Ethan Gach

Just Cause 4 Hits Xbox Game Pass Only Three Months After Release

Despite all of the explosions in Avalanche Studios’ open-world chaos simulator, Just Cause 4 did not set the world on fire when it launched last year on December 4. Now, less than 100 days later, it’s free for Game Pass subscribers to download and play on Xbox One. Microsoft announced the game would be the…

Anthem‘s Level-One Weapons Are Stronger Than Endgame Ones, Thanks To An Apparent Bug

An apparent bug in the new loot shooter Anthem has made beginner weapons just as powerful as the ones you’ll get in the final levels. In fact, players have discovered, the level-1 rifle might currently be the strongest gun in the game. Earlier today, a player by the name of YeetLordSupreme shared a major discovery…

Nintendo Is Reportedly Toning Down Micro-Transactions In Its Mobile Games

Developers behind some of the free-to-play mobile games Nintendo has published in recent years say the company has told them not to be too aggressive with the microtransactions that these games tend to rely on to make money, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Where individual studios Nintendo partners with are looking…

Rainbow Six Siege’s first expansion of the year, Operation Burnt Horizon, is live on PS4, Xbox One, and PC It adds two new operators, Gridlock and Mozzie, a new map called Outback, and a Newcomer Playlist for people just getting started with the game so they don’t get shredded by veteran players.

The Latest Steam Game To Test Valve’s Laissez-Faire Policy Is Called ‘Rape Day’

An independent developer called Desk Lamp says it has spent over two years working on a game called Rape Day. Now it’s waiting for approval from Valve to sell it on Steam. “Rape Day is a game where you can rape and murder during a zombie apocalypse,” reads its description on Steam. I’m not exaggerating…

Mars arrives in Dota 2 today adding another ancient god to the game’s existing pool of over 100 heroes. The melee carry has a giant shield that decreases damage he receives from the front and sides and has a bunch of crowd-control abilities that should make him fun to play.

Man Beats Mario 64’s First Bowser Fight Without Using The Control Stick

Super Mario 64 expert Pannenkoek2012 has devised a way to defeat Bowser in the game’s Dark World without ever using the N64 controller’s joystick, and the result is incredible to watch. Pannenkoek2012, whom we’ve covered before and who has spent years researching the depths of every little detail and nuance in Mario 64, has most…

Conan Unconquered is a real-time strategy game being made by Petroglyph, a studio formed by some of the original developers on the Command & Conquer series. It’s also a wave-survival game like They Are Billions, which all sounds great on paper. It’s slated to arrive on PC in the first half of 2019.

While Anthem does occasionally shutdown players’ PS4s, it doesn’t appear to be bricking them after all Instead, players whose consoles become unresponsive have reported being able to get them running again by starting the console in safe mode and rebuilding the data base.

ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove Is A Well-Timed Throwback

Rejoice! There’s a new ToeJam & Earl game out and it’s not garbage. Kickstarted back in 2015, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is a soft reboot of the original game that debuted on the Sega Genesis back in 1991. It’s out now on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch, and it’s entirely decent.…

Gwent’s new expansion, Crimson Curse, will bring vampires to the Witcher-based card game on March 28. Inspired by the Witcher 3‘s Blood and Wine DLC, the new set, comprised of over 100 cards, will focus on poison, bleeding, deathblow, and berserk effects. In other words: lots of dying.

Anthem Players Say The Game Is Crashing Their PS4s [UPDATE]

It’s been a rough launch for BioWare’s new loot shooter, and some PlayStation 4 players are now finding that the game occasionally shuts off their system as well. “When encountering a crash or game error, sometimes I get booted to the main menu or out of the game completely to the PS4 dashboard,” a user…

The World’s Top StarCraft II Players Will Battle This Weekend

It’s not every day there’s a big StarCraft II tournament going on, and this weekend’s could offer a rematch of one of last year’s great showdowns. The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII StarCraft II started this week with 24 teams and will soon be down to 12 as the playoff stage gets underway this weekend.…

Warframe‘s Take On The ‘Battle Pass’ Is A Clever, Episodic Radio Drama

Digital Extremes has overhauled the daily alert system in its free-to-play loot shooter Warframe, something that had been in place for six years, and replaced it with a battle pass system called Nightwave that weaves its reward structure into a larger story. Nightwave is the name of a new radio station players can dial into…

Anthem‘s Worst Boss Is So Bad It’s Not Even Worth Fighting

I’m well on my way to hitting the 100-hour mark in my time with Anthem, in part because it’s my goddamn job but also because I’m a glutton for the grind. In all my time with BioWare’s loot shooter, however, nothing in the diverse array of bugs nor the plethora of petty inconveniences has filled…

Fallout 76 Players Will Soon Be Able To Drink Even More Of Their Problems Away

There are lots of bottles of beer, whiskey, and other instruments of intoxication already scattered throughout the rolling hills of Fallout 76’s West Virginia, but on March 12 players will be able to start making their own. Today’s Inside the Vault article sheds light on how the whole thing will work. The update, originally teased…

If you’re playing Anthem you’ve probably seen this warning any time you’re more than a few seconds from your team. Today BioWare put out a 3 GB patch to fix the issue “Players should now have more time to catch up to their Squad before seeing a countdown timer,” it reads.

BioWare Announces Some Fixes For Anthem’s Broken Loot System

In the midst of mounting frustration with Anthem’s end-game loot grind, BioWare has announced a handful of changes to make it less grueling. They don’t address all of the complaints players have had, but it’s a start. The update, which is due to go live in the next day or two, will do three main…

Fortnite Season 8 Update Adds Apex Legends-Style Ping Feature

Battle royale game Apex Legends has only been out for a few weeks and Fortnite is already copying one of its best ideas, with today’s Season 8 update adding a ping system alongside other new stuff like pirate ships and a giant volcano. One of the most refreshing things players discovered about Apex Legends, which…

Trials Rising Players Have Had Enough Of The Game’s Ass-Slapping Taunts

Overall, the motosport platformer Trials Rising is a pretty fun game, even on Switch where it’s been badly visually downgraded. One thing that’s not fun is having your nose rubbed in it every time you fail to beat a rival’s time. In Trials Rising you’re not just trying to complete a course, something that can…