Ethan Gach

Today’s Anthem live stream with the developers has been delayed until April 23. According to a tweet by global community manager Jesse Anderson, someone cut the fiber line outside the BioWare office. Today’s live stream, the first since March 20, was set to show off a new Stronghold mission

Fallout 76 Players Won’t Find What They’re Looking For In Its Newest Dungeon

Fallout 76 received its first new dungeon yesterday: the Burrows. It takes players into a maze of underground sewers, but unlike Bethesda’s other recent additions to the game, it’s short-lived and underwhelming. The dungeon is part of the ongoing Wild Appalachia expansion, whose updates began trickling out in March. While Bethesda has added new items,…

Ubisoft Pledges More Than $500,000 To The Notre-Dame Cathedral Restoration Effort

Video game publisher Ubisoft announced it will be donating €500,000, or about $564,775, to help with rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral following a fire that ravaged the historic monument earlier this week. In addition, the company said Assassin’s Creed Unity, which features a recreation of the Cathedral, will be free to download on PC for the…

Report: Sony Has New, Stricter Guidelines For Sexual Content In PS4 Games

The recent toning down of sexual games on the PlayStation 4 is not an accident or a coincidence. Sony has a new set of guidelines for regulating the sexually explicit content in the games sold on its platform, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal “A Sony spokeswoman confirmed the company has…

New Disc-Less Xbox One Coming In May, Will Cost $250

Microsoft officially announced a new, all-digital version of the Xbox One S during the latest episode of Inside Xbox today, confirming previous rumors. It will have a 1 TB hard drive and be priced at $250, with Microsoft saying it will receive price drops as necessary that will make it always cheaper than the standard…

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order comes out on Switch on July 19. Announced at last year’s Game Awards, the action role-playing game has four player coop both online and locally, and revolves around trying to hunt down and collect the Infinity Stones before Thanos can.

Retro Gaming YouTuber Says Nintendo Is Unfairly Targeting His Homebrew Videos

Over the weekend, the YouTuber known as Modern Vintage Gamer announced that Nintendo has flagged several of his videos about emulating old games on the Switch, some with hundreds of thousands of views, for using copyrighted material. He said he tried to dispute the claims, but was unsuccessful and is now taking steps to reupload…

Previously a Switch exclusive, Octopath Traveler will come to Steam on June 7. Square Enix made the news official today with a new trailer after it had previously come out early in a now deleted blog post. The Japanese role-playing game has some great music and combat but can get repetitive.

Nintendo fan and Lego builder Squid50s is back with another cool design, this time for a miniature GameCube you can store your Switch games in. You can find instructions for how to piece together your own here

A Bullet Hell Set In Hell That’s Heaven To Play

The first time I saw Hell Is Other Demons was through a lovely gameplay GIF circulating on Twitter. It looked squishy and lo-fi, oozing with thick colors. I hoped the rest of the game would live up to its bold aesthetic. Now Hell Is Other Demons is out, and I can’t stop playing it. Out…

Mario Tennis Aces’ 3.0 update is out today. It adds a new mode called Ring Shot and a limited-time event called Yoshi’s Ring Shot challenge where players hit the ball through different color rings to win different color Yoshis. The update also adds a new cinematic staring Wario and Waluigi.

One Of North America’s Best League Of Legends Teams Is Itching For A Comeback

Team SoloMid once again finds itself in the North America League of Legends finals, but its path to victory pits the team against the seemingly unstoppable Team Liquid, helmed by former Team SoloMid star Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng. TSM was a league favorite for several seasons durings Doublelift’s tenure, but recently, the team has struggled. Team…

Designer Re-Imagines Google’s Stadia Controller In Whimsical Mockup

I can imagine what the responses would have been if Google had unveiled this as the controller for its new video game streaming platform back when it was announced at GDC. No d-pad? No way! I can’t help but appreciate designer Daniel Cheung’s experimental take on the future of gaming peripherals. Prior to GDC, there…

The Pinkertons have dropped their lawsuit against Take-Two over its depiction in Red Dead Redemption 2. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigation wanted royalties for every time the word “Pinkerton” appeared in the game. Take-Two said no and counter-sued. In a new statement, Take-Two said all claims have been “withdrawn.”

The Vita is still getting new physical releases. Nicalis today confirmed that it’s publishing a physical version of the puzzle platformer VVVVVV for Vita alongside 1001 Spikes for PS4. Cases for both games had previously surfaced on Ebay, which Nicalis said were promotional copies intended for Sony employees and not for resale.

Anthem Players Are Playing Dress Up While Waiting For The Next Update

With Anthem currently in a holding pattern as players wait for BioWare to add more content, its community has taken to dressing up like characters from other video games, comic books, and movies to help pass the time. For several days now, players on the game’s subreddit have taken a break from the usual topics—how…

PlayStation Is Really Bad At Suggesting New PSN Names

Yesterday, Sony announced PlayStation Network name changes were officially ready for primetime. While a lot of people might have crappy user names they want to get rid of, they might not be sure what to replace them with. Fortunately, PlayStation provides suggestions. Most are terrible. Some are secretly amazing. For some people, a new PSN…

Overwhelm Is A Tough Game That Still Feels Like It’s Rooting For Me

I am not a glutton for punishment in games. I don’t usually enjoy dying over and over again until some mercurial mix of skill, experience, and luck finally combines to see me through to the next level. But I revel in the moments just before failure occurs, when I’m fighting for my life and the…

Pathway Is An Indiana Jones-Inspired Tactics Game That’s Hard To Put Down

The year is 1936. Nazis are sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East excavating tombs and pillaging archaeological dig sites for mysterious artifacts. The only way to stop them is through a choose-your-own-adventure-style strategy game where death comes swiftly and often. While upcoming game Pathway doesn’t nail things perfectly, its juicy pixel animations and…

Trine 4‘s Developers Want To Take The Series Back To What Worked

The first time I played Trine, which came out in 2009, I found its combination of high-fantasy, 2D side-scrolling, and co-op puzzle solving to be such a perfect blend that I was surprised I hadn’t already played a dozen other games like it. Even since the release of Trine, there haven’t been many games like…