If you’ve not been following PC games goings-on across the week, catch up on some of the big stories quick in our noncomprehensive Weekly News Digest. I’ve slipped in a few things we haven’t already posted about, and do also read The Updates Update for some of the week’s notable patches and updates. Blizzard on
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Fortnite‘s had a good run. Since an admittedly awkward 2017 launch, it’s become this cultural behemoth, completely unparseable yet unstoppably popular. But it’s acquired some bloat over those two years – Map locations have vanished, reappeared and warped in and out. Weapons and gimmicks have floated in and out of an interdimensional vault, a vault
Your boss has been murdered. But he did just fire you, so maybe he had it coming? Unfortunately, that kinda mess puts you in the prime suspect spotlight, and it’s time to clear your name. All sounds rather dark, doesn’t it? But Murder By Numbers has no time for all that doom and gloom. Mediatonic’s
Well, perhaps take that with a pinch of salt. Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone’s upcoming work on the charming farming lifestyle sim won’t contain the sum of all things. But that’s what the Stardew Valley developer has begun calling the 1.4 update, and he’s not exactly wrong. From fishponds to marriage, and dozens of vital little quality
Washington D.C. is still under siege, and fans of The Division 2 are getting a huge content update sooner rather than later. Ubisoft announced today that the next wave of paid downloadable content for The Division 2 will be launching next week, October 15, for players who’ve purchased the Year 1 Pass. Title Update 6 includes two new
I wish I was joking about the Acer Thronos, but this hulking all-in-one gaming-chair-come-war-machine absolutely terrifies me. I know gaming chairs are all the rage right now. Heck, you, reader, might even be sitting in one right now. But this is something else. It looks like a legit naval gun turret with a malign consciousness,
On the official Doom twitter account today, id Software announced a delay to the upcoming Doom Eternal. The game is now expected to launch on March 20, 2020 on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The Switch version is slated for a future release with no specific date and time given. In addition to the delay news,
Updated October 8, 9:10 AM Today on PlayStation Blog, Sony provided an update for its next-generation console, which is now officially called PlayStation 5 and is releasing during 2020’s holiday season. Jim Ryan, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s president and CEO also outlined changes to the PlayStation 5’s controller. “There are two key innovations with the PlayStation
PlayStation 4 users will no longer be able to use Facebook integration to share content or connect with friends, according to Sony’s support website. As of October 7, the video game publisher has yet to give a reason for the split from the social media giant, but it assured fans that the console’s share feature
So long, San Francisco. A new trailer for Marvel’s Avengers premiered at New York Comic Con at the end of last week, finally taking us away from the Golden Gate’s latest mishap. Instead, we’ve got new plot details, a lengthy time-skip and new leading lady Ms Marvel (AKA Kamala Khan) punching her way through an
One of the few things that’ll coax me outside under a damp October sky is the chance to pick mushrooms, and now I don’t even have to do that thanks to the joys of video games, specifically Mushroom Hunt. The free text adventure has a lot going on besides just looking for tasty fungi too,
In all the hubbub of the week, you might’ve missed some of the patches and updates rolled out to games. Presenting the Weekly Updates Update, a noncomprehensive roundup of new maps and characters and balance tweaks and fixes and such which caught my eye over the week – including a few we haven’t posted about.
