Update, 5:20 p.m. ET, 7/27/2022: After months of stalemate, eUnited has officially released Ganza from contract. He’ll be going to FaZe, a massive esports organization that recently went public (and flopped, per Bloomberg). Confirming Dexterto’s reporting, he’s joined by Jonathan “Renegade” Willet, who recently…
Point-and-click specialist Wadjet Eye Games - the studio behind the acclaimed likes of Unavowed and the celebrated Blackwell series - is teaming up with indie studio Cloak and Dagger Games to publish its forthcoming folk horror adventure The Excavation of Hob's Barrow on PC, Mac, and Linux later this year.
While the name might not be familiar, Cloak and Dagger Games has been steadily making a name for itself in the point-and-click genre over the last half-decade with a series of idiosyncratic short-form adventures, primarily within the realm of horror. A few of them, including deliciously creepy early title A Date in the Park, with its expert ratcheting of unease, can be played for free.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is Cloak and Dagger's first new title since 2019's Lovecraft-inspired freebie The Terrible Old Man, and follows the Victorian-era adventure of antiquarian and author Thomasina Bateman as she arrives in the remote village of Bewlay after receiving a mysterious summons concerning its ancient barrows.
Five years after the release of NieR Automata, it seems the game may still hide some secrets. An anonymous player may have discovered a secret church in NieR Automata, hidden in the game's Copied City area. That is, of course, if the claim can be verified and it doesn't turn out to be an elaborate hoax or prank.
One complicating factor is that only a single anonymous player has been able to access the NieR Automata secret church. The area is supposedly hidden behind a wall in the Copied City. A player named "sadfutago" posted to the NieR Subreddit board asking about the requirements to access the area, which were unclear. Most respondents did not believe that any Copied City buildings were accessible. Sadfutago posted video of the area, which revealed a previously-unknown hidden door. Commenters were divided between calling the video a fake and investigating the claim.
Wondering how Jennifer Walters becomes She-Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We’ve got you covered.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is set to introduce Bruce Banner’s cousin next month on Disney+. Ahead of its release, new information has come out on how Jennifer Walters gained her powers. To much surprise or not surprise since Disney hasn’t been shy about changing up origin stories, the show will introduce a new origin story for the character.
SPOILER WARNING: The following post will feature minor story spoilers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
According to well-known journalist and Marvel collaborator, Matt Ramos, Jennifer Walters will gain her powers through exposure to Bruce Banner’s blood. This happens as a result of a car accident.
In a surprise announcement, DICK’S Sporting Goods announced that the company is partnering with Roblox to get users ready for school. “School of Sport” is an interactive experience on the Roblox platform that will infuse sport and style while giving users a chance to compete in a variety of challenges, quests, and obstacle courses.
You can find the full announcement here, as well as the official Twitter post below.
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The freshest fits in the game are waiting for you in the School of Sport.
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Ever since Uncut Gems, people have been dying for more Adam Sandler movies, as they just can’t get enough of seeing the guy that usually makes mediocre movies so he can vacation with his friends act his ass off. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at how good his latest film, Hustle, has been doing on Netflix.
Hustle tells the story of a down-on-his-luck basketball scout, Stanley Sugerman (Adam Sandler), who discovers an extraordinary player abroad. When he brings the phenom back without his team’s approval, things get a little crazy.
What follows is a story about growth, failure, and triumph that sports fans will surely love. Since debuting during the week of June 6 – June 12, 2022, Hustle sat in the top 10, earning the following amount of hours viewed each week:
During the testing phase for MultiVersus, the new platform fighter from Warner Bros., players were subject to regular progress resets. However, alongside yesterday's open beta release, the game won’t have any more resets, allowing players to keep their progress forever.
As pointed out by PC Gamer, in an announcement on the MultiVersus Discord server, Warner Bros. social and community director Nikki Grantham explained how progression will work going forward. “If you played during the Early Access period, all of your progression to ALL of the characters you played during 7/19 - 7/25 is saved (yay!),” Grantham said.
“So, no worries if you can't unlock all of the characters you played before, you'll keep and resume your progress once they're in the free rotation or if you unlock 'em," Grantham added.
