Arkane Teases How Blade Will Look In Its New Game

Developer Arkane Studios has given gamers a glimpse at the star of Marvel’s Blade as part of a recent anniversary celebration. Arkane and parent publisher Bethesda Softworks announced a video game based on the legendary vampire hunter of Marvel Comics during The Game Awards 2023 with an ominous trailer showing the Daywalker tracking the undead in Paris. Marvel’s Blade is being produced in ...read more

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO Crosses 122,000 Concurrent Steam Players

Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is now available worldwide for Standard Edition owners on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Though it crossed 91,000 peak concurrent players on Steam during advanced access (beating out the likes of Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8), it’s hit a new record at 122,554 players at this time of writing. As a follow-up to Dragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, ...read more

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GreedFall 2 Devs Admit Combat Needs "Drastic Improvements"

GreedFall 2: The Dying World just got an update, addressing some complaints from fans. However, developer Spiders is also promising larger updates further down the line, as it admits that the current combat system needs "drastic improvements". This comes after GreedFall 2 launched in early access to negative reviews, with fans of the first game complaining about the new combat mechanics. While ...read more

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Tomb Raider Series Surpasses 100 Million Units Sold

It’s been a while since we played a new Tomb Raider game, but the franchise obviously remains one of the biggest and most prominent names in the medium, and as such, continues to sell at a steady pace. Taking to Twitter, Crystal Dynamics has announced that the Tomb Raider franchise has crossed another major sales milestone, having now collectively sold over 100 millions across all of its ...read more

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Pathologic 3 Announced With Time-Travel Focused New Trailer

The sand plague is back, and it turns out its horrors look even better in 4K. Ice-Pick Lodge dropped a short and moderately grotesque announcement trailer that lets on a lot about Pathologic 3, the much anticipated sequel to Pathologic 2 (2019). The new title has big shoes to fill, after the first game revolutionized the survival horror genre and reached maturity with the second ...read more

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Forza Motorsport Reveals Plans For Anniversary Update

Forza Motorsport was released on October 10, 2023, and developer Turn 10 Studios has released information about how it plans to celebrate the game's one-year anniversary. Specifically, Turn 10 has revealed that it will use the anniversary as an opportunity to release Forza Motorsport's Update 13, which will be "themed around Mustang Month," and to gift players a batch of free cars. Update 13 ...read more

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Xbox 360 Shooter Sees Boom in Popularity After New Sale

A classic first-person shooter from the Xbox 360 is seeing a massive surge in popularity after a new sale. By all accounts, the Xbox 360 may have been one of the best platforms ever for shooters. Games like Halo 3, Far Cry 3, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, BioShock, and Borderlands all came to the throwback Xbox console and have continued to be relevant since. Now, one shooter from the era that ...read more

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MechWarrior 5: Clans Will be Available on Game Pass at Launch

MechWarrior 5: Clans is set to launch in under a week’s time, and for fans of the franchise that were disappointed by its previous outing, the upcoming action title’s promise of a narrative-driven experience has certainly been an intriguing one. Now, ahead of its release, developer Piranha Games has made another key announcement about the game’s availability. It’s been announced that ...read more

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Arkane Teases How Blade Will Look In Its New Game

Developer Arkane Studios has given gamers a glimpse at the star of Marvel’s Blade as part of a recent anniversary celebration. Arkane and parent publisher Bethesda Softworks announced a video game based on the legendary vampire hunter of Marvel Comics during The Game Awards 2023 with an ominous trailer showing the Daywalker tracking the undead in Paris. Marvel’s Blade is being produced in ...read more

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Tomb Raider Series Surpasses 100 Million Units Sold

It’s been a while since we played a new Tomb Raider game, but the franchise obviously remains one of the biggest and most prominent names in the medium, and as such, continues to sell at a steady pace. Taking to Twitter, Crystal Dynamics has announced that the Tomb Raider franchise has crossed another major sales milestone, having now collectively sold over 100 millions across all of its ...read more

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Forza Motorsport Reveals Plans For Anniversary Update

Forza Motorsport was released on October 10, 2023, and developer Turn 10 Studios has released information about how it plans to celebrate the game's one-year anniversary. Specifically, Turn 10 has revealed that it will use the anniversary as an opportunity to release Forza Motorsport's Update 13, which will be "themed around Mustang Month," and to gift players a batch of free cars. Update 13 ...read more

