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Last Thursday, I posted Game Rant’s official review of Quantic Dream’s interactive drama Heavy Rain. By the time I finished the write-up, I’d spent close to 20 hours with the title, running through the different scenarios - not to mention doing a bit of trophy hunting (Hint: Heavy Rain is not difficult to platinum). In the end, I felt a 5/5 was the right score. I’ll admit to giving an imperfect game a perfect score but that said, I still believe that overall Heavy Rain offers an incredibly unique and rewarding experience - even if the tank controls cause even the savviest players to bump into furniture in nearly every scene....

One of the most beautiful open-world games ever created, Red Dead Redemption 2, was and still is a smash hit for Rockstar. Its story, characters, vast world, and all its beautiful details all add up to create an immersive experience for players. A big part of this experience is the decisions players have to make throughout the game. There are plenty of decisions to make within Red Dead 2, if you’re a fan of understatements....

Developer Remedy Entertainment has announced that the publishing rights for spooky shooter Alan Wake has now reverted to the publisher. Revealing the news via an announcement on a recent royalty payment of 2.5 million Euros to the studio for the IP, it means Remedy now has the ability to publish the previous two games – Alan Wake and Alan Wake’s American Nightmare – on platforms other than the Xbox, should it choose to....

Capcom has revealed new screenshots of its upcoming remake of Resident Evil 2, giving us our first proper glimpse at heroine Claire Redfield in action. The younger Redfield sibling needs no introduction for long time fans of Capcom’s zombie head-stomping series, and returns here with her iconic biker clobber. She looks a bit different as you’d expect, with her design having been tweaked while still remaining unmistakably biker chick circa ‘98....

Back in 2017, a convincing hoax was making the rounds on the Internet that claimed Netflix was making a Resident Evil TV series. However, the Resident Evil franchise did eventually makes its way to Netflix, with it confirmed earlier this year that the streaming giant is developing its very own Resident Evil TV series with Capcom. Unfortunately, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the Resident Evil Netflix series. For example, not a single cast member has been announced yet, and an official plot synopsis also has yet to be released....

Broken Sword developer Revolution Software has announced Revolution: The 25th Anniversary Collection, a physical special edition box set containing the studio’s entire collection of games along with a host of extras. Launching on PC from March 11 for £29.99, the collection includes the entire Broken Sword catalogue, In Cold Blood, Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress, plus a Broken Sword USB stick and audio CD featuring selected tracks from each game....

The top-down indie game RimWorld is a futuristic game where humans are spread across the universe. While there are different colonies, the player character is stranded on the procedurally generated planet. With the end goal of constructing a spaceship in mind, the random traits given to the characters will affect the nature of the gameplay. The game needs you to collect quite a lot of items and resources to progress further....

If you were asked what the most popular game in the world is, it’s easy to default to, say, Mario or Minecraft. But the reality is this: One of the biggest games in the world right now is Roblox, a gaming platform that features over 40 million user-created video game experiences. We know, it’s kind of mind-blowing, right? While the majority of the experiences on Roblox are free-to-play, a few are locked behind a paywall, and many feature microtransactions – both cosmetic and gameplay-related....

The game Oxygen Not Included is already a deep and complex game designed to keep players occupied for a long, long time. But at some point, the quirks of gameplay, lack of customization, or the difficulty (or lack thereof) will become a problem for most players. That’s why it’s important to start utilizing mods before the limitations of the game become too overbearing. The fan base has created a number of mods that make it easier to track gases, increase the game’s difficulty, and make building a breeze....

Microsoft has been touting their upcoming motion control system for quite some time now. Originally announced as Project Natal at E3 in 2009, Kinect will enhance the console experience like nothing that has come before. Apparently, Kinect will go much further than what the Wii offers. Per the patent, the ‘skeletal mapping’ system Microsoft uses to map players’ bodies and movements is extremely detailed. “A variety” of joints and bones can be identified, basically mapping out the player’s entire body....

