While I’m mostly a fan of first-person shooters, there’s still a big place in my heart for the genre’s cousin, the third-person shooter. The first one that I played was Uncharted 2: Among Thieves back in 2009, and since then I try and play as many in the genre as possible. So when I first heard about Strange
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With its initial reveal during this year’s E3 2018 by Nintendo, Killer Queen Black is a title that may have flown a bit under the radar for many as the follow-up to a beloved arcade hit, myself included. However, after having gotten to play a bit of the title hands-on, Killer Queen Black is certainly a title
Today Eidos Montréal and Square Enix released a brand new trailer of their upcoming action-adventure game Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Following yesterday’s extensive gameplay video showing Lara Croft in stealth-action, today we see even more, as the trailer focuses entirely on the brutal takedowns she can execute from the shadows. And boy, the lady packs
During a panel from QuakeCon, Fallout 76 Game Director Todd Howard, Development Director Chris Meyer, and Project Leader Jeff Gardiner talked about the much-anticipated survival game. About PvP, Howards explained that when you hit someone for the first time you do reduced damage. It’s like an invitation to PvP or a slap at somebody in a
During a panel from Quakecon, Bethesda’s very own Todd Howard provided more footage and information about the studio’s upcoming online survival game Fallot 76. We get to see the Character ID Badge feature at the end of character creation (which according to Howard has been improved from previous games). This uses the game’s photo mode
Developer Lunar Great Wall Studios shared another video giving insight into the upcoming narrative-driven game Another Sight. This one focuses on the main protagonists in the game, a little girl named Kit and the cat named Hodge that she meets while lost in the Underworld beneath a Victorian London after losing her sight. In the video,
Black Desert Online developer Pearl Abyss and publisher Kakao Games hosted a press event in Korea to introduce Black Desert Remastered, an overhaul of the game that will bring tons of changes and updates to the MMORPG. First of all, as the name suggests, the graphics will undergo large changes including the addition of physically-based rendering,
Haemimont Games and Wired Productions have revealed a brand new trailer just in time for Victor Vran: Overkill Edition release in August. In the Overkill Edition, the game follows the titular demon as he attempts to free the city of Zagoravia, all with a Motörhead-inspired aesthetic. The Nintendo Switch version features two expansions: Motörhead: Through the
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a brand new character trailer for its upcoming anime game Black Clover: Quartet Knights. We get to see the burly Vetto and his beast magic. First of all, he is a fighter, able to deliver powerful melee attacks that can overwhelm unprepared enemies. In order to get in close and personal,
The DOOM Eternal news out of QuakeCon just keeps coming, this time in regards to multiplayer. When speaking with Polygon while at QuakeCon, id Software’s Marty Stratton confirmed that the standard competitive multiplayer from 2016’s DOOM will be returning in DOOM Eternal, though they aren’t ready to talk much about that. “The Invasion stuff is just kind of one of the
The DOOM Eternal news just keeps flowing out of QuakeCon, today. During a Q&A roundtable with members of the press, id Software’s Marty Stratton spoke a bit more about DOOM Eternal and how it will differ compared to the previous game. One of the more specific things that Stratton said won’t be coming back this time around will be
Today Ubisoft released a brand new trailer of its upcoming open-world action RPG Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The video is all about combat customization. We get to see the three skill trees that let you progress within the game with over thirty new abilities that can be mixed and matched to make your own version of
NBA superstar (if you’d call him that) Paul George debuted a new pair of his signature Nike PG 2.5’s earlier this year during the E3 Fortnite Pro-Am tournament that fans have since referred to as his Fortnite shoes. Even though there’s no direct collaboration between Epic and Nike on these shoes — unlike the PG PlayStation branded Nike’s —
Today Eidos Montréal and Square Enix released a brand new gameplay video of its upcoming action-adventure game Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The video is presented by Game Director Daniel Chayer-Bisson, and showcases how Lara Croft can “become one with the jungle” to fight back against the odds brought to bear by Trinity. She is
Originally released last year, the acclaimed Rivals of Aether, a spiritual successor to party fighting games like the Super Smash Bros. series, brought accessible fighting to audiences through an indie style, and now a familiar face will be joining the roster of original characters in the form of Shovel Knight. Developer Dan Fornace revealed in a blog post
