Coming from developers Expansive Worlds, a creative division within Avalanche Studios is the 2021 edition of theHunter: Call of the Wild. Now, this is going to be my first experience of playing one of these games, so the whole setup and world is completely new. I was kind of picturing a small arena with loads
Month: February 2021
The latest UK physical software charts are now in and it’s been a good week for both the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 5. Nintendo UK had the No.1 game this week with Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury for the third consecutive week. Persona 5 Strikers from Atlus entered the charts at No.5 on
Next week, tactical shooter Valorant kicks off its next Act, introducing a character who I think might just be my new favourite. Astra is a space lady with an absolutely gorgeous character design, who literally astral projects into a strange starry dimension to use her abilities. I had the chance to try her out a
It might be the shortest calendar month, but there are no shortages of easy achievements to be had from the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S games that have released in February 2021. After our easy achievements list from last month where we managed to include a full 1000G for a game, can we keep
You can forget about the latest entries into the Battle Royale scene, for many it is PUBG that is still king. And the team at PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds know it, constantly pushing out new ideas and features. And that makes it ripe for us to team up with the PUBG Corporation to run a little giveaway.
While we all patiently await news about Dino Crisis, here’s another dinosaur game that you can enjoy in the meantime: open-world survival adventure Dinos Reborn. In development at indie studio HardCodeWay, Dinos Reborn transports players to a pre-historic sci-fi world where they have to “navigate between being predator and prey.” In a press release, the developer
Housemarque’s Returnal is one of the most anticipated PlayStation 5 exclusives, but terms “rogue-like” and “rogue-lite” tend to put many players off. However, the studio believes that Returnal‘s rogue-like elements make gameplay interesting and refreshing, and doesn’t think that they will intimidate players or throw them off despite a single difficulty setting. During an interview
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 16:42 GMT Respawn’s free-to-play battle royale title Apex Legends has hit a new concurrent user record on Steam, proving it’s still a very popular title. Apex Legends was released on Valve’s storefront back on November 5, 2020, and since then it’s been a pretty popular and enduring PvP game.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint had a fairly rocky launch that significantly impacted its sales, but Ubisoft is far from giving up on the title. The developer has announced that it’ll continue to add new content to Breakpoint throughout 2021, and will reveal a detailed roadmap soon. In a note to fans on Twitter, Ubisoft thanked players
© Nintendo To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we’re running a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, Kate talks about one of the franchises’ most iconic instalments… I first
We know what you’re thinking, but we have reason to believe it’ll finally happen: Bandai Namco Entertainment will grace us with Elden Ring‘s presence soon. Many events came and went, proving multiple rumors to be false, but the latest reports come from known insiders and journalists Jason Schreier and Jeff Grubb. “I know lots of people
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:36 GMT A creative and dedicated Animal Crossing: New Horizons player has spent an impressive seven months recreating the opening act of Hamilton in the relaxed Nintendo Switch game. One of the best parts of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the tool case it gives to players to
[embedded content] Like a giant bear, the games industry has been hibernating for the past three months, waking up only to toss out a Hitman 3 or a Little Nightmares 2. But spring is coming, and that big, unwashed bear is waking up. It means we have actual games, all with a passing chance of
Not long after Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan said that he is “feeling pretty good” about Horizon Forbidden West‘s development plans, rumors started swirling that the game may be pushed to 2022. Russian insider Anton Logvinov, who is most known for accurately leaking Horizon Zero Dawn‘s PC version first, responded to a tweet about video
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:36 GMT Doom Eternal has generated over $450 million in the first nine months of its release, according to a statement made on a former id Software employee. David Saunders, former product management lead at id Software who held the role from 2017 to 2020, has posted a
The latest season of content has gone live in Destiny 2, and I’ve been grinding the playlist events hard to be able to bring you my thoughts about what’s on offer. With the return of the Cabal as a threat, which is somewhat surprising after the spanking that Ghaul got at the hands of the
Milestone has announced Hot Wheels Unleashed for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 among other platforms. In a press release, Mattel’s head of digital gaming Andrew Chan said that the upcoming title will target players of all ages, and given Milestone’s experience in the racing genre, Mattel hopes to turn Hot Wheels into a “compelling console
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Was it not Shakespeare who said: “fie! I have the plague, and my armpits do weep with pus-filled boils like mustard from a Big Mac”? Well, if you liked that quote, you’re in excellent company with Astrologaster, a bawdy comedy-musical game from Nyamyam that combines the looks of a pop-up
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 13:19 GMT The live component of E3 2021 has been canceled according to documents released by Los Angeles Convention and Tourism Development Commission. A document published by the Board of Los Angeles Convention and Tourism Development Commission (spotted by Resetera user Rösti) notes that E3 2021’s physical event
As the Monster Hunter Rise hype train rumbles on, HORI has announced that the respected gaming peripheral manufacturer is producing a special Split Pad Pro model which will be available a month after the game’s launch. From 26th April, Monster Hunter Rise fans who are looking for a more comfortable way of enjoying the game
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 12:07 GMT Reports detailing the situation behind Google Stadia‘s canceled projects shed a little light on a reported Kojima Productions episodic horror game. A VGC report has revealed that Google was talking to Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima about making an “episodic horror game” for the ill-fated
Between the eclectic selection of NES and SNES games served up as part of everyone’s Nintendo Switch Online subscription, Fire Emblem‘s long-awaited (if time-limited) English language release thirty years after its Japanese debut, and the upcoming remake of their Disc System adventure game Famicom Detective Club, it seems clear Nintendo is not only able but
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 11:04 GMT Microsoft is testing a higher resolution streaming solution for the Xbox Game Pass streaming service Cloud Gaming, previously known as xCloud, ahead of a larger upgrade to the service later in the year. According to a new WindowsCentral report, an unnamed (but ‘trusted) game developer source
When The Pokémon Company announced remakes of the Nintendo DS titles Diamond and Pearl earlier this week, the most notable difference was obviously the art style. All of the sprite work in the original games has now been replaced with cute 3D graphics in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. There’s obviously been a lot of
The 10th anniversary of the beloved Nintendo 3DS system has recently taken place and to commemorate the event Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu has shared the top thirty best-selling physical software for the long-running dedicated handheld platform. As you would expect, the top ten consists of some of the best games released on the platform, but
Being honest, I have a real mixed experience with EA. They are undeniably a huge force in the world of video games, one of the biggest in fact, but their output is rather inconsistent. This is, of course, a risk of being such a giant in the industry. They’ve gotten behind some truly huge franchises
Can you believe we’re already two months into the year?! Well, thankfully, no matter how quickly time passes by, the Switch eShop seems to offer up dose after dose of great digital content to enjoy and February was no different. These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo’s digital store, giving some love and
Rapper and songwriter, Post Malone, has helped celebrate 25 years of Pokémon by starring in a 13 minute virtual concert experience. The full performance is now up on YouTube and you can watch it for yourself below. Post’s concert also marks the start of the franchise’s yearlong P25 Music programme which sees The Pokémon Company
During the Pokémon Presents broadcast this week, The Pokémon Company announced remakes of the Nintendo DS games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. While Game Freak normally handles games like this, right now, it’s busy with the open-world prequel Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which is due out next year. This leaves the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and
When he’s not paying off a loan to Tom Nook, Liam likes to report on the latest Nintendo news and admire his library of video games. His favourite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but nowadays he prefers to hang out with Judd the cat.
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