September 2021

If you’ve been hankering for a classic point-and-click adventure from yesteryear, then we may have the purrfect game for you. Yes, quirky old-school experience, Inspector Waffles, is officially locked in for an Oct. 14 release on Nintendo Switch.

The news comes by way of a freshly cut release date announcement trailer which dropped earlier today. Go ahead and check out the new footage down below:

As you can see from the video, Inspector Waffles is a rather endearing 16-bit pixel-art noir detective story that sees you trying to piece together a murder mystery in a town filled with anthropomorphic cats and dogs.

Throw in a toe-tapping jazz soundtrack and some light-hearted humor, and you have all the ingredients for a delightful point-and-click adventure much akin to the traditional games of olde like Grim Fandango, Sam & Max or The Secret of Monkey Island.

Today, it was revealed that SWERY’s upcoming RPG, The Good Life, would be heading to Game Pass at launch. Alongside this news, the press release also unveiled that Xbox One players can now check out the game with a free demo; PC fans can check out their own free demo on Steam starting Oct. 1.

In the official press release for the game, developer White Owls provided the following description:

The Good Life is a captivating adventure game in which you play as Naomi, a New York-based photographer who has just arrived in the small British town of Rainy Woods with a specific job at hand – to discover the truth behind this place known as the “happiest town in the world”. Race against the clock tracing multiple leads and solve mysteries as a human, a cat, or a dog! Getting to the bottom of this mystery will require you to cook, eat, sleep, shop, farm, and explore the town, taking on photography jobs and other more “unconventional” quests. 

Uncover the truth about Rainy Woods – the small, boring town that Naomi refers to as “Hell on Earth”

– Explore the vast and sprawling town of Rainy Woods

– Take photos to repay your debt

– Unlock and try out new recipes 

– Plant, grow, and harvest your own crops

– Discover new clothing and other items

– Save up money and renovate your house and garden(!)

– Investigate a murder while riding a sheep(?!)

Today third-party developers released new add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator and revealed more assets for future ones.

We get to see two new videos of the upcoming Hawk T1/A Advanced Trainer by Just Flight. Specifically, the first video is a general overview that shows the exterior, the in-game checklists, and the engine startup.

The second video focuses on the EFB (electronic flight bag) tablet and its features.

Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards will return once again for 2021, and so too will its live audience. Today, the show has today locked in the data of Thursday, Dec. 9 for the evening’s celebrations, also confirming that a live audience will be in attendance after the digital-only affair during COVID-19 restrictions last year.

📌 SAVE THE DATE 📌

⁰Thursday, December 9

THE GAME AWARDS⁰

Live In-Person from Microsoft Theater
Los Angeles
And Streaming Live Everywhere

A Global Celebration of Video Game Culture#TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/lsu51qAsdu

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) September 30, 2021

The show’s website is already live, though there’s no word yet on what to expect in terms of new game and new game content announcements. You can expect Keighley to tease some of what’s to come during the build-up to the show as usual.

As a reminder of what we saw last year, The Last of Us Part II took Game of the Year, while new announcements included the Perfect Dark remake and a tease of a new Mass Effect game. You can recap the biggest moments in our wrap-up article here. The full list of award winners is available to browse here.

Ubisoft has been dropping trailer after trailer to introduce the selection of Operators for the upcoming Rainbow Six Extraction, and now, it’s Gridlock’s turn.

Gridlock uses Trax Stinger traps to damage and slow down enemy Archaens. The traps are basically spiked mats that automatically activate any time that enemies walk across them.

These gadgets are great for funneling Archaens into areas where you want to control their movement. Trax Stingers will give you time to either regroup, or finish off the hostiles that get stuck.

You can have a look at the Gridlock trailer below to get a quick look at what she brings to the table in Rainbow Six Extraction.

Rainbow Six Extraction doesn’t have a release date just yet, but it’ll be coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Stadia sometime in January 2022.

If you’re looking to pre-order the game to get your hands on it as soon as possible, you can head over to the official site for more details on how to do that.

Far from describing a game with adventure in it (that would include a lot of games!), the adventure genre is loosely defined as one that emphasizes narrative and exploration over action, which may also rely on light puzzle mechanics. In other words, a game that doesn’t have enough simulation to be a sim, action to be an action title, puzzle-solving to be a puzzle game, and… you get the idea. Despite the nebulous classification, games in this genre are unambiguously incredible experiences, often exploring refreshing and fascinating concepts. Shooting for games that are rolling around in the zeitgeist right now, some of the genres’ towering giants are not listed here. However, for anyone looking to check out today’s great experiences, feel free to peruse our list of the best adventure games to play right now.

Sherlock Holmes doesn’t get by on his keen observation skill and his wits alone. As evidenced in the new trailer for Sherlock Holmes Chapter One, the world-famous detective has to take a more physical approach at times to escape a hairy situation with his life intact.

