Lord have mercy on our wallets. With The Game Awards happening tonight and a special sale running on Steam for the event, it looks like the rest of 2019 is going to see users trying to dodge tremendous savings at every corner. Valve has announced that voting for its annual Steam Awards will begin on December 19, 2019. Not coincidentally, this is the same day that the 2019 Winter Sale will begin....
The 2020 BAFTA Games Awards were held last night in the form of a livestream event, owing to the present pandemic lockdown in the UK. When the nominations were revealed, Control and Death Stranding led the pack with eleven nominations each, smashing the record set by God of War in 2019. Life is Strange 2 was tipped for five of the awards, and Disco Elysium snagged seven nominations. This year’s lot of awards also did away with the Best Performer category, and added the Performance in a leading role and Performance in a supporting role awards....
The PS Store has traditionally held a Christmas Sale each December and this year is no different. An official PlayStation blog post has announced its return and players should expect a multitude of discounted titles this time around. Those looking to purchase a specific title should keep in mind that the sale is a limited time event. With this in mind, you may be asking yourself when the event itself starts....
As promised last week, publisher 505 Games had its first-ever showcase earlier today. While some were expecting news on what’s next for Control or Bloodstained, instead the company mostly focused on the unexpected. Three new games were revealed during the 505 showcase. One of which is coming from the studio behind Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, called Miasma Chronicles. Miasma Chronicles, coming from The Bearded Ladies, is a post-apocalyptic tale starring two brothers....
Swedish publisher Kinda Brave is opening its doors, as the company revealed in an announcement earlier today that it would be working toward creating an environment that would incubate new studios, diversify the industry, and reduce carbon emissions. You can check out the official announcement trailer and core values statement below: PEOPLE: While People, Players and Planet are all equally important, it all starts with People. Kinda Brave has set a focus on creating healthy and happy places of work, built on foundations of equality and inclusivity....
Today Quantic Dream and Netease Games announced that the French developer and publisher will be acquired by the Chinese group. Netease was already a minority shareholder of Quantic Dream since 2019, but this announcement marks a deal for the acquisition of 100% of the developer’s shares. That being said, Quantic Dream will “retain its independence in terms of editorial line, the artistic direction of its projects, and the management of the studio....
FJRD Interactive’s Among Trees is available in early access through the Epic Games Store, and has detailed its roadmap. In this wonderfully bright forest, the player will scavenge for resources from the canopy to the undergrowth to keep the gnaw of hunger and sting of thirst at bay. Of course, you’re not alone, and there are “wild, deadly beasts that roam the forest – and who knows what other dangers the night brings....
Rainbow Mika is the latest character to join the Street Fighter 5 roster, Capcom has confirmed. A new trailer posted to the official Street Fighter YouTube channel shows off R. Mika taking on Vega with her grapple-based moveset. Mika now brings the roster total to ten, with Vega, Ken and new character Necalli joining the initial five announced. Capcom confirmed today that it will be re-launching the Street Fighter 5 worldwide beta this Friday at midnight UK time....
With Red Dead Redemption 2 finally hitting PC earlier this week, eager modders have been having a field day messing with the game’s inner workings and uncovering all the obscured oddities within Rockstar’s latest open-world romp. As is often the case for games making the jump to PC, this has turned up some seriously interesting hidden secrets from within the title’s files, including a missing person that’s been absent from the world of Red Redemption 2 for 15 years....
How to escape Bela in Resident Evil Village has been asked around a lot recently since the trailers have been releasing and it looks like this character will be a constant menace throughout the game. While there’s a way to escape from the clutches of this monster, not a lot of people know exactly how to do it, if you wish to know, all you have to do is read the rest of this guide....
Capcom has dropped a new trailer showcasing the new characters coming to Mercenaries mode in Resident Evil Village Gold Edition. The Additional Orders expansion is one of three parts of the game’s upcoming Winter’s Expansion DLC. Once installed, you’ll have three new characters to take on the game’s arcade-like Mercenaries mode with. Each has their own quirks and abilities that give their own twist on proceedings, which you can see in the video below....
