Gaming

Immortals of Aveum is a big budget, first-person magic shooter from Ascendant Studios, a new team built from industry veterans who have worked on the likes of Call of Duty and The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. In fact, the Call of Duty inspirations are clear in how the game is trying to target magic

The latest Epic Games Store weekly freebie is Midnight Ghost Hunt. Replacing last week’s free game Death Stranding, Midnight Ghost Hunt is a 4v4 multiplayer title where spirits stalk the halls, and you are assigned to eliminate as a Ghost Hunter. Developed by Vaulted Sky Games and published by Coffee Stain Publishing, it’s Midnight Ghost

Indie puzzler Escape Academy is set to receive another round of DLC in the form of a story-focused adventure.  Releasing June 19, Escape from the Past will add five new levels to the game, each in classic escape room format. The DLC is included with the Escape Academy season pass, but can also be purchased

Capcom will host the final Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak digital event next week. It asks players to tune in to find out what’s coming in the Bonus Update, followed by a developer roundtable where the team will reflect on bringing Rise and Sunbreak to life. The digital show will kick off at 7am PT, 10am

Cutie Patootie Axew heads up the next Pokemon Go Community Day, and you can catch oodles of them next weekend on June 10. The Dragon-type Tusk Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild, and if you’re lucky, you might even catch a shiny. If you evolve Axew into its first evolution Fraxure into the

Final Fantasy 16 is getting a full-on endgame treatment, boasting challenging content aimed at keeping even the most battle-hungry fans satisfied.  In a Game Informer report it was revealed that Final Fantasy 16 creative director Hiroshi Takai and combat director Ryota Suzuki (of Devil May Cry 5 fame) have baked plenty of features into the

CD Projekt Red has announced the lastest sales figure for The Wither 3, and it’s a big number. According to the studio, the game has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making it the ninth best-selling game of all time behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Minecraft is at the top of the list, with over

The first round of June games have been announced for Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. Kicking things off today are top-down adventure game Chicory: A Colorful Tale on cloud, console, and PC and open-world, sci-fi sandbox game Farworld Pioneers for console ad PC. The world’s color has vanished. Can you bring it back?

The planned Steam release for the emulator Dolphin was ‘indefinitely postponed’ on May 27, as announced by the creators, stating that “Nintendo issued a cease and desist citing the DMCA against Dolphin’s Steam page.” resulting in the page being removed immediately.  With emulation being a gray area in terms of legality, Dolphin makes use of

Following the news that Remedy Entertainment will not be releasing Alan Wake 2 physically, THQ Nordic has offered to do it instead. Last week, following the first gameplay trailer for Alan Wake 2, developer Remedy released an FAQ where it stated that the upcoming sequel would be receiving a digital only release. This obviously made

The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is in an uncertain state right now, but a recent report does at least suggest it’s still in development. It’s safe to say that since its announcement in 2021, things haven’t been sounding too good for the remake of Knights of the Old Republic. A report

A technical update for Escape From Tarkov has fixed several long-standing technical issues in the game. While these technical updates are light on content, they often work on the underlying systems that underpin the game.  You can see the patch notes for the update here.  The headline feature for long-term players will be the full

If you’ve ever dreamed of having your name on a statue, then all you need to do is be one of the first 1000 people to reach the level cap in Diablo 4 – while playing on hardcore. Diablo 4 is very nearly here (it’s out June 6) and in the lead up to the

While it’s obvious that Devil May Cry has had a big influence on Final Fantasy 16, it seems that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was a source of inspiration too. In just a few days, we’ll be in the launch month for Final Fantasy 16, as we were reminded by in the recent launch trailer shown

After over three decades since the first Alone in the Dark title, THQ Nordic is rebooting the series for October 25, later this year. This cosmic horror title pioneered the fixed-camera formula that fans would later see in series like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, with many hailing the original Alone in the Dark as

Frontier has announced a brand new Warhammer RTS.  Set in the world of Games Workshop’s beloved fantasy tabletop game, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin is a brand RTS in the mold of genre classics like Starcraft 2, Dawn of War, and Company of Heroes.  In a welcome twist, Realms of Ruin won’t just

Alone in the Dark is back, this time starring some celebrity talent in the form of Jodie Comer and David Harbour. The pair will be playing the two protagonists that you’ll be able to take control of once the game launches on October 25. Harbour will be taking the role of Detective Edward Carnby, while

Blizzard has released the launch timings for Diablo 4, along with information on when you can pre-load and how to obtain nifty Twitch drops. Those who pre-ordered the Digital Deluxe or Ultimate Edition of the game can to start playing ahead of everyone else thanks to Early Access. Timings for Early Access are noted below.