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Month: December 2020
It isn’t surprising, but there is a brand new Nintendo Minute episode that has released today, the first episode to release after The Game Awards happened last night. What is also unsurprising is that, once again, Kit and Krysta are playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons in this week’s episode. The pair said in the video
The last we heard from Oddworld: Soulstorm, it was due to be released early 2020. As you may have noticed, it missed that window. After a long period of silence, the game appeared at The Game Awards with a new release window: spring 2021. Oddworld Inhabitants co-founder and president Lorne Lanning explained the delay: Yesterday,
Earlier this week, I opened up about how one of the more dangerous aspects in the game – the braindance sequences – was incidentally designed in a way that medical professionals use to trigger seizures for diagnostic purposes. That design caused me a grand mal seizure, which inspired me to write a small guide about
Destiny players have grown accustomed to the arrival of The Dawning around this time every year. Bungie’s in-game holiday celebration may not mention things like Hannukkah, Christmas, or New Years in any direct way, but it nonetheless is certainly an opportunity for snowy themes, gifts, and frolicking. Every year brings a few twists on expectation, and
Sega has announced that Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s beloved Yakuza franchise will soon be nearly complete on Xbox and PC. Starting in January, players will be able to add The Yakuza Remastered Collection, which gathers Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 to their Game Pass libraries. Then, two months later, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, joins that
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Polish developer CD Projekt Red has been working on Cyberpunk 2077 in some capacity since 2012, and that’s a long time for hype to build. Anticipation has ratcheted up each time the game was delayed in 2020, but it finally
Last week, we asked you to venture into the frosty corners of your favorite games to share winter settings using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s wintery shares: Ellie ventures out into the snow on horseback in this The Last of Us Part II share by MaxHardo. Jin gazes out into the winter darkness in
There’s nothing better than munching on a bag of Doritos, preferably Cool flavour, with a cheesy dip while having a night in watching films. But did you know Doritos used to be the life and soul of gaming sessions? You didn’t have to get your controllers messy either, as I’m referring to the 2010 party
It’s always risky pointing out typos in other people’s work — goodness knows enough tiny errors slip through this writer’s net. Still, typos tend to stick out like a sore thumb when you find one some place unexpected. The internet is full of them, but they really catch your eye when you’re away from your
Now that Cyberpunk 2077 is out, there’s been a lot of performance issues and bugs reported across the board. Some however are at least worth a laugh. The latest episode of Highlight Reel, posted the same day as the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 has a dedicated section to the open world sci-fi RPG, which has
The Autobots fight for their lives in the last moments of the Transformer homeworld. See the beginning of the end in this trailer for Fall of Cybertron from Spike’s 2011 Video Game Awards! Get in on the Spike 2011 Video Game Awards action at http://vga.spike.com
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC. Shadowlands offers some great new characters and stories, alongside the most compelling max level experience WoW has had in many years. With a single act of destruction, Sylvanas Windrunner has ripped open the way to the afterlife. Azeroth’s staunchest defenders have been dragged into all-consuming
During last night’s The Game Awards show with games announcements man Geoff Keighley, a different Geoff actually arrived to deliver one of the reveals. Geoff Ramsey, one of the voices from ye olde Halo-based Red Vs Blue web series, popped out in character as Grif of the red team to announce a new capture the
With the release of the PlayStation 5, Sony achieved the biggest console launch month in the history of video games, according to NPD’s November reports. Sony’s new console broke the record of most units sold in a launch month, which was previously held by PlayStation 4 in November 2013. It also broke the record for
Hello, Travelers! Genshin Impact’s dev team here, eager to share with you some early intel on Dragonspine, our first new map addition which will come to the game on December 23. Dragonspine is a frozen mountain range in the south of Mondstadt that few dare to set foot in. As one of the most inhospitable
Every year, The Game Awards recognizes the creative and technical excellence in the video game industry. Tonight’s show brought together a mix of players, developers, and gaming culture to the forefront. Hosted by Geoff Keighley and featuring guest presenters like Brie Larson, Keanu Reeves, Christopher Nolan, Reggie Fils-Aime, Nolan North, and many others, the show
Games have been announced, awards have been handed out, speeches have been made, musical performances have been done, and so much more. But, all things must come to an end. As of this article’s writing, The Game Awards 2020 have now come to a close, and we now know everyone who took home awards. There
Even though it couldn’t be held with an audience present, The Game Awards was still a spectacle this year. With celebrity appearances, new game reveals, and (of course) awards, viewers had a lot to take in over the event’s three-hour runtime. But for those who didn’t watch the live broadcast online – or don’t have several hours to devote to
BioWare managed to sneak not one, but two super vague teasers into The Game Awards 2020. The show’s world premieres concluded with a trailer that rushed through space before settling on a character climbing a mountain on a snowy planet. She brushes snow from a piece of debris featuring a familiar logo—N7—before we get a
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Cyberpunk 2077 launched this week, but if you’re stuck playing the game on the original Xbox or PS4, what you’ve seen in trailers doesn’t exactly reflect the game you’ll get if you pull the trigger. It’s a given that games
The skateboarding community have had one hell of a gaming year with EA confirming a new SKATE will be on the way, Tony Hawk’s dropping a full remaster of his best games, and Skater XL delivering a more simulation style affair to Xbox One, PS4 and PC. But it’s set to get better still and
Famitsu’s Japanese chart figures are now in for 30th November – 6th December, revealing that Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! has secured top spot for a third week in a row. The railroad management game is showing no signs of slowing down, selling another 115,884 physical copies this week. It’s managed to outsell
So long, Flash. After decades of driving independent game developers, animators and artists, the venerable web tool is being shut down for good at the end of the month. This week, Adobe pushed the final release of Flash Player to the web with a fond farewell – and an encouragement to uninstall the compromised tool
Geoff Keighley’s returns with his annual awards show, The Game Awards, to celebrate the year in gaming and announce loads of new stuff. The annual award show and announcement platform, The Game Awards, goes live later today (Thursday, December 10) and it promises to be a star-studded show brimming with new announcements and accolades galore.
Through engaging puzzles and a captivating story, Call of the Sea provides an excellent, poignant adventure. Reviewed on Xbox Series by Simon Cardy. Call of the Sea is also available on Xbox One and PC.
The PlayStation 5 and toilet paper have a few things in common: they both experienced severe shortages this year, were picked up by scalpers and hoarders, and were nowhere to be found. However, when the Covid-19 lockdowns eased, people were able to purchase toilet paper. The same can’t be said for the PS5, which released
Summary Unto The End is out today, available with Xbox Game Pass for console and PC Experience full-blooded encounters, with a deep, one-of-a-kind combat system An absorbing adventure, designed as a pure gaming experience, and with an emphasis on player skill After four years in the making, the debut game from 2 Ton Studios is
Despite the beginning of a new generation of consoles, stock shortages, and the obstacles created by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this year has been a continuation of major sales success for Nintendo‘s Switch console that has been going since it launched more than 3 years ago. And it’s still showing no signs of ending anytime
The Little Nightmares II Wilderness demo has been released on Steam. The same demo will arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch early next year. The demo places new protagonist Mono in the middle of a dark and creepy forest where he must start his journey towards the Signal Tower. Along the way there’ll