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Nestled in a cabinet deep inside Resident Evil Requiem’s ruined Raccoon City Police Department lies an off-brand console, approximating the original PlayStation or Sega Saturn. Studious players can find this knockoff system surrounded by all manner of Capcom games from the era, like Mega Man 8 and Street Fighter 2 Alpha. Capcom games often reference each other--look at any Dead Rising--but Requiem goes one step further by stashing a copy of the original Resident Evil inside this...
The recent announcement that Slay the Spire 2 would include four-player co-op support came as quite a surprise to me. This style of roguelike deckbuilder is not known for multiplayer, and with few details shared about it and its reveal seemingly not being positioned as a big deal, I really didn't know what to expect. In spending several hours across a few runs, however, it's clear that co-op is the selling point for Slay the Spire 2, and a fantastic example of how small details can really...
In the same year that Sony launched the PlayStation 5, the console maker also began moving away from keeping its exclusive games on its own hardware. Horizon Zero Dawn, which had launched on the PlayStation 4 just three years prior, became the first big Sony-published game to launch on the PC, marking a shift in strategy as Sony attempted to find a larger audience in the same way that Microsoft had been doing for some time. It's a bet that led to one of Sony's most-notable acquisitions just...
Gaming hardware evolves, and trends change, but if there's one constant in life, it's that slaying zombies will always be fun. Later this year, you can continue that fine tradition in John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, a squad-based first-person shooter set in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. The game launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on March 12, and preorders are available now, including $40 physical PS5 or Xbox Series X editions. Preordering the game gets you a few...