Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Sales Pass 5 Million In Three Days Of Release

It didn’t take that long for Elden Ring’s new DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree, to pass a million copies sold. In fact, it sold more than five million in just three days of its release. The base game was previously reported to have sold more than 25 million copies. Based on prior stati … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Assetto Corsa Evo New Screenshots And Info Tease What To Expect From The Upcoming Sim Racing Game

505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni have now opened a Steam page for Assetto Corsa Evo, the new entry to the sim racing game series recently teased and announced. The Steam page features new, likely in-game screenshots showing a selection of cars and tracks. As for the cars, there’s … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Conor McGregor Is The New Hitman World Of Assassination Elusive Target, Now Live

Hitman sure has some high-profile targets, from Hollywood actors to famous DJs. And now, Agent 47’s next target is MMA Fighter Conor McGregor. The new Elusive Target mission for Hitman World Of Assassination is an MMA Fighter simply known as The Disruptor in-game. But the likenes … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Frostpunk 2 Delayed To September 2024

Frostpunk 2, the much-anticipated story-driven survival city builder sequel by 11-Bit Studios, will not be released on July 26. It has now been delayed to September this year. This delay allows the developers to work on addressing the feedback it has gained from a previous beta t … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

GTA Online Bottom Dollar Bounties Update Out Now

A new free update to GTA Online, Bottom Dollar Bounties, is out now. As the name implies, the update adds a new bounty hunts for players to track down and take down, preferably alive and not dead, as part of the Bottom Dollar Bail Enforcement, a new business available for purchas … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Destiny 2 : The Final Shape Expansion Review – Finality, Conditional

Fun fact for those New Lighters reading this review amongst the many others in circulation right now. Destiny 2 was a paid game in 2018, nearly a decade ago, costing around 50 Malaysian Ringgit, including the base game and a few raids, sealed and unopened. I sold it to a retailer … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Teased, See More In Capcom Next Livestream

Capcom has announced and teased a new remaster of Dead Rising. Titled Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, this is the 2006 original game remastered again following the release of a HD Remaster in 2016 for PS4, PC and Xbox One. The teaser shows the opening cinematic of protagonist, the p … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Farthest Frontier Unveils Roadmap To 1.0 With Outlines Of Upcoming Updates

Crate Entertainment’s survival city-builder Farthest Frontier is on its way out of Early Access, as the developers have now provided a roadmap of what’s coming as the game readies for a 1.0 release. The updates mostly focuses on performance improvements and quality of life additi … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

New Elden Ring Update Buffs Shadow Realm Blessings Scaling

A new minor update to Elden Ring, update 1.12.2, is now live. The update mainly addresses the way the level scaling works for the Shadow Of The Erdtree expansion. With this update, “the first half of the maximum amount of Blessing enhancements” have been increased. Essentially, t … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Forza Horizon 4 To Be Delisted This December

Looks like Horizon Festival UK is packing up. Playground Games announced that Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted on December 15, 2024. After December 15, the game and its DLCs will be removed from all digital stores as well as from Game Pass. Those who owned the game will continue … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Shin Megami Tensei V Series Sales Pass 1.6 Million Worldwide

Sega has announced that the sales for Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei V series, both the original game and the recently released Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, has exceeded 1.6 million worldwide. The figure includes sales from physical and digital releases. The original game was rele … | Continue reading


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Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Dancing Lion Boss Is Two People Doing A (Menacing) Lion Dance

Elden Ring’s new DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree, is out now. And players are discovering the many new locales and more importantly, bosses, that comes in this one-and-only expansion to FromSoftware’s 2022 open world RPG. A new video by BonfireVN has shed some light on a particular de … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Senua’s Saga Hellblade II Review – Intense Cinematic Experience Propelled By A Simple Game

When Ninja Theory dropped Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice in 2017, it was lauded by many. An indie game with the production of a AAA blockbuster. A gripping story that tackles the surreal yet grounded in historical facts and real psychology science. It’s the best game the UK develop … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Umamusume: Pretty Derby Gallops Towards English Release Soon

After 3 years since it’s launch in Japan, Cygames have officially announced that their hit gacha game, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, is heading to the English market on both iOS and Android devices, this was revealed via their official Twitter/X post. The game itself is a mix of a man … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree’s Blackgaol Knight Highlights The New Level Scaling And How Players Are Coping With It

Elden Ring’s new expansion, Shadow Of The Erdtree, poses an interesting problem for developer FromSoftware: how do you accommodate players who are not prepared as well as over-prepared for the new content in this new DLC? The player character’s level in Elden Ring is very importa … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Nivalis Delayed To 2025, New Trailer Shows More Of Its Stunning Cyberpunk City

Nivalis, the cyberpunk slice-of-life life sim and restaurant management game won’t be ready for 2024, publisher 505 Games announced. The game, developed by Ion Lands, is now targeting a Spring (Q2) 2025 release window. It’s not all gloom though, we got another new trailer that gi … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Acer Predator Helios 16 (2024) (PH16-72) Review – Powerhouse Laptop

