Update: Square Enix has shared a quick update on the state of Final Fantasy VII Remake’s release. According to the statement below, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is “increasingly likely to affect the distribution and retail landscape in Europe, Australia, and the Americas.” In a similar situation, Amazon said shipments for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and […]
PlayStation 5 Will Play "Almost All" Of The Top 100 PlayStation 4 Games At Launch [Update]
Update: In a recent clarification on the original PlayStation Blog post, Sony noted that the number of PS4 games expected to be supported through backward compatibility is much higher than PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny’s initial comments made it appear. “We believe that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5,” […]
Guilty Gear Strive will finally implement rollback netcode
Arc System Works answered some FGC fans’ prayers by confirming that Guilty Gear Strive will finally adopt rollback netcode to improve online play. This news comes paired with the announcement of ASW providing a closed beta test for the game due to all of the fighting game tournaments being canceled. Rollback netcode is a technique […]
PS5 will load games in just one second as Sony reveals full tech specs
Sony still hasn’t revealed what the PlayStation 5 looks like but they have talked a lot about its tech specs and the magic of its SSD. To be fair to Sony they already said that this week’s PlayStation 5 livestream would be a deep dive into the tech side of things, but we don’t think […]
Xbox Series X will have expandable storage through custom 1 TB cards
Microsoft detailed the full Xbox Series X hardware specs on Monday, confirming the nuts and bolts of the next-gen Xbox’s CPU, GPU, RAM, and internal storage — the latter of which is a 1 TB custom NVMe solid-state drive. That drive will enable fast loading times, but it also presents an issue: 1 TB isn’t […]
Riot Games Says Valorant Will Have No Ties to League of Legends
If you were hoping to sport Jhin’s gun Whisper while playing Riot’s upcoming first person shooter Valorant, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. Riot has confirmed that they have no intention to incorporate any ties to their insanely famous MOBA League of Legends into Valorant. “VALORANT has literally zero ties to League of Legends at this time; additionally, there are no […]
Ori And The Will Of The Wisps review – tear-jerking action
The sequel to one of the Xbox One’s most beloved exclusives finally arrives and it may be the best looking, and sounding, game of the year. If you were to travel back in time, to the height of the Xbox 360’s popularity and tell fans that the most high-profile and critically acclaimed Xbox exclusive was […]
Call of Duty: Warzone will let dead players fight a 1v1 battle for a chance to respawn
It’s been a long time since death was really the end in battle royale games. Apex Legends gave players the chance to revive their fallen squad mates, and Fortnite added the same feature just a few weeks later. But Call of Duty: Warzone’s new battle royale mode is giving players a new way to get […]
Community Download: Will Half-Life: Alyx Live Up To The Hype?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. For today’s Community Download, we want to hear whether or not you think Half-Life: Alyx has any chance of living up to […]
Call of Duty: Warzone will reportedly feature automatic health regeneration
Infinity Ward surprised fans today with a 24-hour countdown pointing to Modern Warfare’s battle royale mode going live tomorrow. And it appears Warzone will house several unique mechanics that differentiate it from the competition. Warzone will feature automatic health regeneration and no bandages or medkits, according to Charlie Intel. Rather than slowing the pace of […]