Gaming

Spider-Man 2 clearly hasn’t sucked all the air out of the proverbial October room when it comes to big releases. Lords of the Falen, a smaller game by comparison, managed to sell 1 million units in under ten days, 54% of which were made on consoles. Though the comparison seems a little pointless at this

Upcoming PS5 exclusives include AAA first-party games, as well as Sony‘s future slate of multiplayer titles, something slightly newer that the publisher seems to be pushing quite hard. Regardless of what kind of games you like to play, there are plenty of exclusives coming to PS5, many of which already have release dates or broad

An update has been released for Suika Game, also known as Watermelon Game, and it adds English language support to the Aladdin X-developed title. Alongside the English language update, Aladdin X added a Halloween theme that replaces the watermelons with pumpkins. You can switch to this theme within the main menu. Origially released in Japan

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the original Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series is getting an incredibly stylish looking re-release. The 2000s really seem to be coming back in full force, and Scott Pilgrim seems to be leading the charge. Last week, Oni Press announced its 20th anniversary edition of the Scott Pilgrim series, and

Marvel is coming to Magic: The Gathering, thanks to a new multi-year deal between Marvel and Hasbro.  Multiple collectible products and sets are on the way, and the first tentpole set, “based on Marvel’s fan-favorite characters and epic stories”, is set to launch globally at some point in 2025. You can check out the trailer

Things clearly move very quickly in the world of game development, and that’s especially true in the case of Lords of the Fallen. Just days after the developer addressed a major point of criticism, saying it will remain as it is, things have already started to change. Starting with patch 1.1.224, which went live today.

The first thing I do when I gain access to the medical menu in MGS3 as part of the new Metal Gear Solid Master Collection (Vol 1) is shake the right stick to whip Naked Snake around like a ragdoll. Satisfied, I back out into the game as Snake falls to his knees and blows

Wizards of the Coast has announced that Magic: The Gathering‘s Fallout crossover will officially launch on March 8, 2024. Magic: The Gathering – Fallout is part of Magic‘s Universes Beyond collection and will celebrate elements of every title since 1997, representing “the first ‘modern view’ of some of the classic Fallout games, including updates to characters and

Right from the beginning of this year, animation fans have been treated to some animated projects that are an absolute feast for the eyes. Puss in Boots, to Across the Spider-Verse, to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, we’ve had some back to back bangers that really feel like they’re pushing the medium forward. Of

Want a custom built, Diablo 4 themed PC infused with actual human blood? Yeah, no, me neither, but you have the chance to win one all the same. Look, obviously blood is a big part of Diablo 4’s whole thing; the game’s second season is literally called the Season of Blood. And it appears that

The best roguelike games offer an experience which you can rarely find in other genres. While this experience may be infuriating, thanks to the awfully addictive feature of perma death, it’s a brilliant way to keep you invested.  Roguelike games have recently shifted from the indie sphere into the mainstream. There have always been fantastic

Square Enix has announced new information regarding Dawntrail, the upcoming fifth expansion pack for Final Fantasy 14 Online, scheduled for summer 2024. This information was revealed by producer and director Naoki Yoshida during his keynote address at the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival 2023 in London. Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail – Extended Tesser One of

The NYT Connections answers for today (October 20), along with our hints as to the categories, will help you solve today’s puzzle, which looks set to be a fairly tricky one. You get four mistakes in NYT Connections and must work out each group, one at a time. They all have different difficulties too, meaning

Inspired by the recent-ish release of Detective Pikachu Returns, the topic of this week’s Best Games Ever show is: what’s the best Detective Game? And it’s a doozy of a topic, because there’s so many to choose from. Investigative gameplay crops up in so many things. Even the recent Assassin’s Creed games could arguably qualify,

Renowned philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a play based around a version of hell that consists solely of a plain room which three sinners are set to be trapped within together for eternity. There’s no lava, no torture, and no Homer Simpson being fed more doughnuts than anyone could reasonably eat. There’s just the judgement of

Wizards of the Coast has given us our first proper look at its Fallout-themed Magic: The Gathering set, and there sure are some good looking cards to be found. Quite clearly, somewhere along the line someone at Wizards of the Coast realised that people really like unique Magic: The Gathering sets. Even more than that,

Halo Infinite has seen a large boost in players following the release of Season Five: Reckoning and the highly anticipated Forge update.  As reported by IGN, 343 Industries’ first-person shooter has seen a rise in players on Steam recently thanks to the launch of Season Five on October 17. According to SteamDB statistics, the game

After years of expansions and DLCs, Colossal Order and Paradox are finally pressing reset on Cities Skylines. For this sort of simulation game, this is a huge moment. These titles aren’t so much games as they are platforms for years of content and expansion – and so starting fresh is a very big deal indeed.