The next Dragon Age game from BioWare and Electronic Arts will be a single-player-only experience, according to a report from Bloomberg. EA reportedly opted to remove multiplayer components from the role-playing game following tepid response to BioWare’s cooperative shooter Anthem and the better-than-expected sales of Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a single-player game. According […]
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen expansion delayed to 2022
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, the game’s next expansion, won’t make its 2021 release window, according to a new Destiny 2 update from assistant game director Joe Blackburn. The Witch Queen will instead launch in early 2022, in order to maintain Bungie’s standards and for the health of the team through the COVID-19 pandemic. “Last […]
Hot Wheels Unleashed brings the orange plastic track to consoles this fall
Milestone, the Italian developer known for motorsports sims MotoGP and Monster Energy Supercross, is developing an arcade racer next — under Mattel’s Hot Wheels brand. Hot Wheels Unleashed will launch Sept. 30 on all current consoles and Windows PC, the companies announced Thursday. Hot Wheels Unleashed will feature local split-screen multiplayer supporting the racing action, […]
Nier Replicant ver. 1.22474487139… has a new 3.466667-minute trailer
Nier’s upcoming remaster — formally titled Nier Replicant ver. 1.22474487139… — has a new, extended trailer in advance of the game’s April 23 launch on PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. The trailer is in Japanese, so this is for hardcore Nier fans (is there another kind?), but even if you aren’t fluent in […]
Cyberpunk 2077’s next big patch delayed due to CD Projekt hack
CD Projekt Red has been patching and hotfixing Cyberpunk 2077 since its tumultuous release in December, but the next big patch will come a little later than players had expected. The developer posted an update to the official twitter account for the game on Wednesday, writing that “the recent cyber attack on the studio’s IT […]
Watch Dogs: Legion Online expands open-world London, but only a little
Watch Dogs: Legion’s multiplayer mode, originally due in December and pushed back on a near-monthly basis since, is delayed again. Watch Dogs: Legion Online will now launch March 9, a delay of two weeks. For impatient fans, what I played in a closed preview event one month ago didn’t exactly look like something worth the […]
Diablo 2 Resurrected remasters Blizzard’s classic RPG for console and PC
Diablo 2 Resurrected will be a faithful remaster of Diablo 2 and its expansion, Lord of Destruction. Blizzard announced Resurrected in the closing moments of its BlizzConline opening ceremony on Friday. Blizzard will release Diablo 2 Resurrected on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X later this year. […]
Three classic Blizzard games come to PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One today
Three of Blizzard Entertainment’s earliest games — The Lost Vikings, Blackthorne, and Rock N Roll Racing — are being re-released on consoles and PC today. The Blizzard Arcade Collection drops Friday on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One, Blizzard announced during BlizzConline’s opening ceremony. (The PS4 and Xbox One versions are playable […]
Red Dead Online players finally get solo-friendly missions
Red Dead Online’s missions are often better when players group up into a posse, but a new in-game activity is meant only for solo players. Players can now take part in “A New Source of Employment,” a mission type that puts players in a solo lobby for a dangerous scenario. These missions are delivered via […]
This video game gives a dog a paintbrush
Night in the Woods and Celeste publisher Finji has announced its next game, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, coming to Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows PC in 2021. The game, led by Wandersong developer Greg Lobanov, centers on the act of painting — bringing colors to a black-and-white world. Chicory: A Colorful Tale looks […]