To say it has been a wild few years for GameStop might be the biggest understatement imaginable in the corporate world. First, the company was on death’s door due to declining sales and the rise of digital downloads. When the pandemic happened, it put a stranglehold on all brick-and-mortar businesses. Then on top of that was the thing that nobody could have predicted: the wild stock market fiasco from a few months ago....
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard will support 4K and High Dynamic Range on PS4 Pro, Capcom has announced. We don’t yet know whether that means native 4K or upscaled via Sony’s ‘Checkerboard Rendering’ technique, although we expect it could be the latter. Resident Evil 7 launches on PS4, Xbox One and PC on January 24, 2017. Yesterday, a range of pre-order bonuses (including one that hinted at the return of zombie burning) were discovered online....
Most Mac game ports are pretty simple: take an existing Windows title, run it through a compatibility layer like Wine, make some UI tweaks and you’re most of the way to a half-decent Mac version. This approach often leads to performance and stability issues, but it’s a reasonably easy way to convert a popular game to MacOS. However, with the advent of Apple Silicon - Apple’s custom ARM-based Mac SoCs - we’re starting to see a different approach....
Few filmmakers have established a distinct, original voice as quickly as Robert Eggers. Over the last several years, Eggers’ two horror films, The Witch and The Lighthouse, took genre fans and film festivals by storm with their meticulously researched historical authenticity and nightmarish imagery. “I like finding things that are on the fringes and sort of half-forgotten, and to remind us of those things,” Eggers says when we sit down to discuss The Lighthouse....
Blizzard has dropped the patch notes for this week’s latest update to Overwatch 2 – which also marks the start of the game’s Halloween Terror event. While the seasonal additions are of course the headline grabbing additions, this update is also significant as it sees the return of both Torbjorn and Bastion to the hero roster in Competitive – after they were removed to fix bugs earlier this month. Check out the full patch notes for the new update, courtesy of Blizzard, below....
Paper Mario returns this year with Paper Mario: Color Splash for Wii U, Nintendo has announced. In Colour Smash Prism Island is being drained of colour, and only Mario’s Paint Hammer can return colour by painting everything it hits. Nintendo also announced new content coming to Super Mario Maker. The 100 Mario Challenge’s Super Expert Difficulty will be added as a free update on March 9. Unlocked after players clear Expert mode, Super Expert includes six extremely tough courses....
Turn-based RPGs have been around since the ‘80s and have offered many different variations on combat. Since this genre is one of the oldest in video games, it’s become increasingly rare to see new innovations in turn-based combat. Paper Mario: The Origami King is one of those rare titles that brings something wholly unique to the genre, offering turn-based combat that’s ostensibly simple but over time reveals itself to be deceptively complex and mind-numbingly challenging, particularly later in the game....
Our quick take Parrot AR Drone 2.0 Power Edition - 5.0 / 5 In the box Wireless control Two cameras App Flipping heck Bees Privacy issues Battery Performance To recap One might argue that £300 is quite a lot of change to drop on a flying toy. And, the sensible bit of us agrees. However, the sensible bit of us makes up about 1 per cent of our total body mass, the rest is 10-year-old child, so therfore we’re utterly in love with the AR Drone and suggest that, if you have the money, or want to have some aeroplane-based fun without spending thousands on a remote control plane, then the AR Drone is perfect....
Congratulations! You’ve made it to the very end of Persona 5 Strikers… as long as you failed to notice that you haven’t unlocked some skills, and there’s one major plot point unresolved. Either way, the Thieves feel like this battle will fix everything, so you might as well give it your all. The battle with Tony Stark Akira Konoe in the Osaka Jail definitely feels like a climax boss fight for Persona 5 Strikers, though....
Since the game’s inception, Phasmophobia developer Kinetic Games has been firing out regular updates. Other than your usual smattering of bug fixes, among the most common have been improvements to ghost behavior. The spirits and undead haunts of Phasmophobia have become smarter and more terrifying since late last year. The developer also released a new prison level, and is likely working on more spooky locations. So, what’s next for the game?...
