On the verge of the release of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, it was today announced that the most recent numbered entry in the saga, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, has now come to the Xbox One via backward compatibility. Ace Combat 6, which is the most recent numbered entry in the series, first launched all the
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As if the 20-year-old classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time needed more points to add to its GOAT status, a new video essay by Javed L Sterritt on his YouTube channel Good Blood provides an unparalleled look at reading between the lines of Ocarina of Time‘s story, gameplay, and world. “OCARINA OF TIME –
Ubisoft’s The Division 2 is gearing up to be one of the biggest titles in this first portion of the year and today, the publisher released a new trailer for the game giving more details on the game’s narrative. This new trailer, which is a little over two minutes in length, gives us a better idea
While Sea of Thieves had a rocky launch back in March 2018, Rare has stuck by the game ever since consistently updating and improving the experience. Today, Rare and Microsoft revealed an impending optimization focused update for the game that will actually reduce the file size of Sea of Thieves. This should surely pleases those
A few weeks back, some high-profile rumors began circling the Internet related to NetherRealm Studios’ upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat 11. While there was a lot of information shared in the supposed leak, one of the more notable details was that WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey would be featured during the reveal event for MK11 and would also announce her
It seems that the trailers are coming in thick and fast following the announcement that SNK 40th Anniversary Collection will be making its way to PlayStation 4 later this year. The first trailer was a deliberately corny affair parodying video game advertisements from decades past. The latest one, however, focuses on Crystalis. Crystalis is an
Back your bags for Tokyo, Japan because the Disney Ambassador Hotel at Tokyo Disneyland is making over rooms to be more Kingdom Hearts themed for March 2019. Reservations open up on January 31, 2019 and the rooms will include special Keyblade access keys, special postcards, and decorations. Rooms will start at ¥46,100~ ($423~) and will have
Long gone are the notions that video games are simply all-out action affairs for button mashing maniacs. While titles of this nature still exist, they are often contrasted by rich story-driven games which feature mature emotional content coupled with beautiful art styles. It seems that Rainswept is ready to become one such title. Created by
While the Souls-like genre has gotten crowded in recent years, Ska Studios’ Salt and Sanctuary still stands out as one of the genre’s more unique titles. It adapted the Dark Souls formula into a 2D perspective in an interesting way, and caught the hearts of many when it launched for PS4 in March 2016. Since
If you played Watch Dogs 2, you likely remember one of the game’s more meta missions which found the game’s main protagonist Marcus Holloway hacking into Ubisoft’s offices in San Francisco. During this sequence, there was a brief trailer that played and seemed to tease something that Ubisoft was actually working on in real life. Well, unfortunately,
Capcom has had so many amazing franchises throughout the years that it is difficult for all of them to survive the test of time. While iconic survival horror title Resident Evil 2 is set to conquer the world again in an entirely new iteration, other series such as Final Fight have all but fallen off
As we’re nearing the release date of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Famitsu published an interview with Brand Director Kazutoki Kono, Producer Manabu Shimomoto and VR Producer Ken Tamaki (who served as Director of Summer Lesson). They chatted about the overall warm reception the game is getting on social media, and how did they balance the game’s
Writing about sensitive subjects, like depression or suicide, can be a hard thing to tackle. Eloquently told stories about the human psyche and the effect it can have on you and those around you are typically regarded as some of the best ever, regardless of medium. Works like Blade Runner, Celeste, and The Great Gatsby have told these tales
Developer Chucklefish announced yesterday that their retro turn-based combat game Wargroove will support 10 different languages at launch. Chucklefish also tweeted out that Wargroove would be out “VERY soon.” Wargroove currently only has a release window of Q1 2019. Wargroove‘s 10 languages at launch will be English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Yesterday, the plans for ZeniMax Online Studios’ The Elder Scrolls Online were detailed, giving us an in-depth look at what to expect for the title throughout this year. You can expect to see dragons, a new zone, and a storyline that spans the whole of 2019. The Season of the Dragon reveal took place on Twitch last