Earlier today during the opening keynote of QuakeCon 2018, ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda gave more details on the next wave of DLC coming to The Elder Scrolls Online. After being first revealed back at E3, the upcoming Wolfhunter add-on received its first trailer this morning and as you might expect, it features a bunch of werewolves. Throughout
SKA Studios recently released its blissfully unforgiving game Salt and Sanctuary on the Switch, and to celebrate you have a chance to win either a physical copy for Nintendo Switch or one of fifteen digital Steam codes for PC If you want a chance (or several) to win, all you have to do is to hit the
During Bethesda’s keynote at QuakeCon, the publisher announced that its multiplayer first-person shooter Quake Champions is going permanently free to play. While there have been free windows before, now players will be able to download the game and get into the action at their own leisure either through Bethesda’s own launcher or via steam. The switch
Among the many, many announcements for DOOM Eternal at QuakeCon this morning, id Software revealed one major new aspect of the sequel that will involve multiplayer. id Software’s Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin revealed that DOOM Eternal will allow players to take control of demons from the world of DOOM and enter into other player’s campaigns in the pursuit of taking
Today Sega released a brand new trailer of the upcoming Shenmue I & II remaster. The trailer focuses on the characters, showing our hero Ryo Hazuki, the main villain Lan Di, the heroine Shenhua, the gang leader Wuying Ren, and quite a few more. The cast of the first two Shenmue games is as rich and colorful as
When Hello Neighbor was originally revealed many years ago, I was genuinely excited for the quasi-horror/puzzle game. Unfortunately, that excitement quickly ran out when I found out that the game was only coming to PC and Xbox One (at the time), as my PC can’t handle running many games, and I simply didn’t own an Xbox One. That
It is that time of year once again: theHGC Western Clash – Phase 2 is upon us, bringing some of the best professional Heroes of the Storm eSports teams together to clash for the weekend. For those who are just jumping into the world of HotS eSports — or really any eSport in general —
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi was released in the west in June, but Koei Tecmo is already thinking about the future, and announced the inevitable stand-alone expansion Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi with Power-Up Kit. The game will release in Japan for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC in winter 2018. At the moment no western release has been announced. While
Cygames has launched the previously announced Love Live! Sunshine!! crossover event in its popular mobile game Granblue Fantasy. The event brings the popular protagonists of the school idol anime to the fantasy world of Granblue Fantasy, and it’s actually one of the richest events the game has seen in a while. By completing a single chapter of
The cat’s out of the bag; Terahard Studios has announced that its feline-centric cooperative brawler Claws of Furry will be released on September 4th. If you’ve played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Final Fight and couldn’t help but wish you were controlling a group of cats with ninja capabilities, Claws of Furry is probably the game for you.
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released the “Adventure Pack” free DLC for Level-5’s popular JRPG Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. The package includes additional floors for the Faraway Forest Cave, two new bosses (Blackhart and Zeta), new quests that unlock after clearing the game’s main story, new costumes, and more. To celebrate the release, we got a
Monster Hunter: World released earlier this year on Xbox One and PS4 but the PC version’s release was pushed until today. Obviously, fans waiting for this version of the game have come out in droves today according to the charts on Steam. As of the game’s release this morning, Monster Hunter: World has already become Steam’s biggest release of
While Rocket League has supported limited cross-platform play for quite sometime, the game has never allowed players of different platforms party up. But developer Psyonix has frequently teased the inclusion of cross-platform parties, and the company announced today that the feature will finally come this September. Per a blog post from Psyonix, the system will
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a brand new trailer of the upcoming anime game Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker. The trailer focuses on gameplay and features one of the modes of the title, Flag Battle. The mode prompts players to go retrieve the flag in the enemy base and bring it back to theirs while preventing
Today Koei Tecmo released a new batch of assets of Warriors Orochi 4 following yesterday’s reveal on Weekly Famitsu. The focus is on the newly-revealed characters Ares and Odin, and we get to see them both in the flashy action you expect from the Olympian god of war and the father of the Norse gods.