Genshin Impact is a cute game, but unless you’re regularly playing with friends online and in the co-op mode, it can also be pretty lonely. What you need is a pet. Yeah, you can already see where this is going. The latest event to hit the land of Teyvat is the Lost Riches event, and there are plenty of new items to collect and even pets to have follow you around on your adventure....
ViceIf the rumors that GTA 6 will include Vice City are true, then Rockstar needs to make sure the best part of the iconic game comes along with it. Chances are we won’t be getting GTA 6 anytime soon. GTA 5 continues to go from strength to strength and recently received its biggest update ever, seven years after it was first released. That doesn’t mean Rockstar isn’t working on the next chapter, though....
Disney dropped so much exciting info during this week’s Investors Day that it was hard to keep up, but in terms of trailers for its upcoming Disney+ Marvel series, it only had three full reels to show – a new trailer for the Scarlet Witch and Vision show, WandaVision, a first proper look at The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and a magnificent, face-melting few minutes of Loki, its highly anticipated and pricey series featuring Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as the MCU’s fan-favorite villain over six long episodes coming to streaming next year....
Hazelight Studios has built a reputation for creating unique co-op only adventures, with the award-winning A Way Out setting the stage for the studio’s next ambitious co-op project, It Takes Two. Set to launch next month, It Takes Two is a co-op only adventure game that looks like it will have a ton of gameplay variety, with game director Josef Fares recently showing off that variety in a new trailer....
The ability to play as and confront strange creatures in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online isn’t incredibly new. From being able to play as Bigfoot to a variety of furry animals, it isn’t outlandish to find a way to encounter something like aliens. While aliens can be seen in Grand Theft Auto V via an encounter as part of Michael De Santa’s imagination, as well as through a UFO that can be seen above Mount Chiliad, the game never lets you play as one in any significant way....
ArenaNet, the studio behind the successful MMORPG Guild Wars 2, has fired two of its writers after a Twitter confrontation between them and an ArenaNet-partnered YouTuber named Deroir. Writers Jessica Price and Peter Fries have been let go as of today, with ArenaNet releasing the following statement: The controversy began on July 3 when Jessica Price was discussing the unique challenges of writing for MMORPGs. YouTuber Deroir then chimed in with his opinion on the matter, to which Price responded on July 4:...
Guilty Gear Strive was pegged as the last fighting game of the eight generation, but following the next Guilty Gear’s delay to 2021, it might also hold a new honor. At the recent fighting game publisher roundtable, news came in that Guilty Gear Strive will be making a new kind of jump for the franchise. Arc System Works’ next fighter will no longer be contained to the current generation as Guilty Gear Strive will now launch on the upcoming PlayStation 5 console....
Guilty Gear is a franchise well-known for its fascinating storytelling and tight, well-balanced gameplay, and Strive is no different. With the game’s story getting delivered in a purely cinematic experience, the fighting aspect of Guilty Gear Strive gets to breathe on its own, which allows for more balanced gameplay and QoL improvements on the multiplayer side of things. Online play in any fighting game can be a bit intimidating, especially with a franchise like Guilty Gear that has been around for quite some time....
The surprise launch of Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer means that we all get a chance to dive into the game’s first season of competitive play a bit earlier than we thought we would and start to get a feel for what guns and weapons will end up dominating the meta. While I suspect that the Halo Infinite team will be releasing several patches as its first season unfolds (this is a modern multiplayer game), it has to be said that many of the guns in this game are surprisingly well-balanced and allow for a variety of strategies and playstyles....
In a recent interview with IGN, Halo: Infinite studio head Chris Lee provided some clarity on 343 Industries’ plans for the iconic franchise. Namely, he let everyone know Halo 7 won’t be coming out anytime soon: 343 is looking for Infinite to be “the start of the next ten years for Halo.” It’s been nearly twenty years since the first Halo released, but if this interview and the recently revealed trailer are to be believed, this juggernaut among first-person shooters isn’t slowing down anytime soon....
