It’s odd that Star Wars has never embraced the horror of the galaxy. The franchise has hopped around sub-genres over time, including westerns withThe Mandalorian, yet they’ve never looked to scare the audience. There’s no reason they couldn’t, horror can be a part ofStar Warsand has been used as a storytelling framework in the comics and books, but not in games. The next big Star Wars game comes from Ubisoft with Star Wars Outlaws...
If you’re a fan of first-person shooters, you’re going to want to head on over to Steam. The storefront is currently holding its Steam FPS Fest which runs until 10am PT / 5pm GMT on 22 April. It features a wide array of incredible discounts. You can currently grabDOOMwith 80% off,Fallout4with 75% off,Far Cry5with 85% off, andResident EvilBiohazardwith 60% off. Advert Advert Elsewhere on the event page, you’ll find a wide selection of demos you can enjoy for a limited-time....
The Witcher 3is already a massive, brilliant game featuring hundreds of quests, NPCs, and items to discover. But what if it got bigger? The Witcher 3 is set to get even bigger now mod tools are in the hands of creators PC gaming wouldn’t be what it is today without mods. In fact, gaming would be a poorer industry without mods. It’s where a lot of creators get started and some of gaming’s biggest genres have started as mods....
During this current cost-of-living crisis, we’ve got to save money however we can and spend it wisely. Yet, it’s also massively important to maintain positive mental health and a great way to keep our spirits up is being immersed in our favourite video games.That being said, keeping up with the cost of our favourite hobbies is never easy and modern video game consoles are no exception. At the full RRP, anXbox Series Xcan cost up to $499/£499, whereas thePlayStation 5can cost $499/£479....
We all know that Sony will release the highly anticipated PlayStation 5 Pro at some point. It’s not a matter of if but when. After all, we’ve been reporting on a seemingly endless stream ofPlayStation 5 Proleaks and rumours for months. Ever since the launch of the original PlayStation console,Sonyhas released at least one iteration of its console during that generation and thePS4was the first console to receive a Pro version....
Invincibleis a mature animated series that brings great character development, emotion and multi-layered stories that will keep you hooked from start to finish. There’s a good reason why fans cannot get enough of the popularcomic bookadaptation onAmazon’sstreaming service. Check out the Invincible season two trailer below! “Mark Grayson is a normal teenager, except for the fact that his father, Nolan, is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop Viltrumite powers of his own and enters as the superhero “Invincible” under his father’s tutelage,” reads the synopsis ofInvincibleseason one....
The Assassin’s Creed franchise has always reliably delivered. Naturally, some entries are stronger than others but there’s no doubt that there’s plenty of fun to be had in each and every one. Last year’sAssassin’s CreedMiragetook the franchise back to its stealth-based roots whilst the upcomingCodename Redwill mark a return to the RPG formula. Taking players to the highly requested Feudal Japan,Codename Redwill reportedly centre around a female shinobi and a male samurai with the samurai possibly based on the real life figure of Yasuke....
Baldur’s Gate 3was easily 2023’s biggest success story, with the Larian Studios RPG picking up every major Game of the Year award going. That includes the BAFTA Games Award for Best Game.Baldur’s Gate 3went into last week’s ceremony with an incredible 10 nominations, with it ultimately winning five awards. Those were for the aforementioned Best Game, Best Narrative, Best Music, and Best Performance in a Supporting Role for Andrew Wincott, in addition to the player-voted EE Players’ Choice award....
It’s going to be a long, long time until CD Projekt RED is ready to unveil more on the upcomingProject Orion, the official sequel toCyberpunk 2077. Given thatPhantom Libertyis set to be the game’s only expansion, its release last year marked the end of an era. Fair to say that betweenPhantom Libertyand Update 2.0, developers have finallydelivered on the vision they once promised. Advert Advert The last couple of years have been transformative forCyberpunk 2077and while no further expansions are on the way, executive producer Maciej Włodarkiewiczdid tease somethingfollowing last week’s BAFTA Best Evolving game win....
One thing that many RPGs feature that was sadly missing fromCyberpunk 2077, is companions. You’ve got to love rolling through the world with a buddy at your side. CD Projekt Reddidn’t give us the chance to take people like Judy out intoNight Citywith us, fighting alongside us, going out to random noodle spots. But this mod changes all of that. Cyberpunk 2077 has been receiving updates since the DLC launch but is slowly wrapping up...
It turns out there are huge underground areas inElden Ringthat we missed out on. According to dataminer Sekiro Dubi, the game’s original underground was much bigger.According todata within the game’s code, Fromsoft cut a large amount of content before they settled on the finished product, and the underground areas would have “altered” due to “cataclysms”Elden Ring is set to get even bigger with the DLC, Shadow of the ErdtreeSekiro Dubi has mapped out the cut sections and placed them alongside what we got in the final cut of the game....
With the success of Prime Video’sFalloutshow still fresh on everybody’s minds, it is no wonder that many old and new gamers are booting up the Bethesda titles.Released earlier this month, the much-loved RPG franchise,Fallout,saw itself getting adapted for the big screen thanks toPrime Video. The show consists of eight episodes telling the story of vault dweller Lucy who leaves the comfort of Vault 33 to search for her father.Check out our interview with theFalloutcast below!...
I’ve been waiting for the opportune moment to write about this, and what do you know, Amazon went and dropped all episodes ofFalloutfor me to justify my love of roguish ghouls.Not the feral ghouls that mindlessly attack, but rather the badass ghouls like Walton Goggin’s The Ghoul and John Hancock fromFallout4; those fine, irradiated men deserve our love more than we realise.Confined to a life of judgement due to taking a serious dose of radiation, these ghouls have been cast as outsiders....
