Demon’s Souls celebrated its 15-year anniversary on October 6, 2024. Below, we examine how the progenitor of the Soulslike genre forged an uncompromising path for others to follow. Die-hard From Software fans who’ve dodge-rolled their way through the fiery crucibles of Elden Ring and the Dark Souls series certainly know …
Read More »Meet The Halo Fan Who Built A Life-Size Warthog In His Garage
Peter Walczak didn’t identify as a “car guy,” which makes his hobbyist superproject of choice all the more surprising: building a functional life-size version of the iconic Warthog jeep from the Halo games. By his own admission, the retired Navy test pilot has poured untold hours and thousands of dollars …
Read More »Ubisoft Shareholder Urges Company To Make Drastic Change Amid Sinking Stock
Ubisoft’s ongoing stock woes continued this week as a minority investor called for the company to go private and change its overall strategy, triggering yet another slide in the company’s price. In a public letter to management, the Slovakia-based hedge fund AJ Investments expressed “deep dissatisfaction” with Ubisoft’s performance and …
Read More »Alan Wake Update Will Remove A Classic Bowie Song, But There's A Catch
Remedy recently announced that a coming update for Alan Wake will remove the classic David Bowie song Space Oddity from the game, replacing it with the original song Strange Moons, penned by Remedy composer Petri Alanko. However, it seems that this update will not affect Alan Wake Remastered, which came …
Read More »Concord To Remain A Part Of Amazon's New Video Game TV Show Despite Shutdown
It’s fair to say that Concord is one of the biggest flops in recent gaming history, with the hero shooter shutting down after just two weeks of existence. However, despite that, it seems that the game will live on through a side story in Prime Video’s video-game-themed TV show Secret …
Read More »Silent Hill 2 Remake Will Let You Turn Off UI, Apply Old-School '90s Filter
Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake comes out in October, and the developer has shown off some interesting extras on social media. A recent post revealed an optional no-UI mode, as well as a so-called “’90s filter” that adds large amounts of film grain, color correction, and other on-screen elements. …
Read More »Ubisoft Stock Sinks To 10-Year Low As Star Wars Outlaws Underperforms
Star Wars Outlaws is the first open-world Star Wars game ever, but it seems that this galactic low-life adventure isn’t quite living up to sales expectations. Ubisoft’s share price has fallen 12.6% since Outlaws released on August 27, and it now sits at the lowest level since 2015. Ubisoft’s sales …
Read More »Nvidia Is Making It Easier To Use Game Pass On GeForce Now
Nvidia’s GeForce Now service has allowed access to PC Game Pass and other Microsoft games for a while now, but it’s about to become even more convenient for subscribers to use the two services together. Nvidia recently said that GeForce Now will soon allow you to directly link an Xbox …
Read More »Black Myth: Wukong Has "Occasional Serious Issues" On PC, Dev Says
Black Myth: Wukong has already delivered one of the biggest launches in Steam history, making it one of the most successful games of 2024 just a day after release. Amid some performance complaints from PC players, developer Game Science posted an update that noted that you may experience “occasional serious …
Read More »H2M Creator Says CoD: MW2 Mod Was Shut Down Over Black Ops 6 Sales Fears
Earlier this month, Activision put the kibosh on an ambitious mod known as H2M: a fan-created attempt to bring classic Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer to Modern Warfare Remastered. Now, a member of the mod team that goes by the handle “Watchful Wolf” says that the gaming giant put out the …
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