Niantic, the creator of Pokemon GO and Ingress, is back with a new augmented reality game. In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, players take on the role of a Statute of Secrecy Task Force recruit, using magic and spells to “contain a Calamity.” Niantic is ready to begin showing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite gameplay for the first time, which should be immediately recognizable to Ingress fans. While Harry Potter: Wizards Unite isn’t ready for a release date just yet, Niantic plans to launch it on iOS and Android devices in 2019....
Hideo Kojima, the man behind Death Stranding and the beloved Metal Gear series has been looking back over his old game trailers - and you know what? He thinks they’re pretty good if he does say so himself. Whether for work, research, nostalgia, or just pure entertainment, Hideo Kojima has been reviewing his old trailers by Hideo Kojima. His Twitter account is a great place to go for snappy reviews. He recently reviewed Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead and said it turned his “head into a zombie....
The old saying goes: “home is where the heart is.” But what if your heart is rotten and prevents you from leaving the baggage of the past behind? This is the question Remi Week’s new film, His House, aims to answer. Debuting on Netflix, His House is a mashup of drama and horror that addresses what it’s like to enter a foreign land after escaping a war-torn nation and exploring the desperation to fit into a culture that isn’t your own and the horrors that come with it....
Hitman 3 is coming at the beginning of next year, and fans have been getting new and exciting information about the conclusion to the World of Assassination trilogy bit by bit. Now, IO Interactive is revealing game modes that old players might be familiar with, as well as some new ones. The upcoming finale to an exciting trilogy, Hitman 3 will be coming to PS5 with a confirmed VR mode. The series has had a mostly positive reception, although some fans see the games as too repetitive, so virtual reality might vitalize the franchise in a new way....
The official cinematic trailer for Hood: Outlaws and Legends was revealed earlier this month during PlayStation’s State of Play. In development with Focus Home Interactive and Sumo Digital, the upcoming game puts a dark twist on the tale of Robin Hood where a group of magical outlaws known as Wraiths reclaim money stolen by a corrupt government. Though it has some key differences, judging by the trailer’s tone alone, Hood: Outlaws and Legends might be the game some fans of The Witcher have been waiting for....
I need to stop comparing Horizon Zero Dawn to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I’ve done it a couple of times already and probably sound like a broken record, but the close proximity between their respective release dates makes it impossible not to analyse what they both achieve in terms of open world design. To me, Breath of the Wild is the clear winner, with Horizon being held back by a selection of archaic design decisions that simply make its vision of the post-apocalypse a little boring to explore....
Bluegleam is a very rare material that can be found in the Horizon Zero Dawn expansion, The Frozen Wilds. This expansion brought Aloy to the frozen northern territories beyond the Banuk lands and the vast Grave-Hoard. The region is called The Cut, and it presents new and dangerous challenges to Aloy. Bluegleam is an incredibly useful item despite its rarity, as it allows Aloy to access weapon and gear upgrades that would otherwise be out of her reach....
Halo: The Master Chief Collection was always going to be an immediate commercial success. The remastered collection, which was released on November 11 exclusively for Xbox One, sold over 1 million copies worldwide in its first week. The Master Chief Collection promised fans the chance to play the first four Halo titles in one convenient package. This was complete with both classic and revamped versions of the most popular aspect of the series: the multiplayer....
This Star Trek: Discovery feature contains spoilers for Season 3. Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 was surprising in many ways. The latest season literally went where no installment of the Star Trek franchise had gone before, flying into an unknown time period that exists so far outside established canon that the series was basically free to do whatever it wanted. And, for the most part, it did. Break up the Federation as we once understood it?...
Minecraft is a game that almost every gamer is familiar with and has at least seen played before. Both survival fans and players with huge imaginations are drawn to the game thanks to its addictive gameplay and limitless building potential. The game has been on every console since the Xbox 360/ PlayStation 3 era of gaming, and new players are still finding their way to the game. Many players are now focused on the more complicated recipes in the game, and fans find tons of articles about how to make all types of high-end Redstone contraptions like automated harvesting machines....