Sherlock may not always resort to violence, but he’s a capable combatant at his formative age in Chapter One. Using his well-trained eyes and incredible perceptive skills, you can slow time in combat to pinpoint enemy weaknesses and environmental hazards that can be useful against enemies in a fight. Every hit hurts this young Sherlock a lot, so utilizing every dip, dodge, and dirty trick like his powder-spewing snuffbox is critical to surviving encounters.

While you can put your dukes up against enemies, sometimes you need a little more firepower than some flashy fisticuffs. Using pistols in a fight, Sherlock can shoot off protective armor before dealing the finishing blow, whether to restrain and arrest a culprit or kill them outright. A non-lethal approach is considered canonical, though the option is left open to permanently take an enemy down in a pinch.

We're back with another scorching episode of The Game Informer Show! This week, we're breaking down our launch impressions of Amazon's exciting new MMORPG New World and discussing what we think of Netflix purchasing Night School Studio, the developers behind Oxenfree and Afterparty. That's not all though, as our amazing crew of Dan Tack, Kimberley Wallace, and Jill Grodt are here to chat about Sable, NBA 2K22, and get a little wild during another fun round of community emails!

Follow the crew on Twitter: Alex Stadnik (@Studnik76), Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Dan Tack (@DanTack), Kimberley Wallace (@kstar1785), Jill Grodt (@Finruin)

It turns out that not only are the Five Nights at Freddy’s creator’s politics problematic, it sounds like he might also be a touch difficult to work with. The film based on the series has lost its director, possibly because Scott Cawthon has a “final cut” mentality to the movie-making process, whatever that means.

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Christopher Judge, the voice actor for Kratos in 2018’s God of War, stated that a number of surgeries he required in 2019 resulted in God of War Ragnarok being delayed. In a short, heartwarming series of tweets, he expressed gratitude to Sony Santa Monica, the studio behind the game, for its unwavering support…

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The game will generate a child from married characters, regardless of whether they are created or pre-existing.

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Yurukill: The Calumniation Games will launch worldwide in 2022 with the help of NIS America, according to the TGS 2021 announcement trailer.

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Earlier today, Eidos-Montréal released a brand-new trailer that focuses on the PC version of their upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Game. This new video showed off high resolutions, enhanced lighting, and other features that will be exclusive to the PC version of the game.

The team at Eidos-Montréal isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to the visual quality in Guardians of the Galaxy for PC. Here are just a few of the graphical goodies that most PC players (AMD GPU owners can’t use DLSS) will get to experience:

The PC version of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy allows players to experience high levels of fidelity, real-time ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS’ AI-powered performance boost, diffuse illumination, HDR and wide color gamut, and up to 8K resolution.

However, if you don’t have a GeForce RTX card or even a PC that’s powerful enough to run this game at maxed-out graphical settings, there’s another option available. Thanks to Nvidia’s streaming service, GeForce Now, PC gamers will be able to stream the RTX-enhanced version of the game. This way you can also transfer your save seamlessly with other devices that have GeForce Now installed.

Evidently, in order for a PlayStation game to be considered a “Greatest Hits,” they had to have been on the market for at least 9 months and have sold 250,000 copies or more. This is what it takes to get one of those coveted red markings on the cover. As you might be able to infer, there are a BUNCH of PS4 Greatest Hits. But how many have you played?

Take this quiz to find out if you’re truly the ultimate PS4 gamer and find out just how many PS4 Greatest Hits you’ve gotten through. For added fun, only mark the ones you’ve fully completed!

Be sure to let us know how you did in the comment section below. While you’re here, don’t forget to check out all of the other amazing quizzes we have to offer as well, including everything from video games to movies to anime.

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Splatoon 3 made a splat during last week’s Nintendo Direct, reaffirming its release next year while giving a peek at the campaign with the return of mammals to the world. Nintendo is keeping the information momentum flowing on Twitter with some new screenshots and details about two new special weapons to use in battle.

First is the Crab Tank, an armored walking tank that allows for added mobility and defense while doling out ink sprays against the opposing team. Here’s Nintendo’s description of the new weapon:

This special weapon turns an Inkling into a shadowy warrior called a Zipcaster. With tentacles that stretch way out and stick to walls, you can zoom around and cause mad chaos! To conceal your identity, when the ink runs out, you'll be returned to where you first transformed. pic.twitter.com/Q68IQ00PpD

Dying Light 2 Stay Human’s release early next year is creeping ever closer, and every month that passes, we get more details about the game through developer Techland’s Dying 2 Know video series. In today’s episode, we get a closer look at parts of The City players will traverse, and a peek at recording the score at Abby Road Studios. But Techland left one surprise at the end of the video, introducing an important new character in Dying Light 2.

