Coming from Error 404 Game Studios is a new experience set in the eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell. Taking place in a kind of three-quarters top-down perspective, Obey Me sees you taking to the streets to bring some infernal justice. So, is this a game that should be played by everyone, or is it
Month: May 2020
It’s always strange to go back to a game many months on, leaving you frantically trying to work out what the hell is going on and what you were doing when you last stepped away from the experience. This time around it is my training as a bus driver that has come to the fore,
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) You’d think being trapped on a cruise ship under the influence of some mysterious malevolent entity would engender a sense of urgency, but Dread Nautical seems content to take it easy. It’s all very casual stuff. World’s collapsing, sure. Lines between realities are bleeding together. Sanity’s starting to look like
[embedded content] Super Rare Games has revealed its latest physical edition release, and this time fans are being treated to none other than Little Inferno from Tomorrow Corporation. 5,000 copies have been printed in total, with pre-orders set to go live on Super Rare Games’ website from 7th May. There’s a standard edition for £29.99
Prolonged isolation may have sent everyone a little bit crazy, but it’s also brought out the best in Animal Crossing: New Horizons players, as they come up with new ways to play. The screenwriter Gary Whitta – who co-developed the story in the Star Wars film Rogue One, has decided to become a late-night talk
[embedded content] In March, we heard how this year’s EVO Championship series in North America would be “moving forward” with its plans. Now, like every other gaming event at this point, it’s been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement was made on the official EVO Twitter account. As previously promised, all arena tickets
[embedded content] Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley has announced the Summer Game Fest. It is a new “industry-wide celebration of video games” that runs from May until August. According to Geoff, it’ll share news, in-game events, and playable content from the entire video game industry. There’ll also be panels and interviews from leading developers and
Gamevice At the start of April, peripherals manufacturer Gamevice filed a new patent-infringement complaint against Nintendo and appealed the case it previously lost. While some people thought this was a joke, given the timing of the news, we can assure you it’s not. In fact, Gamevice’s ongoing patent war against Nintendo and the Switch appears
So, yet another week has been and gone, bringing with it a new Switch system update, new fish and bugs to catch in Animal Crossing, and even the wonderful fact that Tom Nook somehow made it on to the front page of the Financial Times (how utterly brilliant?), but now it’s time to finally sit
A few days ago, Venture Beat’s Jeff Grubb said a Nintendo Direct presentation wouldn’t be happening this June around the time E3 2020 should have been taking place. The same story went on to reveal how Nintendo was currently in the process of “telling partner developers” it wouldn’t be holding a Direct next month, following
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Mario Kart has taught us to expect a close-up, over-the-shoulder view of our arcade racers, but it didn’t always used to be this way. Back in the NES days, the likes of R.C. Pro-Am and Super Off-Road offered a birds-eye view of the action. It’s this old-school racing spirit that
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) About seven years ago, a small indie studio comprised of some ex-Wayforward staff began the Kickstarter campaign for Shovel Knight, a delightful love letter to fans of 8-bit gaming. The project was a fairly big deal at the time, but few could have guessed just how much staying power it
The elusive Reptile has made many appearances in Mortal Kombat games, but was he really there from the start? Updated version of episode that aired in August 2012. Pop Fiction: http://www.gametrailers.com/shows/pop-fiction Producer: Michael Damiani Editor: Aaron Fisher-Cohen/Don Casanova Voice: Brandon Jones
Gears Tactics reviewed by Dan Stapleton on PC. “Gears Tactics is an excellent turn-based tactics game that does a fantastic job of melding Gears’ famous style and action with the mechanics laid down by XCOM. It’s one intense and satisfying tactical battle after another, and it looks absolutely fantastic doing it. It does slightly wear
Reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox One X. Also available on PlayStation 4 and PC. “An earnest, unapologetically tricky, and time-consuming trucking experience, SnowRunner’s peculiar brand of off-road ordeals is oddly addictive, deep, and rewarding when played in the right spirit. It’s not often we see an authentic, slow-paced delivery sim that doesn’t baffle you
Streets of Rage 4 delivers a fun, traditional experience but prioritises nostalgia over any kind of modern reinvention. Reviewed by Dale Driver on PlayStation 4. Also available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC.
