Ubisoft look set to reveal a new Ghost Recon game this evening, as part of a 20th anniversary showcase of the series. A broadcast has been scheduled for tonight at 6pm which will look back on two-decades of the near-future shooter. Proceedings will kick off at 6PM UK time and include several surprises. There’ll be a deep dive into the game’s history, starting with the first game’s launch in 2001 on PC....
The Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection is a lovely thing, I think, but a lovely thing that arrives in a fairly ugly situation. This new collection of Wonder Boy games comes out just half a year after the last one. That one had four games, and this one has six - although when you factor in the different platform versions included this time, you’re actually getting 21. Anyway, confusing things more, I gather that the two new games that weren’t on the previous digital version were included on an exclusive physical copy....
It’s a great time to be a fan of the classic turn-based strategy series Worms. Earlier this month the game celebrated its 25-year anniversary, and today, a new installment in the Worms franchise has been teased. In even better news, the new game should be available before the end of this year. The announcement comes by way of the official Worms Twitter account, which posted a video today to introduce the new game....
A Plague Tale: Requiem now has a release date, of October 18th, and a new trailer, showing ten minutes of gameplay. Check out the new gameplay trailer below: The description reads: “In this new extended gameplay sequence, follow Amicia and Hugo as they make their way through a massive ochre-red quarry overwhelmed with soldiers eager to capture them. Fortunately, the duo has many new tricks up their sleeve and doesn’t shy away from getting their hands dirty....
Cult classic cel-shaded shooter XIII was famously remade, and subsequently widely panned, in 2020. However, the remake is getting a second chance, as it is now being basically remade again. A new statement on the game’s Steam page reads: “To achieve the quality standards and offer an optimal gaming experience, Microids decided to entrust the development of XIII Remake to the French studio Tower Five (Lornsword: Winter Chronicle). Hard at work for more than a year on a major update....
Reddit user JesseFreakinD has shown off his musical chops in Stardew Valley by composing the Tetris song using flute blocks and drum blocks in-game. Flute blocks, a piece of furniture within the game, let players choose what notes they play whenever they walk past. You get one when you donate three artifacts, including the bone flute, to the museum, but to craft them, you need to get six friendship points with Robin, the town carpenter....
I hope you moved your car over, because the Halo: Reach hype-wagon sure takes up a lot of space in the garage. A press release from Bungie arrived in our inbox yesterday, announcing the existence of RememberReach.com, who’s arrival gives those wandering, nomadic Halo: Reach fans a very specific website to stare at until the game’s release on September 14, 2010. Promising a “one-of-a-kind experience,” RememberReach.com allows each visitor (with a Facebook account) to add a single point of light to a slowly-manifesting monument to Noble Team - the Spartan heroes of Halo: Reach....
Game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced the appointment of veteran Google executive Daniel Alegre as the company’s new President and Chief Operating Officer. Alegre will begin his new role on April 7, 2020, and will oversee Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, and King Digital Entertainment. He will report directly to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Alegre will replace current Activision Blizzard COO Coddy Johnson, who will remain with the company but move to the role of special advisor to Kotick....
The New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) is suing Activision Blizzard over the speed of the Microsoft acquisition. Axios has reported on the lawsuit. The reason that NYCERS has filed the suit has to do with the role played by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. “Given Kotick’s personal responsibility and liability for Activision’s broken workplace, it should have been clear to the Board that he was unfit to negotiate a sale of the Company....
The drama at Infinity Ward may soon come to an end, though not in the way many had hoped. Mike Hickey, analyst for Janco Partners, suggests that Activision may well close Infinity Ward upon the completion of a second map pack for Modern Warfare 2. Says Hickey: “Continued defections from their Infinity Ward studio have created meaningful uncertainty around the future of their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise. We expect Infinity Ward studio will be essentially closed after their next map pack release, with development work on Modern Warfare 3 spread between two studios not historically tied to the franchise....
Pinball FX 2 has finally found its way to Xbox Live Arcade after a two week delay, and brings along several new elements not included in the original game. Do these additions make for a better overall experience? Read on to find out. It can be difficult to know what to expect when it comes to an HD arcade game, and that goes double for pinball. Pinball FX 2 looks like a basic pinball game at a first glance; however, it’s impossible to miss the creative elements that have been implemented to maximize the game’s competitive aspects and re-playability....
It’s being rumoured that a revival of popular Xbox 360 quiz game 1 vs. 100 is in active development at Xbox. That’s according to serial reliable rumour-source Jeff Grubb (as spotted by Video Games Chronicle). He was speaking on the latest episode of his Giant Bomb show where he claimed the project was currently in the works at Altspace VR. That team is part of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality division, and usually work on creating VR spaces for organisations and groups....
Simulation games have gotten more and more popular since their introduction in the early games of video games. With this, they have also gotten more complex, adding in more features that let you control or interact with the world around you. Some of the biggest moneymakers in the gaming world now fall into the simulation category, along with several of the most successful indie games to have come in the last decade....
Fortnite has many game-isms that can make anyone’s head shake sometimes. Its overall cartoonish-ness keeps everyone interested and safe for kids to play but lead to a lot of questions on how exactly their world must work just based on the weird setting and stuff that goes on that make up the gameplay. From building roads in the air to houses appearing out of nowhere like a wizard just built a hotel chain, Fortnite has a lot of meme-able content that fans create in their spare time....
Rareware is notorious for its platformers brimming with all sorts of collectible currency. Thus, it’s not surprising that the Donkey Kong Country series contains a myriad of different types of obtainable riches that can be exchanged for various goodies. Yet, much like the zany themes of the franchise itself, there are some weird attributes and inconsistencies to this strange currency system that should be addressed. Here are 10 of the funniest and most amusing ways in which Donkey Kong Country’s economy makes no sense....
Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA) is one of the best Nickelodeon shows of all time and arguably one of the best cartoons ever created. It was fun, heartfelt, and deep. The characters went through intense transformations and the story was mature with meaningful life lessons along the way. The video game adaptions never lived up to the show’s greatness. They had mediocre, linear gameplay that tried to follow the show. If done right, though, ATLA could make a great video game because it is filled with the perfect video game ingredients....
It’s been seven years since Grand Theft Auto Online was released and it’s still going strong. There is an active player community, tons of content, and a stream of updates that makes now a better time then ever to dive into this great game. If you’re trying out multiplayer for the first time or you’re new to the GTA scene you can be at a loss of what to spend your time and money on to get the most out of the game....
Those craving another emotional, narrative-driven game with minimalist visuals may want to pay attention to South of the Circle. This upcoming game by State of Play (the developer, not the PlayStation event) stars a protagonist named Peter who tries to survive the bitter cold of Antarctica while contemplating his life choices. Notably, 11 bit studios, the developer behind This War of Mine, has chosen to publish the title, which only makes sense considering its history with this style of game....
Key Points: It’s good to note that 60Hz is the standard today, which has a screen refresh rate of 60 times a second. Before you spend the money on getting a 144Hz version, make sure the CPU and GPU can perform 120FPS or more, or else you won’t be able to take full advantage of your screen. A common complaint for laptops with this level of power is the shorter battery life....
God of War: A series that started ages ago on the PS2. Now look where we are. After a long wait between the initial reveal at Sony’s E3 2015 stage show, three years later we can finally play it. I can safely say along with a high majority of other video game critics and writers out there that it was worth the wait. It may not be what the series started out as, but it’s still good regardless....
