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A two-tone masterpiece Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I am so very impressed by everything that Gun Rounds does. Rarely have I come across a game that so skillfully marries such disparate ideas. Playing it feels like watching a balloon modeller

PTR patch notes for Blizzard’s MOBA Heroes of the Storm went live today, revealing that Overwatch hero Mei is on her way to do battle alongside the denizens of Diablo, the warriors of Warcraft, and many other Blizzard legends. Overwatch has brought a handful of heroes to the field in previous releases, so Mei coming

School runnings Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Like an excitable tiger with a lisp, critically-acclaimed horror game Devotion bounced off Steam before I got to play it. It’s a shame because I was really looking forward to seeing what developer Red

We knew Captain Marvel would be in Crystal Dynamics’ upcoming Avengers game, but developer Crystal Dynamics hasn’t been revealed if she’s a playable character, and we also don’t know what she looks like. Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics recently released two screenshots of Kamala Khan’s home that people can use as backgrounds for video conferencing.

“Mankind is dead. Blood is fuel. Hell is full.” What a lovely poem, which is used to describe Ultrakill, a fast-paced first-person shooter that’s like Quake with more colourful levels and a lot of jumping. It’s been kicking around for a while, but a new trailer and demo are available now. [embedded content]To experience this

Ahead of its early access launch next week, a new vid for Hardspace: Shipbreaker details the delicate process of cutting up an industrial transport ship for salvage without accidentally blowing it up. Coming from Homeworld 3 and Deserts Of Kharak developers Blackbird Interactive, Shipbreaker is a first-person sim about the fine art of space salvage.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim has been well received in its home territory of Japan, where it’s been cited for its compelling mix of visual novel-style adventure narrative interjected with strategic battles that feature giant mech units. The game now has a release date here in North America; players can look forward to more of Vanillaware’s

Demon’s Souls is a brutally challenging PlayStation 3 game developed by From Software. Released in 2009, director Hidetaka Miyazaki took a huge risk with this game, which favored player discovery over clear communication of what should be done next, or even how to hurt an enemy. That freedom was embraced by the player base, and

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 4 is here, with a smattering of updates and additions. In traditional multiplayer, Captain Price is here as an operator option alongside 3 new maps. Various modes will rotate into play during the course of the season. Warzone players will have access to two limited time modes over the course of this

The third Borderlands 3 story DLC launches this month, named Bounty Of Blood, and today 2K gave a look at 14-minutes of action from the western-themed adventure. This being Borderlands, the bandits are riding mutant dinosaurs and our heroes saddle up on some kind of half-animal motorbike. It also has a curious unseen narrator who

 The Division 2’s second season is starting in a few weeks, and Ubisoft is paving the way with title update 10. The update, which hits June 16, promises “massive improvements and fixes” to the MMO shooter. As for specifics, Ubisoft is being hilariously vague. Here’s what the company says is coming: Player Power - Increased damage for nearly

A busy livestream has brought a whole lot of Destiny 2 news today. Bungie announced the next expansion, named Beyond Light, for launch in September. Today they also start the next season, named Season Of Arrivals, and launch a new dungeon. Looking into the far future, they’ve a further announced two expansions for 2021 and

HBO’s Chernobyl is a fantastic miniseries that deals with some extremely grim fare, and you should check it out. Why not tap into that talent for an adaptation of The Last of Us? Chernobyl’s director Johan Renck is teaming up with HBO, Chernobyl writer-producer Craig Mazin, and Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann for the pilot of

Sports are coming back. Kind of. The early days of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic saw makeshift sports stunts like TV networks airing NHL20 games and tournaments of real F1 drivers playing F12019. Now, proper sports folks are getting back on the proper pitch but they won’t have a proper audience to cheer for them because

Electronic Arts has announced its first game to support cross-platform play: Need for Speed Heat. Beginning tomorrow, June 9, Need for Speed Heat players can download an update that includes the ability to play with friends across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. To find cross-platform friends, go into the “Find Players” menu, then to the new

