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The long-awaited Stardew Valley 1.5 update is now available for PC players and the game’s creator, Concerned Ape, has announced that it will be coming to the Nintendo Switch early next year. In an informative blog post on the game’s official website, Concerned Ape says that the 1.5 update is the biggest update yet for

It’s previously launched on Nintendo Switch and it’s had a good old outing on PlayStation 4. Now though Spirit of the North is coming to Xbox Series X|S with an Enhanced Edition due to drop in early 2021.  A casual third person adventure that plays with some stunning visuals, Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition

The Holidays are upon us and World of Warships: Legends is bringing a bunch of events and the legendary battleship Massachusetts just in time for the occasion. There’s plenty of things to get stuck into, including a new season of Ranked Battles, a special Bureau Project, and more. The highlight of the update is undoubtably

When my wife first saw me playing Monster Train she thought I’d gotten hooked on Slay The Spire again and she’d have to put up with another stretch of me playing it incessantly. I had good news and bad news for her: the good news is that, despite also being a colorful and cartoony game

Lawyers in CD Projekt RED’s home country Poland are considering filing a class-action lawsuit against the developer for “misrepresentation” of Cyberpunk 2077 “in order to receive financial benefits.” An article published in The New York Times first revealed that lawyers as well as investors unhappy with the situation are considering their legal options, and things are

Sometimes, video game music transcends its original purpose as a soundtrack. A quick glance at the numbers on any music streaming service is testament that certain scores haunt players long after they have finished a game. In my case, Nier achieved the opposite. I was enthralled by its soundtrack before I’d even played the game.

This is the RPS Advent Calendar, in which we reveal one of our favourite PC games of 2020 on each day. Head back to the calendar to open another door. To open the twentieth door on the RPS Advent Calendar you’re going to need to squad up with some of your best buddies, strap on

We’ve been waiting a long time to see what Nintendo and Universal Studios Japan has in store for fans when Super Nintendo World opens its doors in 2021, and during a special Nintendo Direct video, we got a glimpse at the soon-to-open theme park area. In the video below, you can join legendary game designer

I thought Astro’s Playroom was going to be a throwaway pack-in title. I was wrong. Given that the PS5 had big hitters Spider-Man Miles Morales and Demon’s Souls arrive alongside it, Astro’s Playroom being my favorite launch game is hugely surprising. I figured it would be a gimmick-fest: a few bleeps and bloops out of

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft has added another exclusive to its own stable of games. Ark II, the sequel to the hottest bug simulator of the 2010s and starring Vin Diesel, will apparently debut as an Xbox exclusive, though it’s probably time-limited as opposed

Gosh, just look at it! (Image: Nintendo) We’re so used to hearing about the best-selling and highest-rated games, so how about we mix it up a bit with the worst game of 2020. That title, according to Metacritic, goes to the July Switch eShop release, Tiny Racer. This “adorable little racing game” that draws inspiration

Doug Bowser at Nintendo has responded to questions about the infamous Joy-Con drift, or rather explained more about the company’s stance around repairs, when asked about the issues surrounding the problem during an interview with Polygon. “First and foremost, we want every consumer to have a great experience with their Nintendo Switch and with the

Developers Robot Gentleman have finally managed to bring its post-apocalyptic, darkly comedic atomic adventures to Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5 and PS4. That’s right, both 60 Seconds! Reatomized and its spiritual successor 60 Parsecs! are here to test your ability to scavenge, make tough choices, and even survive the Nuclear Winter.  Starting with 60 Seconds!

Torchlight III has just released a smoldering new update full of winter-related content, a rework for the Forged class, and a large list of bug fixes. In this blog, we’ll dive into what you can expect to find in the latest Snow & Steam update. Snow & Steam Update The Snow & Steam update is

While I had just as much fun playing Cyberpunk 2077 on PC as Tom did playing for his review, on the base PlayStation 4 or Xbox One it is a different game entirely. It fails to hit even the lowest bar of technical quality one should expect even when playing on lower-end hardware. It performs

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will begin a multiplayer free play week on PS4 and PS5 tomorrow, December 17. There’ll also be XP bonuses on offer for current players. The free week will take part in two stages. The first stage begins at 10am PT December 17 and runs until December 21. This

Howdy folks, I’m Toby Ragaini, the content director at Proletariat, the developer of Spellbreak. Spellbreak is a competitive, free-to-play, third-person spellcasting game where you unleash powerful magic as you battle other players for supremacy. With the launch of Spellbreak’s first chapter, The Spellstorm, I wanted to introduce the fantastic fictional world that the game takes

Cat cafe simulation Calico has come out of the oven right on time. I was starting to fear that it would roll over into the new year without hitting its expected 2020 release window. Never fear though, Calico has scooted out here in the last weeks of the year, so you can jump in to

Fortnite Houseparty is bringing together eight of Twitch’s top streamers and a few celebs are joining in on the fun to celebrate the new Spy Within game with video chat.  Streamers like Dr Lupo, Pokimane, Ninja, itsHafu, and more are going to be joined by Sarah Silverman and David Dobrik for a special Fortnite Houseparty video chat

By Alex Calvin, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:52 GMT The perfect paranoid Christmas game.Multiplayer smash hit Among Us is coming to Nintendo Switch today (Tuesday, December 15). The release was announced at the close of today’s an indie-focused Nintendo Direct and comes with cross-play support so you can murder your friends on other platforms. This

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia’s decision to rebuild Quake II as a ray tracing title was, in my opinion, a really clever way to show off what the feature was capable of, while simultaneously giving people a reason to return to the well-regarded classic

Pokémon GO developer Niantic has detailed its upcoming in-game Holiday Event and – should you feel like braving the cold this winter – there are plenty of treats to discover. The headline news revolves around a Pokémon that hasn’t yet appeared in Pokémon GO, as the Ice-type Vanillite will pop up in the wild for

You may recall that, a few days ago, Funimation teased an app coming to the Nintendo Switch. Silence followed, but it seems that the wait was only going to be a short one. Not only has Funimation confirmed that a Nintendo Switch app is coming soon, but, depending on where you live, you’ll be able

On paper at least, it would appear that I am the ideal candidate to review the remake of the fabled Panzer Dragoon. At the time the original launched, I was snug and secure in the world of Sony and the Playstation 2, and the only person I knew with a SEGA Saturn lived 200 miles

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

Cygames announced at Granblue Fantasy Fes 2020 that its upcoming action-RPG, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, will release on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2022. The developer revealed that Relink is currently in Alpha phase and is entirely playable. Cygames is now preparing the game to enter Beta phase before it spends 3-6 months readying the final

Last week, we asked you to venture into the frosty corners of your favorite games to share winter settings using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s wintery shares:  Ellie ventures out into the snow on horseback in this The Last of Us Part II share by MaxHardo. Jin gazes out into the winter darkness in

Cyberpunk 2077‘s creators evidently had high hopes for their sprawling Keanu-toting RPG. But with the game lander rougher (read: buggier) than expected, CD Projekt executives have reportedly chosen to rethink their bonus structure, promising to pay developers their full share of their bonuses regardless of how well Cyberpunk reviews – even if, y’know, gating employee

Earlier this week, I opened up about how one of the more dangerous aspects in the game – the braindance sequences – was incidentally designed in a way that medical professionals use to trigger seizures for diagnostic purposes. That design caused me a grand mal seizure, which inspired me to write a small guide about