Since its launch, Google Stadia has gradually added missing features and expanded its catalog. With a free Base version now available, we checked back in on Google’s game streaming service to see how it stacks up against the competition. #ign
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 2 May 2020 20:38 GMT He actually made it fit. YouTuber Equalo has turned an NES console into a PC case, and with a few modifications, managed to fit a GTX 1660 Super into it. While he used a riser cable to allow the CPU to sit flat inside the case,
CD Projekt RED has confirmed to GameSpot that Cyberpunk 2077 has received classification by the Australian rating board and will not be censored for players in the country. The Australian Classification Board is known to refuse ratings to video games that contain content the authorities deem inappropriate (drug use, for instance), and require developers to
As soon as Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, a number of folks started comparing the upcoming title to Santa Monica Studio’s God of War, especially since both titles are expected to have some similarities based on their themes. When asked if Ubisoft is concerned about the comparisons, narrative director Darby McDevitt responded by saying that he’s
Disappointingly, there’s not too much munching going on in the trailer for Noita‘s Feast update. Unless, of course, developers Nolla Games are serving up a banquet of roast witch. But rather than sausages or salads, Noita’s platter is a deadly one. Released this week, Feast adds a bounty of spells, artefacts, environmental overhauls and more
Joel voice actor Troy Baker has expressed his excitement about The Last of Us HBO TV series on numerous occasions, especially since he’s a fan of Craig Mazin’s work, but has said that the experience that the game delivers cannot be paralleled by any other medium. In a recent interview with Fandom, Baker suggested that
Sucker Punch Productions took to Twitter over the weekend to showcase Ghost of Tsushima‘s awesome ‘Samurai’ dynamic theme that’ll come with the game’s Collector’s Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition. The theme, which you can preview below, will be in addition to the one players will get for preordering any edition of the game. #GhostOfTsushima‘s Digital
There are a hell of a lot of Warhammer games out there. But while we’ve got grimdark trash and genre-defining classics, there have been very few games set in Games Workshop’s newest setting. The Old World’s been dead a long time – and with few exceptions, nobody’s taken a real crack at Warhammer: Age Of
Ever since the novel Coronavirus began disrupting global supply chains, analysts and industry personnel have expressed concerns that console manufacturers might not be able to meet production deadlines in time for their planned holiday 2020 releases. Both Sony and Microsoft have reiterated that their next-gen platforms are on track to launch this year, but reports
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla‘s content advisor and historian Thierry Noël has said that regardless of which Eivor players choose in the upcoming title, the protagonist as well as other in-game warriors will be “equally formidable” in battle. According to Noël, the role and presence of women warriors in the Viking culture is a subject of debate among historians
What the hell is going on in Destiny 2? Is a question I ask myself pretty much every time I jump back into Bungie’s space-wizard adventure. So much has happened since I last played full-time, and worse, so much is locked to the annals of history – seasonal content that’ll never return to Destiny 2.
It’s common knowledge now that there has been a massive spike in video gaming activity around the world in recent months as the spread of the novel Coronavirus forced people indoors. Such was the surge that companies had to throttle download speeds to prevent the infrastructure from collapsing, but just how much of a growth has
Last month, the voice behind Team Fortress 2‘s Soldier, Rick May, passed away at 79, after contracting Covid-19 during rehabilitation from a February stroke. This week, Valve’s vibrant battlefields grew a little sombre, as an update brought official tributes to the voice actor across TF2’s farms, forts and fighting pits. For some, May will be
When you’re cooped up inside all day long (for forty-five days and counting), making a game can make for a good distraction. There have been more than a few quarantine-related game jams, each with their own themes and concepts. Isolation, social-solidarity, and “stay home” are common, and when the historians look back at the prolific