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A Modern Warfare Game Option Is PS4 Exclusive Until October 2020

The practice of platform holders securing console exclusives took a new and weird turn yesterday, when Sony and Activision announced that Modern Warfare’s Survival Mode—a mode within a mode, as it’s part of Spec Ops—is appearing exclusively on the PS4 until October 1, 2020. Spec Ops, first introduced in the original Modern Warfare 2, is…

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New Death Stranding PS4 Has A Controller Based On The Weird Baby

There’s a limited edition PS4 Pro coming based on Death Stranding, and it’s a very fetching shade of white. The drippy black handprints on the top are a nice touch, but nowhere near as nice as the decision to base the accompanying controller on the game’s Bridge Baby The console launches alongside the game on…

Microsoft’s Project xCloud Game Streaming Service Will Begin Public Testing In October

Microsoft’s take on game-streaming will be in the hands of a select few members of the public next month. Project xCloud (not its final name) will let people play Xbox One games via the cloud, without the need for a console. Microsoft announced today that the service will begin a public trial in October, though…

Video Game Companies Vow Action On Climate Change, But Critics Say They Need To Do More

Within a couple generations, after climate change has more visibly ravaged the Earth, the easiest way for humanity to interact with lush forests and icy glaciers might be video games. It’s a bleak, maybe science-fiction potential future, but not an improbable one; according to some analyses, we have just 12 years to suppress catastrophic climate…

Guy Builds Incredible Replica Of Link To The Past In Dragon Quest Builders 2

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is one of the most recognizable games of all time, with an iconic overworld that players become intimately familiar with during their travels as the Hero of Time. A prolific creator recently took a stab at recreating Hyrule in the blocky anime style of Dragon Quest…

The Last of Us Part II Will Be Out In February

During Sony’s State of Play stream Tuesday afternoon, the release date for The Last of Us Part II was finally announced. You’ll be able to play Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated sequel on February 21, 2020. The release date comes alongside a brand-new trailer that starts slow and quickly escalates to become the most violent and action-packed…

How Street Fighter II‘s Computer Opponents Cheat To Kick Your Ass

Have you ever plopped a quarter in the Street Fighter II machine at your local pizza joint and readied up with your favorite character, only to find yourself bashed and bloodied by the CPU just a few rounds later? Perhaps you said something to yourself about the computer cheating, only to get heckled by your…

Link’s Awakening‘s Big ‘Twist’ Is Mind-Blowing When You’re Eight

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is a mystery. Link, the hero of the Zelda games, wakes up after getting shipwrecked on Koholint Island. He meets a mysterious owl who tells him that in order to return home, he must wake the Wind Fish, the guardian of the island, who is currently asleep in a…

Highway Planning Game Really Underscores How Inefficient Cars Are

As I watch cars sit at a standstill at an intersection in Mini Motorways, the new game from the makes of Mini Metro, all I can think about is how much more efficient this city would have been with public transportation. Dinosaur Polo Club, the developers of Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, have created two…

Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s Box Art Sure Is Misleading

This is the box art, released this morning, for the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake, which is out March 3, 2020. It’s killer art. But if you saw it on a store shelf, you would have absolutely no idea that it’s actually just part one of the remake. The game that publisher Square Enix is…

Noita Is A Delightful Game Where You Can Destroy Every Pixel You See

Noita, out today via Early Access on Steam, comes from some of the creators of the excellent indie games The Swapper and Baba is You. Both are puzzle games focusing on taking rules to their extremes, using the lenses of body-swapping and computer programming, respectively. Noita does the same, but without the puzzle aspect. Everything…