It took me 17 years to finally sit down and play Maxis’ long-running The Sims franchise, a delay caused not from a lack of interest, but an absence of having a computer I felt could run it properly. When I splurged on a high-end MacBook Pro last year, I decided maybe it was finally time ...]
We'll probably never get an official release of P.T. again, but one fan is doing his best to give fans another chance to play. P.T. was originally created as a type of playable teaser for Silent Hills, a surreal horror game from Hideo Kojima. When Kojima left Konami, however, the game was cancelled, and Konami ...]
Pokémon Go‘s latest in-person event, the Safari Zone in Germany, had an unfortunate case of the "Go Fest," meaning many players were unable to access the game for several hours due to unknown network issues. To make up for the problem, Niantic has announced a Europe-wide bonus that will last for 48 hours. The developer's ...]
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege‘s most beloved and paradoxically least played operator is currently profiting from a bug that finally makes him a viable pick. Tachanka is one of the game's Russian Defense operators, and his unique equipment is a mounted machine gun with a front-facing shield. Such an emplacement may sound invaluable in a ...]
Fallout 76 will be the first online-only main Fallout game, and fans have been curious—and somewhat fearful—about how it's all going to work. Thankfully, Bethesda's Todd Howard has answered a few more of our questions. Speaking in an interview with Italian site Multiplayer.it (translated by fans over on Reddit), Todd Howard revealed a lot of ...]
Battlefield V‘s closed alpha came and went, and console players eager to get their hands on the franchise's return to World War II were unfortunately left in the lurch. Thankfully, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players probably won't have long to wait until they can try the game for themselves, according to a recent email ...]
Capcom has revealed another one of the eight robot masters players will go up against in Mega Man 11 later this year, as well as a new mode that will cater to fans of platforming challenges. According to the latest Capcom-Unity blog post, the new boss, Blast Man, will be taking his name to heart ...]
Microsoft is giving away a gold-plated Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition to Game Pass subscribers, but you're going to have to work at it. Xbox is kicking off its Game Pass Quests: Summer Edition program with the chance to win the insanely ostentatious grand prize of a gold Xbox One X, as well as ...]
Bungie has announced a new version of Destiny 2 will be launching in South Korea later this year, and it will include a few changes to the shooter's current formula. According to the Naver Sports report on Bungie's presentation, the upcoming Korean edition will be called Destiny: Guardians and will launch exclusively for PC on ...]
The release of this month's free PlayStation Plus titles proved problematic for any fans of the adventure games from developer Quantic Dream. One of the games made free for the month of July is the PS3 classic Heavy Rain, which follows the release of Quantic Dream's Beyond: Two Souls as one of the free games ...]
Two new games have just joined the Xbox backward compatibility program. As Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb revealed on Twitter this morning, both Assassin's Creed Liberation HD and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter are now available on the Xbox One. Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter are coming to Xbox ...]
The Game Critics Awards have named its best games of E3 2018, and the best of the best was apparently a remake. Resident Evil 2 has taken home Best of Show in the 2018 Game Critics Awards, beating out Anthem, Marvel's Spider-Man, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. To be fair, "remake" is a pretty reductive ...]
Sega has announced that Shenmue and Shenmue II will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC from August 21st, 2018. The upcoming rereleases are described as the "definitive version" of the games with fully scalable screen resolution options, the choice of modern or classic control schemes, numerous PC graphics options, an updated user ...]
Bandai Namco is bringing a total of 11 playable games to this year's Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany. Players who visit the publisher's booth in Hall 6 will be able to get hands-on time with anime fighting game Jump Force, SoulCalibur VI, the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Ball FighterZ, action RPG Code Vein, Ace ...]
Epic Games is asking Fortnite Battle Royale players to create a movie "highlighting the heroes of Season 4 and their adventures" using the game's replay system. The winner of the content will win 25,000 V-Bucks, a poster for their film, and will have their film featured in-game on the Risky Reels screen. While five runners ...]
Microsoft has made a new batch of deals available for Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners. For the next week, Xbox Live Gold members can save money on Three Fields Entertainment's Danger Zone (45 percent off), Forza Motorsport 6‘s VIP Pass (75 percent off), Song of the Deep (75 percent off), and episodic adventure The ...]
Twitch is celebrating the upcoming Amazon Prime Day by giving away 21 free games this month. From now until July 17th, all subscribers will get a new free game each day just for being a member. Metal Slug 3, The Last Blade, and Twinkle Star Sprites will be free to download and keep for the ...]
Epic Games has released its 4.5 Content Update for Fortnite on all platforms. The update introduces the Drum Gun to Battle Royale. This new weapons is described as "a hybrid weapon that combines the stopping power of a rifle with the suppressive ability and fire rate of an SMG." Players can find the Drum Gun ...]
Focus Home Interactive and Dontnod Entertainment have released the first update for action RPG Vampyr on all platforms. "Thanks for your help last week with the Beta patch to ensure a smooth release today," the publisher wrote. "This first update mainly contains bug fixes of issues you reported in the past weeks, as well as ...]
Live Activities have returned to Steep for a second season, Ubisoft has announced. Between now and September 29th, players will be able to complete a number of challenges to earn the full Victory Yama Equipment Set. Players will have to reach certain stages of tournaments, complete weekly Ubisoft Club challenges, and complete the Ubisoft Club ...]