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Fans have been waiting a long time for the emergence of Payday 3, and we finally have some new details. Per an announcement posted on the game's Steam page, we now know that Payday 3 will be the same game on PC and consoles. This is apparently thanks to the fact that the game is being made in the Unreal Engine. Besides that, the short Q&A confirms that Payday 3 will take place in New York, and will feature the return of the franchise's original gang from Payday 1. It also says that the game...
Xbox Game Pass is ringing in the new year by adding new games to the popular subscription service, starting with survival title Stranded Deep. Though there was no official announcement in December on what games Xbox Game Pass subscribers could expect to see added to the service in January, Stranded Deep was added today as a "surprise." The title sees players stranded after a plane crash, and tasks them with surviving a procedurally generated slice of the Pacific ocean by crafting shelter...
Nvidia has announced that the 4070 Ti will be available on January 5 and will retail at $799. According to Nvidia, the RTX 4070 Ti is up to three times faster than the RTX 3090 Ti, while using less power. Thanks to Ada Lovelace architecture innovations and Nvidia DLSS, the 4070 uses 43% percent less power on average. Like its more expensive relatives, RTX 4070 Ti is capable of running at over 120 frames per second at 1440p. As seen on Nvidia, its memory size is smaller, with 12GB compared...
A new Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 Resurgence map may come out as early as next season, according to new leaks. Resurgence is a game mode in Warzone in which players can respawn for most of the game if at least one of their squadmates is alive. Thanks to an Insider Gaming report, we know that a leak was revealed this past December that showcased Call of Duty World at War's "Castle" map. The report explains that two sources have confirmed that a Resurgence map will be coming in season 2, but...
The so-called "crypto winter" has cooled interest in the blockchain world for the past six months, but some are still enthusiastic about the technology. That latter group includes Square Enix's president, Yosuke Matsuda, who once again used the company's annual New Year's letter to reconfirm its strong interest in crypto and blockchain's role in gaming. In the letter, Matsuda named "blockchain entertainment" as the area the company is most focused on in 2023, noting that the blockchain...
As the new year rings in, Atlus has teased several unannounced projects for 2023. Whether or not these projects will actually release in 2023 is currently unknown. In a message published by Famitsu, Atlus said, "Thank you very much for your support and patronage for the remastered version of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in 2022, the Nintendo Switch version of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Soul Hackers 2, and the remastered version of Persona 5 Royal. Thanks to your support, the remastered edition of...
Silent Hill is back, or at least, it's on its way back. After years of silence (no pun intended), fans of the seminal survival-horror series finally have something to look forward to. In fact, they have several new games to look forward to. A total of three Silent Hill games have been announced alongside a game-series hybrid and another movie. In this particular look ahead, we'll be focusing on Silent Hill F, the oddly-titled new installment from Neobards Entertainment. Silent Hill F...
There has been a Pinocchio renaissance as of late in media, but none of those projects have featured a sword-wielding puppet looking to find his creator while braving the dangerous streets of city overrun with evil. Lies of P aims to change all that, as this game is inspired by the classic story and puts its own dark twist on the tale. Story Awakening in the city of Krat, Pinocchio sets off to find his father Geppeto while encountering unspeakable horrors on the streets. Still yearning to...
Despite spending well over a decade in the games media, I've never been much of a PC gamer. I had played PC games a little in my youth, but I transitioned to a short-lived career in graphic design--where Mac reigned supreme--around the same time the PC hardware arms race accelerated. As a result, PC games have long felt out of reach for me, both financially and as a matter of practical understanding. Even if I could afford it, I didn't have the know-how to build a PC, I heard mixed-at-best...
As the year comes to a close, there's still time for one final round of action in Destiny 2's Trials of Osiris. The place to be when you're looking for high-level PvP competition, Trials has a unique flavor of high risk and reward gameplay that makes it stand apart in the Destiny 2 ecosystem of modes. Now that Xur has landed, you can check out where you'll play Trials of Osiris this weekend and what weapons you can earn. Map: Eternity Reputation Rank 4: Upgrade Module x 2 Reputation Rank...
