Recent coverage from the games press, pulled from five outlets and shown newest first.
Recent coverage from the games press, pulled from five outlets and shown newest first.
Headlines link to the original article on the publisher’s site.
After 12 hours, the Brave Exvius reimagining just can’t satiate my hunger
A collection of sports games designed to spark deceptively heated rivalries.
Final Fantasy Resonance retools Brave Exvius and sets a new benchmark for HD-2D visuals alongside solid turn-based combat and incredible music, which carry an underwhelming story.
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign is currently available in early access , and if you're among the many who pre-ordered a copy in order to play it before launch, you've likely noticed a locked difficulty setting that's harder, even, than Realism. Read more
GTA 6 launches in November, and everyone expects it to be a giant, record-breaking release . But just how big will the release be? Early signs are pointing to an enormous, unprecedented launch, and new data backs that up. Sensor Tower compiled preorder data for some of the biggest games released over the past six years, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022), Diablo 4 (2023), Hogwarts Legacy (2023), and Marvel's Spider-Man (2023). The analysis firm found, as reported by GI.biz , that…
"Basically, your sales curve becomes like a roller coaster."
As Cyberpunk 2077' s sixth anniversary approaches, developer CD Projekt Red has announced Update 2.5, timed to coincide with the second season of the anime spin-off series, Cyberpunk Edgerunners. The update will include "new items and features" inspired by the second season of the anime, and it'll go live on October 22 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. "We're talking cyberware customization, a new dual-wielding playstyle, and more," CD Projekt Red wrote in a social media post. Fans can tune in…
PEGI, the European video game age rating agency, has started raising the age ratings of digital games that feature loot boxes to 16. The rollout of this new, stricter approach, is expected to occur throughout October. Read more
CD Projekt Red has announced that Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a free update to coincide with the release of anime series Edgerunners 2 on Netflix. Read more
Red Dead Redemption 2's infamous animated horse testicles , which are realistic enough to contract in cold weather and expand again in the warmth, were apparently not a feature mandated by Rockstar. As iconic as they've become - a symbol of extraordinary detail in the game - they didn't originate from a list of features that needed to be added to the game. The horse testicles were instead the unexpected work of one person, or a group of people, autonomously working on the Cowboy epic. Read more
Bend an ear for this.
Bungie surprised players last month by announcing its intention to bring back Destiny 2 campaigns and other additions taken out of the game over the years. When that 'unvaulting' plan was initially announced, Bungie didn't share any specifics, nor a timeline as to when we can expect the things to return. Read more
God of War's Kratos almost went by a different name, but developers at Santa Monica Studio made too many Domino's pizza jokes.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season Two once again sees Studio Trigger handle animation duties, and this time, the anime powerhouse has gotten even wilder with its depiction of Night City and its residents. While the first season was bold in its visual direction, director Kai Ikarashi has pushed it even further, using more abstract shapes and experimental animation techniques to capture the look and feel of a cutting-edge dystopia. What does that lead to? A new season that showrunner Bartosz Sztybor…
Amid all the violence and cool cyborg technology, the first season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a tragic love story at its core. But in the second season? It might be more punk-rock , following a new cast of characters around Night City, but according to showrunner Bartosz Sztybor, emotional themes of love and parenthood are the connective tissue between seasons. "Honestly, from my perspective, all the themes, emotions, and questions are almost the same as with season one," Sztybor said to…
Spooky, dark, deep.
CD Projekt has announced a surprise update to Cyberpunk 2077, due out this week.
This will be deemed a win-win for the US economy and national security.
Intel giving SteamOS a little more love?
Techland’s founder and CEO, Paweł Marchewka, recently hosted a Discord AMA with fans of the company’s parkour-fueled zombie series, during which he announced the end of support for Dying Light: The Beast.
