There have been quite a few games that were designed primarily for the handheld game market to have transferred over to the Xbox One. These have been designed to give a quick bit of gameplay that the consumer can tackle between train stops or on loo breaks at work. However, making that transition isn’t easy,
10 Best id Software Weapons Making multiplayer work well in a game designed to make you feel like the godlike combination of an unstoppable force and an immovable object can’t be easy, but Battlemode, like the single-player campaign, is very good at empowering players as well as requiring time to master. A maxed-out, fully armed
[embedded content] If Drawful 2 for 9 cents wasn’t your kind of game, perhaps you would be more interested in Devolver Digital’s absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game, Pikuniku. At the moment, it’s available on the Switch eShop in North America for just 99 cents. Here’s the official Twitter announcement: https://mobile.twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/1242269150749302785 If you haven’t played this game,
In case your life wasn’t already anime enough: the next game from the creator of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is based on the mega-popular series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for PlayStation 4. Before strong January sales for Kakarot around the world, developer CyberConnect2 was better known as “that studio that makes all of the
Honestly, have you ever seen some silly garbage in a game that you could pick up and not wanted to keep it? Collect it? Hoard it? You haven’t. Admit it. According to RPS’s inside scoop with Valve’s developers, the effect is multiplied in VR. Valve tells us that Half-Life: Alyx playtesters just couldn’t get enough
Valve’s road to Half-Life: Alyx wasn’t exactly straight. While the team knew they wanted to test the waters of virtual reality technology, the Half-Life universe was not its original pick for a backdrop. Valve programmer and designer Robin Walker tells VG247 that the developer “spent a bunch of time exploring VR and talking about our
Half-Life: Alyx reviewed by Dan Stapleton on PC with Valve Index. “One of the first things that struck me when I started playing Half-Life: Alyx was the dirt under Alyx Vance’s fingernails. It’s a simple thing, but it’s not often that you see that level of fine detail in a VR game. Usually, virtual hands
Hey gang! Jim from Wide Right Interactive here. Before I dive in, I need to ask you a very serious question. Have you ever wanted to fly across the universe in a spaceship shaped like a hand, blasting music, and destroying everything in sight? If you said “YES!” or are generally intrigued, read on. I’d
No more dusting off old cartridges to experience a cult classic: Doom 64 is now available on home consoles for the first time since it released on Nintendo 64 in 1997. Fight hordes of bloodthirsty demons across Doom 64’s 32 levels of fast-paced, first-person shooter action. In classic Doom style, you’ll rely on quick reflexes,
The Coral coloured Nintendo Switch Lite system has been a massive success in Japan and has reportedly sold out at all major stores within just two days of it being on sale. It’s not clear whether the global coronavirus pandemic has caused issue with production of the unit as the other colours in the Switch
A long adventure in a fantasy world sounds like a good distraction right now. If you haven’t ventured into Monster Hunter World yet, or its massive Iceborne expansion, now is a good time to do so. Conversely, if you’ve already gone through all of the content, you may want to check out the new title
Though players can usually make their through a Resident Evil entry with only a knife, such a playthrough proved impossible in Resident Evil 2‘s remake. In last year’s release, the small weapons would break after several uses. This changes in Resident Evil 3‘s impending rerelease, which will boast an indestructible knife fit for knife-only runs.
Hello players! My name’s Barry Meade from Fireproof Games, an independent games developer from Guildford, UK. Today I want to tell you about our journey from making mobile games to releasing a virtual reality game. Way back in 2012 we released our first game, a small and creepy puzzler called The Room on mobile devices.
The original The Legend of Zelda had a lot of things long before other genres and properties became better known for them. It most certainly was a Souls-like open world adventure long before the term took the form it has today. The original Zelda was tough, and while later entries in the series left a
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Few shonen anime series fit popular culture’s continued obsession with western superhero tropes quite as well as My Hero Academia. This long-running manga and anime follows the journey of Izuku Midoriya, a young boy born without powers (or Quirks, as they’re known in the series’ canon) in a world where
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:20 GMT Amid the US coronavirus lockdown, Blizzard has been delivering care packages of essential supplies to homebound staff in California and Texas. Blizzard project manager Jens Salvesen took to Twitter over the weekend to highlight the thousands of employee care packages of soap, toilet paper and toilet
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Days after GameStop came under fire for not complying with lockdown measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus, the company has announced that it’s shutting down store operations and will operate on a digital-only basis until further notice. Prior to GameStop’s move, a Reddit user shared a notice glued on a GameStop outlet’s window in
We all get those urges from time to time. You’re stuck at home, the PC’s right there. Surely it’s time to start up another World of Warcraft character, right? Unfortunately, that temptation might be harder to resist this month. As an incentive for staying indoors and infection-free, Blizzard have let loose the Winds of Wison,
Escalation, a new way to slay Behemoths in Phoenix Lab’s Dauntless, was introduced in December. Players were challenged with a modified roster of Behemoths, each one deadlier than the last, even battling two at a time. Slayers fought tooth and nail to get to the ferocious Malkarion at the heart of the Maelstrom. They rallied.
Online gaming publication Siliconera is reporting that the hard working team over at Monolith Soft has now grown to 243 employees. The developer has produced some remarkable JRPG’s including Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and seems to be growing at a steady rate. The publication says that the team is helping out on The
Following Mark Cerny’s presentation detailing the PlayStation 5‘s technical specifications, an intense debate ensued over the console being “underpowered” compared to the Xbox Series X. Many developers opined on Twitter that fans were caught up in numbers and specs that they didn’t understand, and that from a developer’s point of view, the PS5 is “revolutionary.”
Thought you’d beaten the forces of Hell? Think again as DOOM Eternal has arrived on Xbox One, PS4, PC and Google Stadia. It’s time. Time to become the Slayer. Time to take down Hell’s hordes once more. Time for DOOM Eternal. Priced at £54.99 and available from the Xbox Store for Xbox One – along
The struggling video game retailer GameStop has tried everything possible to remain open during the COVID-19 outbreak, but as of 2nd March will be closing all access to physical stores across the US. An official PR explains how for all locations not already closed in accordance with state and local orders, the company will temporarily
This week, Resident Evil 3’s remake got a demo, the industry is still adjusting to the ongoing pandemic, and loads of good games are cheap or free to help occupy you in this difficult time. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming goings-on in our News Digest, and do also check out the
My Hero One’s Justice 2 reviewed on PlayStation 4 by Suriel Vazquez, also available Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. This My Hero Academia-themed fighting game sequel touches up some of the nuances of the original’s combat and builds an impressive roster, but doesn’t bring its A-game when it comes to offering much beyond a
Nacon and KT Racing have announced that the next entry in the World Rally Championship series will release for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X following its initial launch on current-gen platforms. WRC 9 will feature events based in Japan, Kenya, and New Zealand from WRC’s 2020 calendar. “The introduction of new-generation gaming consoles
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 17:56 GMT Valve believes competition is healthy for the industry when it comes to PC storefronts, even if it is “ugly in the short term.” Speaking in the latest issue of Edge magazine (thanks, Games Radar), Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell discussed his feelings on having a
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