While we’re waiting for an update to the Resident Evil 7 demo (opens in new tab) Capcom have released the two super short micro-trailers. Here’s the first, simply called ‘Mysterious Caller’: The main thing to take away from that is that there are three different phones in different settings (one …
Read More »The PC Gamer Weekenders coming back in 2017 and you can buy tickets now
Our friends at PC Gamer had such a good time hosting a weekend full of tournaments, developer interviews, and down-and-dirty hardware workshops earlier this year that they’re doing it again: the PC Gamer Weekender is coming back on February 18-19, 2017. Another strong lineup of unreleased games, tournaments, and merchants …
Read More »Why I Love: the gooey textures of claymation graphics
Nidhogg 2 (opens in new tab)’s new art direction seems to split opinion like a sword through its combatants’ pudgy stomachs. The original cult-favorite fighting game depicted its dueling fencers as nondescript, Atari-esque sprites – but besides retaining their yellow and orange complexions, those two opponents are unrecognizable in the …
Read More »Battlefield 1 Battlepacks help you build special melee weapons. Cmon exotic shovels!
Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab) will let you customize your semi-historical soldiers with Battlepacks, just like Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline. But they worked a little bit differently back in the Great War: instead of offering an assortment of items like weapon grips and XP boosters, each Battlepack is …
Read More »Cult classic Binary Domain has much to teach when it comes to scripting team camaraderie
Heh, well, it’s a funny story actually. I’d intended to replay something a little more modern for this feature, and what Xbox One game is bigger, both in stature and in sheer size (70.4GB and counting), than Halo 5: Guardians? But the truth is, I couldn’t finish the fight. In …
Read More »First look at Justice Leagues Mera
After seeing many shots of the headlining heroes, at long last we’ve got a first look (opens in new tab) at Justice League (opens in new tab)’s Mera. There’s a main shot of the character as played by Amber Heard and several concept pieces too, check ’em out below: Image …
Read More »WWE 2K17 review: “You and your opponent can re-enact ECW’s greatest hits with glee”
Many fans argue that it’s impossible to have a five-star wrestling match; the same could be said of a five-star wrestling game. That’s partly because they want an experience which feels like wrestling, but plays like a competitive fighter – a false hope given that in reality combatants work to …
Read More »Iron Fist Netflix trailer
Iron Fist (opens in new tab), the next Marvel hero headed to Netflix, has a brand new, kung-fu-infused trailer. The video debuted at New York Comic-Con over the weekend and it introduces some of Danny Rand’s allies and enemies in his return to New York City. The trailer also shows …
Read More »Swimming, sprinting and *lots* of pullups: how to get a Lara Croft body
Is Lara Croft the most physically-competent character in videogames? At the risk of upsetting fans of literally anyone else, let’s just go ahead and say: yes, yes she is. Ezio might edge it at parkour and swan-diving, Kratos is slightly better at pushing giant rocks, Snake is fractionally more advanced …
Read More »Psychonauts 2 gameplay is here, check out everything Raz can do so far
It’s been a long wait for Psychonauts 2. The original Psychonauts was released in the waaaay way back of 2005, and fans have been eagerly waiting another installment ever since. And if you’re one of those fans, hopefully a new video from developer Double Fine will provide some much-needed relief. …
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