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There are a few games that capture a very specific time for me: Boom Boom Rocket, Geometry Wars, Hexic HD, Luxor 2, Uno and – yep – Marble Blast Ultra will always be January 2006. I’d gotten my mitts on an Xbox 360 a couple of months prior (a housemate couldn’t pay rent for a

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

Hitman 3. While it doesn’t stray from the killer chord combination developer IO Interactive crafted for 2016’s Hitman – and continued to use in 2018’s Hitman 2 – it’s abundantly clear here that the studio has well and truly mastered its act.With some of the most surprising and imaginative levels in the series so far,

Nobody likes players who go out of their way to make the experience of others a misery. In the game’s latest update, PUBG has introduced a Reputation System that aims to help people identify and avoid toxic players. The Reputation System gives players a level based on whether they are well-mannered or toxic towards other

Re:Zero follows Subaru Natsuki, an average high school student who is magically transported to another world where he has the power to “Return by Death,” or literally the ability to turn back time by dying. Season 1 and 2 have been very popular at anime streaming sites. If you are a fan of the anime,

The Asus ROG Gladius II Core is probably one of the oddest gaming mice I’ve tested in a while. Its modest DPI range of just 200-6200 puts it firmly at the lower end of the gaming mouse spectrum, but its comparatively high price of £50 / $46 suggests otherwise. Indeed, its DPI range might not

If you’re reading this, chances are you already own way too many Pop figures and are peeping this article for an excuse to add just one more figure to your already crowded shelf or cabinet. That’s totally okay, of course; collecting things is fun! Funko Fair 2021 is kicking off with a new line of

By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 21 January 2021 22:34 GMT A Resident Evil and Division 2 tie-in is coming. Soon, The Division 2 players will be able to dress up in Resident Evil-inspired outfits. For a limited time, The Division 2 will be hosting a cross-over event where you’ll be able to collect iconic Resident Evil

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia announced its RTX 3060 during CES last week, but according to one report, the company has actually restarted production of its RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super. If true, it would mean Nvidia doesn’t think it can alleviate the

Update #2 [Thu 21st Jan, 2021 06:30 GMT]: Final Sword, the game featuring background music from The Legend of Zelda series, has now returned to the Japanese eShop as a Definitive Edition release. The Zelda-themed music has reportedly been removed. There were also some asset issues as well, but it’s unclear at this stage if

Nintendo UK has confirmed this afternoon via the Super Mario UK Twitter account that the Captain Toad mini levels in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury will now include four-player co-op. The levels were a joy to play through in the original and they even spawned their own game in the form of Captain Toad: Treasure

Death awaits. Everything IO Interactive has said or released about HITMAN 3 has pointed to endings. It’s ‘the dramatic conclusion to the World of Assassination trilogy’ we are told. Agent 47’s time is coming. We may never return to the Hitman universe. But if anyone was going to evade death, it was going to be

Remember so long ago, way back in December during The Game Awards when we gave you a preview of what games were coming soon? That soon is sooner now than it was then, and we have more games now than we had then, which means we have even more games coming soon now… make sense?

wireless controllers are the standard, there are two reasons to get a wired controller. At this point, most manufacturers spin it as a means to ensure a stable connection that minimizes input lag and lost inputs. But there’s another, more obvious reason – it’s cheaper. PowerA’s Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox Series X/S, the next-gen

Polish indie studio Liquid Engine Development has announced Buried in Ice, a survival horror game inspired by the movie The Thing. Billed as a “survival-RPG horror mix,” Buried in Ice takes players to Antarctica, where they are the sole survivor on a U.S. base. The protagonist stands accused of killing colleagues and destroying the facility,

Last week, we asked you to sail across Norway and England as a viking in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. From epic armor portraits to brutal action shots, you shared you best moments aviking using #PSshare and #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:  Eivor bears down with his axe in this daring share by Anthonyisback33. Havi rides

I hope you’re not full up on early access announcements yet because I’ve got another one for you: Rustler, which has nicknamed itself Grand Theft Horse. This irreverent action sandbox styles itself as an homage to old GTA games with the historical accuracy of Monty Python. If equine heists are your thing, you can find

Hitman 3 launches on January 20, and developer IO Interactive is celebrating the impending release with a brand-new trailer that gives eager fans a glimpse at some of the deadly scenarios that lie ahead. The video (which you can watch above) has its fair share of guns, violence, and death – but maybe not as

By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:48 GMT Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game – Complete Edition has been a very successful modern re-launch, according to Limited Run Games. Though the digital version of Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game was published by Ubisoft, it was Limited Run Games that oversaw the physical release of

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Late on Wednesday, CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwinski posted a video in which he apologized for Cyberpunk 2077’s abysmal console launch. Iwinski took responsibility for the decision to launch the title and its subsequent unacceptably poor performance on the

It’s already been more than a week since Twitter began its journey in the Game Boy classic Pokémon Red. In case you missed it, users on this social media platform have been playing the original Game Boy title inside the avatar of Gameloft Montreal programmer Constantin Liétard’s Twitter profile (@screenshakes). So, what’s the latest? The

Famed Platinum Games video game designer Hideki Kamiya recently participated in a Hamster Games Arcade Archives stream. Mr. Kamiya was asked about his busy schedule and the projects that he’s been working on including Bayonetta 3. He told Hamster boss Satoshi Hamada that he hopes he can give an update on the highly-anticipated game at some point

Another tough-as-nails platformer has arrived on the Xbox One, and in Glitch’s Trip you play as the titular hero who sets out to stop his home planet of Verdo from being fully sapped of its energy and life-force in order to make Moon Juice. Set across four moons, Glitch must travel to each one to

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘s Season One continues with a mid-season Reloaded update. The update brings along a new map, multiplayer mode, Wakizashi sword melee weapon, Zombies mode, and more. Treyarch also went into a lot more details about the upcoming Firebase Z map and other Zombies improvements coming on Febraury 4. Sanitorium

Keep the Puyo-popping and Tetrimino-clearing party going this New Year with the launch of a free new update for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, available starting today for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4!  This is the first in a series of updates for the game and includes an all-new online mode, along with the addition of

Riders Republic was, in my eyes, one of the most exciting games announced near the tail end of 2020. I’ve longed for something to replace the SSX-shaped hole in my heart and Ubisoft’s snowboarding game Steep didn’t do it, but this bigly multiplayer game which features snowboarding, mountain biking, and wingsuits looks it could have

A new trailer for Returnal gives us a look at some of the unique weapons players will use to survive its hostile alien world. With the game only a couple of months away, this marks the first time players have gotten a deep dive into its combat.  Returnal blends third-person action with a roguelike structure.

By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 14 January 2021 14:19 GMT Nintendo has announced a release date for New Pokemon Snap and has also shared more details on the game. In New Pokemon Snap, you will visit various isles of the Lental region, each with diverse ecosystems such as jungles and deserts. The region is packed with

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There’s no in-person CES this year, but companies are still rolling out new products for the virtual event. Among them is Lenovo, which has unveiled a complete revamp of its Legion gaming laptops. The new machines combine AMD’s latest CPUs