On Xbox, Switch, PC, and Amazon Luna. SkateBird, the adorable avian-themed skateboarding title from developer Glass Bottom Games, has pushed back its release by just over a month, and will now come to Xbox, Switch, PC, and Amazon Luna on 16th September. SkateBird, which was originally due to release in August, casts players as a “chill […]
Starting a new MMO is one of the most daunting things a video game player can do. Games like Final Fantasy 14 have massive, sprawling worlds filled with hundreds of hours worth of quests and more systems than 10 AAA games put together. So shepherding a player through their first 10 hours and reminding them […]
Publisher Annapurna Interactive, the video game arm of the artsy movie studio that has brought us games like What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, Donut County, Florence, The Pathless, Wattam, Sayonara Wild Hearts, and many others just announced a slew of promising new projects on Thursday during a digital showcase. While some of them […]
Black Widow may have had an impressive Disney Plus debut when it was released on July 9, but it seems not everyone was happy about its digital performance. On Thursday, Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit against Disney claiming that the company purposefully breached her contract by releasing the movie on Disney Plus […]
Image: Gearbox / Norsefell Games I wanted to like Tribes of Midgard. It has great style, with wonderful visuals that feel ripped out of an ancient painting. The combat is fun and responsive. But it also incorporates some of the worst parts of roguelikes and survival games and quickly becomes repetitive, with little payoff or […]
Sometimes prequels feel superfluous – but at their best, they feel a masterstroke. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is the latter. Watch on YouTube As a fan of the core Ace Attorney series, I’d always sort of written off The Great Ace Attorney. A pair of spin-offs that was previously a Japan-only affair, I found […]
By Stephany Nunneley29 July 2021 20:47 GMT Annapurna Interactive and Heart Machine have announced a release date for Solar Ash. Releasing for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, as well as on PC via the Epic Game Store on October 26, Solar Ash is a 3D third-person action platformer filled with sunken cities, water shelves, dangerous […]
Mobius Digital’s time-looping adventure game Outer Wilds — Polygon’s Game of the Year for 2019, by the way — is getting an expansion. It’s called Echoes of the Eye, and it’s coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store), and Xbox One on Sept. 28. Echoes of the Eye will […]
Mobius Games is very excited to finally talk about our first (and only) expansion to Outer Wilds! Echoes of the Eye adds a mysterious new location to the solar system, packed with secrets to uncover. We designed the expansion as if it was always lurking within the world of Outer Wilds but hadn’t been discovered […]
One of my favorite games this summer is Necromunda: Hired Gun, which is a thrill ride of violence, guts, and gore in the grim darkness of the far future. The game is extremely fun, but also … kind of sloppy. It isn’t quite broken, but it doesn’t fully work, either. In a word, it’s janky […]
Hello, everyone! After a long period of intense work with the team, we are delighted to finally be able to show more about our game Stray with this just-released gameplay trailer. But we wanted to add a bit more context to what you’ve hopefully just enjoyed. Play Video At its core, Stray is an adventure […]
A new trailer for Stray, the futuristic cyberpunk adventure game in which you’ll control a cat, offers our best look yet at developer BlueTwelve Studio’s game. The cat-centric gameplay looks impressively authentic; as the titular stray cat, you’ll knock things over to solve puzzles and create new pathways, leap through a strange city with feline […]
Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine will release its next game, the 3D action-platformer Solar Ash, on Oct. 26, publisher Annapurna Interactive announced Thursday. Solar Ash is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows PC via the Epic Games Store. Heart Machine first revealed Solar Ash in 2019 (as Solar Ash Kingdom). Players take […]
By Stephany Nunneley29 July 2021 20:15 GMT In September, Forza Motorsport 7 will reach End of Life status which means it will no longer be made available for purchase through the Microsoft Store. This means that Forza Motorsport 7 will not only no longer be made available for purchase digitally, but the same goes for […]
It goes without saying that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is our largest action movie star. But is he the best? That’s a question more loaded than the cast of Johnson’s latest film, the Disney adventure Jungle Cruise. How does one decide what makes a great action star? Is it charisma? Box office receipts? Sense of […]
A Memoir Blue is an atmospheric journey featuring a champion swimmer named Miriam who, on the day of her greatest achievement, begins to reflect on long forgotten memories. Play Video The story of the game is based on a childhood journey I took with my mom. My recollection as a child was that we had […]
Watch out Ganon! You have a new hero sneaking up your way! Thanks to a mod created by AaronTheSnob, you can now play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker as Solid Snake, the protagonist of the Metal Gear series. The “Snake” in the mod is done in the style of Wind Waker, so he […]
