Taken at face value, Ghost Recon Breakpoint has been assembled from all the pieces it needs to be a success. And that’s its biggest problem. Ubisoft’s entire open-world playbook has been dumped in, alongside many of the games-as-service elements you’d expect to find in a game you’re intended to play for a long time. There
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A Knight’s Quest is an example of an inventive and colourful video game which borrows a lot of pre-existing ideas from others. Most games are probably guilty of this, but sometimes it feels like some developers do a bit of a Frankenstein effort in putting borrowed ideas together to build their own experience. The most
Netherrealm has a stellar reputation to live up to at this point when it comes to its crossover guest characters, with previous Mortal Kombat games hosting the likes of Freddy Kreuger, Jason, Leatherface, and a Xenomorph, not to mention Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ cameo in Injustice 2. The newest, Terminator in Mortal Kombat 11, doesn’t
World of Warships: Legends celebrates Halloween early with a new Campaign! Players can get started on the way to earning a free Halloween-themed premium ship and tons of rewards throughout October! The Wicked Waves Campaign features the Jackal, a steampunk war machine with a unique playstyle. As a Tier III German Battleship, Jackal carries twelve
Whenever I think of great co-op games, the Trine series is never far from my thoughts. Since 2009, developer Frozenbyte has been quietly delivering some of the most beautiful and joyous puzzle platformers around. Sure, Trine 3 was an overly ambitious misstep, but Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a great course correction, with a
It’s that time again where we get to find out who EA Sports have selected for the FIFA Ultimate Team – Team of the Week (TOTW). They’ll pick the best players from those that have been performing to a high standard in the real world over the last seven days. Take a look at the
If Shadowkeep makes anything crystal clear, it’s that it was built for the hardcore audience that’s stuck with Destiny 2 for years through good times and bad, even if its new features run the risk of confusing and alienating new players. With important changes to Destiny’s sandbox and an added focus on RPG mechanics, customization,
Hey there, Xbox fans! We are a mom-and-pop indie studio from Toronto, Canada, and we’ve been making spooky, story-rich and thoughtful games for a decade now. Our newest title, Worse Than Death, launches today and is our first foray into the Xbox family. Worse Than Death is an action-adventure horror game about a high school
The Grid games have been through a couple of moderate reinventions since the TOCA spin-off franchise first debuted just over a decade ago. For this fourth instalment – simply titled Grid – Codemasters has instead hit the reset button, opting for an overt return to this series’ 2008 roots rather than yet another metamorphosis. Grid
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, delays are a big part of the gaming industry. But as much as each setback in game development is a bit of a disappointment, we’d much rather see the best launch experience possible; most certainly over a product that the developers aren’t content with. And from
A gaming headset isn’t always the best audio solution just because you like to play video games. If you play single-player games exclusively or just prefer not to chat, a good pair of headphones can give you amazing sound and save you a little money by dropping the microphone. Case in point: V-Moda’s newest headphones,
Hey Alpha ring users! Today’s Xbox Insider Release Notes highlight the latest fixes, known issues, and features coming to your console. Starting at 2:00 p.m. PT today, users will receive the latest 1911 Xbox One system update (build: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_191118363.8079.191004-1945). Keep reading for more details. System Update Details: OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_191118363.8079.191004-1945 Available: 2:00 p.m. PT
You’d figure that an action RPG managing to merge tight 2D platforming, thrilling combat, and a thought-provoking story would be an all but impossible task, yet Indivisible makes it look easy. Developer Lab Zero Games proved it knew its way around a fight stick with the 2012 fighting game Skullgirls, but this is its first
After the success of Surviving Mars, it seems only right that Paradox Interactive and Haemimont Games will be found expanding on the franchise, and today comes the announcement that Surviving the Aftermath will be the next game in line, with a release in late 2020 occurring on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Due to run
Gears 5 managed to pleasantly surprise me, both in terms of its gameplay and its story. For a series that’s now six total entries deep, that’s impressive. The Coalition pulled it off by taking the time to develop its trio of young heroes beyond the foundations established in Gears of War 4 and having the
Hello folks! This week is a particularly exciting one for us here at Studio MDHR. This past Sunday, September 29, Cuphead officially turned two. It’s truly surreal to look back on the release of our little animated adventure, and all that’s transpired in the two years since. The outpouring of support, fan art, letters, and
No Man’s Sky is the water fight of games. When your water balloons are stacked high and your water gun is full it’s an absolute blast. But inevitably, you run out of liquid ammunition and have to pause for several minutes, soaking wet and shivering, while you operate a hose and refill your stores for
Occasionally a game will make a big statement by screaming that the experience will contain multiple endings, and that the choices you make will determine how the gameplay plays out. But let’s be honest there are a huge number of games out there that don’t exactly fulfil their promises. I’m not going to mention any
GreedFall is almost everything I want out of a big, juicy, old-school RPG. While it’s still lacking a lot of polish, the exciting combat and excellent, complex quest writing bring it very close to that winning formula of a mid-2000s BioWare game – something the developer, Spiders, has previously aimed for but missed with its
How many lost Antarctic explorers can one sinister castle hold? In the case of Castle Rock in our series of cooperative puzzle adventures, the answer is at least six! We Were Here Too is the second game in the series, following We Were Here which released in September! So after meeting the first two explorers
Though it’s been through some hard times over the past 19 years, KT Racing’s WRC series has been steadily improving since the French development team’s tenure with the license began in 2015, and WRC 8 represents its biggest leap in quality to date. Packed with outstanding stage design and bolstered by a number of welcome
Having escaped from a mental hospital in the point-and-click adventure Edna & Harvey: The Breakout back in 2008, the titular characters returned for a sequel in 2012’s Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes. Now, some seven years later, the developers at Daedalic Entertainment have decided to bring one of these games to the console market.
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