Bandai Namco is looking to expand Elden Ring beyond video games and is planning on bringing the franchise to “a variety of other areas.” In a press release published on the Bandai Namco website, the publisher is planning to bring the Elden Ring franchise to “other areas”, according to CEO Yasuo Miyakawa: “We will continue […]
Planet of Lana is a stunning hand-painted adventure
Planet of Lana is a beautiful new cinematic puzzle adventure game from the Swedish indie studio, Wishfully. It was announced during Summer Games Fest kick-off event on Thursday. The story follows Lana, and her animal companion as they embark on a mission to save Lana’s sister. Their planet — which used to be a place […]
Metal Slug is coming back as a tactics game with ‘roguelike elements’
Metal Slug is returning as a grid-based tactical role-playing game with “roguelike elements,” publisher Dotemu announced during Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest. It’s called Metal Slug Tactics, and a release date was not announced. Players can already wishlist the game on Windows PC via Steam. The trailer, which we’ve embedded above, looks fun as heck […]
Crossfire: Legion Is The Next RTS From The Homeworld Dev, Coming 2022
The team behind Homeworld and Hardspace: Shipbreaker is working on a new RTS set in the Crossfire universe, called Crossfire: Legion. Blackbird Interactive was founded around ten years ago by former Relic and EA developers, and the first game it shipped was Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak in 2016. The team hopes to evolve that RTS […]
Final Form Is A Fast-Paced FPS Where You Can Turn Into A Metroid Ball, Playable In Co-Op
The Earth is gone and a cargo ship filled with factions at war is making its way to a distant world where humanity can rise again. It’s time to leave our musty-ass world behind and start new wars on a new planet and pollute the shit out of someone else’s river, let’s go! No, this […]
Every Jak And Daxter Game Is 50% Off Right Now
If the $70 price tag is too steep for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart or you haven’t managed to nab a PlayStation 5 just yet, fret not. Naughty Dog has you covered. All four main Jak and Daxter games are currently 50% off in Sony’s latest sale. During the PlayStation 2 era, they were the […]
Everslaught Is A Fast-Paced VR Dungeon Crawler
Well this crept up on us. Everslaught is a promising fast-paced VR dungeon crawler coming to PC VR headsets this month. Developed by MobX, the game will launch on SteamVR first in Early Access. In Everslaught, players explore randomly generated dungeons with a knife in one hand and a mix of ranged weaponry and a […]
Necromunda: Hired Gun is just OK, but the setting still rules
I’m a sucker for the setting of Necromunda: Hired Gun. In the Warhammer 40,000 hive-world of Necromunda, gangs struggle for power, the rich wage war, and bounty hunters make names for themselves. Warhammer 40,000 has been a constant in my life since I was roughly fourteen years old. I first fell in love with Necromunda […]
Call Of Duty Is Heading Back To WW2 But Skipping E3
Call of Duty’s next installment, Vanguard, isn’t being revealed at E3. Rather, according to VGC, we’ll see an official unveiling of the World War 2 shooter later this summer. It’s being helmed by Sledgehammer Games who were originally the ones developing Cold War before behind-the-scenes issues saw it rebranded to fit the Black Ops moniker, […]
Opinion: World Chase Tag is an Esport — Hear Me Out – The Esports Observer
Over the last 18 months or so, we’ve seen Twitch really open up more to traditional sports content. More athletes are streaming on the platform than ever before, there’s a whole category dedicated to sports, and workout streams are becoming more and more common. Twitch even held its own powerlifting competition. This embrace of traditional […]