You Can Now Play As A Ghoul In Fallout 76

The latest free update for Fallout 76 lets players play as a Ghoul for the first time in the series’ history. Becoming a Ghoul is one of the big features of the Fallout 76 Ghoul Within update. To become a Ghoul, players need to reach Level 50 first to unlock a new quest to turn [ … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 14 days ago

Go To New Zealand In Minecraft’s Free DLC

In a first for Minecraft, the popular survival game is adding a real-life location as free DLC. The new Aotearoa New Zealand DLC is now available for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (the non-Java version) created in collaboration with Tourism New Zealand, Warner Bros. Pictures and dev … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 15 days ago

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Review – Two Styles, In One Feature

Honor, Loyalty, Courage, and Respect, are some of the core tenets of the Bushido way of things that also does loop back to the Brotherhood of Assassins, be it a few hundred years apart, give or take. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a particular one, with how it ebbs and flows with th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 15 days ago

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Review – Two Styles, In One Feature

Honor, Loyalty, Courage, and Respect, are some of the core tenets of the Bushido way of things that also does loop back to the Brotherhood of Assassins, be it a few hundred years apart, give or take. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a particular one, with how it ebbs and flows with th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 15 days ago

Chronocracy Is A Whimsy 2D RTS Featuring Time Travel, Birds And Alien Invaders

Here’s a silly-looking game packed with features and gameplay you wouldn’t have expected. Chronocracy is a new game published by HeroCraft PC and developed by the 2-person-team at Regolite. Debuted at The MIX Spring Showcase, Chronocracy is, get this, a real-time strategy surviva … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 15 days ago

Aztecs: The Last Sun Is A New City Builder With A Mesoamerican Theme

How do you like your city builder flavoured? Modern day? sci-fi? Roman? Publisher Toplitz Productions will be publishing a new city builder by indie development team Play2Chill called Aztecs: The Last Sun. As the name implies, Aztecs: The Last Sun is a city builder themed around … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 15 days ago

Octopath Traveler + Octopath Traveler II Physical Bundle For Nintendo Switch This April

Square Enix announced that it will be releasing a physical bundle for RPG Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II. The 2-in-1 physical release bundle will be offered only for the Nintendo Switch version, launching on April 2 in Asia. The same 2-in-1 bundle is being offered dig … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 19 days ago

Report: Xbox-Branded Handheld PC Project Kennan In The Works (Not A Portable Xbox)

According two separate reports by Windows Central and The Verge, Xbox is teaming up with an OEM to produce a portable PC gaming machine. Project Kennan, as it’s internally referred to, is more of an Xbox-branded handheld PC. A source from Windows Central’s report says that Asus w … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 19 days ago

Horror Game DreadHaunt Gets New Survival Co-Op Game

Do you know that Indonesian horror game series DreadOut has a multiplayer spin-off of sorts? It’s called DreadHaunt, developed by DreadOut devs Digital Happiness and published by Nuon Games. The horror themed multiplayer game can be played cooperatively or as a PVP experience, it … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Five People In Six-Player Multiplayer Game Midnight Murder Club Can Play For Free With A Guest Pass

It’s always a challenge to find and convince friends to buy a multiplayer game to play together. But what if they don’t even need to buy them? Velan Studios’ latest multiplayer game, Midnight Murder Club, is offering free Guests Pass edition of the game so your plus one can play … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Highlights Characters In New Trailer Series

Indie RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reveals a series of new short trailers highlighting its cast of characters. The first to receive one is the leading man of the titular expedition: Gustave. Voiced in English by Charlie Cox, the engineer has spent his life in improving the lif … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Spotify Playlist Revealing Full Soundtrack In Waves

Ahead of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 launch, Activision has teamed up with Spotify to create an official playlist for the upcoming remake’s soundtrack. The two-in-one remake of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 will have a mix of nostalgic hits as fans remember … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Rainbow Six Siege X Is A Free Update Adding New Mode, Major Reworks And More

Ubisoft revealed a major update to Rainbow Six Siege coming this June, major enough for the multiplayer tactical shooter to have a slight title change. It’s now Rainbow Six Siege X. With a new logo. The new Siege X update introduces a new mode only available for PC and ninth-gen … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Samsung Galaxy A56 5G, A36 5G and A26 5G Arriving In Malaysia Next Week

Samsung has announced that this 2025’s refresh for the Galaxy A series smartphone will be available in Malaysia starting March 18, next week. The Galaxy A series, the affordable sub-RM2000 devices, comes in three flavours at three different price points: the Samsung Galaxy A26 5G … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Samsung Galaxy A56 5G, A36 5G and A25 5G Arriving In Malaysia Next Week

Samsung has announced that this 2025’s refresh for the Galaxy A series smartphone will be available in Malaysia starting March 18, next week. The Galaxy A series, the affordable sub-RM2000 devices, comes in three flavours at three different price points: the Samsung Galaxy A26 5G … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Monster Hunter Wilds Review – The Incumbent Apex Predator

