Overwatch 2 has been teasing the launch of its upcoming PvE missions with an ARG featuring a mysterious hacker called the Enigma, and yes – his name is, in fact, John Cena. The reveal came as part of another, well, staged ‘hack’ of various streamers, leading up to a live …
Read More »DICE reflects on Battlefield 2042s long road to redemption
DICE is taking a victory lap. In November 2021, the tumultuous launch of Battlefield 2042 threatened to sink EA’s flagship shooter franchise for good. There were complaints ranging from the strength of the featureset to the stability of the servers and, while we’ve witnessed some incredible comeback stories in recent …
Read More »Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Diablo are coming to Game Pass
Microsoft plans to add Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Diablo to its Game Pass subscription service. That comes from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who confirms the much assumed news in a broader blog post (opens in new tab) discussing the company’s stance on the Activision Blizzard acquisition. “While we …
Read More »System Shock hands-on: A remake driven by respect and restraint
In a different, arguably better world, System Shock would be among the most recognizable game franchises out there. Rather than financing spiritual successors like BioShock and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, perhaps publishers 2K Games and Square Enix would have fought for operational control of SHODAN. But that’s not the world …
Read More »High on Life hands-on: An absolute riot thats impossible to turn away from
High on Life is a fucking riot. I’m not going to apologize for swearing so emphatically right out of the gate. Doing so would feel disingenuous when discussing a game that features a hyperactive knife accusing a talking gun of racism. It’s an admittedly absurd conversation, unfurling at 110mph as …
Read More »High on Life devs promise the guns arent “blabbing” all the time
High on Life won’t be a constant audio overload, according to the developers at Squanch Games. The upcoming FPS has Metroidvania elements and lets you play as an intergalactic bounty hunter working to take out an alien cartel. All of the footage we’ve seen thus far has been brightly colored, …
Read More »Hyenas, Creative Assemblys next game, looks as bold as it does ambitious
Hyenas marks Creative Assembly’s first non-strategy-focused venture since Alien: Isolation in 2014. Much has changed in the landscape of gun-toting video games since then, not least the runaway success of the battle royale genre, but Hyenas is its own thing. It is not a battle royale game, says the developer, …
Read More »Warhammer 40k: Darktide makes Slaughtering scores of foes as an eight-foot giant too much fun
Earlier this year, we learned that Warhammer 40k: Darktide offers Left 4 Dead-style storytelling with over 75,000 lines of dialogue already written. Developed by Swedish outfit Fatshark – of War of the Roses, and Warhammer: Vermintide fame – Darktide is a gorgeous, gritty, and often grueling first-person action game that …
Read More »Eight years and three studios later, playing Dead Island 2 resurrects its zombie promise
While waiting my turn to play Dead Island 2 I had the chance to watch somebody else hammer at the undead with a baseball bat for a while. Which was lucky, as it really let me appreciate just how over the top the gore is in Dambuster Studios’ reanimated Dead …
Read More »Rick and Morty creators Xbox shooter High On Life delayed to December
High on Life, the zany looking shooter coming to Xbox and PC later this year, is now due out a little laterer in the year: December 13, to be exact. Squanch Games – the studio fronted by Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland – had originally set an October 2022 …
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