Ethan Gach

Super Mario Party Lets You Combine Two Switches

Nintendo announced the first Mario Party game for Switch, Super Mario Party, is coming October 5 during its E3 Direct today. Rather than just be another iteration on the series, the new game looks like it’ll take advantage of all the Switch’s unique features, as well as create some new ones, like the ability to…

We Played Anthem, And It’s Pretty Fun

I sat down with Anthem, BioWare’s upcoming shared-world third-person shooter, for 30 minutes today. I came away surprised at just how good it feels to move around in the game’s fantasy sci-fi world. Flying through its gorgeous environments on my way to kill some bad guys, fix an ancient relic, or take out a giant…

New For Honor Expansion Adds A New Faction And Castle Sieges

In its biggest expansion since release, For Honor is getting an entirely new faction, graphical overhaul, and new competitive siege mode called Breach in its Marching Fire update coming October 16, 2018. Ubisoft’s medieval brawler has gotten a consistent trickle of new content since it released over a year ago, including a handful of new…

The Division 2‘s three year one updates will all be free. The game is also getting 8-player raids, Ubisoft announced at its E3 press event today. That’s two more players than Destiny’s raids, although we don’t know yet how involved The Division 2‘s will be. The first Division’s DLCs were each paid.

We’re Liveblogging Bethesda’s E3 Press Conference [Update: We’re Done!]

It’s the second big press conference of the day with Bethesda starting at 9:30PM EDT. Hopefully we’ll get more specifics about Fallout 76 and who knows, maybe a new Elder Scrolls. Gita and I will have live commentary here for you in a few moments. You can watch the press conference here or follow along…

Microsoft Reveals Gears Of War 5 (And Two Spinoffs)

Microsoft announced Gears of War 5 at its E3 Media Briefing today with a story trailer and is slated to arrive next year on Xbox One. But that’s not all: Microsoft-owned studio The Coalition is also working on two Gears of War spin-offs, Gears Pop, a mobile game, and Gears Tactics, a strategy game for…

Dying Light 2 Announced

Parkour zombie game Dying Light is getting a sequel. We don’t know much about Dying Light 2 but based on the trailer it looks like a colorful return to another violent undead world. And you thought the sustained flood of zombie games had ebbed. Chris Avellone, one of the narrative masterminds Planescape: Torment and Star…

Microsoft Buys Four Independent Studios

Microsoft announced it’s acquired four new game studios at its press conference today in an effort to increase the the number of exclusive first-party games it can deliver to Xbox One owners. The studios in question are Undead Labs, makers of State of Decay 2, Playground Games, who already makes Microsoft’s Forza Horizon series, Compulsion,…

Metro Exodus looks pretty badass in a new trailer set to Massive Attack’s “Angel.” Deep Silver showed off gameplay in the post-apocalyptic survival FPS at Microsoft’s E3 Media Briefing and also revealed it now has a release date of February 22, 2018, a day that’s already stacked with both Days Gone and Anthem.

Collection Of Rare Japanese Games Leaks Online Without Owner’s Permission

Earlier this week, a group of game archivists revealed that a trove of over 70 lost Japanese video games has surfaced, including the third game in the obscure Horror Tour trilogy of point-and-click horror games. The release of these games, from the personal stash of a Japanese collector, has touched off a debate about how…

Final Fantasy XV Finally Gets Mod Support On PC 

Final Fantasy XV got a new patch on PC yesterday that brought with it official mod tools. Less than a day later, the Steam Workshop is already rife with, among other things, keyblades. Who would have guessed. Called Mod Organizer, the new set of tools is Square Enix’s way of adding official support for mods.…

Twin Mirror is a new game coming from Dontnod, makers of Life is Strange and Vampyr The mystery thriller was announced today on Sony’s pre-E3 showcase livestream with a trailer showing early footage of the game which is slated to release in 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

A designer at Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind BattleTech, has resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment by six women, Waypoint reports. Tyler Carpenter was accused of repeated unwanted sexual advances and manipulation including in one case groping. “[F]rankly, everything is true,” he told the site.

Nuketown will be in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Treyarch said during a livestream demoing more of the game’s multiplayer today. Jungle, Summit, and Firing Range from Black Ops, as well as Slums from Black Ops 2, will also be returning, although the new class-based mechanics will no doubt change how they play.

The Diablo-Style Action-RPG That’s Helping Me Fall In Love With Warhammer 40K

This week, action-RPG Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr came out of Early Access on Steam, the latest in a long line of incomprehensibly titled games inspired by the Warhammer miniatures series. It’s a decent spin on the kill/loot/explore formula popularized by Diablo, but what it’s especially good at is making the complex and daunting lore-filled…

Operation Para Bellum is now live on PC and console and brings with it a new patch which, among other things, has removed the ability to throw grenades back at enemies. In addition to new operators, this update also adds the Villa map, a mafia safe house on a country estate that looks absolutely lovely.…

Days Gone, the zombie game where they aren’t actually called zombies, releases February 22, 2019. A new trailer and accompanying blog post that shares more details about the game including the existence of Rippers, humans who worship and dress up like the game’s zombies and are just as dead set on killing you.

Those two new Persona dancing games Atlus announced last year will be coming West in early 2019 Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight will both be coming to PS4 and Vita. Catch me next year listening to this remix of “Last Surprise” until my ears fall off.

Far Cry 5 Players Want Knives

Far Cry 5 has been out for just over two months. It’s had its ups and downs. The game’s first DLC, which came out this week, is also a mixed-bag. Throughout all of this, though, a number of players have been focused on one small disappointment: Far Cry 5’s lack of blades. “I miss having…

The Secret Glitch Players Used To Break Mario Kart 64‘s Chocolate Mountain

Chocolate Mountain doesn’t look like much. The Mario Kart 64 level is sparse compared to others in the game, filled only with varying shades of brown and a dense fog. But the unassuming level is one of the game’s best for astounding speedrunning records, thanks to the evolution of one particular shortcut trick. It all…