Rockstar Classic Bully Launches On New Platforms Via GTA+ This Week

Rockstar announced back in April that Bully and LA Noire would be coming toGTA+“later this year.” A recent post on the developer’s siteannouncedthat Bully will be available through GTA+ starting on August 20. Rockstarincreased the costof the GTA+ service from $6 to $8 a month back in April. That hypothetical Bully 2 would’ve come out in the early 2010s, but was ultimately canceled. Got a news tip or want to contact us directly?...

August 19, 2024 · 1 min · 73 words · Kimberly Moore

The Deck Of Boons And Banes, A D&D Aid By Ginny Di, Subverts TTRPG Mechanics In The Best Ways

Pick the wrong card and not even a restful good night’s sleep is guaranteed. “The elevator pitch is I want to make your games feel more epic,” Di told me. “I want to make those highs feel higher and those lows feel lower.” And that’s one of the things that has always drawn me to fantasy. When you hit high levels of play in games like D&D, you want that drama too....

August 19, 2024 · 3 min · 522 words · Derek Chen

Quell kicked my bum harder than Ring Fit, but is there space for a new gaming fitness obsession?

Here comes a new challenger. During Lockdown, the only thing more scarce than flour wasSwitch fitness game Ring Fit Adventure. Strap the controller to you, grab the oversized resistance wheel thing, and get moving. Everyone wanted one, and the desire for it lingered long after Lockdown. Nintendo sensed there was a market and Ring Fit proved it. The topline thing you better know is that it delivers a punishing workout....

August 18, 2024 · 2 min · 350 words · Brian Jackson

Tracing a line through design, with the developers of Paper Trail

How Netflix, origami, and Romanian tattoos shaped a deceptively clever puzzler. A simple mechanic that creates some deceptively hard, but rewarding, puzzles. “It was interesting one-off interactions, but it didn’t really have any scope beyond that.” Everything started to come together when the team tried a top-down perspective. So you create these Escheresque moments where you might create walkable and unwalkable paths." Another big change was actually the game’s size....

August 17, 2024 · 2 min · 310 words · Jesse Parker

Alien: Romulus Shows It's Time For Alien To Abandon Its Canon

Warning: This article contains some light spoilers for Alien: Romulus. Alien: Romulusstarts with something of a goofy premise. It’s a little peek at what kind of mess the Alien franchise’s overarching story has become. Cameron’s solution was a 57-year time skip, jumping way into the future from the original Alien. It also imagines that nobody else ever encountered the alien anywhereotherthan LV-426. Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection made the situation even worse....

August 16, 2024 · 2 min · 235 words · Daniel Miller

Andor Season 2 Will Change How You See Rogue One, Diego Luna Says

People are going to see Rogue One as a “different film,” Luna predicts. This includes the droid K-2SO, who is voiced by Alan Tudyk. And not just with K-2, but with many other characters. I think it’ll be really cool," Luna said. “You’re going to see why K-2 is so important in Rogue One,” Luna said. “And how does he get to be such an important character for the Rebellion.”...

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 111 words · Anthony Hubbard

Call Of Duty Mod Shut Down By Activision Hours Before Launch, Leading To Review Bombing

Just as fans feared, Activision stepped in and shut it down. But it’s not going to happen. The mod would have required a copy of 2017’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. In anticipation of the mod’s release, sales of Modern Warfare Remastered rose significantly on Steam. However, the game regularly goes on sale. We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations immediately and permanently. “Anyone trying to make money off H2M is not us....

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 119 words · Amanda Kim

Comic Book Movies Are Finally Starting To Do Something They Always Should Have

Hispanic and Latino representation is not only important, but it creates diverse storytelling. The film hit on every note about why our culture is beautiful. Each member contributes in their own way to make their family special. Not once were any of the characters in the film subjected to stereotypical tropes. The film’s representation wasn’t just a matter of the actors on screen. Without someone like him behind the camera, a lot of the cultural moments could have easily been lost....

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 171 words · James Russell

Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC Specs Revealed

You’ll need some decent RAM. BioWare hasrevealed the minimum and recommended PC specsfor Dragon Age: The Veilguard. They’re fairly modest in comparison to others we’ve seen such as God of War Ragnarok’shefty 190GBstorage requirement. For the GPU, a Nvidia GTX 970/1650 or AMD Radeon R9 290X is required. The game takes up 100GB of storage and an SSD is preferred, but HDD is supported too. BioWare is planning to reveal many more details about the game in the coming days and weeks until launch....

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 107 words · Rachel Fletcher

Fortnite Is Back On iPhone After 4 Years, Depending On Where You Live

Epic Games is celebrating by offering a free Fortnite skin and other cosmetics. The Epic Games Store has entered the mobile space. Installing the Epic Game Store on mobile will require you to sideload it, which any Android can do. For now though, today’s significant changes only affect players in Europe. you’re able to earn any of these rewards until November 2. Meanwhile, Fortnite’s new season is now live. Got a news tip or want to contact us directly?...

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 79 words · Leslie Shannon

Genshin Impact 5.0 Banners and events

The full schedule for Natlan’s debut. So don’t forget to redeemnew codesforPrimogemsto help pull them, and check out our regularly updatedtier list. Elsewhere, we havetips and tricks for beginners. It followed the usual maintenance schedule for new updates, with 5.0 releasing at 4am (BST).

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 44 words · Craig Francis

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR "Indefinitely Delayed," Meta Says

For nearly three years, gamers have awaited any word aboutGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR. It was originally announced in 2021 as a title for the Meta Quest 2. But as Meta moved on to the Meta Quest 3, further updates about the game were scarce. Now, Meta has said that GTA: San Andreas VR is “indefinitely delayed.” We look forward to working with our friends at Rockstar in the future....

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 117 words · Tammy Gonzalez

Halle Berry Was Never Asked To Cameo As Storm In Deadpool & Wolverine

Berry said she would have been interested in a cameo but Ryan Reynolds never asked. Berry replied, “‘Yeah, if he asked me,’ but he never asked me.” Berry played Storm alongside Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in a handful of X-Men movies. Director Shawn Levy said henever considered Stewart coming back. Deadpool & Wolverine is a huge success at the box office, recently surpassing $1 billion worldwide. That makes it theNo....

August 16, 2024 · 1 min · 85 words · Mark Garcia