Alongside this announcement, Grantham also discussed the game’s new character rotation system, which gives players a small roster of free characters that swap out every two weeks.
“Character progression you earn with these characters beginning from Early Access this timeframe will be SAVED so when they're back in rotation (or if you unlock them with in-game Gold) you'll be able to continue right where you left off,” Grantham said.
The Sims 4 players are a little frustrated this week, as it seems many have encountered a new glitch that causes an accelerated aging process even with the “Long Lifespan” enabled.
Since the release of the latest update, users have claimed that children instantly turn into teenagers and young adults now appear as elders. Additionally, Sims will now cry over everyone missing their birthdays and Mods will be corrupted in the game.
One user has stated how multiple elder Sims died simultaneously and mentioned some significant issues with the Create-A-Sim, as shown here:
This past weekend, TapTap Presents held its third annual digital mobile showcase and it featured world premiere titles as well as 24 games that are currently available to download and pre-register on the TapTap App. From Genshin Impact to CAPTAIN TSUBASA: ACE, there were a TON of exciting announcements, and we are here to share all the biggest details in this roundup.
Speaking of Genshin Impact, the incredibly popular open-world adventure RPG from HoYoverse revealed a revamped worldview perspective that will be available to play soon.
As for CAPTAIN TSUBASA: ACE, Mario Kart Tour and Pokemon Masters EX’s developer DeNA will be bringing the immersive soccer simulation game based on the anime of the same name to mobile devices. Alongside recreating scenes from the anime, fans will be able to play “high octane matches” wherever they may be.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS), the battle sim game that took Steam by storm in 2019 and lets players unofficially predict Game of Thrones battles and whether Steam was better than the Epic Games Store, will soon be getting the mobile treatment from developer XD Inc.
XD Inc. had a huge presence at TapTap Presents and came to the showcase with four other world premieres besides TABS Mobile, including a turn-based card RPG set in a metaphysic world called Etheria: Restart, a game development tool that is designed to be as easy to use as possible called Project SCE, a fantasy idle RPG called Go Go! Muffin, and a 3D remake of the exploration game Koi Remake.
Ever since it rewas leased back in 2014, The Sims 4 has been one of the most popular PC games around, as fans just can’t get enough of living their virtual lives and creating fabulous homes. But what about if you’ve got a Mac? Can you still play The Sims 4 while gaming on a Mac? Here is everything you need to know.
The answer is, yes, The Sims 4 is available digitally on Mac. Anyone who purchases this version gains access to the game on both PC and Mac. According to the official EA website, anyone who already owns The Sims 4 for PC or just purchased the packaged PC-only version of The Sims 4, you can access the Mac version through Origin.
If you’re gaming on a Mac for The Sims 4, then it is important to know that there are minimum and recommended specs for running the game. We’ve listed them both below.
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:
Error codes are one of the worst things in gaming. Especially when it is something reoccurring, and then you have the fight the game just to be able to play. Warzone is especially guilty of more than one error you might get at any point that seems to happen on any platform. Here’s how to fix Dev Error 6036 in Call of Duty: Warzone.
The fact is this one could hit whether you are playing Call of Duty: Warzone on PC or Consoles makes giving out fixes a little more tricky. However, it could be a common issue between either of needing to update the game.
If you are playing on PC, open your BattleNet launcher and find Warzone. Click the settings icon and select the check for updates option. If you want to be safe, you can also click Scan and Repair, but that’s not fully necessary unless you have a bit of time to let the scan go.
There have also been reports that disabling both the Cache Spot and Cache Sun Shadows in the graphics settings for PC players has had some positive effects when it comes to this error.
For console players, while you don’t have the scan option to check your game files, you can still check and see if a missing update is your problem.
For PlayStation players (same process for both PS4 and PS5) simply hit the PS button to be brought back to the home screen. Hit the Options button and select Check for Update. Just to be safe, also close and restart the game after checking.
