Nowadays, it’s fairly rare for a game to slide across my desk that I’ve legitimately heard nothing about. That is why when Shot in the Dark hit Steam last week, it completely caught me off guard. Aside from the release trailer, I was completely oblivious to the title, which was extremely exciting. So can this demonic despot manage to appeal to the masses, or will it be too niche for mainstream approval?...
Popular PUBG Twitch streamer and former Counter Strike pro Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek had his Twitter hacked. In addition to threatening to release nude photos, the hacker also spammed the account with follower requests for bunch of other Twitter accounts. The hacker got ahold of Shroud’s account on Saturday morning. A stream of Tweets followed that contained links to other twitter accounts, threats to release nude photos, and a stream of hateful language aimed at other Twitch stars, including DrDisRespect, who recently suffered from a hack of his own Twitter account....
This week’s Spotlight Hour is all about the Puppet Pokémon, making it the perfect time to catch a perfect Shuppet in Pokémon Go. Unfortunately Shuppet, and its evolution Banette, aren’t great in competitive play, and you probably wouldn’t want to use them in raids in Pokémon Go. However, with the current Mega Pokémon in Pokémon Go being Mega Banette, there is now a real incentive to get involved in catching as many as possible....
Slime Hunter Idle Warrior is another interesting and engaging game from Com2uS Holdings and is best for casual players. There are many cute & chiby charcters and costumes that players can access while evolving or obtain by using codes. Wondering where you can find those, here is a list of all Slime Hunter Idle Warrior codes that you can use to get freebies and grow faster. Note: These Codes are working on 30 January 2023....
The open beta for Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is here, running from today until February 5. Players who sign up for the beta will get access to two of the single player missions from the beginning of the game, Cut Off and Block Out. The open-world game takes place in the Republic of Georgia. The beta levels see you cooperating with local rebel forces against Separatists, intercepting communications and taking out a ‘Most Wanted’ target....
Authentic simulation titles are known for priding themselves on realism. As a result, they’re adored by the most die-hard of players who want to indulge in an engaging experience. They want it to immerse them enough to at least subtly give off the illusion of it being like the real deal. That’s great, but can a game be too realistic for its own good? That’s kind of how I feel after putting over 5 hours into Snooker 19....
This Solar Opposites review contains no spoilers. A quick glance at Solar Opposites might make you think “more Rick and Morty” and that’s fair enough. It is, after all, a hyperviolent sci-fi cartoon in what is unmistakably Justin Roiland’s art style, scribbly pupils and all. Indeed, the two series are enough alike they could comfortably exist in each other’s multiverses. However, unlike Seth MacFarlane, who made three shows that looked exactly the same—and then as it turned out, they were—co-creators Mike McMahan and Justin Roiland have taken what they learned on Rick and Morty to craft something that, despite sharing some hefty chunks of DNA (if DNA can be chunked) with that show, stands apart as its own silly, smart, well-crafted work....
Sony has revealed during a Q&A on the PlayStation Blog that some of the titles included on the PlayStation Classic are based on the PAL version. So what, right? Well, there is a difference. PAL games ran at 50 hertz (and featured annoying black borders – anyone remember that?) and clocked in at 25fps instead of the 30fps seen in US PlayStation games. It’s not a big deal most of the time, but something like Tekken 3 feels more sluggish; you might take some time getting used to the PAL version....
The good news, for those who like their games industry a little less homogenous, is that Sony continues to tread its own line with the much-anticipated makeover of its PlayStation subscription service. The new PlayStation Plus might look broadly similar to Game Pass, and at its top tier it costs broadly the same too, but with Sony’s first-party games not hitting the service on day one this is quite pointedly not a direct competitor....
Sony boss Jim Ryan insists that things are okay in-house, despite the gaming magnate undergoing a restructuring period that was always going to be the cause of controversy. The company named a new head of Worldwide Studios this week, while several other changes are afoot. And, while the PlayStation brand has been split between three countries for most of its life (the US, Europe, and Japan), the tech giants have been moving towards global centralization over the last couple of years....
