What are the best FPS games? It’s a hotly debated topic, and one that, once the debate initiated, made the VG247 office erupt in an impromptu nerf war. Luckily, when the dust settled, we managed to land on our top 50. Just so you can have a bit of insight into our process, here’s how
Month: December 2019
Life is Strange 2 is a game about familial bonds, power dynamics, adulthood, and an intolerant, hypocritical America. The first Life is Strange was excellent, but I’ve been putting off getting stuck into the second because of the wait between episodes. Now they’re all out, I’ve binged my way through it and I’ve come to
Rocket League players have not received the game’s new blueprints system well. Rocket League developer Psyonix recently rolled out the big blueprints update to the game. The patch mainly overhauls how rewards are doled out. The most significant change in this update is the removal of loot boxes and their associated keys. Rocket League now
By Sherif Saed, Monday, 9 December 2019 09:34 GMT Activision may once again be teasing a new Crash Bandicoot game reveal. A number of influencers have received Christmas-themed Crash Bandicoot figures recently, suspiciously close this week’s big reveal events. YouTuber Canadian Guy Eh spotted social media posts from a number of “large scale” influencers, all
It’s dark. Suddenly you’re trapped in a Matrix-esque pod, deeply disturbing but uncannily organic. You’re thrust forward. Three other encasings like yours meet in the centre of a labyrinthine facility, and, all at once, you’re plummeted into the darkest recesses of The Complex — the Warden has a task for you. GTFO is a survival
© Polymega Polymega’s been in the oven for quite some time now, and, like so many new hardware projects, has been subject to a few growing pains. This ambitious system is aiming to be the ultimate retro box, allowing you to not only use your original games and controllers but also download your games to
A new Nintendo Switch trailer has been unveiled to celebrate the recent launch of Alien: Isolation, which is available now on the Nintendo eShop. The Switch version of the game comes with all seven DLCs from the original, including Last Survivor, a recreation of Ellen Ripley’s final mission on board the Nostromo. To see some footage from
Believe it or not, Sonic the Hedgehog has never made an appearance at The Game Awards. However, that may soon change. Geoff Keighley, show’s creator and producer, did a brief Periscope stream earlier today and answered questions from fans. One fan asked Keighley if there would be any news about Sonic’s 30th anniversary. Keighley responded
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 8 December 2019 23:34 GMT The Llama of Wall Street and Seguriad Social represent two sides of the same socioeconomic coin. Two new updates have come to Tropico 6, Limbic Entertainment’s banana republic-building strategy game. The new expansions are the free-to-play Seguriad Social and The Llama of Wall Street – the
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 8 December 2019 22:33 GMT Fahkumram is the next fighter coming to Tekken 7. Fahkumram was revealed today during the Tekken World Tour Final 2019, with a trailer introducing the giant muay thai fighter. The new character will be made available as part of the Tekken 7 Season 3 Pass –
There’s no doubt that Lara Croft is a British gaming legend. For over 20 years she has been exploring the world for weird and wonderful artifacts. I remember playing through her adventures when I was young, and being bedazzled by the globetrotting nature of the games. The stand out for me was, and still is,
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 8 December 2019 20:07 GMT Ryan Reynolds’ next film will see the actor play a hapless banker who discovers he is living in a video game. In Free Guy, which is slated to arrive in cinemas next summer, Reynolds will play a bank teller who finds he is actually a non-playable
The release of Just Dance 2020 celebrates 10 years of the world’s number 1 music videogame franchise. The developers of the game, Ubisoft, promise that this edition is ‘more than Just Dance’, so hopes are high for some exciting brand new features to freshen up their tried and tested formula. As with previous games you
Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham has said that the developer is currently prototyping “interesting” new approaches to player-versus-player in the upcoming Diablo IV, and that the game will feature a seamless shared world unlike anything the series has seen before. Speaking to EDGE magazine (via Wccftech), Adham teased that Blizzard is in the process of finalizing PvP
The Microsoft Store has reportedly ended up leaking Tekken 7 Season Pass 3’s content, revealing returning character Ganryu and new playable character Fahkumram. The listing has since been updated to remove the content details but not before folks over at Avoiding The Puddle managed to get their hands on a screenshot. Considering Tekken 7 is
