Developer/Publisher M2H has had a busy weekend. Not only did the studio port its party game, Marooners, to the Nintendo Switch, the studio’s goofy racing title, Crash Drive 2, was also brought to the portable device on the same day. A few missed opportunities could have brought much more to the portable device, but Crash Drive 2 on the Switch is a move that makes perfect sense given its overall gameplay style....
Thanks to a new listing on the Epic Games Store, we now know the system requirements our PCs will need to run Crysis Remastered. The stress tests will begin later this month, when the title drops for PC and current gen consoles. It’s been a long time since the seminal shooter released with it’s infamous “Can it run Crysis?” reputation. This new listing at last reveals whether or not we will go through the same technical heartache as back then....
We reported last month that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is getting new characters, and now the new operation is finally here. It’s called Operation Shattered Web, and it features a bucketload of new content for fans of the seminal FPS. Characters… in Counter-Strike? Shattered Web is bringing a lot of unlockable content to the table. The most anticipated is the equippable skins that are making their way into the game. Skins and character customization have long been a thing among gamers, and this move probably isn’t entirely dictated by Fortnite‘s success....
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive was released almost a decade ago but the intensity of the game still remains fresh. Moreover, it has millions of daily active players that contribute to the success of the game in long run. Throughout the years, the one thing that twisted the mind of gamers was the CSGO’s ranking system. No one ever cracked out the most precise reason that results in a rank to either go up or down....
Dark Souls 3, like the other games made by FromSoftware, is steeped in deep lore. But you won’t find the background story of the Souls games clearly explained in the opening cutscenes or hear it from an all-knowing NPC. In fact, most NPCs in the game can be ignorant or dishonest. Instead, the Souls series prefers to leave little nuggets of lore in the level background or in item descriptions. Dark Souls 3 is full of subtle references to the wider lore that many players don’t even notice....
“This piece brands me a philistine,” Neil Gaiman confesses to the crowd from a pulpit at London’s Barbican Hall. The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mihhail Gerts has just played Dukas’ 1897 work The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Gaiman still can’t hear it, he tells us, without thinking of “Mickey Mouse and the mops and pails” from Disney’s Fantasia. It’s a bright, warm opening to the event – a night of orchestral music interspersed with readings by Gaiman collected under the title Playing In The Dark....
After Horizon Zero Dawn‘s PC port launched with a lot of surprising problems, I was extremely curious to see how Days Gone would turn out once it debuted on the platform, so today we’ll be taking a look in this tech review. Long story short, it’s fairly excellent, save for some surprising issues that will likely get fixed rather quickly. For starters, let’s take a look at the game’s minimum and recommended specs....
Hideo Kojima has confessed that he’s not actually a fan of the moniker for the upcoming expanded PlayStation 5 release of Death Stranding: Director’s Cut. In a couple of tweets on his official English-language account, Kojima seems to imply the name wasn’t entirely his first choice. He said “A director’s cut in a movie is an additional edit to a shortened version that was either released reluctantly because the director did not have the right to edit it, or because the running time had to be shortened....
As its name suggests, Kojima Productions’ upcoming open-world action-adventure game Death Stranding revolves around the theme of “strands,” the ties connecting people, worlds, etc. Recent glimpses at Death Stranding’s gameplay have begun showing some of what that entails, but overall, it’s been hard to pin down what it means exactly. That’s why director Hideo Kojima thinks a sequel or two may be necessary to fully explore this theme. It’s no surprise that a game where characters strap artificial wombs to their chests to see dead people is pretty different from the usual fare....
The indie gaming scene has seen plenty of 2D action Metroidvanias over the years, to the point where some may have grown tired of seeing them. Ultimately, though, as long as these kinds of games keep impressing audiences and maintaining a consistent bar of quality, then indie developers have no reason to abandon the genre altogether. Just yesterday, publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Muro Studios unveiled Doomblade, a 2D Metroidvania with a great deal of artistic flair....
