After playing it all day, Dragon Age: The Veilguard feels like the series' Mass Effect 2 moment

Whatever you do, there’s a feeling of purpose and shape. Missions crescendo to spectacular boss fights, and the combat encounters that lead to them feel considered and satisfying. Traversal sections are varied with puzzles and zip wires and slides and balance beams. To me it screams confidence, something the Dragon Age team seems to have lacked in the past. The Veilguard is good. It’s very good. There’s a lot of detail here....

September 19, 2024 · 2 min · 350 words · Regina Keller

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Aims For The Heavens With The Ultimate Dragon Ball Experience

The Dragon Ball Z: Budokai franchise is important to me. I would go on to continue my education through Budokai 2 but fell off shortly after that. That’s why, whenDragon Ball: Sparking! Zerowas announced, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. That sentiment doubled down during my most recent time playing. During this preview, I dove into the various game modes. The first gameplay segment was devoted to single-player team battles, Tutorials, Custom Battles, and Bonus Battles....

September 19, 2024 · 2 min · 303 words · Alyssa Hull

Flappy Bird revival devs "clear the air", but fail to acknowledge crypto claims

Afterwards, original creatorDong Nguyen stated he had nothing to do with the revival. “I did not sell anything,” he wrote on social media. “I also don’t support crypto.” His reasoning, he said at the time, was the game had “become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it’s best to take down Flappy Bird. It’s gone forever.” No, I have no related with their game....

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 166 words · Andrew Roberts

Frostpunk 2 review

There’s no room for dissent; crush it - or else the world will crush you. I worried 11 bit would overcomplicate it and lose the thrilling essence of what Frostpunk once was. But it hasn’t. Moreover, it’s gotten bigger without getting flabbier. Frostpunk 2, in so many ways, is exquisite. But let’s break it down a little. But in Frostpunk 2 it’s different. The question is not whether you’re free to survive but how....

September 19, 2024 · 2 min · 249 words · Robert Hall

God Of War Ragnarok's Companions Are About To Be Way Less Annoying

The change is coming to both PC and consoles. According to thePlayStation Blog, the new option is in the Gameplay configs tab. For some players, the banter was quite annoying. The game is also getting cinematic audio descriptions, which plays audio descriptions of visual events during cutscenes. The feature can be enabled under the audio accessibility menu. Sony also confirmed that both the puzzle-hint frequency and audio-description features will be added to the console versions soon....

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 96 words · Mrs. Yvonne Juarez

Grand Theft Auto 6 delay rumours unfounded, report says

Driving anticipation. UPDATE:A correction: Take-Two’s report detailed below that listsGTA 6’s planned autumn 2025 launch date was in fact first published in July, pre-dating the more recent rumour of a delay. Our original story remains below: Take-Two Interactive, publisher of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6, has recommited to the game’splanned autumn 2025 launch windowafter recent rumours of a delay. This month, speculation of a GTA 6 delay sparked internet chatter that Rockstar’s long-awaited project had been pushed to 2026....

September 19, 2024 · 2 min · 248 words · Sara Green

Hi-Fi Rush 2 Probably Won't Make Krafton Any Cash, But That's Ok

“Tango Gameworks are creative. They want to try something new, and we want to do more of that.” “We can’t acquire Tango Gameworks based on their financials or their numbers, right? Now Playing:Xbox Game Pass Changes: No Longer The Best Deal In Gaming? | Spot On “But it’s part of our attempt. We have to keep trying [to develop games] in the spirit of challenge-taking. Tango Gameworks are creative. They want to try something new, and we want to do more of that....

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 151 words · Anthony Brown

Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Devs Accessed Special Archive To Create Authentic Adventure

“Weve been in weekly meetings with Lucasfilm,” creative director Axel Torvenius said toThe Guardian. “From audio [to] design, narrative, art, they’ve been an invaluable resource. They are the experts on Indiana Jones and everything that goes with it. Now Playing:Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Story Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2024 You need a javascript enabled net web surfer to watch videos. Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?...

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 130 words · Patrick Martin

Krafton acquired Tango Gameworks to "maintain" its legacy rather than cash-in

“We don’t think Hi-Fi Rush 2 is going to make us money, to be frank.” Tango was acquired by Krafton last month, althoughonly 50 out of the original 100 staff will transfer over. “We wanted to maintain their legacy,” said Kim. “Although they did not have a big success in their games, we saw many creatives worth pursuing. That’s why we wanted to work with that organisation.” Krafton is a pretty big company, but Microsoft is very complicated," he said....

September 19, 2024 · 2 min · 260 words · Andrew Peterson

MCU Actor Says It's Easy To Bash Marvel Movies But Please Don't

But the success of massive movies helps pay for smaller projects, he said. This is an artery traveling through the system of this entire machinery that’s Hollywood," he said. “It feeds in so many more ways than people acknowledge. Sometimes I get protective of it because the intention is really f**king good. It’s just f**king hard to make a good movie over and over again.” “They legitimately spend so much time thinking, how could we surprise people and give people something different?...

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 137 words · Julie Estes

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Requires Fraction Of Storage Space Versus Last Game

Thanks to the cloud. Xbox Wiretook a dive into Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and highlighted how the installation size has been shrunken down. The short answer: It’s utilizing cloud streaming. Microsoft notes the sequel will stream in higher details for your aerial adventures. You need a javascript enabled web client to watch videos. Want us to remember this setting for all your devices? You don’t have to install any new World Updates; they’re just streamed seamlessly....

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 147 words · Veronica Smith

Nintendo Sues Palworld Dev, But Not For The Reason You'd Expect

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, the developer behind Palworld, alleging infringement of patent rights. Pocketpair called the situation “unfortunate.” Yasuda added: “But it shows Nintendo has more ways to stop games it doesn’t like. That has now changed with Nintendo’s lawsuit against Pocketpair. The game has been massively successful, with 12 million copies sold on Steam so far. Pocketpair is a small indie game company based in Tokyo....

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 152 words · Larry Clark

PlayStation 5 Pro and PS5 Digital Edition 30th Anniversary Limited Edition consoles announced

As you’d expect, there’s a matching grey-coloured DualSense controller to go with the consoles. There’s also a grey PlayStation Portal - remember that? Each will be individually numbered. Sony will open pre-orders on 26th September via direct.playstation.com ahead of the range’s release on 21st November. Crucially, there’s no word yet on how much any of this will cost. (If a standard PS5 Pro costs 700, any guesses for what this might set you back?...

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 92 words · Janet Olson