A simple screenshot of Death’s Door evokes its Dark Souls influence without you even needing to know it’s the follow-up to Acid Nerve’s previous top-down boss-killer, Titan Souls. Death’s Door captures that FromSoftware gloom in an instant, but it’s a far more forgiving experience than its inspiration. Where Soulsborne games build seemingly impossible walls for […]
And it’s joined by 2D combat-racer Speed Brawl. Developer Asobo Studio’s wonderful, rat-infested medieval stealth adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence will be free on the Epic Games Store starting next Thursday, 5th August. A Plague Tale unfolds in a bleak, but gorgeously wrought, version of 14th century France, and follows the harrowing journey of Amicia and […]
The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware charts have come through from sales tracker, Famitsu. This week sees The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD remains at No.1 even though it has seen a sales drop of 72% compared to launch week last week. The Nintendo Switch family of systems are once again […]
After a three-season run, Jodie Whittaker will move on from the role of the Doctor on Doctor Who. Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall will both be leaving the show next year following season 13 of the current Doctor Who run, the BBC announced Thursday. But Whittaker and Chibnall still have plenty of Doctor Who ahead […]
You belong to The Ascent Group, but do you think you can survive without it? A solo and co-op action-shooter RPG set in a sci-fi cyberpunk world, The Ascent is the first title from Swedish indie studio Neon Giant. Players can now explore the brave new world of Veles in this dystopian RPG shooter, which […]
Publisher Annapurna Interactive promises gameplay reveals, new game announcements, and “much more” during a digital showcase that will air Thursday, July 29, at 3 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. PDT. You can watch Annapurna Interactive’s showcase on the publisher’s YouTube and Twitch channels. A video teaser released in June for the Annapurna Interactive showcase hinted at what […]
By Josh Broadwell29 July 2021 17:39 GMT In New World, Aged Wood is a vital item for an early quest and one you’ll need quite a bit of as you progress. While Aged Wood does actually grow on trees, you can’t get as much as you want right away. Get ready for a long bout […]
We’ve known about Apex Legends’ newest champion for more than a week, but Respawn has only just now unveiled his exact ability kit. The reveal came as part of the character’s new introduction trailer, which continues the trend of making Seer look fantastic in all his previews. Just as Respawn had previously announced, Seer is […]
Hello again, adventurers! After 5 years of sitting in my office all alone, hammering away at my keyboard, it feels very surreal to finally be able to say that my very first game, Omno, is out now on Xbox One and Xbox Series XIS and with Xbox Game Pass for Console and PC. For those […]
Hawkeye, a new Marvel Studios TV show starring Jeremy Renner in the titular role and Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, will debut Nov. 24 on Disney Plus, reports Entertainment Weekly. The series follows Clint Barton and Kate, as the original Hawkeye begins passing the torch to a new generation of archer. It takes inspiration from […]
Netflix and Sony Animation’s newest animated film is a musical, magical adventure following a talking kinkajou named Vivo (voiced by none other than Lin-Manuel Miranda), who journeys from Havana to Miami to deliver a love letter (in song form!) from his owner Andrés (Juan De Marcos) to singer Marta (Gloria Estefan). The first trailer for […]
Screenshot: Nintendo It’s been three months since New Pokémon Snap came along to brighten up our Switches, meaning there’s a fair chance you’ve explored far and wide, and perhaps even snapped ‘em all. So good news: a free update is arriving August 3, adding in three new areas, and 20 new Pokémon. In what honestly […]
We are a Dutch indie studio based in Utrecht and were founded in the Netherlands in 2007. Since 2018, we have been working with Devolver Digital to bring players our game Blightbound, a multiplayer cooperative 2.5D dungeon crawler that is available now on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Blightbound can be played a couple […]
In this The Ascent Build Guide, I’m going to show you my Shotgun Slammer Build, which primarily uses Shotguns to effectively kill, and even one-shot, the majority of enemies. I’ll share the Skills and Attributes you should focus on, the Augmentations you’ll pair with these, and the Tactical Gear, Weapons and Armor that work well […]
Today, The Pokémon Company International announced a free content update for New Pokémon Snap on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite systems. Starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT on August 3, players with an internet connection can download the update, which will include three stunning new areas to visit—plus 20 additional Pokémon to discover. Watch the new trailer […]
Just when you thought Snorlax couldn’t get any more huge. New Pokemon Snap is not done yet. The April-launched photo simulator will get a free update this Tuesday with three new areas – a river area with rapids, a mountain area, and a forest area where the vehicle is shrunk to get extreme close-ups of […]
The announcement of Digimon Survive back in 2019 caused plenty of excitement with fans of the Digimon series as it follows in the footsteps of the beloved Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory. Digimon Survive was originally scheduled to be released in 2019 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, but […]
