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A country’s announcement of an age rating provides a clue that the release date for God of War: Ragnarok is arriving sooner than we think.  The General Commission for Audiovisual Media, Saudi Arabia’s rating board, has awarded an age rating of 18 for the hotly-anticipated game, even tweeting it on its official page.   God of War Ragnarök... ...حصلت على تصنيف مناسب لعمر 18 فما فوق خلك واعي، وتأكد من وجود التصنيف العمري الهيئة العامة للإعلام...

In a departure from fantasy tropes and previous FromSoftware games, Elden Ring will not have wearable rings. Nothing like the New Ring in Shadow of War or similar titles.  Director Hidetaka Miyazaki provides this explanation during an interview with Edge magazine: "Rings do exist as physical 'finger rings' in this game, but more as unique items involved in the story and unique character events. So we wanted them to have a special positioning within the world of Elden Ring and also...

Techland tips their hand a bit more for their upcoming survival horror game Dying Light 2: Stay Human. In the latest episode of their Dying 2 Know More, we hear from Techland UI producer Agata Sykula about enhancements made to the game. Players will see an unprecedented amount of freedom when it comes to selecting what they see on the HUD.  ...

Roguelike RPG Hades is no stranger to awards, having already won four BAFTAs, a British Academy Award, and two Game Awards from 2020 to 2021. But in a historic first, Hades has won a Hugo Award in the newly-minted Best Video Game category.      Hades was up against stiff competition for the award, besting other...

Some new updates have emerged on Elden Ring’s gameplay regarding equipable items and horseback riding. This hotly anticipated RPG with plenty of players asking questions, some of which director Hidetaka Miyazaki was happy to answer.      Riding high One of the most anticipated gameplay elements is your mount, Torrent. A horned spectral steed that you can summon at any time, Torrent will prove essential to your travels and exploration wherever you can summon him. Unlike...

The Game Awards 2021 turned the heads of many a horror fan with sneak peeks at Alan Wake II and Hellblade: Senua’s Saga, but nothing churned the gut quite like the trailer for the upcoming horror game Slitterhead. Currently being developed by the original Silent Hill’s creator, Keiichiro Toyama, Slitterhead incorporates psychological and body horror with a dense urban cityscape that strongly resembles Hong Kong. The trailer needs to be seen to be believed:  ...

It’s the season to be jolly with the launch of Halo Infinite’s Winter Contingency Event. Following the fairly frosty reception of the previous event, Fracture: Tenrai, 343 Studios have opted to make some improvements. The Winter Contingency Event offers players a bundle of cosmetic items while lessening the stress of getting them. Check out the launch trailer now:  ...

To long-time XCOM fans, Long War is a legendary series of mods that alter the already excellent base game into something far deeper and more intense. Beginning from 2012's XCOM 1, The Long War adds tougher enemies, additional classes, a more detailed tech tree, frequent enemy retaliation, and greater risks in every mission you go on. The point of Long War is to make players weigh the risks versus the reward of each mission they take, because each one could...

After a slight delay of several hours, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is finally out. There's been some initial concern that the game might not see the light of day after Scott Cawthon's announced retirement, but Sony made good on the promise of revisiting Freddy and his frightful friends. Announced back in 2019, Security Breach introduces an ambitious new playstyle to Five Nights at Freddy's while bringing back some classic mechanics. Have a look at the game trailer:   ...

Not a lot of survival horror FPS can claim to be “hardcore” by design, but 10 Chambers’s new GTFO surely earns that title. Launched last December 10, GTFO is about a squad of four criminals sent on an impossible mission in an abandoned underground base called the Complex, where something has gone horribly wrong. Unfortunately for them, the Complex is full of hideous monsters. And unlike the Suicide Squad, you don’t have special powers—only your weapons, your wits,...

Dead By Daylight features some of the most iconic villains in movie history: Leatherface, Freddy Krueger, Jason, and Michael Myers. But for Chapter 23 coming in March 2022, the game will be collaborating with someone extra special. Few fictional ghosts are as unforgettable and terrifying as Sadako Yamamura, the vengeful antagonist of Koji Suzuki's Ringu. The 1998 movie adaptation traumatized audiences worldwide with the image of Sadako crawling out of a TV set to...

Despite being still in Early Access, Phasmophobia grabbed worldwide attention with its terrifying and often unintentionally hilarious gameplay. Last week, we received an enormous update that fundamentally changes the game. Called “Cursed Possessions,” the update six new items that, when used, will provoke a reaction from the ghost. What’s more, the update also adds a new ghost called the Mimic. Check out Insym’s video round-up of all the changes:  ...

The Game Awards 2021 featured a couple of exciting news from the DC side of gaming: the gameplay teaser for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the announcement trailer for the first-ever Wonder Woman solo game. Have a look at the Suicide Squad trailer now:     We’re seeing the gameplay of Suicide Squad for...

The Game Awards 2021 caused quite a stir this year with its parade of winners and game reveals, but among the most impressive is the gameplay trailer for Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga. Previously announced last 2019, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed indie action game gets the blood pumping with a fiercer, more bloodthirsty Senua.  ...

Eleven years is a long time to endure radio silence, but at last we have the official announcement from Remedy Entertainment: Alan Wake II is real and it’s coming. Check out the Game Awards 2021 cinematic teaser trailer, care of GameSpot:     Fans have been wondering for years whether a sequel was even going to...

The sci-fi PvE co-op game Icarus hit it big at launch last Friday, Dec. 4, rapidly racking up 50,000 concurrent players over the weekend, according to Steam. Check out the Icarus launch trailer now:     Despite its popularity, the launch wasn’t without a hitch or three. Players complained about lags, stuttering, freezing, and other performance...

It’s been five years since Mimimi Games released their acclaimed ninja strategy game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, so it’s high time they made a DLC. The good news is that today we have it with their standalone expansion: Aiko’s Choice. Set once more in Edo, the capital of medieval Japan, the story focuses on the geisha Aiko as she and her fellow assassins confront enemies from her turbulent past.  ...

After an endless stream of remakes and remasters, it’s always good to hear about new horror titles. Thankfully, we have one courtesy of developer One-o-One Games and publisher META. Aftermath is a narrative-driven survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth has been devastated by what seems to be an alien invasion. Probably. It’s a bit difficult to tell with just this trailer, care of IGN:  ...

It’s been a few weeks since Bandai Namco Entertainment announced their 7v1 anime survival game Dragon Ball The Breakers. The premise of this asymmetrical game is that seven Survivors are trapped in a Temporal Seam which they must escape. Hunting these non-superpowered civilians is a super-powered villain called the Raider, who is any of three Dragonball Z villains: Cell, Frieza, or Buu. The Raider's advantage is that they can get stronger by absorbing the Survivors. The Survivors have to rely on skill...

Halo Infinite has captured worldwide attention ahead of its release date with a surprise early launch of its free multiplayer component. With the release of the full campaign in just a couple of days, it’s time to round up all we have on this phenomenal new game.  First off, here's the Halo Infinite campaign trailer:  ...