Hitman protagonist Agent 47 has seen the world. He’s parachuted onto the tallest tower in Dubai. He’s infiltrated manors in the British countryside and on the Amalfi Coast. He’s even been to New Jersey. But everyone’s favorite be-suited secret agent still, apparently, needs one more stamp on the passport: a dimly lit…
In these trying times, the only thing keeping me going is knowing I will play a new Bayonetta game in just a few short months. But hey, let's not forget the classics, either.
Today on Game Informer Live, we're revisiting the original Bayonetta, which most intelligent and attractive people will say is one of the best games of all time.
But that's not all! A couple of weeks ago, we started building a Real Grade Wing Gundam Gunpla kit. You can check out the first and second archives right here. I recommend getting caught up because today is the day we're finally finishing our build. Come Hell or high water; we are piecing this robot together.
We're going live on our Twitch page at 3:30 PM Central Time (4:30 PM Eastern Time/1:30 PM Pacific). Hope to see you there!
Stray and its little-cat-that-could is winning over literally everyone, even on PC, where it’s struggled a bit in the performance category. According to Steam250.com’s 2022 rankings, the game’s glowing Steam user reviews now place it above the year’s previous best-reviewed games, including the critically acclaimed…
Since it was announced, a big question on MMORPG fans’ minds has been is Tower of Fantasy free to play? As the game feels like a more futuristic, sci-fi version of Genshin Impact, it’s a very valid question. Here is everything you need to know about whether it is one or not.
Yes, Tower of Fantasy is a free-to-play game. Anyone interested in the title can pre-register on the iOS and the Google Play store now. The game can also be wishlisted on Steam and the Epic Games Store for PC before it arrives in August 2022.
As with any free-to-play title, the first question you’ll always end up asking with this one is: does Tower of Fantasy have microtransactions?
The answer is, yes, Tower of Fantasy does have microtransactions. You can purchase these in the store, and it’ll grant you different characters, weapons, and numerous outfits that you would have to get on random loot drops or rolls or by buying them with in-game currency.
Since all these items are also available to unlock in-game, microtransactions are only optional when playing Tower of Fantasy. If you’re short on time and have the cash, though, microtransactions may be something that interests you.
That just about does it for everything you need to know on is Tower of Fantasy free-to-play. If you’re still on the hunt for more info about the series, be sure to check out the rest of Twinfinite to see the rest of our guides, which have plenty of tips, tricks, and FAQs.
Our feline friends don’t show up in video games that often, which seems to be pretty on par with how cats are in real life. But when cats do make an appearance in games, they almost always leave behind a lasting legacy. Here are 10 of the best cats in video games, in no particular order.
The FX/Hulu series has achieved critical acclaim and won viewers over with its unfiltered depiction of working in restaurants and hospitality, but you may be left in the dark when it comes to some of the lingo. One aspect of the series that has received attention from industry veterans is its BOH depiction of restaurants. But what does that mean exactly? Here’s everything we know about what BOH means in The Bear.
BOH is an acronym for Back of House and is typically considered to be the sections of a restaurant that are closed off to the public and diners. Back of house is the beating heart of any restaurant and is typically where most of the behind-the-scenes action takes place.
The Kitchen typically acts as the center of the back of the house and is managed by the head chef, who supervises kitchen staff, develops menus, orders ingredients, and handles administrative responsibilities. Fans who have worked in the back of the house of restaurants have noted how well the series conveys the chaotic nature of working in the kitchen as well as the tension and toxic behavior which can often be there.
G5_Sin, a Twitch streamer with a smidge over six thousand followers, grimaced and showed his gun to the camera.
TeamGroup's excellent T-Force Delta RGB RAM has been heavily discounted on Amazon in the US, with a dual-channel 32GB kit dropping from $260 to $209 after a double discount. The RAM is currently being sold for $234 after a 10% reduction to its list price, but you can also apply a further 10% reduction at the checkout to bring the RAM down to the lowest price we've ever seen for this spec.
Note that to get this price, you need to tick the "10% coupon" checkbox on the product page. You'll see the reduced price at the final stage of the checkout!
