The year 2020 featured some quality titles that dealt with the themes of life, loss, and death, such as Spiritfarer, Mosaic, Sea of Solitude, Coffee Talk, and Hades. When the Past Was Around is another title — an adventure point-and-click puzzle game — that delves into the vast intricacies of love, death, and moving on.
Month: January 2021
The Headliners promo in FIFA 21 is in its second week. If you haven’t been following, the promo brings live cards to the game that upgrade with every performance-based card a player receives. Plus, if their team wins four domestic games in a row, they get an extra bump. Essentially, it’s like a more valuable
Monster Hunter Rise arrived on the Nintendo Switch eShop yesterday as a limited-timed demo, and its popularity saw the digital storefront suffer massive slowdowns. However, it’s not just the eShop that has been facing some issues, but players are reporting that the game itself is stuttering, and it’s something we mentioned in our impressions piece. However,
Dragalia Lost announced it will be holding a crossover collab event with Persona 5 Strikers in late January. The Phantom Thieves of Hearts will appear in new Summons and the new Event, Caged Desire, in Dragalia Lost. The English announcement didn’t specify which Persona game it’ll be. And only mentioned the “Persona series”. However, the
For the past few years, Dying Light 2 has been one of the most anticipated games on the horizon with its unique take on the zombie post-apocalyptic genre thanks to an ever-changing world impacted by the player’s decisions. However, the game has had some notable development setbacks since its reveal at E3 2018, with one of
As 2020 settles in its place in the rearview mirror (thank goodness), gaming outlets are posting their Game of the Year lists left and right. Topping many of those lists are PlayStation exclusives including Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, and The Last of Us Part II. According to GOTYPicks, a blog devoted to tallying up the
Though we’ve officially closed the book (for good) on 2020, there are still a few awards left to deliver for last year’s roster of incredible games. As one of the first award shows of the year, The New York Game Awards is returning in a few weeks to recognize gaming’s biggest achievements in 2020, with
Outside of the characters and world introduced in Monster Hunter World, Monster Hunter Rise is an improved sequel to it in almost every way. For a Nintendo Switch exclusive, it is one of the more stunning titles thanks to the use of Capcom’s RE Engine, along with bringing new features and abilities on top of elements that players
This year seems to be memorable one for those who are looking for some horrifying experience. Lots of triple-A projects such as Resident Evil 8: Village, Quantum Error, and The Medium are already slated to launch this year. However, you shouldn’t forget about indie horror games coming out this year. Devour is one of the
In 2018, Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the Storm was arguably at its strongest. The game was constantly being updated with new and interesting Heroes, the dev team was consistently delivering fun events like Nexomania and the Toys Christmas, and, maybe most importantly, the Heroes Global Championship. This esports event saw Blizzard producing some of the
Pokemon is unsurprisingly the highest-grossing franchise of all time. Alongside the array of fantastic video games, trading cards, anime and movies is a line of merch that can sometimes get a little bit weird. This is exemplified by a new Gengar sleeping companion from Premium Bandai. The giant plush features an enormous tongue that can
It’s news to nobody at this point just how much of a powerhouse the Nintendo Switch is. The console sold consistently throughout the whole of last year and was the top-selling console in the US for two years straight. Now, some new information has come to light that shows the console is not only dominant in the US
If you haven’t been around Los Santos for a while, this week you have plenty of tempting offers for revisiting the city and taking part in some exciting new events. Grand Theft Auto Online offers a new ride along with triple and double rewards for some of the in-game missions. Taking part in Motor Wars
SNK released a twelve-minute video giving updates and announcements to numerous titles under their umbrella including King of Fighters XV and Season Three of Samurai Shodown. The presentation was supposed to release yesterday but was pushed forward to today. The showcase was hosted by Yasuyuki Oda and began with the reveal trailer for King of Fighters XV. Oda spoke with
The Utawarerumono series is a very popular tactical RPG/visual novel hybrid from Japan. The second and third games in the series came to Steam in January 2020, but the first title has yet to join them. Soon, that all changes. Today, the teams at AquaPlus, DMM GAmes, and Shiravune announced Prelude to the Fallen is
