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One of the biggest surprises in gaming this year isn’t the runaway success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It’s the resurgence ofStar Wars: Battlefront 2, which recentlydoubled its Steam player count peak. 10 Bad Games That Got Better With Updates If at first you don’t succeed, update until you do. Despite a lukewarm reception in 2017 (the game has a “fair” rating onOpenCritic), the game has received a second lease on life thanks to a campaign led by the modding groupKyber....

Ubisoft is incredibly dedicated to supportingRainbow Six Siegeand we already know that the developer iscarrying the game through to the next generation of consolesas detailed last year, butdetails were scarce. Thanks to a new interview, it appears as if the plan is to get the game available on the Xbox Series X and PS5 at launch with additional features to keep the community strong. In a recent interviewwith Windows Central, game director Leroy Athanass confirmed the plan is to bringRainbow Six Siegeto next-generation consoles at launch but clarifies why it’s not possible to announce a release date just yet....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Act Normal Games has marketedRauniotas an adventure that’s set in a broken world, and follows the isometric magic of point-and-click games. To my surprise,Rauniotseldom limits itself by that medium. Instead, it makes use of rich and heavy storytelling, awe-inspiring voice acting, and explorative gameplay that kept me engaged for hours. Even though the game is primarily in Finnish, the lack of English voice-acting never truly made a dent in my experience....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed At one point, Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room,Blue Ruin) was one of the most exciting indie filmmakers in the scene. Once upon a time, such an auspicious start to a career would have lent itself to a bout in Hollywood, but Saulnier has instead chosen to take the route of straight-to-streaming action flicks. His latest outing,Rebel Ridge, certainly shows his personality, keeping it from descending to the level of some of the slop we see on streaming these days....

Remnant 2, the sequel to the well-received souls-like third-person shooter from 2019,Remnant: From the Ashes, is gearing up for a Summer 2023 release date, and, as relayed byIGN, the devs recently revealed a new class archetype, the Handler, whose main gameplay element is a permanent dog companion that battles alongside you. As seen in the heartwarming trailer below, it appears as though the dog won’t just be an ability or a battle-specific companion, but a partner that will follow you everywhere you go....

Capcom insiderDusk Golemrecently shared some concept art that they claimed belonged to a scrapped version ofResident Evil 7. The images reveal that the game’s original design was supposed to be a third-person adventure featuring Leon S. Kennedy as the protagonist in a city loosely inspired by Venice, Italy.According to the insider, the game was supposed to feature a “choice” mechanic, slowing down the time briefly and allowing players to make a decision, much similar to what we usually see in Telltale titles....

Marvel fans are currently caught in the hype web of the newSpider-Man: No Way Hometrailer, which visually confirmed the return of past live-action villains and a few characters from the Tom Holland trilogy. The rumor that hasn’t been confirmed, and most likely won’t be until the film’s release, is the involvement of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men. People affiliated with the project are understandably keeping tight-lipped, however, a returning actor fromFar From Homemay have confirmed Maguire’s Multiverse comeback....

Coming out of E3, it was safe to say thatStarlink: Battle for Atlaswas my biggest surprise of the show. Even without the announcement of Star Fox joining up for the Switch release,Starlinkcaught me off guard simply because of how tight and engaging the ship controls were. That said, I only was able to check it out for a brief period of time at E3 and still didn’t have a great idea as to how the moment-to-moment gameplay would work....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed TheMGSseries is quintessential to the stealth-action genre of gaming. Known for combining both gameplay and narrative that are considered way ahead of their time, frankly speaking, few franchises can compare to Kojima’s ex-juggernaut. It is for that very reason that the series’ entries, especially the more outlandish ones likeMetal Gear Solid 2, are talked about to this day....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed When it comes to epic WWE showdowns, few matches can compete with the ferocity and excitement of a John Cena vs. The Rock face-off. But at the recent WrestleMania 40, fans were treated to an entirely different kind of moment that completely stole the show: CM Punk was caught having a laugh with Cena in the ring....

Stop Killing Gamesis making waves after receiving over one million signatures on theirpetitionto protect the consumer rights of gamers, but there’s still more work to do. The SKG initiative was created in 2024 by Content Creator Ross Scott, inan attempt to stop gaming companies from revoking access to games that have been paid for.Ubisoft’s EULA is a perfect example of what they aim to fix. Stop Killing Games Petition Scores Stoppage Time Winner, But Audit Threatens Success Stop Killing Games has nearly secured the signatures it needs to compel the EU to hold companies accountable for games, but it needs more....

You may remember aclip or two going viralof a plane landing or a car crash inGTA V, being peddled on social media sites like Facebook asan actual, real-life event. While game-sensitive viewers can easily identify these clips as fake,for some individuals, such as your average grandparent, it may not be so obvious. Although making your grandparents believe digital mayhem is actually going on in the streets of LA sounds funny and harmless,things can get a bit more sinister when video game footage is passed for real-life wars....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Besides being arguably the biggest gaming franchise of all time, theGTAseries is never short of controversies. Be it the complaints by the New York City officials regardingGTA 4‘s lack of proper portrayal of the violence and crime in the game’s version of New York, Liberty City or when Trevor tortured a man in the“By the Book”mission inGTA 5, the franchise has seen it all....