If you’re a fan of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Zombies mode and you’ve been upset by the lack of transparency about the horde mode then you’re in luck. Today, to celebrate 115 day (named after the fictional element that caused the in-game zombie outbreak), Treyarch gave fans a new look at what the future of the
If you were in New York today and saw a bunch of people punching at each other inside the Nintendo NY store, you’ll be pleased to know that they weren’t fighting a copy of Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. In fact, everyone was working out to Imagineer’s Fitness Boxing for the event being held at the
Minecraft is the biggest game of the past decade, which is why it is weird to see support for the game ending on several older systems. Last December, 4J Studio ceased support on the PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, and Wii U versions of the game following The Nightmare Before Christmas Mash-up Pack. Well over 21 million players picked
While yesterday’s Dragon Ball Games Super Showcase didn’t house any jaw-dropping announcements, many hardcore fans were happy to hear that Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, a new game based on the popular Japanese arcade cabinet, was actually coming west for PC and Nintendo Switch this April. Now, a day after the western release’s announcement, Bandai
The ties between Kojima Productions’ upcoming title Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn developer Guerrilla Games have always been quite direct. If you remember back to when Kojima first began working on Death Stranding, his first order of business was to decide what engine he wanted to create the game within. In the end, Kojima decided upon Guerrilla
Even though it feels like its been a while since Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s last major update, fans don’t have to wait any longer. Right on time, developer Treyarch released a brand new patch for the first-person shooter, update 1.11, and boy oh boy does it pack in a ton of content. Beyond the previously announced Blackout looting system
Atlus has released two separate themes on PS4 for their rhythm titles Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight. The best thing about this? Both themes are absolutely free to all PlayStation Plus members. I’ve included a video below as well as some screenshots so you can check them out for yourself. Additionally, you can
Days Gone is rapidly approaching release this coming April and as such, it would stand to reason that the final pieces of information about the game would begin coming out. One of those small nuggets of info would be that of the game’s official rating, which has now seemingly been divulged. As first spotted by Twisted
It looks like Lara Croft’s adventures are far from over as today it has been announced that Crystal Dynamics’ Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Nightmare will be launching next week. The last DLC adventure we saw Lara undertake was The Pillar in which she hunted for the Shield of the Age-Maker. We have also seen The
If you were a fan of the rogue-lite title City of Brass (like I was to a certain extent) when it launched almost a year ago, and you’ve been wanting to play it on the go, then this may excite you. Today, developer Uppercut Games announced that the game is making its way to Nintendo Switch
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode is one of the newest battle royale contenders on the block and clearly, Activision thinks it’s the best of the bunch. To prove as much, it was announced today that Blackout will be free-to-play for everyone starting later this week so that you can get in on
Team Sonic Racing is revving up hype as it gets closer to the launch date set for this year for Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and previously we’ve had teases of the various stages we can expect to see. We’ve also heard the songs that will be featured as part of those tracks
There’s no denying that CD Projekt Red’s upcoming first-person RPG Cyberpunk 2077 is one of gaming’s most-anticipated releases. The only problem is that as it stands, we don’t really have a great idea as to when it will end up arriving. Well, thanks to a recent interview with one CD Projekt dev, we may have just
While the Switch might be Nintendo’s most noteworthy handheld offering at the moment, the game publisher is still trying to make it enticing in 2018 to pick up the 3DS. Nintendo made the proposition of owning a 3DS a bit more enticing today when it announced that three of the system’s most notable titles would be
There comes a time in every gamer’s life where they must embrace the age-old cliche and spend time blasting away alien monsters. Luckily, 8-Bit Invaders! looks set to make that stereotypical exercise and entertaining and explosive experience. 8-Bit Invaders! is part of Petroglyph Games’ ongoing 8-Bit series of real-time strategy titles. Following in the footsteps