Though traveling to a theme park isn’t something that we’ll likely to be able to do for some time, Nintendo is preparing the finishing touches on its long-awaited debut at Universal Studios Japan with Super Nintendo World. The Nintendo-themed amusement park will officially be open on February 4, 2021, and while it’s unlikely that most
As time has gone on, gaming cabinets have slowly become a thing of the past. Even so, many of us still have fond memories of heading down to our favorite arcade, pockets heavy with coins, and eagerly slotting every dime into our most beloved game. You’ll still find them dotted around the country in arcades
As far as FIFA 21 promos go in Ultimate Team, there isn’t really anything that tops Team of the Year. Sure, the chances of actually packing one of those players are essentially nil; however, the excitement of the event is almost without parallel. For my money, the only promo that gets close is Future Stars
Fall Guys, the family-friendly battle royale that has bouncy jelly bean boys fighting against each other, is collaborating with another unique franchise. However, instead of being a similarly PG-rated crossover, this one is for more mature audiences. The latest characters that you can dress your Fall Guys characters up as are from Doom, and include a couple of
With 2020 now firmly in the rearview mirror, a new year means a host of new milestones with this year being no different. As we kickstart 2021, the year ahead will see significant video game anniversaries for some of the medium’s biggest franchises. Some of which include; The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, and Skyrim. Today
On January 7, Capcom held a special event for Monster Hunter Rise, revealing a new trailer and how the demo will be available later today on January 7. However, the Monster Hunter Rise demo will only be playable until February 1, at 3 PM ET. The trailer and event also revealed new monsters, Goss Harag,
Hitman 3 is just a few weeks away from us and it’s probably the best time for IO Interactive to share new trailers from the game and raise the hype for the final episode of The World of Assassination trilogy. Today, the Danish devs released a gameplay trailer for Hitman 3 VR, showcasing how the
It goes without saying that the Nintendo Switch had a fantastic 2020. The hybrid console sold consistently throughout the year and was the top-selling console in the US for two years straight. Now, as we enter a new month, and new year, Nintendo has shared its top 15 downloads for the month of December and
Historically, PlayStation’s DualShock and now DualSense series of controllers have always used an inbuilt rechargeable battery, whereas, at least since the Xbox 360, the Xbox controller range has had the option for AA batteries. Allowing replaceable batteries gives the player options, and Microsoft the opportunity to make a few more dollars by selling their own
Rumours of a Nintendo Switch Pro have been floating around for quite a while now. These rumblings gained the most traction back in August last year when Bloomberg reported that Nintendo was planning an upgraded model of their hybrid console. Now, adding fuel to the fire, a reported datamine has provided more technical details about
In 2020, Microsoft surely made big progress in branching out its presence of gaming arm in Eastern Asian countries, and also tried to bring more games from the Japanese developers to the Xbox Game Pass library. They launched Xbox Game Pass in Japan, they acquired Tango Gameworks, a Japanese studio, thanks to the acquisition of
Often we tend to play fighting games in a 2D view of the scene as it provides the best control over the playable characters and the fighting area, however, have you ever dreamed of playing a fighting game in the first-person view? If you have, then you should be happy with this new mod for
Since its official reveal last year, we haven’t heard much about God of War Ragnarok. We don’t even know if the name for the new God of War entry would be titled Ragnarok or something else. However, David Jaffe, a former Santa Monica developer who has been involved in some of the previous God of
Dishonored is one of the best new IPs to come out in the past decade and thanks to a recent interview with Spanish outlet Vandal we know that the Creative Director of the series, Harvey Smith is working on a new project at Arkane Studios. The team is comprised of developers who worked on both the Dishonored series
Outriders is People Can Fly’s upcoming co-op shooter that takes elements from Destiny and Gears of War while adding in some wild powers. The game was originally set to release in early February; however, PCF announced today that they’re pushing the release date back a month. You might be concerned that the new April 1