Sony's ready to show interested fans what it's like to use a PSVR 2. A special post on the PlayStation Blog detailed more about the PSVR 2 User Experience. Written by Senior Staff Product Manager Yasuo Takahashi, the post detailed some of the new features of the headset and controllers. These features bring the PSVR 2's capabilities more in line with contemporary high-end VR setups.
For starters, the PSVR 2 user experience now allows for viewing one's surroundings without removing the headset. This "See-Through View" mode is enabled by external cameras mounted on the headset itself. Thus, players can check for their controllers or see if there are obstacles in their way without removing the hardware. Gameplay recording also does not function when using see-through view. This adds an unlisted benefit: You won't accidentally show audiences the inside of your house if you record a gameplay clip and use the mode to check something.
PSVR 2 users can also record an external view of themselves for broadcast if they have a PS5 HD Camera handy. This allows stream audiences to see you wearing the hardware while still seeing through your viewpoint as you broadcast.
Today we have a special edition of 'Will writes up a deals post for RPS', as three of my favourite 1TB NVMe SSDs (yes, I'm this nerdy) are on sale here in the UK.
We've got two Samsung drives here, the PCIe 3.0 Samsung 980 and the PCIe 4.0 Samsung 980 Pro, as well as another strong PCIe 4.0 option, the Crucial P5 Plus. All three offer great value for money at their reduced price point, so let's cover each in turn!
Two days ago, Riot Games suspended two competitive Valorant players after a public disagreement about teabagging. Dawn “Dawn” Park and Vivian “Risorah” Dela Cruz are now banned from official Riot competitions for three months and nine months respectively.
Factions. In-fighting. The whispers of a bounty. For the past few days, the Nier: Automata community has been tearing itself apart over a secret chamber no one knows how to enter, which could be anything from a prank to cut content to a well-executed spot of viral marketing. Only one thing is certain: This entire saga…
The leaked details of a massive National Football League contract reveal a team worried about its star quarterback playing video games rather than studying. (h/t The Washington Post)
Few companies have the wealth of recognizable and exciting characters required to create a platform fighter that could rival the likes of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series. With the help of developer Player First Games, Warner Bros. is trying to use the seemingly endless list of movie and TV studios it owns to do just that, bringing together an eclectic roster of fan-favorite characters that somehow includes Harley Quinn, Bugs Bunny, and Shaggy all at once. While the result makes for some gleeful multiplayer chaos, MultiVersus is ambitious in its laser focus on competitive multiplayer too. That’s left some of the more casual aspects undercooked, but its prioritization of 2v2 online matches still makes for a fresh take on an increasingly crowded genre.
Think FromSoftware and your mind instantly flits to a skeleton doing a forward roll doesn't it? Or an electrified goat that rolls. Or a bald man cackling as he kicks you down a hole. And, of course, the tricky boss fights with deformed dragons and Fell Omens from the West Country.
Since I've been playing Monster Hunter Rise, which is largely a succession of ever escalating boss fights with big lizards, I've begun comparing these scuffles with Elden Ring's boss battles. And I reckon much of their differences come down to the simple health bar, or lack of it.
Live A Live is a pixel-art role-playing game that’s here for a good time, not a long time, a formula that’s sorely needed in today’s games space where RPGs often demand dozens if not hundreds of hours to see through to the end.
Bloomberg posted a new report about Grand Theft Auto 6's development, based on sources close to or within Rockstar Games. The details discuss how a revamped and improved studio culture has influenced the game's design, including its playable protagonists, writing, and tone.
GTA 6, which Rockstar confirmed was in active development in February, will reportedly star two playable bank robbers in a Bonnie and Clyde-inspired tale, and the female protagonist, a first for the series, will be Latina. The game is set in a modern-day, fictionalized Miami and its surrounding areas, which signals a return to Vice City. Despite being set in a single city, the game is said to already have more interior locations than any GTA game. Still, the studio plans to regularly update GTA 6 over time to add more missions and even cities. Bloomberg reports that GTA 6 may arrive sometime before March 2024. However, sources tell the publication that some developers within Rockstar are skeptical that the game will hit that timeframe.
