If there’s one game I’m hungry for this decade, it’s a new chapter in The Elder Scrolls. 2011’s Skyrim still stands as one of my absolute favourite sandboxes, a glorious Nordic adventure filled with swords, sorcery and ye Daedric gods so many damn loading screens. A sixth Elder Scrolls game is on the way, but as usual Bethesda is keeping …
Over on reddit, a patent for the DualShock 5 was discovered, one that details how this controller is looking to solve the age old problem of your battery dying at the worst possible time.
The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of game developers who cover the everything there is about making a video game in the modern age, won’t see team blue on the showfloor. Sony has been especially cautious in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, cancelling an appearance at PAX East (Where new The Last of Us Part II gameplay was scheduled to be shown) and now confirming via Games Industry that they’ll be skipping GDC as well lest PlayStation system architect Mark Cerny’s amazingly soothing voice be at risk before he has a chance to show off the PS5.
Warner Bros. Montreal and their rumoured Batman game has so far encompassed everything from a new prequel pitting the dark knight against the Court of Owls, a proper sequel focused more on fear than ever before to a spin-off starring Damian Wayne under the cowl. One aspect of Batman mythos that hasn’t been touched on yet? The idea of a Batman who takes up Bruce Wayne’s mantle long after the caped crusader laid his war on crime to rest. A new hero for a new age where Batman needs to go…Beyond.
What we know about the PlayStation 5 so far is a great big fat something. We know it’s going to have a solid state drive so that loading screens can be take out back and put to sleep with a shotgun blast to the face. We know of some of the games that’ll be launching on it, such as Outriders. …
It may have all the trappings of a looter-shooter, but People Can Fly's new game Outriders is bucking the live service trend and attempting to deliver as complete a game as possible on launch day.
We’re on the verge of a new console gaming era, and you’re most likely already saving up to grab either a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X. This coming generation might be the priciest of the lot if new reports are accurate.
There’s a new generation of video games on the way, and one of the first such titles looking to bring the idea of enemy heads erupting in a geyser of maths all so that you can score some sweet loot, is Outriders. Developer People Can Fly, they of the dick-killing fame behind the criminally underrated Bulletstorm, are dipping their toes into loot ‘n shoot territory on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, and so far the game looks kind of neat.
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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