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We knew Captain Marvel would be in Crystal Dynamics’ upcoming Avengers game, but developer Crystal Dynamics hasn’t been revealed if she’s a playable character, and we also don’t know what she looks like. Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics recently released two screenshots of Kamala Khan’s home that people can use as backgrounds for video conferencing.

The first E3 I’ve ever had to pay attention to is upon us, except sort of not because it’s all irregular and online. I am lost. But what’s this? It is The Iron Oath, a pretty turn-based tactical RPG that promises dynamic campaigns and a world your little mercenary company can change over time as

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim has been well received in its home territory of Japan, where it’s been cited for its compelling mix of visual novel-style adventure narrative interjected with strategic battles that feature giant mech units. The game now has a release date here in North America; players can look forward to more of Vanillaware’s

This week we got an email from listener Tom from Melbourne, who suggested that it would be fun for us to talk about the scariest games we’ve all played. Would it, Tom? WOULD IT? What sort of pervs enjoy being afraid? Well, many people, obviously, so we thought Tom’s suggestion was a good one. A

Mere days after Riot Games publicly declared a commitment to combating racism and injustice, they’ve needed to launch an investigation into one of their own executives for posting some real iffy garbage about the police killing of George Floyd on Facebook. It’s not the best look for a company still trying to recover from revelations

Bethesda’s long-running MMO is inviting players to visit Skyrim 1,000 years before the events of The Elder Scrolls V. This new Greymoor expansion is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac, and will arrive on Stadia on June 16. The gameplay trailer above gives you a taste of what to expect from

A busy livestream has brought a whole lot of Destiny 2 news today. Bungie announced the next expansion, named Beyond Light, for launch in September. Today they also start the next season, named Season Of Arrivals, and launch a new dungeon. Looking into the far future, they’ve a further announced two expansions for 2021 and

HBO’s Chernobyl is a fantastic miniseries that deals with some extremely grim fare, and you should check it out. Why not tap into that talent for an adaptation of The Last of Us? Chernobyl’s director Johan Renck is teaming up with HBO, Chernobyl writer-producer Craig Mazin, and Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann for the pilot of

It’s been a tough ol’ time for Crucible. Following a somewhat messy launch, the Amazon-backed hero shooter this week announced it’ll be shedding two of its three modes – ditching battle royale and territory control gametypes to focus on being a bit more MOBA, while delaying its first competitive season indefinitely to give the beleaguered

Itch.io, an open marketplace that sells DRM-free indie games, has worked with a large stable of independent developers and creators to release an enormous bundle to raise money in the ongoing fight against racial injustices. The bundle features 742 items from 564 different developers and carries a value of more than $3,400. However, you can pick

Electronic Arts are making room for “important voices being heard,” I assume in the Black Lives Matter movement though they don’t name it, by delaying their EA Play Live event by a week. Other online events have done the same this week, leaving space for the public to protest police brutality and other injustices faced

We’re all expecting World of Warcraft: Shadowlands to arrive sometime this year, and possibly sooner rather than later. Blizzard has decided to give players a taste of what’s to come in the Azerothian afterlife by revealing some details from one of the 4 major zones players will be leveling up and exploring in as they

Bumper addition Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. The Addams Family and The Twilight Zone are just TV shows to me, not pinball tables. I’ve never had an affinity for IRL bumpers and flippers. I do, however, quite like pinball-infused video games.

Coming this month on June 19, Path of Exile’s latest expansion is all about growth. Literally! Players can build up gardens that grow monsters, and then harvest them for all kinds of powerful loot. Like other leagues, players find the critical league mechanic to interact with the instanced garden in each area and/or map, seed caches that

After last week’s big sale on WD Black SSDs, this week’s big SSD deals are all about Samsung. After weeks of prices inching higher and higher or just plain refusing to budge whatsoever, prices for Samsung’s best SSDs have finally started to fall in the US. There are big discounts to be had on our