It’s been a tough ol’ time for Crucible. Following a somewhat messy launch, the Amazon-backed hero shooter this week announced it’ll be shedding two of its three modes – ditching battle royale and territory control gametypes to focus on being a bit more MOBA, while delaying its first competitive season indefinitely to give the beleaguered

Itch.io, an open marketplace that sells DRM-free indie games, has worked with a large stable of independent developers and creators to release an enormous bundle to raise money in the ongoing fight against racial injustices. The bundle features 742 items from 564 different developers and carries a value of more than $3,400. However, you can pick

It’s about damn time. After months of preparation, Destiny 2 is ready to blow up The Almighty, the massive Cabal spaceship that’s been threatening to smack The Tower all through this season. The fireworks kick off in a few hours – and in a new move for Bungie, it sounds like you’ll be able to

Electronic Arts has sent out statements outlining some of the changes it is making to combat racist and other offensive speech in its EA Sports games, and the NHL series in particular. Racist, homophobic, sexist, and other toxic speech is not specific to Electronic Arts games by any means, but it has been a problem for EA Sports’

Electronic Arts are making room for “important voices being heard,” I assume in the Black Lives Matter movement though they don’t name it, by delaying their EA Play Live event by a week. Other online events have done the same this week, leaving space for the public to protest police brutality and other injustices faced

Well, this is a weird one. A while ago, game historian Phil Salvador wrote an in-depth history about Maxis Business Simulations, a Maxis offshoot designed to apply gameplay concepts to real-world applications. One of the story’s focal points is a game prototype developed in collaboration with Chevron in 1992 called SimRefinery. It was never completed, and was presumed

Half-Life‘s always had horror in its veins. From body-horror aliens lurching down steel corridors to Ravenholme’s infested nest of parasites, sawblades and the living dead, the series has been pushing spooking with its shooting since day one. Sporting more intimate, high-fidelity spooks, Half-Life: Alyx is no exception – and with a modding kit out in

Listings for Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning have been discovered on the official Microsoft store (and is still up as of the time of this writing) and Amazon, unofficially revealing a remastered edition for 38 Studios’ cult title. THQ acquired the rights to the game developed by former-MLB pitcher Curt Schilling’s development studio in 2018. Despite picking

Ever feel like your dungeon crawling adventures are actually you imposing on the homes of those skeleton, ooze, and monster folks? That’s the angle that action platformer Skelattack takes, asking you to help recently deceased Skully defend the underworld from a bunch of human attackers. Skelattack is out now, with a new launch trailer to show

To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Sega is releasing four Game Gear Micro retro handhelds in Japan on October 6. Each handheld comes in its own color and contains four built-in games from the original handheld running via emulation. Each Micro retails for 4.980 yen (approximately $46). A Collection package featuring all four handhelds and other items

You will no doubt be aware that protests, marked by a violent police response, are ongoing in America. These protests were sparked by the death of George Floyd, who was killed by police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for almost 9 minutes. Today you will see many people, websites and individuals,

As a Twin Cities company, Game Informer is devastated by the events of the last week. We are reeling from the gruesome and unjust death of George Floyd. We offer our condolences to the family and loved ones of George Floyd, and support to the countless other members of the Black community around the country

You know how it goes, Fortnite is constantly changing up the map and events on its battle royale island and folks love to get a sneak peek at what’s up next. This time around it’s not a datamine that dug up the dirt. It seems that the PlayStation Store accidentally changed Fortnite’s icon on its

If anything was going to throw a wrench into Factorio‘s meticulously manufactured mechanisms, you’d never think it was a punk’d up cyborg in a leather jacket. Yet, even as they powered full-steam towards release, the folks at Wube Software have decided Cyberpunk 2077‘s launch-day noise risks drowning out their contraptions. This week, the developers announced

Cloud gaming may have arrived, but it hasn’t yet really taken hold among your average player. Its potential may have opened up now that Valve has announced that Steam Cloud Play has entered beta. It does nothing drastic at this stage. Valve temper expectations in the documentation, noting that “We are now accepting a limited