It’s that wonderful time of the new year again where speedrunners gather together to raise money for charity. Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 (AGDQ) begins on January 6 at 11:30 AM EST and runs until January 13 at 11:57 PM EST, according to their schedule. This 24/7 marathon will once again be raising funds for the Prevent
Month: January 2019
Fans of Square Enix’s popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV have plenty of reasons to be excited for 2019. With the upcoming release of the game’s third expansion, Shadowbringers, players can expect tons of new content in the future. With Patch 4.5 rolling out on Tuesday the development team has now given subscribers new info on some upcoming changes
After literally years of waiting, Media Molecule finally gave some players access to the creator’s beta for Dreams late last month. While this beta was at the time only confined to those subscribed to Media Molecule’s newsletter, today, the developer has finally opened sign-ups for everyone to now get in on the action. If you aren’t familiar with
Earlier this week I covered the news about how games from the start of January 2019 onwards must now ensure that their communications systems are accessible to people with disabilities. At the initial time of writing the article, I had assumed the mentions of communications a few times made it clear that the CVAA was
The annual Darkening of Tristram event has returned to Diablo III, with the portal that takes you to Old Tristram (the original Diablo) is now open for those who dare to fight through all sixteen levels from the game that started it all. Since 2017 Blizzard has included the Darkening of Tristram event to run
With its colorful visuals, wacky humor, and eclectic Metroidvania gameplay, DrinkBox Studios’ long-awaited sequel Guacamelee! 2 delivered another memorable adventure for everyone’s favorite luchador Juan, and now Xbox One owners will get their chance to experience the game in just a few weeks. Developer DrinkBox Studios has announced that Guacamelee! 2 will release for Xbox One owners
It doesn’t appear that Bowsette will make the leap from PornHub to official Mario canon any time soon. According to the official website for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, only Toadette can use the Super Crown to turn into a Peach-like character. Super Mario games always come with a variety of items, and the
I have a weird unconditional love for the Gunman Clive games. Even though they are both short and quite simple, I couldn’t help but be hooked by both of them, especially my first time through. I’ve somehow sunk over 25 hours in the first Gunman Clive, a game that can be in just about an
After seeing some gameplay and combat within the Devil May Cry 5 trailer we saw during December 2018 and given the content of the previous titles, finding out the ESRB rating sheds some light on what to expect. ESRB has issued Devil May Cry 5 with a Mature rating The main culprits for the rating seem to be
Developer IO Interactive announced Hitman: HD Enhanced Collection today and fans of the smooth-headed assassin won’t have too long to wait at all as it’s due for release on January 11 for PS4 and Xbox One. It will unfortunately only be available digitally, at least for the time being. Hitman: Blood Money which originally hit the shelves
Nippon Ichi Software released new information on its nostalgia, time-travel and robots-themed RPG Destiny Connect, revealing new characters and how Isaac’s customization works. The first new character introduced is Truth. Protagonist Sherry and her friends meet him in the town of Clockney after they time-traveled 30 years to the past. He acts and speaks in a
As one of Atlus’ smaller titles, Catherine has grown a passionate audience over the eight years since it released thanks to its wacky adult humor and unusual gameplay, and now it seems more likely than ever that the game will be coming to PC in the near future. Yesterday, fans of the beloved and quirky puzzler buzzed
Celebrated adventure game and “walking simulator” What Remains of Edith Finch is the next regular free offering from the Epic Games Store. The game from developer Giant Sparrow originally released in 2017 and was highly praised for its combined narrative and gameplay. The creator-focused Epic Games Store launched in December, offering 88 percent revenue to
While the gaming community may currently be fixated on the next generation consoles, it appears that Microsoft may not be done with making slight updates to the Xbox One hardware just yet. A couple of patents were granted to Microsoft in December, with these patents pointing to improvements to the Xbox One controller. One such
Epic Games is celebrating the new year by bringing back some older Fortnite game types—for a limited time, Team Rumble is back for the battle royale mode of the game. Joining Team Rumble is another returning mode called Unvaulted, which is only playable in duos. Team Rumble is basically a version of Team Deathmatch, though