The 70-episode order that Rick and Morty co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland signed with Adult Swim came along with many benefits. The most obvious of which is…70 more episodes of Rick and Morty! That’s right, Adult Swim has unveiled a first look at Rick and Morty season 5. Animation on the brief scene isn’t finished, but the two-minute clip is quite fun all the same. Give it a look below....
Wacky Wednesday dropped recently and added a brand new ingredient for all you potion-brewing fans out there. Yes, the Horse Shoe is the latest possible addition to your brewing station. But how do you get your hands on it? Worry not, as we’re here to help. Below, we’ve got the lowdown on how to obtain the Horse Shoe ingredient in Roblox Wacky Wizards. Let’s dive in, shall we? How to Unlock the Horse Shoe Ingredient in Wacky Wizards Thankfully, getting hold of the Horse Shoe ingredient in Wacky Wizard is pretty straightforward....
Blizzard Entertainment, well known for its secrecy about content releases, may have just teased a new hero in Overwatch, the twenty fifth hero overall, and the fourth one to be released since the game launched a year ago. The game’s fictional Atlas News Network disclosed a series of in-game emails between characters, including Dr. Winston, who raised the gorilla-scientist and fan favourite playable character, Winston. These emails dealt with a certain outbreak at the games’ Horizon Lunar Colony, where Winston and other apes were raised....
Hearts of Iron producer Vachon Pugh faces deportation in Sweden, which would leave the game without a core member of the team. The situation is unfortunate. Pugh moved to Sweden from Florida in 2018, and worked for two different companies while abroad before joining Paradox. Her second employer failed to pay out all workplace and pension insurances during her trial period there, which is where Pugh becomes unstuck. In 2015, Swedish migration laws were revised so that those payments needed to be made in her trial period....
Frontier Developments has announced that Planet Coaster: Console Edition, the console version of its popular theme park management game, will launch on consoles—including the new Xbox Series S/X and PlayStation 5— this November. The game’s console edition, first announced late last year, features a redesigned interface, a new radial menu and a bespoke control system. On top of this, console players will also have access to the Frontier Workshop, offering them a wealth of player-made content to use in their own theme parks how they see fit or upload their creations for others to use....
With the recent success of The Wonderful 101’s Kickstarter campaign, it seems PlatinumGames would like to self-publish some more titles in the future. In a recent interview with IGN Japan, Platinum producer Atsushi Inaba commented that he would love to self-publish Bayonetta if it was possible. The situation is tricky because of the co-ownership nature that Nintendo and Sega have on the IP. “I think ‘Bayonetta’ is a very important title for Platinum Games,” Inaba said, “so it’s an honest feeling that I would like to do it if there is such a chance....
Following the success of the previous Champion Update Poll in League of Legends, Riot Games has decided to repeat the exercise and ask players to once again vote on which champion they would prefer to see reworked in the following year. Although much of the decision making on things pertaining to balance and reworks comes from meticulous analysis of internal data, the Champion Update Poll is one of the best ways that Riot Games listens to its community of dedicated players, putting significant time and resources into making adjustments based on these votes....
The PlayStation 5 has become the fastest selling PlayStation console in the UK after recently surpassing the 1 million sales mark. That’s according to the latest data from GfK, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz. The feat was achieved in August, just a little under nine months following the console’s launch. The timing is three weeks faster than Sony’s previous console, the PlayStation 4, achieved the same feat back in 2014. This is despite the fact PlayStation 5 has, as with elsewhere, consistently battled stock shortages in the UK....
Today Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the games that will be granted to PlayStation Plus subscribers in June 2022 at no additional cost. We’re getting God of War, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. While the first two games are only for PS4, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is for both PS4 and PS5. Of course, you can still play the PS4 games on PS5 via backward compatibility, but they don’t get a native PS5 version....
