Most video games have the player step into the role of the hero to fight evil. However, a few will give you the option to be evil, like Mass Effect, while others require morally gray decisions to be made, like Fallout 4. Usually, though, you’re fighting for good. When you are occasionally the bad guy, you know it. Nevertheless, there are a few games out there that subverted this expectation by making you play the villain unknowingly....
CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher trilogy is one of the rare role-playing series that successfully imitates real-world issues and topics such as politics, racism, and last but not least, economics. The Polish developer really poured their hearts and souls into the award-winning franchise, in fact, they even created a new in-game economic system from scratch for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt just so players get more mileage and interactivity out of their in-game money....
There are a select number of players that have cemented themselves in the history books of FIFA. Those who transcend their “rating” and brought great joy to their owners, and sheer rage to their opponents. The kings of the broken controller. The kind of players that create a primal sense of fear when seen on the squad preview screen before a key divisions match. The players the streets will never forget....
November 2018 marked The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s twentieth birthday. In its heyday, it was considered the greatest video game of all time. While other titles have refined the formula since, few actually manage to understand what made the game so great: balance. Twenty years later, Ocarina of Time is still one of the, if not the, greatest video games of all time. Every facet of its design is fine tuned to offer an experience that very few developers can replicate....
Update: 343 Industries has shown off an hour of Halo Infinite campaign co-op gameplay, ahead of this week’s test. It was part of a live stream that 343 Industries held last night. Check out the gameplay below: Original Story: 343 Industries has said that it still plans to launch the campaign co-op test for Halo Infinite this week, but that it is not guaranteed. The studio previously said that it was aiming to test the campaign co-op this week....
Danish investment firm SDN Invest has acquired Apogee Software, Ltd d/b/a 3D Realms. The company is also part owner of Rise of the Triad developer, Interceptor Entertainment. From today the company has a new CEO Mike Nielsen who is also the founder and chairman of the board at SDN. “3D Realms is legendary for its contributions to the gaming industry, as both the pioneer of the shareware model and an always generous partner who has provided both funding and guidance to game studios such as id Software, Parallax Software, Remedy Entertainment, and many others,” remarked Nielsen, the newly appointed CEO....
Every year seems like it has some of the most anticipated titles coming out, and every year some of them end up disappointing fans. It’s just how the game industry works. Products can’t always match the hype, and that leaves a lot of consumers unsatisfied. On the flip side, plenty of under-the-radar games end up catching everyone off guard. It’s almost impossible to tell which games will fall into which category beforehand....
Being prepared is the best way to face the challenge of Wordle. In this guide, we’ll go through all the 5-letter words starting and ending with A to lend you a hand on your quest to maintain a hot streak. Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary....
7 days to die mods is an open-world survival game. The game is a mix of survival horror, shooter, tower defense, and role-playing. So you can do more than killing in this game. It is a kind of zombie survival sandbox game where you can set up your base and guard it against imminent dangers. The best part here is you can install mods in 7 Days To Die. Using mods you unlock new features in the game....
Roguelike is a sub-genre of the RPG genre and focuses on games like dungeon crawlers, turn or grid-based gameplay/movements, and procedurally generated levels. Roguelike games are hard and are not for everybody as once you die in these games, most of the time the game resets. It focuses on replaying the game again and again and finding the best possible routes to complete the levels. Roguelikes encourage you to complete the games in one sitting and can get insurmountably difficult....
For those enamored by The Witcher on Netflix and jumping into (or back into) The Witcher 3, the game that started the craze, we’ve got a handy healing guide for you. Recommended: The Witcher III: How To Haggle For Higher Contract Rewards Geralt is going to be doing a lot of healing up between battles, and on the higher difficulty players might find themselves limping over to the nearest inn to buy, say, 30 chicken dumplings for the White Wolf to wolf down in one sitting....
Bandai Namco and ILCA have announced a joint partnership to make the next game in the long running areal dogfighting series, Ace Combat. The news was announced during a special Japanese livestream celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series. As spotted & translated by Gematsu, series producer Kazutoki Kono said “We’ve started work on a new project in the Ace Combat series. Project Aces staff will of course continue to be involved in the development of this new project, but as we celebrate 25 years and three million copies sold, we’ve come to understand we have many fans of all tastes....
Alan Turing is best known for his 1936 paper “Turing Machine” that explained a theoretical device that could manipulate symbols according to rules.Turing aided in decoding encrypted messages intercepted by the Allies during WWII which were thought to have shortened the war in Europe by two years and saved up to 14 million lives.Turing’s work on the Entscheidungsproblem led him to invent a universal computing machine which encapsulates the fundamental principles of computers....
Jason Todd has not always had it easy; after all, being revived after your death can lead to some interesting conversations. In the aftermath of his return from the Lazarus Pits, the last thing Red Hood might want to do is care about how he will look while doing his job. Thankfully, players in Gotham Knights can help him out by making their own choices. Here are all the Red Hood outfits in Gotham Knights that you will be able to sport out on your patrols....
There’s much more to do in this game other than following the main storyline. One can complete Favor quests and explore the environment to get their hands on some useful resources. Beware of the enemies you will come across throughout your journey across the Realms. There are several side bosses in this game that gets you rewards and loots upon defeating them. Trolls are one such side bosses in God of War Ragnarok that will get you a secret SteinBjorn Armor set upon defeating them all....
Battlefield 3 is coming this Fall and bringing with it a breath of fresh in the form of a new shooter with gorgeous visuals, and a style of gameplay that PC gamers have enjoyed for years, but console gamers have only ever had a small taste of. Shortly following its release will come the release of its first DLC package Back to Karkand. Back to Karkand will be bundled for free with any Limited Edition copy of the game....
What do you get when Activision pools together Carmageddon, Vigilante 8 and hordes of zombies? The newly released console game, Blood Drive. Just in time for Halloween, Activision has launched a new trailer to taunt everyone before they can get their hands on it. In September we noted that not only will Blood Drive be released at a discounted price, but it also will have an innovative multiplayer feature that allows gamers to drop-in and drop-out of a match....
Infinity Ward has just extended the Modern Warfare 2 open beta for two hours giving Call of Duty fans even more time to grab rewards and level up. The open beta finally saw Xbox and PC players join PlayStation owners, and enjoy Modern Warfare 2 action courtesy of crossplay. However, don’t get too comfortable. Time is running out to get in the last few hours of practice and level up your weapons....
Many players are complaining that they can’t join Online Raid Battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and are looking for ways to fix it. These titles feature the new “Terastallize” mechanic, where you can change the Tera type. To do so, you have to participate in the Tera Raid battles and catch the Pokemon in them. Terastallizing them using shards will boost their attacks and defense. That makes it a vital mechanic in battles....
Later this year, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is scheduled for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Most of the focus to date has centered on the console versions of Eidos Montreal’s hybrid shooter/RPG and the fact that they have not been “dumbed down” from their PC counterpart. Nonetheless, the Deus Ex franchise is still strongly associated with the PC, and for those who prefer a mouse and keyboard and maximum fidelity in their graphics, Square Enix has announced some of the exclusive features for the PC and the recommended system specifications....
