The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is widely regarded as one of the best games of the last generation, and we all know the reason why: the bathtub scene. The iconic scene in which the hero, Geralt of Rivia, relaxes with some suds was imitated in the Netflix series, but fans …
Read More »Google Stadia Getting More Than 100 Games In 2021
Google may have shuttered its internal development studios, but the technology giant’s Stadia streaming service is still getting lots and lots of games in the future. In a blog post, the company confirmed it has “more than 100 games” coming to the Stadia store in 2021. There will be a …
Read More »Valheim Sells 2 Million Copies, A Huge Result For A Game Made By 5 People
The multiplayer fantasy survival game Valheim is off to a very good start. After reaching a peak of over 360,000 concurrent players on Steam, publisher Coffee Stain has now confirmed the Norse-inspired game reached more than 2 million copies sold in under two weeks. [Update: the game has grown even …
Read More »Xbox Director Teases "Really Exciting" Platform Updates In The Future
Xbox is doing great right now and the platform is only going to get better and more robust with “really exciting” new firmware updates coming down the track seemingly in the near future. That’s according to Jason Ronald, the director of program management at Xbox, who shared some teases recently …
Read More »Metro: Exodus Is Getting Extensive Free Enhancements For PC And Consoles
Metro: Exodus developer 4A Games has announced a free Enhanced Edition for all PC players, as well as details for its upcoming Xbox Series X|S and PS5 updates. Metro: Exodus Enhanced Edition is coming later this year and benefits from some drastic engine overhauls 4A Games has made while optimizing …
Read More »Gotham Knights Has A "Fresh, Unique Take" On Batman Games
A writer at WB Games Montreal, the team working on Gotham Knights, said that the open-world action-RPG will have a “very fresh, unique take” on the familiar Batman game structure. In a brief interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal, narrative designer and writer Mitch Dyer said that Gotham Knights’ …
Read More »Overcooked: All You Can Eat Comes To Switch, PS4, And PC On March 23
Overcooked: All You Can Eat is coming to Switch, PS4, and PC via Steam on March 23 for $40. A compilation of Overcooked and Overcooked 2, this version will offer all 200+ levels from both games, as well as all DLC, seven new levels, and a brand-new assist mode. The …
Read More »A Way Out Dev Josef Fares Says It's "So Sick" That People Don't Finish Games
Game developer Josef Fares, who is known for boldly and passionately sharing his opinions, has now spoken up about how people don’t finish games. In short, he doesn’t like that the data generally shows that people start games but don’t finish them. In an interview with Game Informer, Fares said …
Read More »EA Experiencing Server Issues, Apex Legends Seemingly Affected [UPDATE: Fixed]
[UPDATE] The issues affecting EA’s servers have now been resolved. The original story is below. Gaming giant Electronic Arts is experiencing some issues with a number of its services, with at least one giant game–the battle royale title Apex Legends–currently impacted by the outages. The official EA Help Twitter account …
Read More »A Way Out Dev Josef Fares Is Unsure About Xbox Game Pass — "How Do You Get Paid?"
Game designer Josef Fares, who led the development teams at Hazelight on Brothers, A Way Out, and It Takes Two, isn’t sold on the idea of subscription services like Xbox Game Pass. Speaking to Polygon, Fares said he’s scared about “the Netflix system” in the context of games because he …
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