Death Stranding (opens in new tab) is a PS4 game, but according to Mark Cerny’s enigmatic smile it may also be a PS5 game. That’s according to a new Wired (opens in new tab) report that officially confirmed the next-gen console is coming (opens in new tab) (Sony even tweeted …
Read More »Report: Destiny 2 cross-platform character transfer could have happened, but Sony got in the way
It’s been over three months since Bungie cut its ties with Activision (opens in new tab) to gain sole ownership of the Destiny (opens in new tab) IP, and any future sequels to Destiny 2 (opens in new tab), but the publisher behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (opens …
Read More »The secret charm of starting zones in video games
It doesn’t matter if you’re gliding off the Great Plateau, setting sail from Kefalonia’s golden coast, or watching the gates of Vault 101 open before your weary eyes, the emotions are the same. A sense of fear and trepidation at the unfamiliar terrain that lies before you, yes, but also …
Read More »The skyrocketing rise of Auto Chess, a Dota 2 custom map thats become one of the years biggest games
It’s not often that we get to witness the genesis of an entirely new game genre. On January 3, 2019, Dota Auto Chess (opens in new tab) was first posted to the Steam Workshop as a mod for Dota 2, Valve’s eminently popular MOBA that supports custom games sectioned off …
Read More »Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is “Civilization meets Assassins Creed” but with apes
It’s a good thing that I wasn’t one of the chimp-like hominids that would become the bedrock for modern man. The new, ambitious open-world survival experiment Ancestors: Humankind Odyssey proves that if that had been the case, we would today be living in a world where everyone had boneless, limp …
Read More »Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order concept art leaks thanks to an Amazon T-shirt listing
Our first look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is here, thanks to a T-shirt that went up for sale too early. Prolific video game snooper-arounder Wario64 spotted the product, called “Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Logo Teaser Poster T-Shirt” on Amazon, and noticed that it seems to prominently feature …
Read More »Never give up: these Apex Legends players literally carried an AFK teammate to victory
Just because you’ve got a do-nothing AFK player on your Apex Legends (opens in new tab) team, doesn’t mean this round will be a guaranteed loss. With enough perseverance, you can even forcibly push that dead weight to victory, as two friends with the handles xxxStuxnetxxx and MuckleBalls recently found …
Read More »14 details you missed in the new Borderlands 3 trailer
We’ve got a new Borderlands 3 trailer and I gotta say, Gearbox are really treating us. This is the third trailer we’ve got this week, and as always, there’s quite a bit to pull out of the one minute and 26 seconds of gameplay footage. Some of it we’ve seen …
Read More »Zelda: Link to the Past and Metroid Prime Trilogy listed for Switch, prepare the hype train
It looks like the list of upcoming Switch games (opens in new tab) is about to get even better, or so a new batch of listings on Best Buy’s employee system seems to suggest. As spotted by notoriously accurate Twitter tipster Wario64 (opens in new tab), listings for several new …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: The writers and directors of Avengers: Endgame explain why the film had to be three hours long
Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab), surely the most anticipated film of 2019, is nearly upon us. In a matter of weeks, we’ll actually be able to see what’s happened in the time since the end of Avengers: Infinity War (opens in new tab), when Thanos completed his gauntlet and …
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