Iron Man VR was announced in March and has looked promising ever since. However, while we’ve gotten our hands on a small demo for the game, we’ve been eagerly anticipating playing the full release. During today’s Marvel Games panel at New York Comic Con, Marvel revealed we’ll finally have that opportunity on February 28. IGN
Just when you thought your trusted deals herald was done for the day, here she is with another one fresh off the deals presses. It’s arguably the best deal of the day, though, as Humble have just announced the early unlocks for their next Humble Monthly bundle: Call of Duty: WWII, the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane
Monster Hunter World is the gift that just keeps on giving. Yesterday, some details trickled out on what’s ahead in the October 10 update, which includes a new volcanic area and the option to invite friends to your room. Today, Capcom upped the ante with a cool trailer to reveal that Leon and Claire, in their Resident
Gamers know composer Austin Wintory for his acclaimed scores to titles like Journey (which was nominated for a Grammy) and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Next week, with the release of John Wick Hex, we’ll hear even more of his work. Wintory is the mind behind the music of John Wick Hex, as revealed in the exclusive video
Rockstar Games has announced that Red Dead Redemption II is hitting the PC platform on November 5. For a limited time it’s also giving away games if you pre-purchase Red Dead II through the new Rockstar launcher. The PC version features both graphical and technical upgrades, new bounty-hunting missions, hideouts, weapons, and other additions. Players interested in Red
Hasbro and other manufacturers are celebrating Triple Force Friday today. The “Triple” means stores just received new product for three Star Wars properties: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. You can get everything from bed sheets and t-shirts to Legos and remote control droids. If you’re looking
In our cover story on Pokémon Sword and Shield this month, we had a sidebar talking about the differences between Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. In the sidebar, it seemed implied in a quote by director Shigeru Ohmori that Pokémon Sword and Shield have 18 gyms. However, according to a representative of The Pokémon Company
Okay, sixty seconds on the clock, let’s go: Monochrome adventure Minit is the Epic Games Store’s free game for the week. Solve the mystery of the sword factory, collect photographs, grab some coffee and listen to an old man ramble by the sea in this delightful little adventure game with a lethal twist. Every 60
When Super Mario Maker 2 launched this past summer, it added several welcome improvements to the creation tools and feature suite. However, one notable absence from the list of features was the ability to enjoy the online co-op and competitive multiplayer with people on your friends list. Thanks to an update that hit today, players
Do you remember the original Steelseries Sensei? Apologies if those words make you feel a thousand years old, but if you were a fan of Steelseries’ popular gaming mouse from the blessed year of 2009, then I have some good news for you. It’s back! This time in the form of the Sensei Ten. Borrowing
You don’t have to attend BlizzCon to get some of the show’s exclusive items. You just need to purchase the virtual ticket for $49.99. The virtual ticket gives you two days of viewing for the All-Access Channel, as well as the Community Night contests held on Friday. You also get virtual loot for some of
With Magic the Gathering: Arena coming out of its early access period and a brand new set being released at the same time, there’s no better time to learn Magic the Gathering. But you’ll likely want some free packs and other cool goodies to start you off and who are we not to bring you
From producer of software development to president of Japan’s studio, Shawn Layden has worn many hats in his decades of working at Sony. His latest role was chairman of SIE’s worldwide studios, and that will apparently be his last at Sony, at least for the time being. Sony announced today on Twitter that Layden was
EGX 2019 is almost here, which means it’s also nearly time to start preparing our big indie game developer nets so we can trap a bunch of them onstage and get them to tell us all their secrets. That’s what EGX 2019’s Rezzed Sessions are all about: giving you a glimpse behind the curtain about
The next Apex Legends season begins on October 1, and players have plenty of new stuff to look forward to. Some Battle Royale games stick with one map and update it over time, others give players numerous environments to explore. Apex Legends falls into the latter category, and is inviting players to take their war
Sony and Disney announced today the two companies have come to terms to keep Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a third solo film. The news comes following last month’s announcement that Sony and Marvel parent company Disney could not strike a deal to keep the webslinger, which has been licensed to Sony for
I hadn’t actually considered Kenshi would be getting a sequel. After six years in Steam Early Access, I imagined developers Lo-Fi Games would look at doing anything but reliving that process all over again. But working on the strange sandbox RPG must be quite fun, because they’ve got themselves in something of a jam. Lo-Fi
The office is eerily empty tonight, as RPS has vanquished another foe, and been locked out in turn by my guerrilla forces. I am alone in the building. There is only me, Candide the rainbow llama, and the endless invisible stream of code I must consume to sustain my terrible power. It is time, my