Evo 2018 is kicking off this weekend, and to mark the occasion Steam is giving you the chance to play a number of popular scrappers free as well as pick them up on the cheap. The free to play weekend festivities will include celebrated fighting games BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Street Fighter V, and Tekken 7. You’ll be able to take all three for a spin without spending a penny between today and Monday, August 6 at 6....
In the Pokémon franchise, the focus is around capturing and battling Pokémon. Trainers embark on a journey at ten years old to receive their first partner and explore the world, defeating the eight gym leaders and challenging the Elite Four, with the hope of becoming the Champion. Part of that process is catching powerful Pokémon for their team, so they can defeat just about anyone that challenges them. The trick is that not all Pokémon are created equally....
So, Mew really is under the truck; my uncle is a janitor at Nintendo, he told me himself! You have to fill up the Pokédex four times and then use strength 45 times on the truck and it will move! NO, I AM NOT LYING! Ah, Red and Blue, the classic Pokémon titles. These games started it all and are now over 20 years old! As wonderful as these titles are, they are truly a product of their time and haven’t quite aged the best....
The pairing of both the Steel and Psychic typing offers a fantastic balance of attack and defense. In the entire Pokedex, there are only seven Pokémon to have this typing, and only two of them are available in the newest Pokémon games. These are Bronzor and its evolution Bronzong. Here’s our guide on where to find Bronzor in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Note: For more information about the game, check out our Pokemon Scarlet and Violet guides and features hub....
The hunt for the elusive 1-in-4096 shiny Pokémon is a little bit easier in Scarlet and Violet right now, thanks to some exploits discovered by the community. You don’t need to have progressed that far into the game to make these work, though you’ll probably want a relatively high-level Pokémon to do some bidding for you. I briefly tested the two methods currently making the rounds in the community, and whilst one worked for me, the other didn’t....
Pokémon Sword & Shield recently released and introduced the world to the Galar region. A place heavily inspired by the United Kingdom with new creatures that are native to this location. Trainers often have a tough time when encountering new pokémon because the base forms are often the best designs and they don’t want to evolve them, but they have to so the creatures can get stronger. Let’s now look at the 10 best base forms for evolutionary lines in Pokémon Sword & Shield and rank them....
Another Pokemon GO Legendary Raid Weekend is right around the corner. Every weekend in March is bringing another iconic Legendary back to Raids with a chance for shiny encounters and trainers are very excited that this weekend’s upcoming matchup will put the spotlight on Altered Forme Giratina once again. Trainers who missed the opportunity to catch Giratina Altered Forme last time around will definitely want to take advantage of the special weekend Legendary Raids now that the Ghost/Dragon-type has secured its spot as one of the best Pokemon in the PoGO metagame....
Pokemon GO trainers have had a busy few weeks, but now that the Colossal Discovery weekend is behind us, it’s time to officially start concentrating on striking another blow to Team GO Rocket leadership. The latest Rocket Invasion is here and there’s is a companion Special Research storyline for players to work through, as well. Although the Looming in the Shadows Special Research is available now, some Pokemon GO trainers have noticed that it didn’t pop up on their list and there is no message waiting for them with Professor Willow....
The Pokemon Sun and Moon anime series has been airing since 2016, but it will soon come to an end. Thanks to the newly released episode titles and summaries for the last three episodes of the Pokemon Sun and Moon anime series, we know that it will be ending in Japan on October 27. The final three episode titles are “Conclusion! Gaogaen VS Nyaheat!!”, “Alola’s Strongest Z! Kapu-Kokeko VS Pikachu!!”, and “The Sun, the Moon, and Everyone’s Dreams!...
For all of the retro-throwback FPS games that get made, it’s surprisingly uncommon to see ones that try to feel like Doom. They’ve been going after that Build Engine feel or trying to be like Quake a lot of the time, but the most famous entry in the genre often gets left alone. Prodeus thinks that’s stupid and is a hell of a lot like Doom. The game enters Early Access on November 9, and the developers promise an awful lot for Prodeus....
