On the path to Riverwood, I decided to pop by the mines for a quick detour to get some ‘easy’ loot. The bandit at the entrance one-shot me. BACK TO HELGEN WE GO. This time, I accidentally set myself on fire in the dungeons. “Hey you, you’re finally awake” is being etched into my brain […]
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Getting A New Radio Station Full Of Fan Songs, Hosted By Sasha Grey
Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty, will also add a new radio station called Growl FM. The station will be hosted by actress and streamer Sasha Grey, and will be comprised of tracks submitted by fans as part of a music contest held by CD Projekt Red. This is the first new station to be […]
This Early Guillermo Del Toro Short Is A Perfect Halloween Watch
Does anyone embody the spirit of Halloween quite like Guillermo del Toro? Throughout his career, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker has merged the lighthearted and the monstrous, the fun and the frightening. In films like Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Blade 2, and Hellboy, Del Toro's sensibility feels right at home on a holiday when […]
Fallout 5 Should Be More Like Skyrim
Fallout 4 made me stop preordering video games. Over the years I’ve come to appreciate it more than I did at launch, but it disappointed me so badly I vowed never to be made a mark by the hype machine ever again. I still get excited for games, I just don’t give them my money […]
Splinter Cell Remake Director To Leave Ubisoft After 11 Years
David Grivel, a veteran of Ubisoft of 11 years, has announced that he is to leave the games company. Grivel is a game director at Ubisoft Toronto and has been in charge of the Splinter Cell remake since November 2021. Grivel joined Ubisoft in November 2007 as a junior game designer and worked on "undisclosed […]
It’s Taking Some Overwatch 2 Players Almost 50 Hours To Unlock Kiriko
Overwatch 2's battle pass hasn't gone down very well at all. For the first time ever, new heroes won't be added to everyone's roster for free, and will instead be unlocked through battle pass progression – which is significantly easier if you upgrade to the premium pass. And now, we have a good idea of […]
GTA 6 needs to be more progressive and less edge lord – Reader’s Feature
A reader questions what attitude Rockstar will take with GTA 6 and if it’ll try to be more progressive in terms of politics and representation. Despite the biggest leak in gaming history, we still know nothing important about Grand Theft Auto 6. We know it’s set in Vice City and that the main characters are […]
Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (October 8 – 14)
Between Stadia shutting down, GTA 6 footage leaking, and CD Projekt announcing which games it will be working on for the rest of time in recent weeks, some might have been fooled into thinking the last seven days have been somewhat quiet. In comparison, those people might be right, but that doesn't mean there wasn't […]
Hellena Taylor Says Bayonetta 3 Absence Due To "Immoral" Compensation, Calls For Fans To Boycott The Game
Trigger warning: the following article contains mentions of depression and suicide One of Bayonetta 3’s most head-scratching decisions was Platinum’s decision to switch Bayonetta’s voice actor from Hellena Taylor to Jennifer Hale. Taylor played the Umbra Witch in the first two games, but Platinum explained in our cover story that she wouldn’t reprise the role […]
In The Hotel Level, The Last Of Us Hits Its Peak
The Last of Us is a brilliant game from its opening moments when the Cordyceps outbreak begins, to its closing moments when Joel decides to not do anything about the whole Cordyceps outbreak thing. While there are narrative moments that cement its masterpiece status — the ending is still unparalleled in its gut-punch ambiguity, the […]