It may have been 16 years since the first Psychonauts came out for us, but for Raz and his friends it’s only been a couple days. Psychonauts 2 picks up right where the 2005 original (and 2017 VR follow-up The Rhombus of Ruin) left off, and it does so in a way that feels fresh
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Elysium Game Studio has announced Shadow of Conspiracy: Section 2 – a narrative-driven third and first-person action role-playing game, for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Shadow of Conspiracy is a thriller set in dystopian 2087 Berlin, where players have to investigate a police chief’s murder. Over the course of the investigation, players
How do you stay alive in a world that devolved into Modern Dark Ages? You need your skills, your weapons and your wits. Dying Light 2 Stay Human’s parkour and creative combat mechanics let you combine the three to outsmart and outpower your foes. Let’s start with parkour. It’s the basis of your survival in
WD makes a truly incredible number of hard drives and SSDs, and today one of them is on sale: the WD Elements 14TB external hard drive. This incredibly massive drive has been reduced from £311 to £247, a 21% reduction on one of the very largest external hard drives available.
Update:Niantic is reversing course on one of the most controversial changes made to Pokémon Go during the pandemic. The range to which players can interact with Pokéstops and gyms is again expanding from 40 meters to 80. This change was announced in a series of tweets on Pokémon Go’s official channel and comes just weeks
A new Age of Empires 4 video was shown off during gamescom Opening Night Live. In it, we were given a look at the Holy Roman Empire faction and the Rise of Moscow campaign. [embedded content] To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings One of the most beloved real-time strategy games
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s been a tough couple of years for PC gamers hoping to score a new GPU. A confluence of events including the pandemic and cryptocurrency price spikes have caused supply to dwindle, but those of you in the US have
Image: Woodhouse Pictures Rare’s seminal N64 shooter GoldenEye 007 is coming up to its 25th birthday, and for a whole generation of players, it remains a pivotal experience in their gaming lives – a fact that was playfully acknowledged by Jim Miskell’s 2017 ‘mockumentary’ Going For Golden Eye, which focused on the fictional Golden Eye
It has been a while since we have gotten some new information on The Wonderful 101: Remastered & Sol Cresta, two games that PlatinumGames had previously announced. The former released on the Nintendo Switch last year, and the latter is releasing on Nintendo’s console later this year. Well, PlatinumGames has announced that, on August 27th
It’s impossible to overstate the influence James Cameron’s Aliens has had over video games. From rowdy hoots and hollers of Halo‘s interplanetary Marines to layered rows of gnashing insectoid teeth in Contra, the medium owes a lot to the legendary 1986 film, and Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a long-overdue interactive cover song of sorts. This
Electronic Arts has announced that five of its patents related to accessibility technology in video games are now free for other developers and publishers to use. Under its new “patent pledge,” EA promises not to charge anyone for taking advantage of its patented technology or take legal action against such parties provided that they don’t
Last week, we asked you to find reflections in the game of your choice and share them using #PSshare #PSBlog. From rippling water and shiny objects to confrontations in front of a mirror, here are this week’s highlights: Ratchet and Clank are reflected in the glass of Rivet’s space helmet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift
We’ve already found out courtesy of host man Geoff Keighley that the Gamescom Opening Night Live will be a two hour long showcase event. As ever with Keighleyvents there are guaranteed to be tons of trailers and some world premiers and exclusive looks at cosmetic crossover items or something of the like. Also as usual,
Many anime fans, but new and old, have at the very least heard of the classic Cowboy Bebop series. This popular space western narrative first saw the light of day back in 1998 and has remained a staple with fans and an inspiration to other anime creators since then. Now there’s an all-new way to
A performance patch is coming to Resident Evil Village on Steam next week, and it promises to make the game run that little bit better on PC. In a tweet via the developer’s social media channels, Capcom said this update explains that the new update is being pushed out in order to fix an issue
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Bethesda announced a remastered version of Quake, with a number of goodies and quality of life upgrades for anyone who feels like revisiting the classic title. The remaster isn’t just a repackaging of the original game; it includes a new
Games are often about escapism, and Garden Story offers yet another way to lose yourself in the virtual world: the hero protagonist is a grape, burdened with great purpose. Concord (see what they did there) is but a youngling, wrenched from the Kindergarden to fulfil the role of Guardian after their predecessor decides to leave
Netherrealm Studios had been supporting Mortal Kombat 11 for a couple of years. However, in July, the studio announced that support for the game would be coming to an end. Since then, speculation on what Netherrealm’s next game has been occurring, due in part to rumors of the studio working on a Marvel title. However,
It’s been 2 years since Vigor first rocked up into the world, but in that time some 10 million players have spent time immersed in the Norwegian looter shooter. Today as the team at Bohemia Interactive celebrate those milestones, Season 9: Stalkers goes live, for free on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. Rolling out today for
Will you ensure the safety of The Bridge, or follow Jones’ footsteps to enforce its demise? Everyone has a role to fill in Fortnite Impostors. Impostors is an all-new Fortnite experience where players assuming the role of Agents aim to maintain order at the IO’s top secret facility: The Bridge. An Impostor (or two Imposters
I’ve never had an IT job, so the prospect of running around inside a computer fixing things in Recompile gave me the totally realistic opportunity to correct that. This 3D metroidvania puts you in the digital shoes of a humanoid computer program, telling a brief but entertaining sci-fi tale filled with hacking, shooting, and jumping
For most games, music is there to provide a suitable backdrop to ongoing events. In the case of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the ’80s-themed soundtrack will go a step further, being used in one of the game’s combat mechanics to give the team a boost when taking down enemies. It all has to do
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is available today on PS5 and PS4! Whether you’re returning to Tsushima or it’s your first journey, we’re so excited for everybody to dive in, and especially can’t wait for you to explore the all-new Iki Island expansion. Just in time for launch, we also have some brand new Ghost
I like a good puzzle dungeon. Give me a tiled floor littered with switches and spikes and I’ll probably have a merry time. Temple Of Snek gives me that and more, by crossing those puzzle concepts with the classic rules of Snake. Which are: you are a snake, you are always moving forward, and you
QuakeCon 2021 is officially a go, and the annual festivities kicked off today with the return of the original Quake experience, only now it’s even better. Shortly after Quake Remastered leaked on the Microsoft and Nintendo storefronts, Bethesda confirmed that the enhanced version of the game is not only on the way — it’s already here!
As always, the video game discourse has been raging on social media, and as is tradition the discussion has alternated between fascianting and downright exhausting – but it has raised interesting questions about the content of games, and how developers present that content to players. For those who wisely spent the last week away from
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. HBM2 (High Bandwidth Memory) has been in-market for a few years now, but the various companies working on HBM3 have kept its specifications close to the chest. Technologies like HBM2E have extended baseline HBM2 performance while new capabilities, like Samsung’s
The first official gameplay trailer for Life is Strange: True Colors has just been uploaded to YouTube, and it shows our nervous newcomer hero Alex Chen exploring the record store in the town she’s just moved to. It’s already looking miles more impressive graphically than the original Life is Strange, with subtle facial expressions and
The latest edition of Japanese gaming bible Weekly Famitsu is now with subscribers and this week’s edition contains four reviews which include Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX and Destroy All Humans! However, the highest review score in this week’s edition goes to Song of Horror for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Check out
It’s possibly the most anticipated update for Marvel’s Avengers yet, but finally the chance arises for players to embark on some new adventures with the free Black Panther – War for Wakanda expansion. Available to players who already have the Marvel’s Avengers base game to hand, Black Panther – War for Wakanda is Square Enix’s