Sony has revealed the PlayStation Plus games for August 2022 are Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2, and Little Nightmares. Revealed on the PlayStation Blog, all three games will be made available at no extra cost to all PlayStation Plus subscribers on August 2.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is another entry in the increasingly wacky, action-heavy Yakuza series in which protagonist Ichiban Kasuga attempts to rise through his crime organisation from zero to hero. Like a Dragon marked the entry of a new era for the franchise as it introduced turn-based combat for the first time, a mechanic that will be continued in recently confirmed sequel Yakuza 8.
In our 7/10 review, IGN said: "Yakuza: Like a Dragon takes some bold steps in a new direction for the series but neglects to maintain its balance."
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2 is the remaster of the original (and arguably the best) Tony Hawk skateboarding games, featuring all the fast-paced, high-scoring sports action that fans expected from a remake.
The Pokemon Company revealed a new cooperation with China Airlines to launch a new plane with Pokemon-themed livery. The Taiwanese airliner will fly the "Pikachu Jet CI" on several flights in the Asian region.
Even though the new flight will have the name Pikachu Jet CI, the plane's livery will feature more Pokemon other than the series' representative mascot. Jigglypuff, Snorlax, and Slowpoke will accompany Pikachu. The Hoenn Pokemon Swablu and the Unova native Munna will also make an appearance. Despite not appearing on the left side, the press release also mentioned Sinnoh's mythical Pokemon Shaymin.
China Airlines will be the first airline outside Japan to fly a plane with an official Pokemon design. The Pokemon Company had previously worked with Japanese airliners like All Nippon Airways. It also provided Pokemon designs for Air Do's flights in the northernmost Hokkaido prefecture and Skymark's flights to Okinawa and Fukuoka in southern Japan. On the Flying Pikachu website, the company also teased plans to bring Pokemon jets to more countries and regions around the world.
This month's catalog for PlayStation Plus was announced today on the official PlayStation blog. Subscribers will be able to skate into August with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and Little Nightmares.
The three games will be available on August 2, which means July's titles – Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and Arcadegeddon – are leaving. You have until August 1 to download last month's free games. In any case, here's what you can expect from this month's three titles:
The Pokémon Company has announced a BOOster Bundle of trading cards for people to give out instead of candy on Halloween.
As reported by GameSpot, The BOOster Bundle comes with 40 mini packets of Pokémon cards, each including a pumpkin Pikachu stamp and three trading cards.
Given the BOOster name and Trick or Trade tagline, the bundle is all Halloween themed, featuring Gengar on the front and a variety of other spooky Pokémon inside. Though The Pokémon Company hasn't said if these will be unique cards for this mini set or just reprints of previously released cards, it's so far confirmed that Gengar, Mimikyu, Polteageist, Pumpkaboo, and Zubat will all feature.
The pack will be available on September 1 alongside the next full set, Lost Origin, and available from anywhere that sells Pokémon trading cards typically.
Today Polyphony Digital and Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the latest free update (numbered 1.19) for their racing game Gran Turismo 7.
The update will release tomorrow (July 28) and will include three new cars including a couple of legendary rides and a shiny Porsche.
Here’s the list.
We are also getting two new Scapes set in Japan, whith one being a tad more on the whimsical side than the other.
The first is titled “Shikoku” and is set at a famous “Dogo Onsen” hot spring in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, aptly located on the island of Shikoku.
It looks like the perfect location if you want to mix photograph your gorgeous supercars immersed in the beauty of traditional Japan.
The second is called “Tomica Town” and it’s dedicated to the popular Tomica brand of die-cast cars that has been active in Japan forever.
Basically, it’s a toy car city where you can take pictures of your real virtual cars.
The announcement came with a trailer, which you can enjoy below.
Strategy games are the go-to option when you're looking for something to really get your brain working. But they can seem unreachable when your synapses are being melted from without rather than through overuse. Happily, we found an excellent solution last summer, and being a wily fox, I had a plan ready for this year. 2022's now-traditional Low-Intensity Strategy Game For When Burny Light Make Think Hard is, of course, The Battle For Polytopia.
