Through ingenuity and a lot of coffee, a man has made the Xbox Adaptive Controller compatible with the Nintendo Switch so that his daughter is able to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (via GameSpot). In 2018, the Xbox Adaptive Controller won the “Outstanding Contribution” Golden Joystick Award, and Microsoft expressed it would want to improve the product so that it works with PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch....
Developer Snapshot Games and publisher Prime Matter have announced that they’ll be bringing turn-based strategy Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition to consoles this October. The game originally launched on PC back in 2019 and comes from the mind of the creator of X-COM, Julian Gollop. You’ll be protecting the Earth from a mutating alien menace by way of a secret organisation known as the Phoenix Project. You’ll have to research and develop new tech as you complete missions across a ravaged Earth as you face your ever-changing foe....
The PlayStation 5 is set to release at the end of 2020, as announced by SIE president and CEO Jim Ryan on the Japanese and European PlayStation blog (via Twitter user Nibellion). Ryan has confirmed that the next generation console will definitely be called the PlayStation 5, but in an exclusive interview with Wired, he was able to share the particulars of the new product at long last. Firstly, its solid-state drive will reduce loading times exponentially....
Good news for anyone who’s PlayStation Plus subscription has recently lapsed or they haven’t got one for any other reason, as Sony has announced details of their Open Multiplayer event which will run from this Wednesday November 15 through Monday, November 20. As detailed on the PlayStation EU blog, the event will see the PS Plus subscription, usually a requirement to play multiplayer on the PlayStation 4, lifted allowing anyone to play any game they own with online multiplayer on the console for free from 10am GMT Wednesday until the same time on Monday morning....
AFK Arena’s Poetic Pop Quiz event has returned so that players can engage and earn free rewards. As of now, this limited-time event is available in the month of December 2022. Wherein, players can participate and answer 5 questions to redeem rewards. You will be receiving rewards on daily basis as well as at the end of the event. If you are looking to participate in the event, then this article can prove to be your helping hand....
Pokémon Sword and Shield are out in the wild now, and despite garnering negative reactions from some fans because of a limited Pokédex, the games have earned a lot of positive reviews and also become the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch titles to date. So what’s next for the franchise? With the Pokémon franchise having been around for decades, there is plenty of past form for us to consider here. There are a few obvious options that might hold clues as to what Game Freak, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company could have in store for their core critter-catching RPG franchise going forward....
With the recent news of the Pokemon GO Battle League, it’s finally time to make sure your PVP teams are the best that they can be. This competitive format is going to be all about having the right Pokemon. The leagues will rotate throughout battle seasons, so you gotta make sure you have the best Pokemon at each level to come out on top. Here are the best Great, Ultra & Master League Pokemon....
Keen-eyed Pokemon fans took notice of a set of trademark filings from Nintendo and the Pokemon Company this week, uncovering a renewed interest in a Pokemon spinoff series and a member of a recently revealed legendary Pokemon line set to arrive in the expansion pass for Pokemon Sword and Shield. The first trademark fans took notice of was for “Budrex,” a name that ties in with Calyrex, a legendary Psychic/Grass Pokemon set to arrive with the upcoming Crown Tundra expansion for Pokemon Sword and Shield....
This Preacher review contains spoilers. Preacher Season 4 Episode 10 Preacher has taken some serious diversions from the comic series over the run of the program, but one thing that hasn’t been abandoned by Sam Catlin and company is the anarchic spirit that powered the original Garth Ennis/Steve Dillon series. Preacher hasn’t been a straight adaptation of the comic book ever, and at certain points changes were made that didn’t work as intended, but for the most part, Preacher never stopped feeling like Preacher, and while that attitude has carried the show far, the comic makes a few sneaky returns in the finale episode....
Update 2: The PS4 version will launch in Europe on July 22, Activision has confirmed. In addition, the games will be available to buy individually on PS4 and Xbox One from August 12. Activision also confirmed the two games have been updated – not remastered – with Full HD rendering, improved framerate, and higher-resolution textures and effects. UPDATE: Activision has released a launch trailer for the Prototype bundle, confirming its immediate release on both Xbox One and PS4....