Refreshed and ready to take anything software down, the new Acer Predator Helios 16 doesn’t play around with how it’s packing major hardware to compete with it’s rivals. With an RTX ready GPU and a competitive i9 core in it, can it beat its lofty benchmark set by its NEO counterp … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Acer Predator Helios 16 PH16-72 Review – Powerhouse Laptop

Refreshed and ready to take anything software down, the new Acer Predator Helios 16 doesn’t play around with how it’s packing major hardware to compete with it’s rivals. With an RTX ready GPU and a competitive i9 core in it, can it beat its lofty benchmark set by its NEO counterp … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Life By You Cancelled

Paradox Interactive has cancelled the release of its life sim game Life By You. The game had received multiple delays prior to this, and now the publisher is pulling the plug on Paradox Tectonic’s first game. Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja provided a statement on the Paradox Forums: “T … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

The Cool Demos Of Steam Next Fest – June 2024

Steam Next Fest continues to be a treasure trove of potentially good games being showcased on a demo. But there’s just so many of them for one media outlet, let alone one person, to cover the entire breadth of what’s available every time a Steam Next Fest pops up. So we won’t. Ra … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Puzzle Game Fruit Mountain Now Available On PS5, Switch

Fruit Mountain, the 3D fruit-stacking puzzle game by indie devs BeXide Inc, is now available on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. The game first launched on PC early this year as a new 3D twist to fruit-stacking puzzle game like Suika Game. In Fruit Mountain, you throw fruits around a fru … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

New PS5 Update Lets You Join Discord Calls Straight From The Console

The PS5 is further improving its Discord integration with the ability to join voice chat from within the console itself. Previously, to use Discord while connected on PS5 (and Xbox consoles), users have to initiate the voice call from PC or mobile app, then transfer the call to t … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Are You Ready For Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree? Less Than 40% Of Players On PC and PlayStation Have

Are you ready? O are you ready? With Elden Ring’s one and only expansion, Shadow Of The Erdtree, releasing in a week’s time, publisher Bandai Namco has gently remind players to get ready by completing a specific portion of the game ahead of the expansion’s release in two weeks ti … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Streets Of Rogue 2 Releasing On Steam Early Access This August

Streets Of Rogue 2, the open-world sandbox RPG now has a release date, as revealed during the PC Gaming Show 2024 showcase. It will launch this August in Early Access. The game is developed by one Matt Dabrowski and published by TinyBuild. While the original game was constrained … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Parcel Crops Launches This September – Demo Now Available On PC

At the Future Game Show 2024 showcase, developer Billy Goat Entertainment and publisher Secret Mode revealed the release date for the parcel delivery bike game, Parcel Corps. The trailer continues the silly gimmick of having a developer dressed up in biking attire with a big back … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Review – The Gold Standard, Refined

It’s crazy to think Atlus has been making RPGs for more than 30 years. The original Shin Megami Tensei is as old as I am. And it’s crazier to think that this series with so many spin-offs that also spawn their own spin-offs (see Persona) yet there’s only five numbered games. Shin … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Visions Of Mana Releases This August

Visions Of Mana, the new entry to Square Enix’s Mana series, now has a release date. Alongside the release date reveal comes a new trailer full of gameplay and the introduction of the full party lineup. Palamela, the Queen Of The Deep and Julei, Woodland Custodian makes up the fu … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Football Manager Now Has The Premier League License

The Football Manager series is now the official football management video game of the Premier League. The Premier League and Football Manager devs Sports Interactive has signed a 4-year deal which will see all the 20 Premier League clubs to featurer official logos, kits and playe … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay Shows A More Action-Oriented RPG But With That Familiar BioWare Writing

EA and BioWare has reveal over 20 minutes of gameplay for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the next game in the RPG series releasing this year. The gameplay footage of the rechristen game previously referred to as Dragon Age Dreadwolf and informally as Dragon Age 4 shows an abbreviated … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut (PC) Review- Still A Kurosawa-esque perfection

Four years since its launch back on the PlayStation 4, Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima is one of the most incredible love letters to the Samurai genre and Akira Kurosawa’s movies that ever grace the industry. And with rivals finally catching up, the release of the PC version bas … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut PC – Still A Kurosawa-esque perfection

Four years since its launch back on the PlayStation 4, Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima is one of the most incredible love letters to the Samurai genre and Akira Kurosawa’s movies that ever grace the industry. And with rivals finally catching up, the release of the PC version bas … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 Showcases Campaign And New Movement In Multiplayer In New Direct

So, we finally get a peek on what to expect when the next Call of Duty drops later in October, and it includes another conspiracy-led story campaign, a new movement set for all of their modes and returning to basics in Zombies. The campaign will see the players experience the cha … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Showcase Their Dual Protagonist During Ubisoft Forward

