Arkane’s time-skipping shooter Deathloop oozes style from its environments and character designs. That makes it a natural platform for a photo mode, which is what the game’s third update adds alongside some impressive-sounding accessibility options.
Month: May 2022
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition is getting a new batch of DLC on May 26 called Knights of the Mediterranean. It will see the addition of the Italian and Maltese civilizations along with a wealth of new content including the casual friendly Tycoon Game Mode and Diplomacy Mode. The content adds the first-ever set
We may finally get a proper look at The Callisto Protocol next week as news is expected to drop on the game. News of the impending information came from Glen Schofield, founder, and CEO of developer Striking Distance Studios. Unveiled at The Game Awards 2020, all we’ve seen so far is the cinematic trailer, so
Earlier this week, Activision Blizzard published a post on their website about their “Diversity Space Tool”. Developed by subsidiary King, it’s a tool for rating video game characters along certain axes in order to rate their relative diversity. Several people then pointed out that sounded mildly dystopian. Yesterday, Activison Blizzard responded, saying that the “prototype
Images claiming to be of a Silent Hill reboot recently appeared online, and Konami, the owner of the IP, promptly issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) strike. Four images were posted by known leaker Dusk Golem with little information to go along with them as Dusk Golem wanted to avoid posting any spoilers (thanks,
Remedy Entertainment revealed in its latest financial report that it has yet to receive royalty payments for Alan Wake Remastered from Epic Games Publishing because the game hasn’t turned a profit. Epic has to recoup its development and marketing expenses for the game before it’s able to pay royalties, which is par for the course
The next PlayStation event might be scheduled in early June, according to unconfirmed reports. There have been rumblings on and off about some kind of a showcase around the time E3 would have been, and yesterday, insider and journalist Jeff Grubb revealed that he, too, has heard that Sony has something planned for the first
Elden Ring PS5, PS4 versions sold most of the game’s copies in the United States but not by a wide margin, according to NPD’s Mat Piscatella. It took FromSoftware to release its highly-anticipated game to finally unseat Call of Duty as the best-selling game in the country – a record no other game has broken
PCIe 4.0 drives are coming down in price fast, and nowhere is this more evident than with Ebuyer’s recent sale on the WD Black SN770 2TB drive. It normally costs £190, but this has dropped to £170 today. That’s an awesome deal on a high speed PCIe 4.0 drive that works on both PC and
The next Star Wars Jedi game doesn’t actually have an official name yet, but most people have been referring to it as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2. According to the latest rumor, the game will actually be called Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and it will be released at some point during the first three
Square Enix is the latest company to release its financial results for the last few months and the publisher has revealed it has several new titles releasing throughout the next few months. However, the main focus of this year for Square Enix is a “major franchise”, and with Final Fantasy celebrating its 35th anniversary soon,
When I was a kid, I had a Luke Skywalker action figure with a lightsaber that slid out of his wrist. It was one of my prized possessions, even though the details were lacking. This version of Luke looked more like an elf from the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer claymation film than actor Mark Hamill.
More Sega remakes, remasters, and reboots are in the pipeline for the Japanese publisher, according to its latest financial report entitled “Beyond the Status Quo.” Over the course of the next three to five years, Sega plans to leverage its notable IPs such as Persona, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Yakuza to extend the lifecycle of
Bloober Team has signed a “significant license and distribution agreement” with Sony Interactive Entertainment today. While most believe the Sony agreement to be about putting games from Bloober Team on the new PS Plus tiers like PlayStation Plus Extra and PlayStation Plus Premium, some others believe it could also be linked to the Silent Hill
When the Microsoft-Activision deal resolves, upon approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the merger may see Sony as the third-largest gaming company behind Tencent and Microsoft, according to a new report by Newzoo. The firm, which specializes in games and esports analytics and market research, believes that combining the revenue of both Microsoft and
Elden Ring is the biggest hit of 2022 so far, and FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa wants to keep the train rolling. Though the game has already seen almost unheard of user retention and growth for a single-player-focused title, Kadokawa is investigating ways to keep customers enjoying it for even longer. What that says to us
Stardew Valley has hit another sales milestone by moving 20 million copies worldwide on all platforms. The newest figure is valid as of March 2022, and 13 million of those copies were sold on PC alone. Just eight months ago, it was revealed the game had sold 15 million copies, which means an additional 5
The PlayStation 4 has slipped positions and is now the 5th highest selling console in U.S. history. The April 2022 NPD numbers report that the Nintendo Switch now holds the #4 slot and shows no signs of stopping. After passing the PS4, the only three consoles that outpace the Switch are the PS2, Xbox 360,
Last week we asked to share the game of your choice in full bloom using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s blooming highlights: M_Joe_Hort shares some lupines in front of a wolf in Red Dead Redemption 2. fotoxbox shares a Tallneck circling a field in bloom in Horizon Forbidden West. coalabr14 shares Jin moving through
While fads come and go, mech games continue to simmer pleasantly away without ever taking over or going away. The latest one I’ve finally made some time for is Ignited Steel Colon Mech Tactics, a turn-based tactical game with a light sprinkling of FTL. Despite appearances, it’s quite mildly roguelike, and those of you who
A bit later than planned, but we’re back once again for another edition of The RPS Time Capsule, in which the RPS Treehouse undergoes a collective mind-melting experiment to pick their favourite, bestest best games from a specific year to be preserved and saved until the end of time. This month, we’ve shifted our game
AMD’s FSR 2.0 upscaler is out now – in only one game, Deathloop, but still. This is a big moment for the heavily upgraded FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution), as it’s basically attempting to fight Nvidia’s rival DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) with some of its own tactics. There’s none of Nvidia’s machine learning enhancements, but
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s been exceedingly difficult to pick up a current-gen game console for the last few years, unless you don’t mind paying inflated prices to resellers. The situation is so bad that many gamers have settled for the cheaper diskless versions
Evil Dead: The Game serves up some delightfully gruesome violence and over the top moments that make for a bloody fun time, but it’s not all scream and no substance: there are many layers to the game and strategies to keep in mind. Whether you’re playing as the heroic Ash Williams and his friends, or
Hi everyone! I’m Dom, programmer at Spiral Circus, and I’m really excited to share the news that our surreal underwater adventure Silt is coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on June 1. Play Video Silt is a puzzle-adventure set deep within a harrowing ocean abyss, where you play as a lone diver searching the
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: Steam) A federal judge has ruled that an antitrust case targeting Valve’s “written and unwritten” pricing policies may continue, despite the distributor’s best attempts to shut it down. The antitrust lawsuit itself began early last year, when developer Wolfire
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The rumor mill is abuzz once again as Nvidia’s next-gen Ada Lovelace GPUs draw closer. Notable tipster @kopite7kimi is offering new details in the Twittersphere on what Nvidia has in store for gamers in the fall. This time around they’re
Nine movies’ worth of content packed into one game? No wonder Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga sits comfortably atop the PS5 download charts for April. MLB The Show 22, Elden Ring, and Cyberpunk 2077 put up a fight, though, filling out the top three in the US/Canada and EU lists. Where did your favorites
Stand toe-to-toe with Godzilla and Kong in Call of Duty: Warzone during the limited-time Operation Monarch mode and event. Operation Monarch is a true celebration of the Monsterverse and Godzilla vs. Kong within Call of Duty. Evade Godzilla’s Heat Ray Breath and Kong’s smashing fits while striving to be the last team standing. Operation Monarch
Just over a month ago, we ran our first public network test of Salt and Sacrifice. Shane and I had been working on the game for over two years by that point, and our multiplayer tests had usually run small: a handful of folks, mostly the two of us throwing together different builds and making