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Xbox 360 Shooter Sees Boom in Popularity After New Sale

A classic first-person shooter from the Xbox 360 is seeing a massive surge in popularity after a new sale. By all accounts, the Xbox 360 may have been one of the best platforms ever for shooters. Games like Halo 3, Far Cry 3, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, BioShock, and Borderlands all came to the throwback Xbox console and have continued to be relevant since. Now, one shooter from the era that ...read more

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MechWarrior 5: Clans Will be Available on Game Pass at Launch

MechWarrior 5: Clans is set to launch in under a week’s time, and for fans of the franchise that were disappointed by its previous outing, the upcoming action title’s promise of a narrative-driven experience has certainly been an intriguing one. Now, ahead of its release, developer Piranha Games has made another key announcement about the game’s availability. It’s been announced that ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1's Performance On PC Has Seemingly Tanked

Mortal Kombat 1 might be overshadowed by the likes of Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and now Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, but developer NetherRealm Studios has been chugging along regardless. It's been releasing DLC and new characters for the title while making sure updates go out on a regular basis for balancing, but if the updates for PC continue to be as rough as the game's latest, NetherRealm ...read more

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Campaign Rewards Revealed

Activision has revealed the multiplayer and Zombies rewards players can get for completing the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign, which includes a plethora of weapon blueprints, an Operator skin, a loading screen, a finishing Move, a spray, and a variety of weapon stickers and charms. Players can also participate in special Campaign Calling Card challenges to unlock various Calling Cards in Call ...read more

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Xbox is reportedly launching a new, more expensive wireless headset

Microsoft is planning to launch a new, more expensive Xbox wireless headset this month. According to dataminer billbil-kun, who has a long track record of leaking new games and hardware prior to their official announcement, the “Xbox Wireless Headset Refresh” will hit Europe on October 22 and the US on November 5. Writing on Dealabs, they claimed the new headset will be priced at ...read more

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Tomb Raider Series Surpasses 100 Million Units Sold

It’s been a while since we played a new Tomb Raider game, but the franchise obviously remains one of the biggest and most prominent names in the medium, and as such, continues to sell at a steady pace. Taking to Twitter, Crystal Dynamics has announced that the Tomb Raider franchise has crossed another major sales milestone, having now collectively sold over 100 millions across all of its ...read more

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PS5 DualSense Controller Used to Perform Surgery

A PlayStation 5 DualSense controller was recently used to perform surgery from a remote location. As we’ve seen on multiple occasions in the past, video game controllers can often be used for purposes other than playing games. This was perhaps most prominently seen this past year with the Titan submersible, which featured steering controls in the form of a Logitech PC controller. Now, ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1's Performance On PC Has Seemingly Tanked

Mortal Kombat 1 might be overshadowed by the likes of Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and now Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, but developer NetherRealm Studios has been chugging along regardless. It's been releasing DLC and new characters for the title while making sure updates go out on a regular basis for balancing, but if the updates for PC continue to be as rough as the game's latest, NetherRealm ...read more

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Campaign Rewards Revealed

Activision has revealed the multiplayer and Zombies rewards players can get for completing the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign, which includes a plethora of weapon blueprints, an Operator skin, a loading screen, a finishing Move, a spray, and a variety of weapon stickers and charms. Players can also participate in special Campaign Calling Card challenges to unlock various Calling Cards in Call ...read more

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Black Myth: Wukong Remains 1 of PS5’s Top Downloaded Games

Black Myth: Wukong continues to be a solid seller for Game Science. The action RPG is one of the top downloaded PS5 games for September 2024. Black Myth: Wukong in the top 5 most downloaded PS5 games In a recent PlayStation Blog post, the top downloaded PS5 games for US/Canada and Europe were revealed. Although Black Myth: Wukong dropped a few ranks down from August, it still remains in the ...read more

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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Martial Arts DLC Leaks

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is seemingly getting a "Martial Arts Pack" as DLC, which some fans think will contain more characters from the original Dragon Ball. Without a doubt, one of the most impressive things about Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is its massive 182-character roster. Before launch, fans were sure that characters from GT and the various non-canon Dragon Ball movies wouldn't be ...read more

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LittleBigPlanet 3 and Its DLC Being Delisted From PS Store

