Namco Reportedly Cancels Nintendo Project And Other Games
15.10.2024
Bandai Namco may be the latest big gaming company to face cutbacks. According to a new report by Bloomberg, the Japanese publisher behind the fresh hit Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, which sold 3 million copies in its first day,recently canceled a project it was working on for Nintendo, as well...
9 Demos You Need To Play During This Month’s Steam Next Fest
15.10.2024
Steam Next Fest, which kicked off in 2021 as the successor to the Steam Game Festival, remains one of the best ways to see what good games are on the horizon. The event, which runs several times a year, gives players a chance to try out demos from a slew of in-development titles. We’ve been through...
Pokémon Fans Are Losing It Over This Freaky Typhlosion Story Allegedly In The Massive Leaks
15.10.2024
Across the 1025 Pokémon Game Freak has put out into the world, there are a handful that are cursed with some internet-poisoned nonsense that makes them an instant meme. You can’t have a Lopunny or a Gardevoir in your team without drawing suspicious glances. Don’t ask Vaporeon fans how they’re doing...
Starfield: Shattered Space, As Told By Steam Reviews
15.10.2024
For many, there was a lingering hope that the first major expansion for Starfield, Shattered Space, would rescue the game from the throes of mediocrity. Then, with a focus on House Va’ruun and their home planet of Va’ruun’kai, the story-based DLC launched and immediately plummeted, becoming one...
PS Plus Is Losing A Bunch Of Big Games This Month
15.10.2024
It feels like only yesterday that Red Dead Redemption 2 arrived back on PS Plus, daring everyone to finally go ahead and finish the overwhelmingly big open-world Western. But now it’s leaving the PlayStation subscription service again in October, along with a bunch of other cool stuff. Read more
Getting To Grips With Dragon Ball: Sparkling Zero's Wish-Granting Dragons
15.10.2024
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero perfectly encapsulates what people love about the series: the giant energy beams, passionate screaming, and even the comedy is intact, with characters like Yajirobe creating an online meta with appropriate antics. And of course there are the eponymous mystical Dragon...
How to Get Started in New World Aeternum
15.10.2024
A total overhaul for New World certainly wasn’t on everyone’s bingo sheet, but here we are, pleasantly surprised. New World Aeternum completely revamps the original game from the ground up, making MMORPG more user-friendly, approachable, and, in some spots, downright fun. With such a massive, open...
Destiny: Rising Announced For Mobile, From Developers Of Diablo Immortal
14.10.2024
Rumored to have been in development for years in or aroundan increasingly fractured Bungie, Destiny: Rising has been a poorly kept secret for the last couple of months. But now it’s official, with NetEase announcing the mobile game today.Read more
Payday 3 Developers Believe The Disaster-Ridden Game Can Still Be Saved
14.10.2024
A year ago, Payday 3released to calamity, as the always-online game immediately wasn’t, with outages lasting for over a week. When people finally were able to play it turned out they didn’t like it much, made worse when vital patches kept missing their deadlines, communication fell apart,...
The 20 Best Horror Games Of The Last 20 Years
14.10.2024
Horror games scare you in ways that nothing else can. The tactility of their terror and the immersiveness of their worlds can make it hard for scaredy cats to even give one a chance, let alone get through it. Beating a horror game is one of the most triumphant feelings you can experience as...