Gaming

It turns out that what – at the time – felt like novel fun, was in fact one of the more forgettable gaming experiences of my life. That’s The Elder Scrolls: Blades in a nutshell for you, really. A mobile game that feels impressive during your first dungeon, and even your second, but the novelty

Sony has won a court battle instigated by Genuine Enabling Technology (GET) that accused the PlayStation maker of infringing on one of its controller technology patents. At the time of filing, the most recent Sony console would have been the PlayStation 4. As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, the lawsuit originally filed in 2017 by GET sought

Excitement surged through the Pokemon Go community recently with news of an upcoming Research Task featuring Mythical Pokemon Zarude. But it wasn’t long before the excitement waned. Why? Because the Dark/Grass-type Pokemon was locked behind paid research. Absent since 2021, players were disappointed to learn the only way to snag Zarude was by purchasing the

For the most part, I do generally like it when video games are good, a statement that I don’t think is particularly controversial. Good games equals a good time! What’s there to lose! But these days, I feel like there are a lot of “good” games, rather than good. Do you know what I mean?

Monster Hunter Wilds is inarguably one of the most anticipated games on the horizon. Capcom’s follow-up to Monster Hunter World – its best-selling game ever, was unveiled at last year’s The Game Awards in December with a brief trailer. The trailer was only really meant to reveal the game’s existence to the world, give it

Co-op shooter Helldivers 2 is back with yet another update, this time adding two all-new Stratagems that seem specifically designed to help combat the brutal Automaton enemy type. The official Helldivers 2 X / Twitter account confirmed these powerful weapons with a neat, lore-appropriate graphic that shows off the LAS-99 Quasar Cannon and the MG-101

Hello there, Helldivers 2 folks. You’ll probably be glad to know that the forces of Super Earth are now moving on the automaton-infested Troost, having just wrestled control of Vandalon IV. To be fair, they’ve had help from two huge new guns, one of which certainly seems like it might be a new fan favourite.

If you’ve recently been obsessing over Love Lies Bleeding, especially its two main stars, and also enjoy the incredibly consistent Mission: Impossible saga, you’re in luck. Katy O’Brian has joined the cast of the follow-up to last year’s Dead Reckoning – Part 1. But wait! Mission: Impossible 8 is still shooting? Well yeah, apparently. Believe

When is Season 3 dropping? (Image credit: Activision) Activision has now confirmed that Modern Warfare 3 Season 3 is planned for April 3, 2024. No timings have been released so far, but previous seasons have dropped at 9am PT / 12am ET / 5pm GMT. Stay tuned for updates! Modern Warfare 3‘s next season is

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer wants players to have more options beyond the first-party stores tied to consoles. Spencer has always seemed keen on creating a more open and accessible digital environment for players and has often discussed reducing platform fragmentation and providing customers with more options and control over where they play or purchase their games.

Developer ConcernedApe has said that work on his next game, Haunted Chocolatier, will continue when Stardew Valley‘s 1.6 update is complete. Last week (March 20) ConcernedApe, aka Eric Barone, finally released the long-awaited and highly anticipated 1.6 patch for his popular farming simulator, which introduced a ton of exciting new content updates, including an eighth alternate

Microsoft is giving away four unique Xbox Series X consoles and controllers themed after South Park: Snow Day, which was released today. You can win one of these consoles in a limited-time sweepstakes that runs from today through April 22. SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! | Release Trailer South Park: Snow Day launch trailer. In collaboration

Stunlock Studios and Konami have joined forces to bring V Rising and Castlevania together via a content crossover titled Legacy of Castlevania. Available in V Rising at release, Legacy of Castlevania finds famed vampire hunter Simon Belmont arriving in Vardoran to challenge all vampires. With his legendary whip and arsenal of holy weaponry, no night

A recent trailer for Final Fantasy 16 – The Rising Tide offers our first peek at the second major downloadable content (DLC) expansion for the action role-playing game (RPG) and confirms that it will be released later this year. Available either as a separate purchase or as part of the Final Fantasy 16 Expansion Pass,

If everything you’ve heard about Cyberpunk 2077 over the years has you uncertain about it, an upcoming free trial can let you try it out without financial regrets. It would be pretty understandable if you’ve been waiting for the right time to play Cyberpunk. We all know how bad a launch it has, we don’t

When you release a sequel to a hit indie game, do you play it safe and stay true to the original vision, or do you take a chance and go off in new, interesting directions? It’s a tricky question that many studios have had to face throughout the years, and while taking that leap to

It looks as if PSN is down across several regions at least, and is quite possibly a global problem. It’s highly unusual and rare to see such outages, so here’s what we know so far about when it started, what it’s affecting, and if there’s any sign of a recovery at the moment.  The outage

Cyberpunk 2077 has plenty of good side quests, but perhaps unsurprisingly, the road to get there is paved with a whole lot of rejections. Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 lead quest designer Paweł Sasko spoke with PC Gamer at GDC, where he shared what it took to make the side quests as good as they