When Riot Games first announced Valorant in October of 2019, it was clear that the game was meant to be Riot’s response to Overwatch. Similar to Blizzard’s latest hit, Valorant is an objective-based first person shooter with a variety of playable heroes, each with their own unique abilities. However, as more details were released, the gameplay turned out to more […]
Microsoft Dunks On Sony’s PlayStation 5 Reveal With Xbox Release Date
Update (3/18/20): Talk about jumping the gun! The initial Thanksgiving release date has been rolled back by none other than Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb, who tweeted out the following. An Xbox product page in some regions inaccurately listed the launch date for Xbox Series X as Thanksgiving 2020. We are committed to launching Holiday 2020. So […]
Sims 4 Community Stuff Pack Items Unveiled
Over the last few weeks, the community has been voting on the theme and items in the next Sims 4 Stuff Pack. The first round decided the theme, with arts and crafts coming out on top. Within this topic, knitting was chosen as the focus. A further voting round decided the clothing, and this latest […]
N64 Cult Classic Shadow Man Is Getting A Remaster For Modern Platforms
Developer Nightdive Studios has announced that it will be remastering the N64 cult classic Shadow Man for modern platforms. In an exclusive on IGN this morning, the company showed off a bunch of screenshots and confirmed that the title will be coming to PC (via Steam and GOG), PS4, Xbox One, and Switch sometime later […]
Game-Breaking Bug Fixed In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon DX
A major game-breaking bug has been fixed in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, which resolves an issue that could make the game unplayable if the player’s team were wiped out in battle. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, the player is given the chance to choose which Pokémon their character will be, as well as the Pokémon that their […]
PS5 will load games in just one second as Sony reveals full tech specs
Sony still hasn’t revealed what the PlayStation 5 looks like but they have talked a lot about its tech specs and the magic of its SSD. To be fair to Sony they already said that this week’s PlayStation 5 livestream would be a deep dive into the tech side of things, but we don’t think […]
PlayStation 5 Tech Specs Revealed
Tech investigators Digital Foundry have gotten an advanced look at Sony’s PlayStation 5 presentation by Mark Cerny that is happening now, and have posted the specs for the holiday console. Here they are straight from Digital Foundry: CPU8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency) GPU10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHZ (variable frequency) GPU ArchitectureCustom […]
Echo VR On Oculus Quest To Get Closed Alpha Test March 26
Today, during the first-ever all-digital Facebook: Game Developers Showcase, Ready at Dawn announced that its upcoming Oculus Quest port of competitive zero-gravity disc game, Echo VR, will have a Closed Alpha test later this month on March 26th. Echo Arena pits two small teams of players against one another in what’s basically a zero-gravity game […]
Overwatch reveals that Echo will be its next hero
Overwatch revealed today that Echo will be the team-based shooter’s next playable hero. This will be the first character that Blizzard Entertainment has added to Overwatch since Sigma‘s release in July. This is the longest gap between new heroes since launch. Blizzard is also working on Overwatch 2, which does not yet have a release […]
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks adds DLC rewards for free-to-play games
Microsoft is adding a new category of rewards to its Netflix-style subscription service for games. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks are launching today to give subscribers in-game bonuses in a number of free-to-play and live-service releases. This should give gaming fans in the Xbox ecosystem even more reasons to get and maintain an active subscription […]