Hot off the heels of the first-ever ExileCon last year, Grinding Gear Games is pushing forward to add more content to Path of Exile. The newest expansion in 2020, Path of Exile: Delirium, promises tougher challenges by way of the Mirror of Delirium, ghostly mists, and monstrous spawns. It’s also expected to be quite rewarding due to the addition of cluster jewels that greatly expand the number of nodes in your passives tree....

THQ Nordic has become renowned for its remastering of classic favorites on new consoles as of late. Now, alongside Destroy All Humans, it’s bringing back another favorite this summer, featuring everyone’s favorite sponge in pants. That’s right, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated is reviving the title that initially debuted in 2003. Battle for Bikini Bottom puts players in control of SpongeBob and other characters from his universe as they take on missions within an open world....

With just a little over two months until the Western release of Persona 5 Royal, fans are eagerly awaiting the enhanced version of their favorite JRPG. New characters, a new semester, and all-new battles are just some of the things fans are looking forward to. However, one improved aspect that we’d love to see in this new release is the inclusion of gay romance options in the game. Persona 5 has a massive fanbase....

New game studios are everywhere these days. For those who are into the indie scene, this is both exciting and overwhelming. One such studio is Games Revolted. Hailing from the Croatian capital of Zagreb, the studio has announced today that their online card battler, Phageborn, just hit Steam Early Access. Perhaps most interestingly is the game’s 2v2 mode, something that stands out amidst other competitive card battlers. The Early Access release comes just after the game’s successful public beta test....

One of the most clever and humorously sensical pop culture references in PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies has been removed by request. The Estate of the late Michael Jackson have objected to the “dancing zombie” that resembles Thriller-style Jacko, and PopCap opted to respect their wishes. PopCap explains the objection: The recent update to the game replaced zombie MJ with a disco-themed dancing zombie (pictured below). The zombie’s movement, backup dancers and attacks are all the same - the only change are the visuals of the zombie characters....

Sony are celebrating a very successful first six months for the PlayStation 5, as it’s announced the company has shipped a whopping 7.8 million consoles worldwide since launching in November of last year. The news came from Sony’s most recent finanicial results for Q4 of FY 2020, which the company published overnight. The increase is more than 3 million of the previously reported 4.5 million units shipped of the console at the end of last year, and seemingly cements the console’s place as the most popular PlayStation of all time....

Speaking to Polygon, Pokémon Sword and Shield producer Junichi Masuda and director Shigeru Ohmori discussed the new game’s development and evolution, and the fan reaction to its added and changed features. Pokémon Sword and Shield is considered to be the first mainline Pokémon game on a console, though Ohmori pointed out that the Switch is a special example due to its portability. ‘The Pokémon main series RPGs that we develop have a very strong connection with Nintendo hardware,’ he explained....

Pokémon Home, the online cloud storage system for Pokémon, was meant to arrive in early February, but it seems no one is quite sure when it’s coming, as surmised from new details (via Nintendo Life). Japanese outlets like Game Watch and Inside Games are the sources of this information, and the new feature is said to be launching “mid-February” or “February”, depending on the publication. Home will be ready when it’s ready, it seems, but there are some details and screenshots that give us a sneak peek....

How to evolve Eevee is once again a question of friendship, times of day, and unusual rocks. As has been the case for a little while now, there are total of eight ‘Eeveelutions’ in Legends: Arceus, each with their own method. Most of these remain unchanged from traditional main series Pokémon games, but there are a couple of minor tweaks here and there. We’ll explain all of this below, in our guide on how to get Umbreon, Sylveon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon in Pokémon Legends: Arceus....

Like every generation, Pokémon has its strong competitive Pokémon and its weak ones. They have to fill the natural order and all, and players also have the pleasurable experience of taking a weak Pokémon and turning it into a goliath through hard work in the game. So the presence of weak Pokémon is as important as the game itself. However, these weaker specimens have little to no use in a tournament scenario, so it’s important to know what is the worst of the region when it comes to the new Pokémon....