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Last week’s State of Play broadcast focused on delivering a Ghost of Tsushima deep dive. Since then, more information has emerged piecemeal. One new tidbit concerns what to expect from the action title’s combat, which will supposedly be “very challenging.” So challenging, in fact, that the protagonist Jin may find himself defeated after only a

Golf With Your Friends can be both a relaxing adventure and a competitive blast! Either way you choose, I hope these tips below can help you get all those amazing shots and really impress your friends! Houston, we have a hole in one! Gravity is just some tricky magic, but if you use it just

A real pretty remake of Mafia is coming on August 28, 2K announced today. After accidentally blowing the surprise last week, they’ve now made Mafia: Definitive Edition official. As well as remaking the 2002 wiseguy ’em up, they’ve given the less-good 2010 sequel Mafia II a less-dramatic remastering, which is due to launch today as

Overwatch is hitting another milestone, and the celebration starts tomorrow. The beloved hero shooter’s Anniversary event will be in full swing in less than 24 hours to commemorate its fourth anniversary, and you know what that means: New skins! Blizzard has been teasing some over the last few days, showing off new ones for a variety of heroes,

Activision has revealed a number of new changes coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its sister game Call of Duty: Warzone. In a new blog post released today, the publisher confirms that this week’s update will introduce a Ghost Pack Contingency bundle to the multiplayer game’s store. This will introduce two new weapon

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Video gaming is basically a giant bag of tricks designed to simulate the real-life environments around us. As such, developers have had to create methods of simulating ideas like weapons fire and hit effects. There are two main methods for

[embedded content] Update (Mon 18th May, 2020 14:15 BST): As promised, we’ve now updated this article with an English-language version of the trailer. Up above, you can now check out each of the 51 games with an English explanation. Remember, there will actually be a secret 52nd game included, as well as a secondary free

Amazon has revealed that Mortal Kombat 11 with the recently released Aftermath DLC will be getting a physical edition on the Nintendo Switch platform. The Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath Kollection has been listed on the Amazon website with a release date of 18th June 2020. It contains the following: The Mk11: aftermath collection contains Mortal

The phrase “cult classic” gets banded around quite a lot these days, and I would challenge you to find a better fit for it than Alan Wake. It’s been ten years since we were introduced to the troubled writer, in a tale that channelled a lot of what made Twin Peaks so goddamn intriguing. Alan

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

Eight years is a long time to wait for a game to finally get ported from Japan to America. We’ve seen games get remastered for a whole new generation of console hardware in less time. But Sega’s Phantasy Star Online 2 is now officially out in North America on Xbox One as a free-to-play MMORPG.

Star Wars Battlefront II received its final content update towards the end of April but over 50,000 fans (at the time of this writing) have signed a petition urging DICE to release more paid downloadable content to keep it going. “Star Wars Battlefront II is one of the greatest video game redemption stories of all

Choose your weapon and get ready for ridiculous amounts of cartoony violence in Gorn, an over-the-top gladiatorial playground coming to PlayStation VR. Want to make this one even goofier? (Yes, it’s possible!) Simply activate Piñata Mode and watch the confetti fly. But that’s not all! Other highlights landing at PlayStation Store next week include The

One of many changes planned for Destiny 2‘s next year is a time limit on how long players can keep boosting their gear’s level to remain viable. Legendary-rarity weapons and armour will get one year to shine, and then they’ll be left to fade away. Bungie say it’ll make the game stay fresh over time,

In preparation for the release of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 remaster collection, Activision has released a curated Spotify playlist of memorable cuts from the game’s soundtracks. The remaster’s full soundtrack list hasn’t been confirmed, but it will not contain all of the songs from the original titles. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and

Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells is the brand new story-driven match-three game scheduled to launch for mobile soon. Developed by Zynga Inc. and officially licensed by Warner Bros., Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells will launch on mobile devices all over the world “soon.” The first official gameplay trailer was also recently unveiled. You can check

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The Epic Game Store has been giving games away for several years now, but this is the first time a giveaway has brought the store down that I can remember. Epic has been working its way up to an unannounced

After a relatively slow start, the library of NES games available as part of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service has grown to an impressive 52 titles, not to mention the 26 Super NES games also playable. That catalogue of games–some of them absolute, stone-cold classics–is certainly a welcome piece of added value for anybody

It has been revealed that Capcom has recently trademarked a possible new arcade compilation title which is called, Capcom Arcade Stadium. The trademark was issued in Europe and discovered via Gematsu. While we know next to nothing about the game, it does sound as though it could potentially come to the Nintendo Switch system. We

Our old mate Duke Nukem may have become a parody of himself in this day and age, but during his prime there was no one to claim his throne as the king of FPS. Duke Nukem 3D was a really, really big deal, which is now something most gamers will probably scratch their head over.

Hey Alpha Skip-Ahead ring users! Today’s Xbox Insider Release Notes highlight the latest fixes, known issues, and features coming to your console. Starting at 2 p.m. PT today, users will receive the latest 2006 Xbox One system update (build: RS_XBOX_RELEASE_200619041.2916.200512-0000). Keep reading for more details. System Update Details: OS version released: RS_XBOX_RELEASE_200619041.2916.200512-0000 Available: 2 p.m.

It’s funny to think about now, but there was a time when fans had a wide variety of baseball games to choose from. If you didn’t want a complex simulation of the real thing like MLB The Show, you could find baseball games featuring robots, little kids, or even living bobbleheads. Most of those have

Imagine for a moment if somebody blended the brutal efficiency of Hotline Miami with the tactical mind play of XCOM and then wrapped it all in John Wick theming. That’s the basic idea behind John Wick Hex, which effectively puts players into the mind of John Wick himself as he analyzes each situation moment to

Hey folks – just a quick note that we’re finalizing a special episode of State of Play airing this Thursday, May 14 at 1:00pm Pacific Time // 4:00pm Eastern Time on Twitch and YouTube. The episode will be focused entirely on Ghost of Tsushima, coming to PS4 July 17. You’ll get an extended look at

If you’re looking to bag yourself a CPU bargain before the arrival of Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake chips, then the Intel Core i5-9600K is currently on sale for the next three days over at Newegg. Indeed, it’s still our favourite mid-range Intel CPU in our best gaming CPU rankings, and unless Intel’s Comet Lake

Civilization VI is getting a lot of new stuff over the next year, including new civilizations, new leaders, units, and ways to play. New options are packaged as both free updates and premium updates, and the Civilization team expounds upon some details in a special video update today. It’s great to see games like Civilization VI

By Emily Gera, Monday, 11 May 2020 20:26 GMT It’s a humbling – if not utterly depressing – sign of the times when a major game publisher starts making its own pandemic face masks. Alas, here we are. As spotted by ResetEra, Square Enix is giving away a free face mask with every physical order

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Whether you own a Nintendo Switch, a PS4 Pro, or an Xbox One X, you’ve got a platform capable of playing new, cutting-edge games — but what sets these machines apart from each other, or from mainstream gaming PCs? In

Since the release of the hugely popular Journey, many other games have gone down the route of minimal storytelling, focusing primarily on visuals and music to evoke emotions within the player. Spirit of the North leans heavily into this, tasking you with a very simple objective; explore the environment and solve puzzles. That’s really it.

Out of the three current console makers it was Nintendo which spent out the most amount of money on television adverts during the month of April 2020. The company splashed out $6.5 million on TV adverts in the United States during the month of lockdown. However, all firms spent less in April than they had