Games

Colonial Marines will be back to screaming in space, where no one can hear them, with the release of Aliens: Fireteam. The third-person survival shooter is coming from Cold Iron Studios later this year, which the developer announced with a new trailer. You can check out the announcement trailer below, …

Valheim‘s record-breaking success isn’t too surprising, even if you ignore outside elements like the current global pandemic and the game’s relatively low price point. There’s an obvious appetite for survival games on PC, as evidenced by the likes of Rust and Ark: Survival Evolved consistently butting heads on Steam’s most-played …

Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans are always expressing their creativity through the game’s building mechanics, and they can sometimes achieve goals that seem impossible to casual players. That is definitely the case with Twitter user doom_mori, who managed to create a Mario-like platformer experience on their island using the themed …

A pair of high-profile games will be exiting Xbox Game Pass sometime in the near future. Both The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night are now listed in the “Leaving soon” section of the Xbox Game Pass app. The Witcher 3 is not available for the …

The PlayStation Vita is poised to receive a new game next month despite having been discontinued for two years. Developer Flying Oak Games announced that its roguelite ScourgeBringer is coming to the handheld on April 22. The news comes via the developer’s Twitter account, where Flying Oak Games also confirmed …

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a game full of surprises for new players and series veterans alike, but one thing is a constant: The game only really begins when you are free to explore the city at your leisure. The game starts you off in Tokyo’s Kamurocho district (a common …

New details have emerged about the character creator for the upcoming open-world Harry Potter game, with a report claiming players can create transgender characters. Bloomberg reports that Hogwarts Legacy will begin by allowing players to create a character and assign a masculine or feminine voice, regardless of what their body …

Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has been acquired by Fortnite studio Epic Games, expanding the North Carolina developer’s battle royale empire even further and paving the way for Epic’s vision of a “metaverse” of sorts–not to mention the “tremendous growth potential,” according to Tonic Games co-founder Paul Croft. How exactly that …

The Yakuza series has become increasingly popular in recent years, especially Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but the franchise hasn’t offered much in the way of playable women. Thanks for the modder who goes by the handle “RyuHachii,” however, you can now play as a femme version of the series’ longtime …

Nominees for this year’s BAFTA Game Awards have been announced, and developer Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II has broken a new record with the number of nominations it has received. With 13 nominations across categories such as Best Game, Game Design, and Best Performer in a Leading …