Capcom has done it again. Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest entry in this long-running series of action RPGs. What was a pioneer in console online gaming during the PS2 days, the series later retreat into becoming a cult hit that’s mostly big in Japan and big on the small screen … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Monster Hunter Wilds Review – The Incumbent Apex Predator

Capcom has done it again. Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest entry in this long-running series of action RPGs. What was a pioneer in console online gaming during the PS2 days, the series later retreat into becoming a cult hit that’s mostly big in Japan and big on the small screen … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Stampede: Racing Royale Shutting Down This Summer

Free-to-play kart racer Stampede: Racing Royale will go offline later this summer, with its final season of content to drop for the remaining fans that are playing. The final season, Season 1 (yep), will add a new Season Pass, Xbox Achievements, new tracks, bigger party size and … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 21 days ago

First-Gen Armored Core Games Coming To PS4, PS5

Previously teased early this year, the first three PS1-era Armored Core games will be available on PS4 and PS5 next week via PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe’s Classics Catalog. The next batch of new games coming to PS Plus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog will go live on March 1 … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 21 days ago

Guilty Gear Strive Just Excels Being Itself On The Nintendo Switch

As someone who seldom plays fighting games on the side, I’ve always had a fascination with the series that’s all about Guilty and Gears. Whether it’s stylish character designs, their interesting names in combos, or just looking at the spectacle during a match, Strive is just incr … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 21 days ago

Two Point Museum Getting Japanese Voiceovers In Upcoming Free Update

Two Point Museum is getting a free update on April 12 which will include a new feature: Japanese voice acting. The series has been iconic for its dry British humour and quality English puns, but looks like publisher Sega is willing to add a different voice dub for folks who speak … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 22 days ago

Split Fiction Saves Its Best Level For Last (Spoilers)

Split Fiction is out now, and the game has sold over a million copies which means at least two million players have experience a good part of Hazelight’s latest split-screen co-op adventure. And if you read our review of the game, you know how I implore everyone that’s playing th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 22 days ago

Split Fiction Sales Reach 1 Million Copies In Two Days

Developer Hazelight proudly announced they have sold a million copies of its latest game Split Fiction within the first two days, 48 hours, of launch. “Everyone here at Hazelight are beyond happy – and we can’t stop enjoying your amazing reactions!” the post on Hazelight’s Bluesk … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 22 days ago

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Releases This June

Kojima Productions’ follow-up to Death Stranding now has a release date. Revealed during a panel at SXSW 2025, of all things, a new 10-minute trailer showed more of the game not-called DS2 anymore, as well as a release date. Death Stranding 2 will be out this June. Yes, a 10-minu … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 24 days ago

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown’s Next Season Update Sees Return of Delivery Missions And Difficulty Sliders

Nacon and KT Racing has been working hard to mend their MMOCARPG, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, into something that their fans could be excited about. And Season 3 looks set to be their fruits of labor being fulfilled. This latest season comes after a lengthy delay between th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 27 days ago

Oscar Guzman Flies Again In New GTA Online Update

Rockstar Games teased there will be new content to with the announcement of GTA V and GTA Online on PC getting a next-gen upgrade that makes the game in parity with the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions. But we didn’t expect that new content to drop on the same day of the optional … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 27 days ago

Monster Hunter Wilds Sales Pass 8 Million In Three Days Of Launch

Monster Hunter Wilds sold in the millions on its launch weekend. Capcom announced the latest entry to the much-loved monster hunting action-RPG has sold over eight million copies in 3 days. This makes Monster Hunter Wilds the fastest-selling Capcom game. Capcom attributed its eff … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 27 days ago

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Releases This July- THPS3, THPS4 Remake With New Content

Activision has revealed Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, the previously teased remake of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, releasing this July. This blast from the 2000s where extreme sport and skateboarding video games reign supreme is developed by Iron Galaxy St … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 29 days ago

Civilization VII Brings Much-Needed Fixes In Update 1.1.0, First DLC Wave Out Now

Civilization VII has received its first big post-launch update, now live on all platforms. The new entry to the much-loved 4X strategy game series launched in a rather rough state, to the point that developer Firaxis had to disable cross-play as priority went to making hotfixes o … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 29 days ago

Kaizen: A Factory Story Is A New Zach-Like Game By Former Zachtronics Members

A new trailer emerged from IGN Fan Fest of a new game called Kaizen: A Factory Story. This is a puzzle-programming game disguised as a factory automation game with a 1980s Japan theme. As American David Sugimoto, you head to Japan for the first time for a job at Matsuzawa Manufac … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 29 days ago

Split Fiction Review – Have A Little Bit Of Everything

It is a fascinating journey seeing a team that made a game where you control two characters at once ala The Adventures Of Cookie And Cream has now blossomed into an award-winning studio that pioneered and popularised the idea of mandatory-co-op games. From Brothers: A Tale Of Two … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 29 days ago

Warframe Adding Four New Hot Protoframes, But You Can’t Romance Them

The upcoming content update for free-to-play game Warframe, Techrot Encore, will include four new Protoframes and has now been unveiled. First feature in Warframe 1999, these Protoframes are human-Warframe hybrids, which essentially give a human face to the mostly faceless homunc … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Monster Hunter Wilds Finally Made Me A Monster Hunter Fan With Its Beginner-Friendly Changes And Story Hook

