One of the best PlayStation Plus months in recent memory has just gone live. The February 2021 free PS Plus games are now available to download, including the launch of PS5-exclusive multiplayer phenomenon Destruction AllStars and both current and last-gen versions of Control Ultimate Edition. These, alongside Concrete Genie, replace the January Plus titles, available
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From Dreams in February to the launch of the PlayStation 5 console in November, there was a lot of gaming to celebrate in 2020. To commemorate our collective journey, we’re pleased to bring back our year end wrap-up report, so you can reflect upon your many 2020 gameplay accomplishments. Through March 2, 2021, PS4 players*
Cyberpunk 2077 continues to compel me to do the grimace emoji face on a weekly basis. Here’s the latest reason to wince: developers CD Projekt Red say that there’s a security vulnerability in external DLL files used by the game that means you should be careful while using mods and custom saves with the game.
People are excited for Resident Evil Village. Part of that enthusiasm comes from the recent gameplay demo, along with additional details revealed as part of the latest trailer. However, another part of the excitement comes specifically from Lady Dimitrescu, the ghastly, yet compelling woman who has captured fans’ attention with her disturbing mystique and towering height. Capcom
By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 1 February 2021 20:05 GMT Sony’s Santa Monica Studio has announced that 2018’s PlayStation 4 exclusive, God of War, will be getting a dedicated PS5 patch on February 2. Sony Santa Monica published a new statement on its website announcing that God of War is getting a free patch that “replaces the
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. If you’re shopping for a gaming laptop, it’s important to check reviews before you buy. We’ve discussed this issue before in a CPU context, but it’s just as important in GPUs. A recent set of reviews from our sister site
PQube is no stranger when it comes to Switch. Having published several games that range between Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle to Cat Quest II, it has just revealed that its next project, The Plane Effect, is next in line for Nintendo’s handheld. Developed by Studio Kiku and Innovina Interactive, The Plane Effect is described as
Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios in Japan may not be opening for a while due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Minecraft player Dippy22 from creating the theme park in Mojang’s popular sandbox game. It’s around 45% complete and Dippy22 is asking fellow players and creators for help to finish the virtual
January has typically been a quieter month after “silly season” in terms of games released, but that doesn’t mean there has been a shortage of easy Xbox achievements and Gamerscore to be had. And we are here once again to highlight to you any that may have been missed from those Xbox games that launched
We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you
Progress is made through solving consistently enjoyable puzzles that almost always hit that sweet spot of not being so simple that they’re boring but being challenging enough to satisfy upon solving, without becoming so complicated that it induces groans. Special items and novel mechanics are introduced throughout which prevent the puzzles from ever becoming too
Stormind Games, the studio behind Remothered, have announced Batora: Lost Haven for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Batora: Lost Haven tells the story of a 16-year old Avril, who lost everything when a mysterious calamity destroyed the earth. Avril was somehow gifted special powers in the
Last week, we asked you to partner up and share thrilling moments where characters worked together in your favorite games using #PSshare #PSBlog. From battle ready buds to dynamic bot and bird companions, here are this week’s highlights: Cloud and Tifa stand ready to face anything in this Final Fantasy VII Remake share by YouJustGotArfed.
Monolith’s Lord Of The Rings games Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War are fun action stealth ’em ups that deserve praise just for their combat. What really makes both worth mention though is the nemesis system that turns procedurally generated baddies into your own personal antagonists the more you encounter them. Why haven’t
When Biomutant was announced in 2017, we were impressed by the wonderfully weird world Experiment 101, which was founded by ex-Avalanche Studios employees, was pitching. That game was originally set to release in 2018, but that year came and went with not much info from the Swedish development studio. Now that we’re in 2021, Experiment
By Alex Calvin, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:11 GMT Will this new content be the bullseye the game needs?It won’t be long before we see what Square Enix has planned for Marvel’s Avengers. In a post from the game’s official Twitter account, the firm said that it will be showing off its upcoming Operation: Hawkeye
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Intel is finally back in the desktop graphics business, at least if you squint. The company has announced a partnership with certain PC OEMs to bring DG1 silicon to specific pre-built systems. This isn’t exactly a full-on desktop graphics launch
Balan Wonderworld‘s free demo has landed on the Switch eShop, and after a bit of hesitant excitement for the game, we were keen to get our hands on this freebie to see what Yuji Naka’s been cooking up. Unfortunately we don’t come bearing a glowing recommendation from what this demo has to offer. After spending
The enthralling musical rhythm game Cadence of Hyrule has been updated today bringing the game to Version 1.5.0. It is a fairly meaty update with brand new features including a new page of save files (total six), design changes, plus a number of bug fixes. Cadence of Hyrule is out now on Nintendo Switch and check out
It’s that time of the week where we find out the FIFA 21 Team of the Week (TOTW) once more. EA have picked the best players from those that have been performing to a high standard in the real world over the last seven days. Take a look at the official FIFA 21 Team of
One of the biggest benefits of all the power in the Xbox Series X|S is giving developers the ability to make games that are Xbox Series X|S Optimized. This means that they’ve taken full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X|S, both for new titles built natively using the Xbox Series X|S development
Cyber Shadow sets out to answer a very simple question: what would an NES Ninja Gaiden game look and play like if it were made today? Admittedly, it’s a hypothetical that The Messenger sort of already answered back in 2018… but look, sometimes questions like these can have multiple good answers, and Cyber Shadow is
The first Atelier Ryza served as a softer introduction to the Atelier RPG series, boasting some serious eye candy in character design, accessible combat, and light story. A little over a year later, the sequel has already landed on our desks. Read our Atelier Ryza 2 PS5 review to see if this sequel is a
Greetings traveler, it’s great to see you within operational specification. Welcome to Mekacity… or, what’s left of it. Before we get moving, please peruse these five data logs. They’ll surely increase your chances of survival! (Hint: The Service Pods include a yellow navigation arrow – a marvel of engineering and a testament to the futuristically
AMD’s long-awaited Big Navi GPUs, the Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT, are finally here. But how do they compare performance-wise and which one should you consider buying when they finally come back in stock? To help answer that question, I’ve put together some lovely bar graphs of my 1080p, 1440p and 4K benchmark
Games like Doom and Quake shaped my childhood in such a profound way. The run-and-gun shooter type is a go-to for me, almost a comfort genre, and it’s a genre that Boss Key Productions’ Lawbreakers slid into perfectly. Unfortunately, the launch was anything but successful and the studio behind the first-person shooter faded away into
Sometimes in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the hardest choices are between friends. As Eivor travels to Snotinghamscire, the seat of Hemming Jarl, it quickly becomes apparent that they have to steer the fate of a kingdom once more and choose a successor from their old friend Vili and the worthy Trygve. This is different from most
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There’s a rumor going around that Intel and Nvidia have conspired to block AMD’s Ryzen Mobile 4000 series from high-end gaming laptops. This information has supposedly been provided by an unnamed OEM, and claims that a secret agreement between Intel
There was a time where Sega made a significant effort to preserve their legacy titles which would allowed new fans to experience games even if they’re predate by them. Fast forward to modern day and the company only seems interested in rereleasing Sonic 1 & 2 on every platform imaginable (not the cool widescreen port
Famed Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada was asked by a fan on Twitter whether his team would be open to returning to the Pokemon franchise for a sequel to the popular Pokken Tournament on the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. Mr. Harada said that the team have a great relationship with both Nintendo and The Pokemon