Everything We Know About Beast Of Reincarnation, The Pokémon Devs’ New Action RPG
The upcoming RPG is one of Game Freak's most large-scale projects
New Virtua Fighter PS5 Footage Leaks, And It's Blowing My Mind
Holy animation, RGG Studio.If this leaked Virtua Fighter footage is real – and I certainly have no reason to doubt it – then we’re potentially looking at a true next-gen fighting game here.The video, labelled Virtua Fighter Crossroads, shows over 90 seconds of gameplay featuring a number of…
Pokémon Company Considers Using Government ID To Tackle TCG Scalping
Extreme behaviour calls for an extreme response.The Pokémon Company has issued a statement (thanks, Automaton) confirming that it is considering using government-issued ID to tackle scalping in the Trading Card Game community.Though it doesn't outright refer to scalpers, The Pokémon Company says…
It's not just PS Plus Essential getting a price hike: Premium and Extra tiers are now more expensive too
Following Sony's carefully worded PlayStation Plus price increase announcement earlier this week, the company has confirmed what everybody already expected but what it hadn't yet said out loud: it's not just PS Plus Essential going up in price; Premium and Extra are now more expensive too. Read more
Prophet Margin is a holy city-builder that combines the joy of trade routes with the terror of God
Many fantasy games deal in the prospect of sacrificing things to gods, but few dramatise the associated exciting logistical pressures. Say you want to chuck a bunch of virgins into a volcano at regular intervals, to stop the regional Vulcan pulling a Pompei. Well, how are you going to procure an…
'No Comment': Darksiders Publisher Refuses to Explain $10 PS5 Upgrade Charge That's Free on Xbox
THQ Nordic offers a no comment response.The random PS5 upgrade for Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, which in itself is a PS4 remaster of a PS3 game, is now available. It's packing a few enhancements and updates, but what current owners of the PS4 version might be surprised to learn is they have to…
Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 21-24)
A Warhammer takeover!Xbox Free Play Days is back again for the next few days, and as always, we've got a few titles that are free to play throughout its duration, with Warhammer being the name of the game this week.Yep, to tie in with the 'Warhammer Skulls' event this month, a batch of grimdark…
Lenovo Confirms The G02 Emulation Handheld Is Legit
"A regional brand licensing agreement meant for the China market only".A short while ago, eyebrows were raised when an $63 emulation handheld pre-loaded with ROMs appeared on AliExpress bearing Lenovo branding.The Hong Kong-based Lenovo is best known today as one of the world's largest personal…
Xbox hires analyst who said games were losing the attention battle with gambling, crypto and porn as chief strategy officer in another leadership revamp
Microsoft's newly appointed gaming boss Asha Sharma has made more leadership changes at Xbox, this time hiring a handful of executives to help lead the company that include an industry analyst who said games were losing the attention war to gambling, porn and crypto. Read more
Security researcher describes freshly uncovered Windows 11 vulnerability as 'one of the most insane discoveries I ever found.'
The king in yellow.
PS5 Sci-Fi RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Recasts Its Main Character Following Brutal Fan Feedback
Osiris Reborn, reborn.The male main character in The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will be completely recast ahead of the game's eventual launch next year.The sci-fi RPG recently received a closed beta — essentially a demo — across all platforms, including PS5, with the intention being that developer…
Nvidia says 'demand for AI infrastructure continues to expand at an unprecedented pace' but after speaking to experts about it, I'm not so sure
The future of the AI industry isn't as certain as Nvidia seems to make out.
WoW: Midnight's hardcore raiders are on a gold treadmill, with a first-time clear of Mythic Midnight Falls costing around 87,750 gold in repairs alone
And that's before consumables, which ramps that bill up to 340,692 if you're going full tryhard.
Review: R-Type Dimensions III (Switch) - A Novel Remaster But A Purist's Nightmare
The third thunder.One could be forgiven for thinking they missed an entry in this storied R-Type series of re-releases, but in fact the preceding R-Type Dimensions released in 2009 (and again as R-Type Dimensions EX in 2018) contained both the first two games in one package.R-Type III: The Third…
Co-op is definitely the worst way to play Subnautica 2, but as a big old sea-wuss, I really don't care
Confession time: I never actually finished the original Subnautica. It's not that I didn't love its clever mix of sandbox survival and structured narrative; it's just that I'm a massive wuss when it comes to the sea. Or what lies beneath, at least. Subnautica's sun-kissed Safe Shallows? Fine,…
Just Days from Release, Promising PS5 RPG Wandering Sword Delayed into 2027
The wandering continues.In what has got to be one of the most bizarre delays I've seen in a long time, Wandering Sword has been pushed back to the 21st January, 2027.It was previously planned to release next week, on the 28th May.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
McDonald's Japan Is Teasing A New Mega Man Crossover, With The Help Of A Classic Internet Meme
'Air Man ga Taosenai' was originally released in 2007.McDonald's Japan is teasing a new video game-related collaboration coming to its stores, and this time it seems to be based on Capcom's Mega Man series (h/t: Rockman Corner).Last year, as you may remember, Capcom teamed up with McDonald's Japan…
New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve
Valve have moved to dismiss a New York attorney general lawsuit accusing them of facilitating illegal gambling by way of lootboxes on Steam, after first seeking to try it in the court of public opinion. In a memo filed this week, the company offered a largely familiar defence against the New York…
Rebooted AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU for the 10th anniversary of the AM4 socket spotted online for $310, keeping DDR4 and your hopes of a PC upgrade alive
Can it really be 10 years since AM4 appeared?
'Luna Abyss' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass, And Here's What The Reviews Are Saying
Another day one release on XGP!Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, single-player 'bullet hell' shooter Luna Abyss joins the library as the latest day one release for the service across Xbox Series X|S, PC and Cloud.Here's a brief description of what to expect from this title:Read…