Gameplay for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows was unveiled to the world during the Ubisoft Forward event, showcasing how out dual protagonist, Yasuke and Naoe, differs in playstyle in their vision of rural Japan. In the trailer, we see Yasuke, being a samurai, is more heavy … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

XDefiant Adds Rainbow Six Siege Inspired Faction In Their Season 1

XDefiant had a showing during the Ubiforward showcase recently and it reveals an new faction that some in the shooter games community might be welcoming too. The new faction, GSK, is based on the same squad that you can play as in Raindow Six Siege and includes their own tactical … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

The Crew Motorfest Year 2 Sees An Addition Of An New Island And The Chase Squad

In a presentation during the recent Ubisoft Forward, Ivory Tower took to the stage to showcase their Year 2 stuff which includes an Island expansion for the game and the upcoming Season 5 content that includes their latest variants of pursuit vehicles. In November, they will be a … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Reveal Shows Turn-Based RPGs Are Still Cool

Sandfall Interactive, a development team based in France, has finally unveiled their new game that was previously referred to as Project W at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a lavishly-arted RPG where you play as Gustave and his fellow Expeditioners o … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Doom: The Dark Ages Releasing In 2025

Bethesda and Id Software have announced the next entry to the modern Doom series, Doom: The Dark Ages, at Xbox Games Showcase 2024. This is a prequel to Doom (2026) and Doom Eternal. Here we see the Doom Slayer slay demons in what looks to be a medieval setting instead of the sci … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Perfect Dark Re-emerges With Spy Thriller Gameplay

The new Perfect Dark, developed by The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics, has re-emerged at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024. And this time with gameplay. The 3-minute gameplay shows off the FPS that’s more than just a straightforward shooter. There’s sneaking and parkouring, all done … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Playground Games’ Fable Releasing In 2025

The new Fable game simply called Fable has reappeared at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024. If the previous title was all cinematic, the new trailer has little bits of gameplay (by little, we mean “here’s a shot of the player character moving in the third-person and talking to someone … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gets A Cinematic Trailer Ahead Of Gameplay Reveal

EA and Bioware have given a head’s up that Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the new name for Dragon Age Dreadwolf, will have a dedicated gameplay reveal outside of the usual summer showcase events, but that doesn’t mean it won’t appear at any of the summer showcases. In fact, a trailer … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Alan Wake 2 First DLC Night Springs, Comes Out Today, Along With Announcement Of Physical Edition

On stage during the recent Summer Game Fest 2024, Remedy Entertainment’s Sam Lake came on stage to reveal that the first DLC for their hit action thriller, Alan Wake 2, Night Springs, is releasing the following day after the show, meaning it’s coming out later today. The DLC cont … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Street Fighter 6 Year 2 DLC Characters Include Guests From Fatal Fury

The next best thing to a new Capcom VS SNK (or SNK VS Capcom) will be headed to Street Fighter 6. At Summer Game Fest 2024 Capcom dropped a teaser revealed the next four fighters to join the roster in Year 2. The Year 2 DLC characters, in order of release window, are: Terry Bogar … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Monster Hunter Wilds Has Cross-Play Support, New Trailer Shows More Monsters

Capcom has revealed even more gameplay footage of Monster Hunter Wilds at Summer Game Fest 2024, after a big reveal a few weeks back during the May 2024 State Of Play showcase. The publisher and developer has now revealed that the upcoming title will support cross-platform play ( … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Civilization VII Officially Announced, Gameplay Reveal This August

So it shall be. Revealed at Summer Game Fest 2024 is Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, the next entry to the storied historical 4X strategy game. The teaser trailer is a mood piece that shows no gameplay, but gives a glimpse of what’s to come in its full reveal later this August. The … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Gets A Limited Time Demo On PC

Care for a test drive? Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown has a limited-time demo available on PC as part of Steam Next Fest. The demo is available to download on the game’s Steam page here until June 17. The demo has the following amount of content: And here’s the car selection av … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Minimalist Racing Management Game Golden Lap Gets A Demo For Steam Next Fest

Golden Lap, the new racing management game from the developers behind Absolute Drift and Art Of Rally, is getting a demo as part of Steam Next Fest. The demo is currently live on game’s Steam page until June 17th. The demo features two modes. Quick Race lets you manage one race i … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Concord Is Not Free-To-Play But Also Not Full-Priced, Pre-Order Details Revealed

This might surprise some folks but Concord, the upcoming multiplayer shooter by developer Firewalk and PlayStation Studios, won’t be free-to-play. It is, however, not a full-priced game. In the US it’s a $39.99 USD game, which is similar to how fellow PlayStation first-party mult … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Dragon Age Dreadwolf Now Called Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Gameplay Unveils Next Week

Looks like Bioware’s next Dragon Age game will not be part of any of the summer showcases, as it’s preparing a gameplay reveal on June 11, next week, showing over 15 minutes of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Oh, and the Dragon Age 4 isn’t titled Dragon Age Dreadwolf anymore. Rather i … | Continue reading


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