It's the start of a new year, and if you're looking to get ready for Destiny 2's upcoming Lightfall expansion, then you can do so in style now that Xur has returned to the Solar system. As usual, you'll be able to acquire a range of classic Exotic gear from the arms dealer and several other legacy items to help complete your arsenal. Here's where you can find Xur and what Exotics he's selling this week. This week you can find Xur in The Tower, inside the hangar. For his weapon, Xur is...
World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King expansion is often regarded as the high point in the history of Blizzard's long-running MMORPG, and all the changes, both big and small, Blizzard made to the expansion for its 2022 re-release make the beloved expansion even better. The 2008 release of Wrath of the Lich King is viewed as peak WoW for good reason. It introduced the game's first new class, the iconic Death Knight, and starred the franchise's most well-known villain, Arthas. 2010, at...
Following years of speculation, famed producer Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed in September that Pikmin 4 is in active development for Nintendo Switch and on the way soon. The latest in the line of puzzle-adventure games is still very much a mystery, but we can glean a little from its debut presentation. Here's everything we know about Pikmin 4. Announcement teaser So far, almost everything we know about Pikmin 4 comes from one brief teaser, no more than half a minute of which was in-engine...
E3 has been a staple of the games industry for decades, but it's going through a massive transition right now. After a tumultuous few years punctuated by big publishers pulling out and the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting plans, the ESA canceled 2022’s E3. Months later, the ESA confirmed that E3 would return in 2023 with some major changes, including a new organizer. Here's everything we know about E3 2023, beginning with a recap of the events that got us here. E3 is back in 2023 After a...
Silent Hill 2 is one of the most acclaimed survival-horror games of all time, standing out as the signature game of the series despite countless follow-ups and attempts to recapture that magic. Now, Konami is doing what we all knew was inevitable: a full Silent Hill 2 remake. Announced in late 2022, the game is coming to both PS5 and PC, introducing a horror masterpiece to a new generation of players. Here's what we know about the Silent Hill 2 remake so far, including release information...
It's not a lake; it's an ocean. Those infamous words became the undying promise of Remedy's Alan Wake 2, a sequel more than a decade in the making, off and on. The cult classic thriller is finally getting its follow-up after years of starting and stopping, all while Remedy continues to grow its profile as a leading story-driven studio. With Alan Wake 2 slated for launch in 2023, here's everything we've seen and everything we know so far. Alan Wake 2 release date Alan Wake 2 is currently...
The original Minecraft is one of the most popular games in the world, inspiring a massive franchise full of collectibles, books, action figures, and even Lego sets. Developer Mojang and its parent company Microsoft have recently started to branch out into spin-offs, like the Diablo-lite Minecraft Dungeons and the augmented reality game Minecraft Earth. Another is on the way soon, called Minecraft Legends. Minecraft Legends appears to be a very different type of Minecraft game, but one that...
Charisma is one of my favorite skills to level up in RPGs and RPG-adjacent games. Maybe it's because of my own social ineptitude, but I feel empowered by the fantasy of being able to smooth talk, flirt, or simply make eye contact with a vendor. For decades now, games like Fallout and Mass Effect have sated me with the ability to bend people to my will using a mere stat point and live vicariously through whatever sweet-talking sycophant I wound up creating. However, it turns out that those...
Publisher Electronic Arts is bringing back Dead Space with a full remake, which is being developed by Motive Studio. From what we've seen, this new Dead Space seems to follow the original 2008's game plotline and gameplay pretty closely. There are a few notable changes though, especially to how protagonist Isaac navigates zero-gravity environments and interacts with his fellow crewmates. Below, we go over everything we know about EA Motive's Dead Space, from when it's coming out to what's...
When we think about the best horror games, or even just the most popular, a certain aesthetic comes to mind: dark, grimy corridors; wet, organic, but indescribable objects; monsters that were once human but are no longer anything close. Dead Space, Outlast, Amnesia, Scorn, Resident Evil, Silent Hill. Almost as far back as horror games go, so does that aesthetic. It's so common as to be predictable, but one of the most powerful aspects of horror is its ability to surprise. Obsidian's survival...