Persona 5 Scramble: Phantom Strikers will launch in the West in February 2021, one year after its Japanese release, according to a trailer that publisher Atlus uploaded to YouTube and very quickly removed on Friday. The hack-and-slash spinoff of the Japanese role-playing franchise was given a Feb. 23, 2021, launch date on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation […]
The Division 2’s ‘Codename Nightmare’ event is canceled
“Codename Nightmare,” a special gameplay event that Ubisoft teased for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 back in September, has been cancelled. In a live-streamed discussion yesterday, a developer with Massive Entertainment implied that disruptions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic were partly to blame. “It’s been a tough year for everyone; it’s been a tough […]
Fortnite might get Master Chief, plus other Halo goodies
Fortnite is showing no signs of slowing down this year. After a record-breaking Marvel event, and a recent tease for a God of War crossover, leakers are reporting that the bubblegum battle royale game might also soon see a Halo collaboration as well. Right now, data miners and leakers are sharing small, somewhat blurry images […]
Kratos joins Fortnite’s Season 5 crossover free-for-all
As if Fortnite isn’t busy enough, now Kratos, from PlayStation’s God of War franchise, will join the game as a playable skin. PlayStation’s official Twitter made a rather ham-handed tease of this crossover at 2 p.m. Wednesday, and Fortnite social media maven Hypex followed with a couple of images showing Kratos’ placement in the game. […]
The best Black Friday 2020 gaming deals at Amazon
Amazon’s deals for Black Friday 2020 are live. The online retailer is hosting deals across their entire site, including last-gen consoles like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. There’s also plenty of deals on the Nintendo Switch and discounts for PC gamers. To help you make the most out of your shopping through Amazon’s Black […]
Watch Dogs: Legion’s online mode delayed until 2021
Watch Dogs: Legion recently debuted, with a multiplayer mode planned to follow before the end of 2020. Ubisoft is making a change of plans, and is putting the multiplayer mode on the backburner until an unspecified date in 2021. Ubisoft posted a statement on their official site, explaining the rationale behind the delay, as well […]
No Man’s Sky players have built entire rave planets
In late 2019, No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games added a full-blown synthesizer to the ever-expanding space game, allowing fans to create their own melodies. And in 2020, explorers who are a part of the fan-run Galactic Hub group have come together to build in-game colonies where the dance party never stops, courtesy of that […]
New James Bond game coming from Hitman developers
Hitman developer IO Interactive announced Project 007 on Thursday, a new game starring James Bond that will tell the British Secret Service operative’s origin story. Project 007 will “feature a wholly original Bond story exclusively as a video game,” one in which players must “earn their 00 status,” the studio said in a news release. […]
Dirt 5 reminded me how much I needed MotorStorm back in my life
Video games often strive to give the player a sense of place for somewhere in real life. Dirt 5 is the only video game to give me the sense of place in another video game: MotorStorm. Sure, the pre-race countdown (a succession of closeups) is a straight lift from the PlayStation 3’s MotorStorm: Pacific Rift […]
A PS5 simulator for everyone who couldn’t get the console
Video game developer Alex Grade couldn’t afford a new PlayStation 5 — and even if they could, Sony’s next-gen console is selling out quickly, resulting in scalpers hocking the PS5 for thousands of dollars. Instead of dropping an unreasonable amount of cash, Grade did the next best thing. They built a simulator that gives them […]