After nearly 10 years, LittleBigPlanet 3 and its DLC is getting delisted from the PlayStation store. Anyone wanting to grab a digital copy of the game has until October 31, 2024 to pick it up before it’s gone forever. LittleBigPlanet 3 delisted nearly 10 years after release The announcement comes from the official LittleBigPlanet X (formerly Twitter) account. The post essentially thanks ...read more

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Sony has started selling refurbished PS5 consoles

Sony has begun selling refurbished PlayStation 5 consoles via its online store PlayStation Direct. The refurbished consoles are pre-owned hardware which has been returned to the company for a variety of reasons, and which are being resold at a discounted price. The hardware may have been returned because it was faulty, or simply because the user opened the box before changing their mind and ...read more

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Mario and Luigi: Brothership Gameplay Showcases Combat

With remakes of Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario RPG fans have been treated to unexpected joys this last year. Soon, Nintendo is set to follow-up up on that one-two punch with an entirely new Mario and Luigi entry in the form of Mario and Luigi: Brothership, and ahead of the RPG’s launch next month, more extensive new gameplay has been showcased. Nintendo Life ...read more

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Nintendo Switch Online New Feature Test Sign-Ups Run Out Instantly

Nintendo opened a Nintendo Switch playtest for a new feature, and sign-ups were completely filled within one minute. The mysterious new Nintendo Switch playtest has fans talking, and apparently many were more than eager to sign up for a chance to check it out. As the Nintendo Switch has been out for seven years now, there's a lot of speculation regarding how much longer the current system will ...read more

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Saudi Arabia Just Made Over $100 Million on Nintendo

Saudi Arabia has reduced its stake in Nintendo as part of a move that is estimated to have netted it over $100 million. This turn of events came as a surprise to some industry watchers, not least because the Middle Eastern country's Public Investment Fund (PIF) was just recently said to be considering doubling down on its Nintendo investment. The PIF first invested in the Japanese gaming giant ...read more

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy is Coming to Switch

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise will be making its long-awaited comeback next month with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, but fans of the horror shooter series already had the chance to revisit the Anomolous Zone when S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of Zone Trilogy brought its original entries to PS4 and Xbox One earlier this year. Not long ago, developer GSC Game World announced that the collection ...read more

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New Nintendo Switch system update ‘improves stability’

A new system update for the Nintendo Switch has been released. According to Nintendo, Tuesday’s version 19.0.0 update includes “general system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.” While not advertised in the official patch notes, dataminer OatmealDome reports that “pretty much every system component was updated” with its release. “This is normal for ...read more

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Saudi Arabia has reduced its stake in Nintendo

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has reduced its stake in Nintendo, according to a new report. CNBC (via GamesIndustry.biz) notes that Savvy Games – an investment group founded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – has cut its stake in Nintendo from 8.58% to 7.54%, a move which still makes it one of Nintendo’s largest shareholders. The move follows widespread ...read more

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Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Rumored to Be Delayed

According to a new Nintendo rumor, the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 has been delayed. The new rumor claims the original plan was for Nintendo to reveal its new Nintendo Switch console sometime this week, but this is no longer the plan, or at least that is what the rumor claims. This comes after a plethora of rumors that claimed a September/early October reveal was in the works. The source ...read more

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Nintendo Striking Down On Emulation Content

Nintendo is once again pursuing harmful copyright actions against some of its most loyal fanbase. Previously, Nintendo had issued copyright strikes when YouTube channels allowed music from Nintendo games to be heard within posted videos. Now, the video game developer has struck a channel for simply creating emulation-related content. Nintendo’s history of product protection is long and ...read more

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO Crosses 122,000 Concurrent Steam Players

Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is now available worldwide for Standard Edition owners on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Though it crossed 91,000 peak concurrent players on Steam during advanced access (beating out the likes of Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8), it’s hit a new record at 122,554 players at this time of writing. As a follow-up to Dragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, ...read more

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GreedFall 2 Devs Admit Combat Needs "Drastic Improvements"

GreedFall 2: The Dying World just got an update, addressing some complaints from fans. However, developer Spiders is also promising larger updates further down the line, as it admits that the current combat system needs "drastic improvements". This comes after GreedFall 2 launched in early access to negative reviews, with fans of the first game complaining about the new combat mechanics. While ...read more

