Welcome to the Best Games Ever show Episode 53: the best game with a terrible name. The video game industry has a long and legendary history of awful names. Several developers have spent literally millions of dollars on otherwise excellent games just to slap the most staggeringly awful title on the final product. Boring names
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Well, they say the road to hell is paved with blood confections… don’t they? Have you ever wondered what a “terrifying 18+ immersive ‘goremet’ demon chocolate emporium” looks like? Well, wonder know more, because – if you’re local to London and have a couple of spare hours coming up – you may well be about
Sony’s PlayStation Showcase has been and gone, and with it we’ve received a dizzying array of new announcements, trailers, and launch details. There’s a lot to unpack, so whether you caught the PlayStation Showcase and want a refresher, or you want a neat summary of all the announcements, we at TechRadar Gaming have got you
Pime Gaming has announced the June lineup of free games. The June free games with Prime lineup features 13 titles, including Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, Sengoku 2, Over Top, Autonauts, Roguebook, and more. A short video showing you what’s coming to Prime Gaming in June. On June 1, Sengoku 2 and Mutation Nation will become
Bungie will host a Destiny 2 Showcase event on August 22 where it will fully reveal The Final Shape. The Final Shape is a working title subject to change, and is the eighth expansion for Destiny 2, and twelfth overall in the Destiny franchise. Check out the teaser trailer for Destiny 2: The Final Shape.
A gameplay trailer was shown for Alan Wake 2 during the PlayStation Showcase this evening, and we were also given a release date. Out on October 17, as Wake’s voice actor pretty much confirmed, the game finds Alan Wake missing since 2010 while on a vacation in the Pacific Northwest with his wife. Here, he
PSVR 2 is on track to outsell its PS4 predecessor. At least, it is according to Sony itself. PSVR 2 has been on the market for just over three months now, and we finally have accurate sales figures. During a business webcast, Sony was able to share sales figures for the PS5-based VR headset, specifically
Sony will host its first PlayStation Showcase since 2021 later today, and you can watch it here with us. We say evening because, in most countries, it airs during that time. In the US, it takes place in the late or mid-afternoon, depending on what side of the country you reside. The show is expected
Total War: Pharaoh is the next installment in the award-winning strategy franchise, and it will release in October. Over the weekend, a listing for the game popped up on the official website, with many thinking it would be a Saga title. Can you stand against the collapse of a civilization? Play Total War: Pharaoh and
It looks like Blizzard is to be the latest company to jump on the AI bandwagon according to recently surfaced internal emails. With Diablo 4 right around the corner, the tarnished company could make steps towards repairing its public image with a quality gaming experience. However, it’s set to rock the boat once again with
Final Fantasy 16 looks pretty good, ey? Our own Alex Donaldson had some massive glowing praise for the game in his preview that went live yesterday, and (in an earlier preview) I also didn’t have a bad word to say about it. By all accounts, this is going to be a stunner. A proper PlayStation
SanDisk’s back with another Nintendo Switch microSD card, and this one could put an end to your storage woes for good. The best SD cards for Switch are practically an essential purchase given the relatively small size of the Nintendo Switch‘s 32GB of on-board storage. But SanDisk’s latest, officially licensed microSD card will add a
Another big name appears to be gearing up to join the cast of Mortal Kombat 2, this time Tati Gabrielle who will reportedly portray Jade. This comes from The Hollywood Reporter, who said that Gabrielle is currently in “final negotiations” to join the cast for the sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat. She’s apparently signing on
It turns out that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been done for about a year, with the rest of that time being spent on just polish alone. Back in March of 2022, Nintendo made the decision to delay Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom out of its 2022 release window into spring
It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints – now with added Daily Sequence answers! Yes, that’s right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you’ve already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so
Nightingale, the gaslamp fantasy game led by ex-Bioware boss Aaryn Flynn, will now see its early access launch arrive in autumn. As reported by Eurogamer, in a recent Nightingale developer update video, developer Inflexion Games confirmed that the survival game would no longer be launching in early access some time in the first half of
Lords of the Fallen has finally gotten its first gameplay trailer, as well as a release date locking in the game for this October. Are you in need of a Souls-like to be excited for and to keep you going while you wait for a proper reveal of Elden Ring’s DLC? Developer Hexworks has finally
Standing Stone has said its MMO Lord of the Rings Online “is not going away,” despite future competition from Amazon. Speaking on a forum post, senior community manager Cordovan reassured players the game is not shutting down anytime soon. There isn’t a 16th Anniversary trailer, so the 15th Anniversary trailer will have to do. “During