After the big fiasco and uproar from angry gamers about the lack of dedicated servers, Activision is changing their ways again, this time for the better. Activision and Treyarch announced that GameServers.com will be the exclusive providers of dedicated servers for Call of Duty: Black Ops, this affects the PC version only of course. There is a catch to this news though, but it is not the worst news possible....
Another week, another mini content drop for Destiny 2’s Season of Opulence. We’ve already seen the past bosses in the Menagerie such as Hasapiko and Arunak. This time around, we’ve got the third and (presumably), final boss, before heroic mode arrives. Pagouri, a Vex hydra, is an absolute pushover — and so we’re here to help you push that fella around to complete the Menagerie activity this week. Werner Bothers First things first, let’s pay Werner 99-40 a visit at the Nessus barge....
Destiny 2 fans made their concerns about the seasonal artifact being enabled in the Trials of Osiris competitive PvP mode clear, and development studio Bungie has heard their requests. The developer will keep the artifact disabled in Destiny 2’s new-and improved Trials until a limit on its extra power bonuses is implemented, according to game director Luke Smith. Bungie confirmed that Trials of Osiris would finally return to Destiny this week....
Another week and another wave of new information from Bungie regarding the future of Destiny 2. This week, Luke Smith returned to go over how the seasonal structure is going to work starting with Shadowkeep’s Season of the Undying. He covered everything from how each season evolve the game world through narrative content, an updated reward pursuit system, and the inclusion of a new Seasonal Pass ranking system. Intended to look similar to seasonal passes from other games like Fortnite, XP earned by playing Destiny 2 now goes towards unlocking rewards from seasonal pass ranks....
Wondering what is the Destiny 2 Armor Picker and how to use it? Then you are at the right place as this guide has you covered. It is one of the trending external tools that D2 players can use. It allows you to optimize your loadouts and builds and hence is a handy tool. You can avoid going through the head-scratching to get your desired setup and stats. The app will do it all for you....
Ahh, the Gjallarhorn, gaming’s answer to the question: “What if we turned the BFG 9000 into a rocket launcher?” It is the most well-known weapon from Destiny and more recent FPS games. The rocket launcher stands side by side with the aforementioned BFG from Doom and Goldeneye 007’s Golden Gun as virtual weapons that have become iconic. That’s why the celebrations for “Gjallarhorn Day” have erupted, in which even Reddit admins have gotten involved....
Blue Sphere, a leading developer of mobile games, has announced a licensing deal with Terry Pratchett, allowing them to create Discworld branded games for mobiles. The three-year deal includes Rincewind, Twoflower, the Luggage and other characters from the Discworld series. Colin Smythe, who represents Mr. Pratchett, commented: “This is uncharted territory for us, and we are much looking forward to seeing how this first game, involving Rincewind and the Discworld, is enjoyed by mobile phone users....
The rumors are running rampant for the latest iteration in the Call of Duty series. Like clock-work for the past decade and a half, new entries into the Call of Duty franchise have dropped in October or November, just as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare did in October of 2019. Speculation and leaks have pointed to a battle royale releasing sometime in the near future as a free to play game and add-on to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare....
During the obviously mental Devolver Digital Big Fancy Press Conference at E3 2019, we got our first look at Carrion, which the publisher is calling a ‘reverse horror game.’ Basically, instead of being the impossibly athletic hero that is surprisingly skilled with firearms, you’re the horrible creature that kills everyone. The official blurb says you must ‘Stalk and consume those that imprisoned you to spread fear and panic throughout the facility....
On the day developer CD Projekt Red revealed the next game in The Witcher saga, it also reminded us that, yep, Cyberpunk 2077 still has an expansion coming. The company likely had to pivot hard following Cyberpunk‘s release, sweeping up bugs and basically fixing a pretty broken game. However, work on the game’s first story DLC continues. In an earnings report today, the company claimed that the Cyberpunk 2077 chapter will release next year....