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch B.ARK – Help these heroic pets take back Earth in this shoot-’em-up adventure. Blast through waves of the evil cybernetic fish armada Dark Tide, and fight to take back the solar system as the members of Team B.ARK: good boy Barker the Dog, […]
In this The Ascent Review Impressions, we’ll take a deep dive into the new Action-shooter RPG, which is set in a dystopian cyberpunk world. The Ascent is Neon Giant’s debut into the RPG scene and it’s available on PC via Steam and Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Is The Ascent worth […]
The Ascent teems. Its tiered alien megacity is one of the liveliest cyberpunk settings I’ve explored, always crawling with people and machines, whether you’re massacring mutants in the sewers or gazing out from a boardroom window. Admittedly, it also teems with cliches and callouts to the usual canonical works: William Gibson’s phrase “high tech, low […]
By Dom Peppiatt29 July 2021 11:34 GMT Sony has confirmed that its acquisition of Netherlands-based studio Nixxes Software will help the publisher port more PlayStation games to PC. Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has confirmed in an interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu that the publisher’s acquisition of Nixxes Software was geared […]
More than four years ago former Fantasy Flight Games head of studio Andrew Navarro brought together a small team of creatives in Minnesota. The topic at hand was the next iteration of the company’s flagship dungeon-crawling franchise, a long running series known as Descent. The result of that effort is perhaps the biggest, most ambitious […]
Nearly 500 Ubisoft employees have signed an open letter as they stand in solidarity with Activision Blizzard employees, criticizing the French publisher’s failure to deliver meaningful change after last year’s allegations. As the ongoing fallout to the explosive Activision Blizzard lawsuit continues, Ubisoft employees have signed an open letter showing support to workers walking out […]
Platinum Games has shared emails have been sent out for Babylon’s Fall Closed Beta Phase 1. Babylon’s Fall Developer Announces Closed Beta Participants Chosen In a Twitter post on the official Babylon’s Fall account, developer Platinum Games have announced emails have been sent out to participants for Phase 1 of the Closed Beta Test. So […]
A new batch of Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut screenshots have been released featuring Iki Island. Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut New Screenshots The official Playstation Twitter account has released some new screenshots for the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut. The screenshots feature Iki Island which players will get in a new storyline. Explore […]
There’s a lot of chatter these days about how my generation would deal with the Second World War. I can’t answer that one for you (and, honestly, I don’t really care), but if Hell Let Loose is anything to go by I personally would handle it by climbing into an empty tank, getting lost on […]
Monster Hunter Rise is not the only Nintendo Switch exclusive game that received an update tonight. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has also gotten an update, coincidentally around the same time as Capcom’s game. The update is not as large as Monster Hunter Rise’s, and there isn’t as much new content that was added, but it […]
Monster Hunter Rise continues to see some post-release content. Most of it has been coming in the form of new updates, and some of these updates have been very huge. Capcom typically likes to release updates in the second half of a month, and it just so happens to be late July right now. So, […]
People try all sorts of things to get an advantage in CSGO, PUBG, Fortnite, or any competitive game. But recently, I’ve been stuck watching one player’s gloriously low-rent efforts to improve their sniping. This post originally appeared on Kotaku Australia. It’s reminiscent of an old trick I remember being introduced to back in 2003. I […]
Gif: Street Fighter II – Return to the Fujiwara Capital In 1995, a big exhibition took place in Nara honouring Japan’s first capital city, Fujiwara. Among the sponsors and partners helping out was Capcom, who went to the trouble of commissioning a 27-minute Street Fighter II movie that was only available on VHS at the […]
You may recall that, back in the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct, there was a surprising announcement of a Nintendo Switch port of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. The 5th entry in the Fatal Frame series originally released on the Wii U in September of 2017, and it’s about to find some new life on […]
Screenshot: Amazon / Lulu Chiba Amazon Games’ New World launched in closed beta last week. When they aren’t having their expensive GPUs melted by the massively multiplayer online role-playing game, users may also be treated to some anti-Amazon truth-spitting courtesy of a player curiously named AmazonOfficial. When Lulu Chiba isn’t working as the community director […]
Bloodsport is coming to Fortnite. The Suicide Squad sharpshooter’s appearance in the game was announced on Wednesday by Bloodsport himself, actor Idris Elba. The Suicide Squad director James Gunn originally tweeted a video about the crossover. In the video, we get a brief glimpse of Bloodsport wreaking havoc on the Fortnite island, taking ziplines, and […]