"The Half-Life: Alyx team believes that the best way to enjoy the new game is to play through the old ones, especially Half-Life 2 and the episodes, so we want to make that as easy as possible."
The patron saint of rust, dust and guts will very soon be gracing the world once more as Doom Eternal’s March 20th release date is now officially less than two months away. Easily one of the most anticipated games of 2020 following the astoundingly brilliant reboot of the series of 2016, Doom Eternal has a lot to live up to. …
Chinese mega corporation Tencent is taking over videogames. Tencent already wholly owns League of Legends developer Riot Games, and has big stakes in companies like Epic, Supercell, Ubisoft, Paradox and Frontier. Last year, they acquired a 29% stake in Secret World and Conan Exiles developer Funcom. Now, they’re buying the rest of it. Tencent announced a voluntary cash offer on the remaining Funcom stock.
When Read Dead Redemption 2 was released in October of 2018, there was a bunch of Red Dead Online content that was exclusive to PlayStation 4 owners, thanks to a deal between Sony and Rockstar. Now, what seems like an eternity later, that content is available to the rest of the video-game playing population on Xbox One, PC and Stadia.
The Xbox Series X is coming out later this year. We’ve seen a few target renders (including a fake one used by AMD) and later, a diagram showing the rear ports of the machine. Now, some leaked images of the Xbox Series X prototype – likely used for software development – have leaked all over social media (via NeoGAF).
The publisher has announced that mid-way through every month of 2020 there will be a new announcement for Sonic the Hedgehog and his gang of pals. It would seem to make sense that SEGA would try and stake its claims on Sonic in the Year of Our Lord 2020. It’s a good time to be the Blue Blur right about …
Control is one of my favourite games from last year. Remedy’s twisty, brain-melting SCP-inspired action game was an absolute blast, and I honestly can’t wait for more from the universe established in the game. Here’s what I said in my review:
Godfall, from developer Counterplay Games and publisher by Gearbox Publishing is one of the first games to be confirmed for release on the PlayStation 5. Revealed at the Game Awards in December, the game is a fantasy game that takes its combat cues from games like Monster Hunter.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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