Actor Joel McHale recently appeared on the video game podcast Good Game Nice Try, opening up about his own video game tastes and even jokingly pitching his own game concept. The lengthy chat included thoughts on Madden, character creators, and a game McHale calls “Wine Cellar.” McHale calls himself an …
Read More »PlayStation Now's March Games Include InFamous Second Son, World War Z, Superhot, And Ace Combat 7
It’s a new month and that means PlayStation’s game-streaming service PlayStation Now has been refreshed again with a series of additional titles. Coming to PS Now in March on Tuesday, March 2 with the update include Sony’s own InFamous Second Son, along with high-profile third-party games like World War Z, …
Read More »Apex Legends Just Hit A Record On Steam For Concurrent Players
The battle royale game Apex Legends released more than two years ago, but it’s still setting records. The free-to-play game from the developers of Titanfall surpassed 198,000 concurrent players on Steam recently, setting a new high watermark for the game. SteamDB had Apex Legends at a peak concurrent player figure …
Read More »Monster Hunter Rise Streams Announced For Early March
Ahead of Monster Hunter Rise‘s release next month, Capcom is airing a trio of Monster Hunter streams in early March. First, the publisher will broadcast a Monster Hunter Digital Event on Monday, March 8. That stream is scheduled to begin at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET and will …
Read More »Monster Hunter Rise Fine-Tunes Many Of The Series' Familiar Elements
For all of the innovative features it introduces to the series, Monster Hunter Rise is still very much a traditional Monster Hunter game at its core. Your overarching goal is to embark on quests, then use the various materials you’ve gathered from those missions to forge better pieces of equipment …
Read More »[Last Chance] Shiny Gigantamax Pikachu Is Appearing In Pokemon Sword And Shield For A Limited Time
A new Max Raid event is happening now in Pokemon Sword and Shield. As part of the Pokemon 25th anniversary festivities, Gigantamax Pikachu is appearing in Max Raid battles again until today, February 28, and you’ll have a chance to encounter a Shiny Gigantamax Pikachu in five-star Raids. Not only …
Read More »This Early Bugsnax Idea Sure Is Alarming
Despite Bugsnax‘s adorable art style, cute characters, and catchy theme song, the whole game has a mild undercurrent of body horror, as you transform characters’ body parts by feeding them Bugsnax. An early concept posted by developer Young Horses shows the studio almost leaned right into that horror element, requiring …
Read More »Pokemon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Are Very Different Kinds Of Pokemon Remakes
Rumors were swirling that The Pokemon Company would unveil remakes of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl as part of its Pokemon 25th anniversary celebration–and sure enough, we got our first look at Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl during the February 2021 Pokemon Presents stream. That the remakes are indeed coming …
Read More »Genshin Impact Finally Reveals Next Banner Character, Hu Tao
Mihoyo has confirmed that the final character banner for Genshin Impact‘s update 1.3 will feature 5-star Hu Tao, a pyro polearm user who is the director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. While Hu Tao was expected to arrive during update 1.3 after being revealed by dataminers, her character banner wasn’t …
Read More »The Sinking City Studio Asks Players Not To Buy Game On Steam
Horror game The Sinking City was delisted from several stores, including Steam, in 2020 as part of an going disagreement between the game’s developer, Frogwares, and distributors Nacon and Bigben. The game is back on Steam now, but Frogwares says it didn’t make the current version and urged players not …
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