If anything was going to throw a wrench into Factorio‘s meticulously manufactured mechanisms, you’d never think it was a punk’d up cyborg in a leather jacket. Yet, even as they powered full-steam towards release, the folks at Wube Software have decided Cyberpunk 2077‘s launch-day noise risks drowning out their contraptions. This week, the developers announced

Guess who’s creepin’ out with a video game spinoff. No guesses? It’s Goosebumps. Remember those spooky books on your primary school shelf with the weird covers where animals transformed into—oh heck that was Animorphs. Sorry, I literally only read fantasy as a kid and still do. Goosebumps are the horror ones, now spawning the “spooky

Cosmic Forces, Sony Pictures Consumer Products, and Scholastic are bringing R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. In Goosebumps Dead of Night you try to collect missing pages from Goosebumps stories that have been stolen, but it’s not quite that easy – scary creatures like Lawn Gnomes, the Werewolf of Fever Swamp,

Today is a surprisingly robust release day for Nintendo’s Switch. As announced a few months back, 2K just dropped several big game collections. The first is BioShock: The Collection, which features the remastered versions of all three BioShock games. The second is XCOM 2 Collection, which includes Firaxis’ stellar strategy game and all four of

Update #2: Electronic Arts has officially announced the extension, adding that it is planning new games in “new genres with more forms of play and self-expression, available on more platforms, including expanded offerings for mobile players.” Furthermore, NFL commissioner Roger Goddell added, “The expansion of this partnership is not only about the continued success of the

I’ve played my fair share of MMOs over the years. Despite the excitement that used to come with an online world stuffed full of unknown people, I’ve started to feel some put too much “massive” in the MO. The next game by the folks known for the Shelter series—the ones about animal moms protecting their

Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive recently submitted a 10-K SEC filing that may have tipped off when Rockstar plans to release Grand Theft Auto VI. Industry research analyst Jeff Cohen (for investment firm Stephens) noted that the planned marketing budget for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2024 is twice that of the years leading up

Next up in the hack and slashin’ RPG series, Torchlight 3 previously had a change of heart after starting life as an online game called Torchlight Frontiers. Echtra Games have now announced that the currently-running closed beta will wrap this Friday. Now that they’re back in familiar territory, Echtra are planning some livestreamed announcements on the

Pack your brolly away, it’s clear skies for a few months yet. Risk Of Rain 2 developers Hopoo game released a revised forecast for their swarming early access roguelite this week, pushing the game’s 1.0 release back to August this year. After all that time in early access, the devs reckon they’d picked up a

In recognition of National Military Appreciation Month, the Call of Duty Endowment is releasing several ways that players can support veterans. The major point of interest for Call of Duty players is the Fearless Pack, which has been designed with the assistance of Medal of Honor recipient CPT Florent “Flo” Groberg. The pack comes with 10 in-game

In a recent corporate strategy meeting, Sony quantified the processing power of the PlayStation 5, and in particular, how vital the system’s solid state hard drive (SSD) is to the system’s gaming experience. Sony Corporation president and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said via his presentation, “In order to further enhance the sense of immersion in games, we

Newegg are holding a Memorial Day sale on loads of PC components this weekend, with deals on everything from monitors, external hard drives, Z490 motherboards and more from now until the day itself, Monday 25th May. The discounts themselves are something of a mixed bag, though, so here are the ones worth paying attention to.

Back in March, Titan Comics revealed a new Horizon Zero Dawn storyline would be delivered in comic book form. The comic, which takes place after the video game, focuses on Talanah as she not only deals with a new threat in The Wilds, but also contends with Aloy’s disappearance.   One of the game’s original writers Anne Toole worked

Update 7.2 for ye olde Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has landed hot on the live servers and it’s coming with some changes that are likely to rock the boat a bit. Despite PUBG Corp calling them a “controversial topic,” non-player AI contestants are dropping in to regular matches. For the extra-competitive players, a new Ranked Mode is

Paralives, the in-development life-simulation game that draws heavy inspiration from The Sims, has revealed its first character. In addition to giving prospective players a glimpse at “Maggie,” developer Alex Massé and his team also give a quick rundown of some of the character customization options available. As shown in the video above, players can customize height,