On July 24, the mysterious Twitter account @nicekeybinds posted a comprehensive Google Doc accusing MarsArxa, a member of the all-women Valorant esports team Fallacy, and her boyfriend Nate ‘Payen’ Lopez of cheating. The incident occurred during a tournament organized by Galorants, a community space for female and…
Sony has announced its plans to bring eight Yakuza titles to its new look PlayStation Plus service this year.
These will be Yakuza 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, Kiwami, Kiwami 2 and Like a Dragon.
These games will all be available to Premium users, while Extra subscribers will be able to get thier hands on Yakuzas 0, 6, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 on their release. The first of these titles will be arriving next month.
You read that right, a novel is coming based off of Life is Strange: True Colors character Steph. The book will be called Steph’s Story and will serve as a prequel to Life is Strange: True Colors, telling the story about her time touring with bandmate Izzie.
The novel is set to release in March 21, 2023 from author Rosiee Thor and publisher Titan Books, so keep an eye out for it. This new novel will be the first time that Life is Strange has translated to a different type of media, but it might be a sign of things to come.
The official announcement was made in a Tweet by the official Life is Strange Twitter Account.
Hey, have you heard of a game where you play a super soldier that goes to Hell to kill everything that moves? One that involves swapping exotic weapons to deal with the ever-changing challenges that a persistent horde of twisted fleshy mutant hellions provide? Well, Scathe isn’t Doom exactly. It tries its best, but very much lacks the hand-crafted gun puzzle arenas and air-tight weapon balancing that turned first-person demon-slaying on its head for at least the past seven-ish years. But what it lacks in polish, momentum, and wit it replaces with some interesting but obtuse dungeon crawling and maybe its biggest standout feature - co-op.
It may not be completely fair to compare Scathe so directly to Doom. From a distance, the similarities are obvious, but a couple of minutes with Scathe and it was clear that I was playing a game with an entirely different approach to the more famous first-person Hell shooter. Whereas id’s signature game is designed around you being an unstoppable force in perpetual forward motion, Damage State’s take requires a more staid hand, as it’s the enemies that were running me down. They spawn aggressively, with ranged attackers filling the zone with projectiles akin to a bullet hell shooter like Ikaruga or Cuphead, and melee troops charging directly at me or ambushing me from behind or around corners.
When I sat down to talk to Wadjet Eye founder Dave Gilbert last week, he was in the middle of trying to sum up The Excavation Of Hob's Barrow, a new point and click adventure from Cloak And Dagger Games that his studio will be publishing later this year. "Usually, by the time a game comes out, I've compressed it to one sexy sound bite. I haven't done that with Hob's Barrow yet," he says. "Basically, Victorian gothic horror story. That's the best way to describe it."
Originally announced as Incantamentum (Gilbert jokes that one of the reasons behind the name change is because he could never pronounce "Incantamentum" correctly), Wadjet Eye got involved after Gilbert played the Steam demo last year and emailed the developer. "I said, 'Hey, I played the demo. I really liked it. Please tell me you're going to be adding voice acting to this because it's screaming for it'," Gilbert tells me. "And he said, 'Well, we will if we can find a publisher who'll do it for us.'" So now Wadjet Eye are publishing, and Gilbert is overseeing the voice recording.
Developed by Hotta Games and Level Infinite, Tower of Fantasy is a new shared open-world game that will be free-to-play, with gacha elements. We got to check out the beta earlier this year, and while it does have its rough edges, there’s definitely potential there. The game also finally has an official release date for the global launch, and it’s set for Aug. 11.
Earlier this week, keen-eyed fans noticed that there was some Morse code hidden in a tweet sent out from the game’s official Twitter account, which hinted towards the Aug. 11 release date. The developers have since confirmed via press release that that is the case, which means we only have less than two weeks to go before we’ll finally get to check out the official release.
Tower of Fantasy bears quite a few similarities to Genshin Impact at first glance, but there are many key differences in some of its systems, such as a bigger focus on multiplayer activities (this is basically an MMO, after all) and even a more lenient gacha system. The game has also smashed its pre-registration goals, so there will be plenty of goodies to look forward to when it launches.
Tower of Fantasy is set to be released for PC and mobile devices on Aug. 11, 2022.