Just days ago, Sony finally began to bring PSN services back online after a protracted outage. In an effort to garner good will, Sony has taken a number of steps, including providing identity theft insurance for PSN users and offering free games as part of a “Welcome Back” promotion. With E3 2011 just ahead, Sony no doubt hopes that the worst of the situation is behind them. Unfortunately, it now appears that users may have a new reason to be wary of PSN....
If you expected to see Psychonauts 2 released in 2019, then you will be sorely disappointed today. In a post that’s appeared on the Psychonauts 2 Fig campaign blog, the studio announced that the game was delayed till 2020. Here’s the relevant bit in full: By the time Psychonauts 2 releases in 2020, 4 years will have passed from its successful funding campaign at Fig.io where it collected more than $3 million....
Crytek will be ready to launch the closed alpha test for their upcoming bounty hunting game Hunt: Showdown. Hunt: Showdown puts players in a sandbox environment to hunt down monsters while at the same time taking out other players. It’s a mix of both PvE and PvP. Each match will handle up to ten players who hunt solo or in pairs tracking down monsters for a bounty. While out hunting, players will come across other players in the game which is an ideal opportunity to kill them and steal their loot....
The Blackout Club is a new cooperative survival horror game set to be released early Q1 in 2019. From a new studio called Question that was brought together by of the minds who helped develop games such as Bioshock Infinite and Dishonored. Two games that are known for their amazing world-building and stories. The Blackout Club is set in a small, modern town, a group of children wake up and have mud and scratches all over them without having any recollection of the prior night....
Five months after announcing a Steam Early Access release, Radical Relocation has cruised straight into a full launch. The physics-based goods moving puzzler will challenge your packing, driving, and sailing skills. It’ll also cause you to question the laws of gravity. The aim of the game is simple, get your stuff from A to B. Unfortunately, moving is never as easy as it you think. Particularly, when you try to pack the entire contents of your home onto the roof of your sedan....
It’s become a bit of an industry staple to include a feature that allows players to not only capture images of their gameplay but also enhance them in cool ways. Given that Ubisoft has included the functionality in several of its high-profile game releases over the past few years, it’s no wonder many players are wondering whether there is a photo mode in Rainbow Six Extraction. Is There a Photo Mode in Rainbow Six Extraction?...
Rebellion has announced it is working on a PC remaster of the 1998 Battlezone, in addition to the Battlezone reboot coming to virtual reality devices which was revealed at E3 earlier this month. “As our teaser trailer revealed, our VR version of Battlezone is very much a reboot of Atari’s 1980 arcade classic, a game we’re very fond of at Rebellion,” reads an open letter to fans. “However, we also know that a number of you are fans of the 1998 and 1999 Battlezone games released by Activision that re-imagined the franchise as a groundbreaking hybrid of FPS and RTS gameplay....
As you will have guessed by the play on words in the title, Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered is the remastered version and it has finally been given a release date by THQ Nordic. Announced back in March, this new version of the comes with reworked textures, shadow rendering, improved lighting, and reworked shaders and postprocessing. There is also 4K support on PC. In other words, the game is going to look a lot better than it did back in 2009 when it released....
Following a Covid-enforced absence, E3 is looking to make a proper in-person comeback at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the second week of June 2023, and ReedPop is going to be helping with its return, bringing expertise from running the likes of PAX, EGX, New York Comic Con and Star Wars Celebration for its first public outing since 2019. Of course, ReedPop is Eurogamer’s parent company, so it’s worth quickly noting what it means for us and the event - and to reassure you that nothing much is changing....
Remedy Entertainment, the developer behind Control and Alan Wake, has released its latest business review. Alongside the usual revenue statistics, the report confirms that release windows of a few titles. In particular, it confirms that Alan Wake 2 is still set for a 2023 release, and gives updates on the developer’s other projects. The report states that “Alan Wake 2 is in the full production stage and the game will be launched as planned in 2023....