In recent sad news, Sony is shutting down the official PlayStation forums later this month. It’s always a bitter-sweet goodbye when the time has come to bid farewell to a product or service that was used for a very long while. Whether the service or product breaks, generally stops functioning, or becomes replaced with something better, it’s still not easy to ditch it in favor of something new. Unfortunately, such scenario can be applied to the official PlayStation forums because they will permanently go offline later this month....
Today Atlus released another of its daily trailers of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showing another location included in the game. The video shows the “Yo Yo Castle,” an item shop in the city of Realm, where humans and demons coexist peacefully. As usual, the trailer also includes the daily horoscope with a ranking of signs from the luckiest to the unluckiest. Aries is at the top, while Capricorn is at the bottom of the fortune ranking....
Final Fantasy VII Remake has performed well for Square Enix, but that doesn’t mean the game is on its way to new platforms… yet (via PlayStation LifeStyle). Final Fantasy VII Remake sold 3.5 million copies in the three days after its launch, which is not too shabby, seeing as the game’s launch was moderated as a result of the pandemic. Square Enix’s most recent earnings report stated that physical sales did not meet expectations, but digital sales compensated for the loss in that area....
Star Wars Battlefront II update 2.0 is now available to download for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One, publisher Electronic Arts and developer DICE have announced. As previously confirmed, this latest patch for the trouble science-fiction shooter features a complete overhaul of the game’s multiplayer progression system, as well as a heap of balance changes and bug squashing. Also new to the table is the Bespin map, which makes a comeback from its appearance in the original Star Wars Battlefront....
After a period of beta testing, Valve has now officially launched the new Steam Chat. The new chat system is very similar to Discord in functionality and it’s also as easy to use. It comes with an easy to access friends list which can be sorted and it also allows for in-line video, pictures, and tweets making it easy to share stuff like your favourite cat pictures and videos. It’s now also easier to initiate a live chat session and I’ve been using this a lot during beta for my Quake Champions game sessions....
E3 has come and gone, which means it’s now time for other events to come out from the shadows. Yes, the fun never stops in the world of gaming. Today, it’s Valve’s turn, as the company has officially begun its Steam Game Festival Summer edition for 2021. The event coincides with Steam Next Fest, which includes more than 700 demos to play and livestreams hosted by developers. Steam Next Fest kicked off at 1 PM ET today, and it’ll go until it ends on June 22 at the same time....
Valve continues to tinker behind the scenes with Steam and its latest client beta has officially introduced support for Nintendo’s Switch Joy-Con controllers. As such, those with a preference for Nintendo’s dual-handed clutch capsules will now be able to use them across their PC games in a number of different configurations. There’s support for individual Joy-Cons, which can be used as mini gamepad, and two controllers can also be combined into pairs - as is the case on Switch - for a more traditional controller configuration....
A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence, and the Epic Games Store has been nothing but persistent in establishing itself as a successful market for games, and the effect seems to be negatively affecting Steam, which is seeing a large drop in revenue from last year. A report compiled by No More Robots, the publisher of Descenders and Hypnospace Outlaw, indicates that developers are struggling now more than ever when releasing games on Steam....
Wacky 70s themed dodgeball game Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure is getting an all new and exclusive Deluxe edition for the it’s upcoming Nintendo Switch launch next week. The party game, which was originally released on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 last year, is already a great fit for the portable Switch, but developer Game Swing is going all out for this Switch port, seeing the number of local players possible increased from 4 to 6 players....
It can be easy to fall into the trap of pre-ordering. You know you want the game, so why not buy it right now? It’s so tempting, and you hate waiting. But stop and think before you buy. There are many reasons to avoid pre-ordering a game, and the gaming industry has turned pre-orders into a predatory business practice. The game industry relies on hype to sell games. That’s just an unavoidable fact....
