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With New World about to hit shelves in a few days, it's time to gather everything we know about Amazon Game Studio's sprawlingMMORPG before its release. Hopefully, these tidbits of information will help you not just to survive but thrive in the untouched land of Aeternum. First of all, check out IGN's New World trailer now.  ...

If you’re one of those who never got to play the Game Boy Advance series of Castlevania episodes because you don’t own a Game Boy, now is your chance. The Castlevania Advance Collection is out today on the Nintendo eShop, bundling together Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001), Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (2002), and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2003). And to sweeten the deal, you also get Castlevania: Dracula X (also known as Vampire’s Kiss in Europe). Check out the...

The Good Life is a charming video game from Studio White Owls and SWERY (Hidetake Suehiro), director of The Last Blade, Deadly Premonition, and D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die.  The game was supposed to have been released last summer but was delayed so that the development team could add “the last touches to the game.”  The Good Life began in 2017 as a crowdfunded project. After hitting its Kickstarter...

It’s been a 20-year wait but it’s finally been confirmed—Outcast 2: A New Beginning is well on its way through its pre-alpha development stage. A sequel to the original 1999 cult classic that helped pioneer nonlinear open-world games, Outcast 2 had been announced as far back as the year 2000 but never came to fruition due to financial problems. A remake, Outcast -Second Contact, was released in 2014.  This time, we are getting a full sequel. THQ...

Now that we have had a good look at the new God of War: Ragnarok, we have some idea of how the story will go. As the title implies, we will see the Twilight of the Gods. However, a surprise announcement from Santa Monica creative director Cory Barlog tells us that the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2018 God of War will conclude the Norse storyline.   ...

Here’s some consolation for the earlier disappointing news about the Battlefield 2042 delay—EA has announced that they are making downloadable content for Battlefield 1 and 4 available for free for a limited time. Not bad, considering this is on the heels of the Battlefield 4 Second Assault expansion that was given away last month. Both DLCs focus on water-based warfare. You can check out their trailers for both content.  ...

Sorry, fans of Dying Light—Dying Light 2 Stay Human has been pushed back yet again. Originally set for a December 7 launch, the sequel to the hit parkour zombie game has been moved back again by developer Techland to February 4, 2022.       A bit more polish needed Techland CEO Pawel Marchewka has this...

One of the biggest surprises that opened the recent PlayStation Showcase was Sony’s announcement that it will remake Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. They accompanied their announcement with a teaser trailer, with a voice-over from likely one of the game’s iconic characters, Bastila Shan.      What do we know about the KOTOR remake? Apart from...

One of the most hotly anticipated first-person shooters of the year, Battlefield 2042 left gamers speculating since it was announced in June 2021. But thanks to the latest reveal, we now have some answers to our burning questions about the latest game. Check out the Battlefield 2042 trailer now.     Set in the ‘near future,’...

This year’s PlayStation Showcase has featured many great finds among the new games, but Korean developer SHIFT UP has turned heads with the teaser for the PS5 exclusive action game Project Eve. The gameplay trailer wowed audiences with its fast-paced and relentless action and gorgeous titular character.      Live by the Blade...

The recent PlayStation Network Showcase has loads of notable games, but one title that has steadily picked up buzz is the newly announced game Forspoken. Teased a year before, it was called Project Athia before publisher Square Enix announced its final title.  There’s very little information released on the game itself, but the trailer speaks volumes.   ...

After proving their video game martial arts expertise with Absolver, indie studio SloClap is kicking things up a notch with Sifu, a slick kung fu brawler with roguelike elements and unprecedented fighting mechanics. Whereas Absolver focused on multiplayer, Sifu is a third-person single-player fighting game that draws inspiration from martial arts movies like Jacky Chan films and The Raid. It has a very appropriate title considering that the word Sifu is Chinese for “teacher” or “master.”   ...

After revealing Midnight Suns and Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel is digging deeper into the gaming side of business by announcing two new games featuring their properties. In the recent Playstation Showcase, developer Insomniac gave us our first glimpse of Spiderman 2.      Here Come the Spider-men The announcement trailer is...

A game that flew under the radar for some time, Dream Cycle was announced in the recent Gamescom before releasing on early access in Steam this Sept. 7. The brainchild of Toby Gard (Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider: Legend, Anniversary, Underworld), Dream Cycle is again a third-person action game with a female protagonist exploring ancient ruins, but the similarity with Tomb Raider ends there. Gard's latest game is a fantasy action-adventure set in an alternate dimension and based on a book...

Tribute Games is taking us on a nostalgia trip with their latest brawler, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. Inspired by the 1987 cartoons series and the hit 1991 arcade game Turtles in Time, Shredder’s Revenge captures the action, the spirit, and pixel art style almost perfectly.  See the return of the four radical dudes, leader Leonardo, hotheaded Raphael, brainy Donatello, and party-loving Michaelangelo, as they face their nemesis Shredder and his evil Foot Clan. In the recent Gamescom, publisher Dotemu also revealed...

Death Cathedral brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “assemble the army.” A brainchild of Melancholia studio and published by Thermite Games, this is a unique hack-and-slash RPG where you have 15 days to find and slay a devil hiding in an enormous haunted cathedral. To venture inside, you need to create undead warriors by assembling them from pieces of your defeated enemies. Thermite Games released the trailer in the recent Gamescom, though the game itself will launch some time...

Fans of the dieselpunk RTS Iron Harvest have a lot to look forward to with the upcoming Iron Harvest Complete Edition. Developer King Art Games and publisher Prime Matter announced the new release for PS5 and Xbox Series X. It will launch on October 26, in time for the one-year anniversary of the original game (compare prices for Iron Harvest).  ...

A classic action game takes on a new genre in Metal Slug Tactics. Longtime fans who have been waiting for another Metal Slug since Metal Slug Attack will finally see the return of Peregrine Falcon Squad members Marco, Fio, Eri, and Tarma in a brand new adventure. Developed by Leika Studios, Metal Slug Tactics was announced during the Nintendo Indie World Livestream Event last August, with a video to match.  ...

Starting a cult has never seemed so cute as in the game Cult of the Lamb. Developed by indie studio Massive Monster, makers of the equally creative and unique Death’s Door, Cult of the Lamb sticks you in the role of a fluffy sheep who is saved from execution by some kind of one-eyed elder god. As payment for saving your life, you become the messenger for the unholy being, tasked with spreading...

Ahead of the big-name first-person shooters getting a release this year, Severed Steel, a high-octane futuristic FPS from developer Digerati, is launching this September 17. Featuring a fully destructible environment, slick acrobatic gunplay, and a one-armed protagonist, Severed Steel promises a fast-paced action with a twist—you can never reload your gun.  ...