Dead Cells‘ Update 21 is now live on Xbox One, PS4, and Switch. The update went live in the PC version of the game in December 2020. Update 21 adds the new Katana weapon, a sword with the unique ability to chain together standard slash attacks with a dashing charge …
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 »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 »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 …
Read More »GTA 3 And Vice City Have Been Reverse-Engineered On PC
Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City have been reverse-engineered on PC by a team of modders and programmers. The two early entries in the series were the games that first made GTA into a household name, but the PC versions aren’t easily playable on modern machines without substantial modifications. …
Read More »Disc Room Will Always Take Place 69 Years In The Future
If you were somehow emotionally attached to Disc Room’s stated setting of 2089, we’ve got bad news for you. Jan Willem Nijman, a developer of the indie action game, recently revealed that the year in the game’s intro automatically updates to be 69 years in the future. That means that …
Read More »Here's That Geralt Bathtub PS1 Demake You've Been Looking For
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 »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 »Red Dead Redemption Is Being Used To Teach A College American History Class
History professor Tore Olsson is combining his love for history and his love for games in a new history class at the University of Tennessee titled “HIUS 383: Red Dead America.” The class will use both Red Dead Redemption and its sequel as jumping off points to explore the 1899-1911 …
Read More »Resident Evil: Village Is Heavily Inspired By RE4
In an interview for PlayStation Official Magazine’s March 2021 issue, as quoted by Wccftech, producer Peter Fabiano has confirmed that Resident Evil: Village takes a lot of inspiration from Resident Evil 4, one of the most critically well-received games in the entire franchise. He’s also dropped a few more hints …
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