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Tomb Raider Series Surpasses 100 Million Units Sold

It’s been a while since we played a new Tomb Raider game, but the franchise obviously remains one of the biggest and most prominent names in the medium, and as such, continues to sell at a steady pace. Taking to Twitter, Crystal Dynamics has announced that the Tomb Raider franchise has crossed another major sales milestone, having now collectively sold over 100 millions across all of its ...read more

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Pathologic 3 Announced With Time-Travel Focused New Trailer

The sand plague is back, and it turns out its horrors look even better in 4K. Ice-Pick Lodge dropped a short and moderately grotesque announcement trailer that lets on a lot about Pathologic 3, the much anticipated sequel to Pathologic 2 (2019). The new title has big shoes to fill, after the first game revolutionized the survival horror genre and reached maturity with the second ...read more

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Forza Motorsport Reveals Plans For Anniversary Update

Forza Motorsport was released on October 10, 2023, and developer Turn 10 Studios has released information about how it plans to celebrate the game's one-year anniversary. Specifically, Turn 10 has revealed that it will use the anniversary as an opportunity to release Forza Motorsport's Update 13, which will be "themed around Mustang Month," and to gift players a batch of free cars. Update 13 ...read more

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Football Manager 25 Delayed to March 2025

The Football Manager series sticks to its annual release schedule pretty consistently, but this year will see Sports Interactive and Sega breaking tradition a little bit. Football Manager 25 was recently announced, with the game being touted as the series’ biggest visual and technical upgrade in a generation, thanks to a switch in engines. At the time, it was given a November release date, ...read more

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NBA 2K23 Servers Already Going Offline On December 31

While sports games are usually replaced by publishers with the latest iteration like clockwork every year, it's not fair to assume that gamers snap up every year's entry as well. For those still playing NBA 2K23 on consoles and PC, Visual Concepts has confirmed that the basketball sim's servers are going offline and the move is happening soon. In an announcement on the 2K Support board, 2K ...read more

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Silent Hill 2 Remake Peaks at Over 23,000 Concurrent Steam Players

Silent Hill 2’s remake launched globally today after having been available in early access for Deluxe Edition owners over the weekend, and following receiving widespread critical acclaim, the survival horror title also seems to be attracting audiences in decent numbers. As per SteamDB, at the time of writing, Silent Hill 2 has seen a peak of 23,676 players on Steam. Those aren’t terrible ...read more

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Resident Evil 2 is coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac

Capcom will release Resident Evil 2 for iPhone, iPad and Mac later this year. Following in the footstep of its Resident Evil 4, 7 and Village mobile ports, the game will hit the App Store on December 31, 2024. It will be supported on iPhone 15 Pro models, iPhone 16, and every iPad and Mac with the M1 chip or later. Like the previous Resident Evil releases on iOS, the beginning of the ...read more

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TikTok Is Being Sued by Multiple US States

TikTok is being sued by over a dozen states, who allege that the popular social media app is harming children. The litigation adds to TikTok's growing list of stateside legal troubles. Aside from the looming threat of its nationwide ban, which could go into effect as early as January 2025, the ByteDance-owned app has recently faced a string of other legal issues in the United States, its ...read more

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Epic is continuing its free games gamble with its mobile store

Epic Games is still working on its own mobile storefront, and whenever it does launch, it'll be continuing its free games program there too. Since 2018, Fortnite developer Epic Games has run its own digital storefront for PC games, though there's definitely been some bumps on the way. It arrived without some key features, including what you'd think are simple things like wishlisting, but it's ...read more

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Twitch Makes Change to Partner Stats Requirements

Twitch is making a major change to the way the Amazon-owned streaming platform calculates its requirements to obtain partner status, now including viewership from raids from other channels. The massively popular streaming platform has seen plenty of changes in recent years to make a positive impact on its talents, shipping out a plethora of helpful features. Twitch rolled out new updates to its ...read more

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Microsoft is discontinuing its HoloLens mixed reality headsets

Microsoft has confirmed that it’s discontinuing its HoloLens mixed reality headsets. The company told UploadVR that HoloLens 2 production has ended, meaning now is the last time to buy the hardware before stock runs out. Prices for HoloLens 2, which launched in 2019, start at $3,500 / £3,349. Microsoft said HoloLens 2 will continue to receive “updates to address critical security ...read more

