The first Dying Light largely executed on its novel approach to the zombie genre — survive the horde with parkour and melee, ambitiously presented as a first-person experience — while coming up short in some of the supporting elements. In this way, it was a bit like the sports video games I routinely review, something […]
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Forza Horizon 5 gives us a high-speed tour of Mexico at Gamescom
Playground Games revealed Forza Horizon 5’s opening sequence of cinematics and gameplay Tuesday afternoon at Xbox’s Gamescom 2021 showcase, highlighting the varied terrain, weather, and biomes players will encounter on the racing game’s wide-open map of Mexico when it launches in November. “I think our campaign learns a lot from Horizon 4’s campaign,” Mike Brown, […]
Nintendo gives Dr. Mario mobile game just 3 months to live
Nintendo is shutting down Dr. Mario World, the mobile game based on the pill-dropping puzzle game series, in November, the company said on the game’s official website. Dr. Mario World launched in 2019 on Android and iOS. The free-to-play, match-three puzzle game inverted the traditional Dr. Mario playfield, letting players push pills upward to eliminate […]
Blizzard gives us a new look at Diablo 4’s classes and classic enemies
Blizzard Entertainment’s next Diablo may still be a long way off, but a new look at the game’s artwork, ranging from character classes, to new and reimagined monsters, to smaller details like armor dyes, shows how Diablo 4 is progressing. In a blog post published Wednesday, Diablo 4 art director John Mueller, lead character artist […]
Farming Simulator gives us holiday 2021’s first big-budget CGI hype trailer
With big-budget, pre-rendered cinematics and a narrator after Sam Elliott’s own heart, Focus Home Interactive wants you to know that Farming Simulator 22 is officially not, uh, farmin’ around when it lands on your harvest table this Thanksgiving. We’ve gotta hand it to them, and developers Giants Software, and whoever directed this. If the match […]
Sonic Origins Gives Players A New Chance To Experience The Glory Days
This year marks the 30th anniversary for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and as with any major anniversary milestone for a long-running franchise, fans want something to celebrate the glory days of the series. While 2017’s Sonic Mania paid stellar tribute to the 2D days of Sega’s spiny speedster, fans still love and play the […]
Custom PS5 Gives You A Peek Inside The Console
Iconic design is supposed to be visually striking, and by most accounts the PS5 definitely succeeds at that because it looks like an evolution of the past two PlayStation consoles. However, just because Sony created a futuristic piece of hardware that doesn’t mean modders won’t take the PS5 into PC gaming levels of customization. While […]
Bethesda Gives A Closer Look At Fallout 76’s Locked & Loaded Update
Fallout 76 Locked & Loaded is preparing for its big launch tomorrow, but Bethesda is giving fans a sneak peek of the action ahead of its arrival. The new season will include plenty of unlockable content, including outfits, Power Armor skins, weapon skins, and various consumables such as Perk Card Packs and Scrap Kits. Mark […]
Humble Bundle Gives You A Bunch Of D&D Comics For $1
Humble and IDW Publishing have teamed up to bring you the New and Classic Dungeons & Dragons Humble Comics Bundle, which offers a massive selection of D&D graphic novels worth up to $332. As is always the case with a Humble Bundle, you pay what you want. You do have to pay the minimum amount […]
R.B.I. Baseball 21 Gives Us First Look At Gameplay
Ever since the retro-style R.B.I. Baseball series returned in 2014, it has benefitted from being the only MLB game in town for multiple platforms. This year, however, that changes, as the critically acclaimed, longtime PlayStation-exclusive series, MLB The Show, is finally making the jump to Xbox consoles for the first time. With added competition, R.B.I. […]