Lawan is that new character played by the one and only Rosario Dawson (The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Daredevil, Sin City). Dawson describes Lawan as “a warrior of sorts. A very tough woman who is fighting her past and looking to seek revenge on the people who wronged her.”

Konami’s long-running football simulation series underwent a name change this year, going from PES to eFootball. But this rebranding didn’t cover up the development deficiencies, as evidenced by frustrated Steam fans who are sharing their frustrations for what many say is “the worst football game” ever released.

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I didn’t pay much attention to the anime fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina until just yesterday, when the developers made the official announcement that Saber, Fate/Stay Night protagonist and the “King of Knights” herself, would be joining the new game’s roster. After seeing her video gameplay debut, I…

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Almost a year after the PS5 and Xbox Series X came out they’re still incredibly hard to find, and expensive, including at Amazon where the monopolistic retailer appears to be selling at least a few Microsoft consoles for roughly $1,000, or twice what they’re actually supposed to cost.

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I have a boring ritual. Every few weeks, I make sure to check out the Prime Gaming Rewards page to see what free games are available. Most of the time it’s nothing too exciting, maybe a few good, smaller games along with some totally forgettable things I’ll never play. But October is different. This time Amazon is…

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One of the best things about massively multiplayer online role-playing games is that everyone gets to play their own way, using their personal experience to create a story that is uniquely their own. Right now, in Amazon’s New World, my character’s story is all about finding a steady source of salt so I can craft…

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Geoff Keighley's annual end-of-year spectacular, The Game Awards, is officially returning for more celebratory escapades and video game reveals on 9th December

This year's show - in a bid to return to the glitz and glamour of previous, pre-pandemic years - is planned to be an "full-scale", in-person event and will be held at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre. Expect the usual mix of awards, world premieres, and musical performances - Keighley has already confirmed The Game Awards Orchestra will be back on-stage for another melodic turn - with the whole thing being streamed live for the viewing pleasure of all.

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eFootball 2022 is now the worst rated game on Steam, less than a day after release. Konami's free-to-play 'football platform' was announced earlier this year as the successor to PES, with a barebones launch planned to be expanded in perpetuity with optional DLC. Yet even accepting its relatively thin amount of content, players are sharing screenshots of terrible faces, broken animations, and plenty of bugs.

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Square Enix, or Sqix to its close friends, is having a bloody great sale over at the Humble store. The discounts are up to 85% off, and include the likes of Nier, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and more.

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The Samsung 870 Qvo is our pick for 'the best big SATA SSD for gaming', as it's a reasonably fast SATA SSD that is also much cheaper than its competitors. Today, it's retailing for just £82 at CCL, who are also offering a free copy of Far Cry 6 (a £50 value) with the drive. I reckon that's a strong offer, but let me tell you more about the 870 Qvo!

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1240 Pepsi Max cans quaffed. 30 Toffee Crisps swallowed. 600 sneezes sneezed. These are the stats of my past year. Crusader Kings 3's past year offers bigger numbers.

To celebrate the kingdom sim's first year of release, Paradox have put out a set of in-game stats, which includes: 18 million marriages, 334 million children, and "4 million pets petted."

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Monster Hunter Rise is the sixth mainline game in Capcom's series about biffing majestic beasts and turning them into fetching headgear. It released on Switch earlier this year, and we've known all along that it was coming to PC eventually. Now it has a specific release date: January 12th, 2022.

Better yet, it's getting a demo, and it'll be available on October 13th.

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Today, in advance of the release of Battlefield 2042 this November, EA announced the Battlefield Community Charter, a set of guidelines developed with the stated aim of “ensuring Battlefield remains a welcoming experience that encourages Positive Play.” Positive Play is EA’s set of initiatives which aim to “help keep…

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Bloober Team, the developer behind the psychedelic horror chills of The Medium, Observer, and Blair Witch, is teasing a new project in its Layers of Fear series.

The original Layers of Fear launched in 2016, taking players on a surreal first-person horror trip through the ever-shifting home of a tortured painter, and its 2018 sequel, Layers of Fear 2 - inspired by the golden age of Hollywood - followed a brand-new protagonist on an avant-garde journey through the innards of an ocean liner and their troubled past.

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Impostor Factory has been described repeatedly by developer Kan Gao as "To The Moon 3(?)", complete with paranthetical question mark. Whatever the reality in terms of its plot, it definitely forms a trio in terms of theme and tone, closing out the series with another melancholy, pixelated adventure. It's out now.

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Block and report players from inside the game Developer DICE has already discussed ways in which Battlefield 2042 is building up...

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Whether it’s Layers of Fear 3, a remake, or something else remains to be seen Bloober Team is playing around...

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The new direction for the former PES series isn’t off on the right foot [Update: Konami has released a statement on the...

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10 games for Amazon Prime members to claim Prime Gaming is stepping up its monthly free PC game selection for...

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