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PUBG Studios is bringing Palworld to mobile

A mobile game based on Palworld is on the way, it’s been announced. South Korean publisher Krafton, which owns PUBG Studios and The Callisto Protocol studio Striking Distance, announced that it has “signed a licensing agreement with Japanese game developer Pocketpair for the intellectual property of Palworld”. “Through this contract, Krafton will expand the Palworld IP to the mobile ...read more

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Epic Games files lawsuit against Samsung and Google

Epic Games is back with its lawsuits, this time targeting Samsung and Google. The video game company alleges that Google and Samsung engaged in anti-competitive practices to stifle competition in the Android ecosystem. Epic Games says that Google and Samsung colluded to block third-party app stores on Samsung devices through a feature called "Auto Blocker." The company says this feature was ...read more

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Nexon Hit With Layoffs

Nexon, the owner of games like Dave the Diver and The First Descendant, is reportedly set to conduct job cuts at its US office. Headquartered in Japan, Nexon is an originally South Korean developer-publisher that started business back in 1994. Over the past few years, a series of layoffs throughout the game industry has impacted the livelihood of many people. Even market leaders, such as ...read more

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Destiny 2: Vesper’s Host Dungeon Trailer Teases Fallen Threats

With Destiny 2 Episode 2: Revenant now available, players can soon dive into the latest dungeon – Vesper’s Host. It sees the Guardians investigating Vesper Station, a derelict Braytech facility above Europa. The latest trailer showcases the Fallen, Vex in containment cells, a recording detailing a strange corruption and Icebreaker. The dungeon goes live on October 11th at 9:30 AM PT for ...read more

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Metaphor: ReFantazio Trailer Hypes up Imminent Launch

Even in a period as densely packed with major releases as this one, Metaphor: ReFantazio stands as one of the biggest releases to look forward to. Based on early reviews for the fantasy RPG, it’s yet another knockout punch by the creative leads behind the Persona series, and as excitement continues to go in the lead-up to its release, the Japanese developer has released a new launch trailer to ...read more

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy is Coming to Switch

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise will be making its long-awaited comeback next month with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, but fans of the horror shooter series already had the chance to revisit the Anomolous Zone when S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of Zone Trilogy brought its original entries to PS4 and Xbox One earlier this year. Not long ago, developer GSC Game World announced that the collection ...read more

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Pathologic 3 Announced With Time-Travel Focused New Trailer

The sand plague is back, and it turns out its horrors look even better in 4K. Ice-Pick Lodge dropped a short and moderately grotesque announcement trailer that lets on a lot about Pathologic 3, the much anticipated sequel to Pathologic 2 (2019). The new title has big shoes to fill, after the first game revolutionized the survival horror genre and reached maturity with the second entry.

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Activision has released the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 launch trailer

Activision has released the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launch trailer, which is viewable below. Featuring campaign, multiplayer and Zombies modes, the new Call of Duty game will be released on October 25, 2024. It will be available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4 and PC. Black Ops 6 will also be the first Call of Duty title to launch on Game Pass on day one.

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Silent Hill 2 Remake Launch Trailer Teases Revelations

Reviews have gone live for Konami’s Silent Hill 2 remake, and the general critical consensus is very positive, as evidenced by the 87 Metascore on Metacritic. The launch trailer is also available, showcasing protagonist James Sunderland and his descent into the titular town. Check it out below. James arrives after receiving a letter from his wife, Mary, who recently passed. Of course, it’s ...read more

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Halo Infinite is getting a third-person mode

Halo Infinite is set to get a third-person mode next month. The news was announced during the 2024 Halo World Championship in Seattle, during a discussion on the game’s development. It was revealed that the game will be receiving an update in November which adds the ability to play the game from an over-the-shoulder viewpoint, for the first time in the Halo series. Third-person ...read more

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Metro Awakening Gameplay Highlights Stealth, Gunplay, and Survival

After announcing its release date at State of Play, Vertigo Games’ Metro Awakening has received some extensive new gameplay. It showcases the protagonist, Dr. Serdar, sneaking past bandits looking for materials. This erupts into a full-blown firefight, and it’s not long before the mutants come out to play. Similar to previous games, players have a gas mask (with filters), a wristwatch, a ...read more

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