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 8 December 2019 17:18 GMT Rapper Snoop Dogg is now a commentator and playable character in NHL 20. The hip hop legend was added to the game in its latest patch, which sees on the ice and alongide play-by-play announcer James Cybulski. Snoop announced his role in the game over Twitter,
Dark Souls is one of gaming’s most prolific series and certainly one of my favourites. In fact, it has had such a large impact that it’s spawned its own subgenre. There are many experiences that mimic that same brutal tactical gameplay, coming under the “Souls-like” genre. While not all capture the same magic, some of
Industry insider Sabi, who’s known for his accurate E3 and BlizzCon announcements, reported back in November that Activision has another Crash Bandicoot game on the way. Sabi wasn’t able to confirm who’s developing it and whether it’s a new game or a remaster but just that something Crash was definitely in the works. Well, it
If you’re a parent wondering what to buy your lovely cherub for Christmas this year, then presumably because you strumbled on to this website you are in the market for picking up a Nintendo console. A wise choice, and one of which we heartily approve. But with so many bewildering options out there, you might
Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, who plays the role of Heartman in Death Stranding, seems to be teasing a “return” of the character. Spotted by Reddit user hitman_JDA, a recently published image on Refn’s Instagram shows “Heartman will return” scribbled across a photo of himself and creator Hideo Kojima. Fans have understandably started speculating what Refn
There is something very badly behaved on the other side of door eight of the RPS Advent Calendar. Badly behaved and very noisy. It’s Untitled Goose Game! Dave: Who knew that a goose with vandalistic tendencies would be the best new character in 2019? From vegetable larceny to scaring timid children, the nefarious antics of
CyberConnect2 who developed Solatorobo: Red the Hunter, the charming Nintendo DS games which was released around a decade ago, have recently discussed the chance of the game getting a remake. CyberConnect2 director Hiroshi Matsuyama addressed fans in a recent question & answer session video. Here’s what Mr. Matsuyama had to say on the subject: “Of course,
The moment I saw the trailer for this intriguing looking game I was hooked. Its promise of a heartwarming story and delightfully drawn visuals fast made me understand that this was going to be my Christmas game of 2019. But, you know, I’ve been fooled by trailers before and so when I first fired up
It seems as though more Disney remakes are coming according to YouTuber Doctre81. A LinkedIn profile from the CEO and creative director of PlayMagic reveals that the team have been working on a new Disney remake since this summer for all current platforms. We have already had Disney’s The Lion King and Aladdin. It’s not
Minecraft Bedrock Edition will finally release on the PlayStation 4 digitally and physically on Tuesday, December 10th, if multiple retailer listings are anything to go by. First reported by Twitter user eckoxsoldier, a now-removed Best Buy listing outed the release date. Another Twitter user mcbedrockcom then somehow managed to either snap or find a photo
After fifteen years of development in one form or another, Black Mesa is almost finished. A new public beta build of the Valve-sanctioned Half-Life fan remake unveils the final chapters of Xen, the alien world much-maligned in Half-Life and absent from the initial release of Black Mesa. With this, the game can now be played
PQube has announced that it’ll be publishing Mages-developed dungeon RPG, Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Infinite Combate in Europe and North America in 2020. The game will release both digitally and physically for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. A PC version will release via Steam. Based on the manga
For readers of a certain age – to which this writer is very much a member – adventure gamebooks were the best. Splicing the agency of roleplay with the narrative depth of a fantasy novel, these souped-up ‘choose your own adventure’ novels took readers on all manner of dark and daring quests that could easily
Welcome back to Box Art Brawl, the series where we pit regional variations of video game box covers from back in the day against each other in a savage fight to the death. Okay, it isn’t that dramatic – it’s just a poll – but let’s get into the spirit and pretend that the stakes
If you know your way around a Nintendo 64, you’ll know the base of the console can be connected to peripherals such as the 64DD. If you never got your hands on this hardware, it means you’ve probably never attached your legendary 64-bit system to anything in the past. Well, soon you might finally have
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