The holiday season may be over, but that doesn’t mean that we have to stop buying ourselves gifts. In fact, I consider it my personal post-holiday tradition to buy myself things under the guise of self-care. Thankfully, Nike is making this very easy for me this year, offering a new PlayStation-inspired backpack through its PS X
The IGF (Independent Games Festival) has announced the finalists for their 21st annual awards ceremony that will take place Wednesday March 20, 2019 during the week of GDC. Meg Jayanth, writer of 80 Days, will be hosting the ceremony. With more than 300 judges and 500 entries for the awards, the IGF has narrowed down
The popular Xbox DVR service that allows clips and screenshots to be easily saved, shared, edited, and downloaded has launched onto mobile devices. Players can perform pretty much everything that the website allows but from the comfort of their mobile phone. The app launched on January 1, 2019, and was Tweeted about a day later
One of the stranger stories to come out of 2018 involved Warner Bros.’ Westworld mobile game, which was said to share some of the same source code as Bethesda Softworks’ mobile title Fallout Shelter. Following this discovery, Bethesda then filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. which as of earlier today was still pending. Well, that no longer seems
As we near the release of Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes later this month, Nintendo and Grasshopper Manufacture continue to unveil new trailers showing the game in action. Today’s new trailer finds titular protagonist Travis Touchdown and Bad Man in the world of Life is Destroy, one of the many various locations within Travis Strikes Again.
As its title implies, the 2017 simulation game Everything quite literally takes a metaphorical look at everything around us by letting players explore and play inside a procedurally-generated universe, with the game now letting players explore that universe on-the-go on Nintendo Switch. Developer David OReilly announced that Everything will be heading to the Nintendo Switch on January
In late December, Famitsu published on its online site a very lengthy interview with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Director Masahiro Sakurai. In it, Sakurai went back over the game’s development, detailing when it exactly started and how much knowledge of the Switch’s hardware they had at the time. He also shared comments on many topics,
Kicking off the new year with fitness in mind, Imagineer’s new Nintendo Switch exclusive Fitness Boxing has a new overview trailer that showcases all the features in the game. Published by Nintendo, Fitness Boxing is a clear callback to the fitness game avalanche that happened on the Wii. You can watch the trailer below. Fitness
Ben Brode, the previous director of the smash-hit card game Hearthstone, announced last year that he was departing from Blizzard along with a handful of other developers at the company. Brode and fellow departed dev Hamilton Chu went on to found the studio Second Dinner and have since been toiling away on an unannounced project. As of today,
As most Nintendo fans are probably aware, games by the first-party publisher rarely go on sale. With how wildly successful the Nintendo Switch has been, most of its first party titles haven’t seen great discounts until today. Nintendo began a New Year’s Digital Sale today that discounts multiple notable Nintendo Switch and 3DS games by
I don’t see many Switch owners gassing up Marvelous’ Daemon X Machina, a mech-based title that’s launching in 2019. Upon seeing the game’s initial reveal trailer during the opening of Nintendo’s E3 Direct in 2018, I immediately fell in love with the game’s art style and epic gameplay. Daemon X Machina is set in a world where the
Every year, game developer and publisher Rebellion seems to expand further. Around this time last year, Rebellion acquired Radiant Worlds and rebranded them as Rebellion Warwick. Later in 2018, they even invested $100 million into a film studio and bought the rights to the comics previously owned by IPC. Now, almost one year after the
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden isn’t the first video game to be adapted from a tabletop game, and it certainly won’t be the last. That being said, while most titles end up being based on large properties like Dungeons and Dragons or Warhammer, this game instead opts to flesh out the world of Mutant,
Despite a sluggish start out of the gate when it released in 2017, DICE and EA have more plans to continue pumping out content for Star Wars Battlefront II in 2019. To kick off the new year, DICE recently announced all of its plans for the game in the month of January. For the next three
EA and Bioware announced yesterday when players could get their hands on an early demo of Anthem. The VIP demo comes out at the end of this month, with another demo the following week. Here is how you can sign up for the VIP demo and play Anthem before everyone else. First, here is a