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OpinionImpressionsVermintide 2‘s ‘Winds Of Magic’ Expansion Adds More Grind But Not Much Else
Developer Fatshark has called “Winds of Magic” Vermintide 2’s first expansion, but while it offers a completely new mode and progression system, it currently just seems like another DLC. On top of that, it feels unmoored from the strong lore and ambient apocalyptic mood that guided previous additions to the game. “Winds of Magic” opens…
By Ethan Gach Published August 21, 2019 -
Have you ever wanted to skid off-road in a tractor trailer, potentially rolling down snowbanks or smashing into trees and watching your load go tumbling out into a winter wonderland? Well SnowRunner has you covered. An upcoming game in the MudRunner series, it’s set to come to release next year.
By Ethan Gach Published August 21, 2019 -
CultureFallout 76 Group’s Raid Attempt Foiled By Notorious Power Armor Glitch
In Fallout 76, power armor can keep you safe, or it can become a horrible tomb entrapping unsuspecting players until the end of time (or until they reset their game). That’s what happened to one group of players attempting Fallout 76’s brand new raid. Added today as part of patch 12, Vault 94 is the…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2019 -
Yakuza 3 is out on PS4 today, Sega annnounced today on Twitter. The 2009 runs at 60fps in 1080p and includes content that was previously cut from the Western release like the game’s hostess clubs. Sega also said that Yakuza 4 will follow in October, as well as Yakuza 5 next February.
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2019 -
Star Renegades’ art style looks even hotter in this new trailer. The role-playing roguelike always had lush pixel graphics, but the developers over at Massive Damage have added a bunch of depth that almost gives the game a Mode 7 look. The game is due out on PC and console next spring.
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2019 -
CulturePokémon Trophy Breaks The Moment Winner Touches It
Anyone got some Pokéglue? The Pokémon World Championships were this past weekend, with players from around the globe battling across the 3DS and trading card games to see who would become this year’s Pokémon masters. After all was said and done, Pokémon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara took to the stage to present all of the…
By Ethan Gach Published August 19, 2019 -
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt comes to Switch October 15. The release date for the port of the Complete Edition was announced via a new trailer during the opening night of Gamescom. The Switch version includes all of the DLC and apparently, magically, won’t break your Switch the second it boots up.
By Ethan Gach Published August 19, 2019 -
CultureEverything Microsoft Showed On Today’s Inside Xbox
Microsoft showed off Gears of War 5‘s horde mode, NBA 2k20‘s career mode, and the new games coming to Game Pass during its latest episode of Inside Xbox The episode spanned over an hour and a half, and while it was mostly full of new trailers for games we already knew about, there were a…
By Ethan Gach Published August 19, 2019 -
CultureNintendo Switch Is Getting A Ton Of New Indie Games (Including Ori And The Blind Forest)
There are a bunch of indie games newly coming to the Switch, including the Microsoft-published Ori and the Blind Forest, which will be coming to the platform on September 27, Nintendo announced in its “Indie World Showcase.” It will join Cuphead, which released on Switch earlier this year and was also previously a console exclusive…
By Ethan Gach Published August 19, 2019 -
CultureMinecraft Is About To Look Much Better On PC
It turns out that Minecraft is getting a visual update after all, just not the one that was originally promised. Overnight, graphics card makers Nvidia announced a new update for the game that will add Minecraft to the growing list of PC games that support real-time ray tracing. “Ray tracing is one of the key…
By Ethan Gach Published August 19, 2019 -
EsportsIt’s The End Of A Generation At This Year’s Pokémon World Championships
At the 2019 Pokémon World Championships this weekend, trainers can choose any of the existing 807 known Pokémon to fight by their side. This is the last time they’ll be able to do so, at least in the near future. Earlier today, the Pokémon Company announced that Pokémon Sword and Shield will be the official…
By Ethan Gach Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureCloud Saves On PS4 Have A Weird Limit
Cloud saves are great. They keep your save data safe, providing backups for everything you’ve ever accomplished in a PS4 game. They also makes it easy to stop playing on one PS4 and pick up right where you left off on another. But PS4 cloud saves have a bizarre 1,000-file cap, and no one’s really…
By Ethan Gach Published August 16, 2019 -
CultureThe Chill YouTube Comments On Game Soundtracks Are A Pleasant Surprise
This hour-long video on YouTube, whose title roughly translates to “One hour corridor ‘Chrono Trigger,’” plays the same three-minute “Corridors of Time” track from the game over and over again. It has over 1 million views, and it also has one of the most pleasant comment sections I’ve seen, full of viewers devoted to celebrating…
By Ethan Gach Published August 16, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsDicey Dungeons Is A Good Entry Point For Deck Builders
Life is an endless barrage of decisions. Some are big. Should you look for a better apartment? Most are small. Some pulp or no pulp? Sometimes it’s fun to decide. Often it’s exhausting. The burgeoning scene of roguelike deckbuilding video games is full of decision-making. It can be overwhelming. Thankfully, Dicey Dungeons, isn’t. The newest…
By Ethan Gach Published August 15, 2019 -
Bethesda has patched the recent ports of Doom I and II so that they no longer ask you to login to Bethesda.net. When the games first arrived in late July they prevented you from playing unless you had a Bethesda.net account, which was extremely annoying, but also good for some laughs.
By Ethan Gach Published August 15, 2019 -
All Destiny 2 players will automatically have their power level raised to 750 when its new expansion Shadowkeep comes out this fall, Luke Smith, the game’s director, said in his most recent post on the state of the game. The boost will apply to every piece of gear players own.
By Ethan Gach Published August 15, 2019 -
CultureFallout 76 Players Are Trying To Build The Social Hubs They’ve Been Begging For
Fallout 76 begins in an empty Vault 76. There are open common areas, little apartments, and spacious hallways: all of the basic building blocks for an inviting social hub. But everyone who used to live there is already gone, out exploring the wasteland above, and you can’t come back once you leave. Players have been…
By Ethan Gach Published August 15, 2019 -
Medieval strategy RPG series King’s Bounty is back with a new game publisher 1C is calling King’s Bounty II With a planned release sometime in 2020 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC, the new game looks like a soft reboot of the series, which is probably for the best because 2014’s King’s Bounty: Dark Side was…not great.
By Ethan Gach Published August 15, 2019 -
EsportsRick Fox’s League Of Legends Team Is No More
After months of internal strife following the news that one of its investors had called a fellow shareholder the n-word, the esports organization co-founded by Rick Fox has officially lost its coveted spot in the League of Legends Championship Series, Riot Games announced today. “On August 13, the LCS and Echo Fox entered into an…
By Ethan Gach Published August 14, 2019 -
CultureDemon’s Souls Can Now Run At 4K And 60 FPS (In An Emulator)
You’ll need a powerful PC and a copy of the original game, but thanks to a new patch to the PS3 emulator RPCS3, it’s now possible to play the 2009 action-role-playing game Demon’s Souls in 4K while running at 60 frames per second. This has been a dream for Demon’s Souls fans for several years…
By Ethan Gach Published August 14, 2019