More than a million players have anticipated the day Monster Hunter Wilds released. A whole company issuing a day off on its launch day. This got to be the biggest game launch of 2025 so far. It’s… wild. So many Monster Hunter fans are out there today, giddy of taking out a giant … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Zenless Zone Zero Update 1.6 Adds New Story Chapter, Three New Agents And More

The next update for Hoyoverse’s free-to-play action-RPG Zenless Zone Zero has been revealed. The urban fantasy story continues in Update 1.6 “Among The Forgotten Ruins” as a new story chapter will be added involving auctions, the military and big revelations. Well, it would’ve be … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Forza Horizon 5 Releases On PS5 This April With One Last Big Update

The PS5 is getting a Horizon game again this year, but not from PlayStation. Forza Horizon 5, one of the few remaining active Xbox console exclusive games by Xbox Game Studios, will be crossing to the other side this April. Now we have a release date, mark your calendar for April … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Split Fiction On PC Won’t Require The EA App, Steam Deck Verified

Ahead of its launch, new details for Hazelight and EA’s upcoming co-op game Split Fiction has emerged. The game on PC is Steam Deck Verified and also “Steam Native”. The latter means that you only need to install Steam to run and play the game, not requiring the EA App at all. Th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

That’s Not A Valorant Crack Tool On GitHub, That’s Malware

This is stating the obvious that you shouldn’t be downloading crack tools for multiplayer games like Valorant. But if you somehow found what’s purported to be crack tools for Valorant over on reputable codebase repository site GitHub, don’t. It’s likely malware. Cybersecurity fir … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Forge Weapons And Slay In Blades Of Fire, MercurySteam’s New Game

MercurySteam is back with a new game entirely of their own. The Spanish developer famous for their work on Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow and Metroid Dread announced their latest game, Blades Of Fire, at IGN Game Fest. To be published by 505 Games, Blades Of Fire follows the journe … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

March For PS Plus Monthly Games Brings The Action

PlayStation has revealed the upcoming games that their active PS Plus subscribers will be getting in March, which is headlined by a certain Bioware game. The headlining game is of course, the recently released entry within this RPG series, and that is Dragon Age The Veilguard, wh … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Gran Turismo 7 February 2025 Update Adds Two Cars And A Unimog

The monthly content update for Gran Turismo 7 is arriving on schedule for February 2025: the last Thursday of the month. The February 2025 GT7 Update, or Update 1.56, adds the usual three cars. Well, two of them are usual, normal cars. The other? A Unimog. Continuing Gran Turismo … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Upin & Ipin Universe Releasing Later This Year

An Upin & Ipin video game? True, true, true. Les’ Copaque Production has teamed up with Streamline Studios to create the first console and PC game based on the Malaysia-made animated series. Les’ Copaque and Streamline Studios, both Malaysian-based companies, will jointly publish … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

WB Games Closes Down Monolith, Player First Games, WB San Diego

WB Games have closed down three game studios, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported. Monolith Productions, Player First Games and WB San Diego will no longer be operating. In addition, Monolith’s Wonder Woman game has also been cancelled. Monolith has a long history of making FPS g … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Playground’s New Fable Game Delayed Until 2026

The new Fable game by Playground Games, simply titled Fable, that was announced to release later this year, has been delayed. This was unceremoniously announced on the Official Xbox Podcast by Xbox Game Studios head Craig Duncan. “While I know that’s not maybe the news people wan … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Two Point Museum Review – Chaotic Archiving Time

Back when I was a small child, I actually entertained the thought about the idea of running a museum after watching that movie about being stuck at night within a museum. The title eludes me but it has sparked my interest in how I would run a weird museum that would not only be i … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Two Point Museum Review – Chaotic Archiving Time

Back when I was a small child, I actually entertained the thought about the idea of running a museum after watching that movie about being stuck at night within a museum. The title eludes me but it has sparked my interest in how I would run a weird museum that would not only be i … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

New Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Game Teased

It looks like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4 are getting remade, for real this time. After one skater blurted out he’s in the next Tony Hawk game, and a teaser spotted in Call Of Duty Black Ops 6’s new map, and an active countdown is ticking on the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater website, … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Tekken 8 Getting Another Year Of Season Pass, Next DLC Character Is Anna Williams

Looks like, surprising no one, that Tekken 8 is getting another year’s worth of a season pass. This means the 3D fighting game will be adding another four characters as DLC, as per the standard cadence of DLC character rollouts for modern fighting games. The first of Tekken 8’s S … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago

Hyper Empire Is A 4X Game You Can Finish In 40 Minutes

Developer Fair Weather Studios has a good elevator pitch for its upcoming game Hyper Empire: What if you can play a 4X game in under 40 minutes? 4X strategy games, your Civilizations, Endless Legends and the like, are famous for being absolute time sinks. It’s a feature its core … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 month ago