Journey, Flower and flOw developer thatgamecompany has revealed the following first image of its upcoming game:Details on it are slim, but thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen noted on the studio's blog that it's "a game about giving" and offered a couple of other images noting … | Continue reading

Pinch me, I must be dreaming. Sega just teased a new Daytona USA, with Sega Amusements - the UK-based arcade division - posting a short video that announced the game's appearance at a trade show in a couple of weeks. It's an announcement from leftfield, to say the least. Sega Amu … | Continue reading

A new Mass Effect Andromeda teaser has shone fresh light on when BioWare's upcoming sci-fi RPG might be set.We knew already that the events of Andromeda would take place after that of the original Mass Effect trilogy, but also separated from its story (and its ending) by taking p … | Continue reading

Yes, there's an issue redeeming Everybody's Gone to the Rapture as the free PlayStation Plus game this month.The game's developer, The Chinese Room, shared the error message some European PS Plus members have been getting from the PS Store. The message says the item isn't availab … | Continue reading

After eight long months, the first season of Hitman reaches its climax today as Agent 47 takes a trip to Hokkaido, Japan. The lovely Martin Robinson has already played through the latest episode in the series, so I invited him to join me for a little chat about his experience whi … | Continue reading

Green Man Gaming users are have complained about receiving broken Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 keys.Customers took to Reddit over the weekend to express their frustration after finding keys they had bought were invalid, and keys they had bought as part of pre-orders simply faile … | Continue reading

Titanfall 2 launch sales failed to match up to those of its predecessor in the UK.Chart-Track, which tracks physical sales only, said Titanfall 2 didn't match the launch sales of the original game.Titanfall came out on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC, although its physical sales on PC … | Continue reading

Id Software's Doom reboot was one of 2016's most pleasant surprises. A meek marketing campaign and Bethesda's choice to not send out review copies early mired the comeback with a dose of skepticism, but thankfully the final product prevailed, mostly due to its astonishing single- … | Continue reading

Remember that old soldier game Delta Force? Tip-toeing around those hills trying to work out which pixels were scenery and which were enemies, then sniping from afar - or getting up close with your knife if you were skilled enough.Remember F-22 Raptor? Those were days of flight s … | Continue reading

David Pittman knows how to make a good hub. The arcane library at the heart of his game Eldritch is one of my favourite examples ever: a wonderful ramble of books and wood panelling and off-kilter geometry that continues to reward exploration. Now Slayer Shock is here and, althou … | Continue reading

Considering it's just been awarded an essential rating, you probably don't need me to tell you that Titanfall is very, very good. I played through the campaign this week and was decidedly impressed; it's a single player mode with some great set pieces and surprises that also mana … | Continue reading

Final Fantasy 15 will have online multiplayer, implemented as part of the game's DLC offerings.We don't know too much about the mode, dubbed Comrades, just yet, except that it will be the last part of the £19.99 Season Pass (it'll also be sold separately), following three episode … | Continue reading

Thought you knew everything about Pokémon Sun and Moon? Turns out there are still some surprises in store.Today's latest trailer confirms the final evolutions for each of the three Starter Pokémon (which first leaked from the game's demo code last week).A set of four island Guard … | Continue reading

Skyrim's one of those games that never really went away, but since it's back with a remaster this week, we thought it was time to take a look at the things that made it special - particularly in the light of Bethesda's next release, Fallout 4. Inevitably, there are some spoilers … | Continue reading

Cartoonish coming-of-age tale Night In The Woods is due on 10th January for PS4, PC, Mac and Linux, publisher Finji has announced.The story of 20-year-old college dropout and depressed youth Mae the cat has been in the works for three years as it's the solitary effort of three pe … | Continue reading

Two amnesiacs, apparently orphaned, on a journey to dethrone tyrants, reconcile kingdoms and suffer the niggling indignity of random battles. World of Final Fantasy, a game that heralds the beginning of a year of 30th Anniversary celebrations for Square Enix's flagship series, tr … | Continue reading

Acclaimed Doom modder Sergeant_Mark_IV, the person behind popular mod Brutal Doom, is releasing their upgraded version of Doom 64, Brutal Doom 64, next week on 30th October.This PC mod will outfit Doom 64 with new special effects, particles, lightning, gore, sounds, weapon animat … | Continue reading

The first Watch Dogs didn't have a lot of humour. With an angry main character, a dark and moody setting and a pretty monotonous plot, there wasn't much time for scripts and giggles.Happily, Watch Dogs 2 changes all of that, with a newfound sense of humour that delights in parody … | Continue reading

It's no secret that Watch Dogs 2 is a departure from its predecessor. It's been obvious for a while, just from glancing at trailers, that this sequel will be brighter and more playful than Ubisoft's previous crack at a hackable open world. Now, after nearly four hours with the se … | Continue reading

Microsoft's announced November's Games with Gold titles.On Xbox One, Xbox Live Gold members can download Super Dungeon Bros for free throughout November.Murdered: Soul Suspect is free to download from 16th November to 15th December.Read more… | Continue reading

Late last week, Nintendo Switch was unveiled to the world via a slick trailer. Now, new information has surfaced after fans picked apart the video in minute detail. One of the actors from the trailer's Splatoon section, Twitch streamer Dickhiskhan, has broken his silence via a Ga … | Continue reading

Super Mario 64 has a number of impossible coins - that is, coins that are impossible to collect. Well, it looks like the mystery around one of them has been solved 20 years after the groundbreaking platformer came out.YouTube channel UncommentatedPannen documents an impossible co … | Continue reading

As you might have been able to guess recently, I am really excited about Red Dead Redemption 2. Red Dead Redemption is, in my opinion, the best game of the last console generation, so I'm looking forward to playing more. Of course, we won't actually be able to play Red Dead Redem … | Continue reading

Battlefield 1 is off to a strong sales start: in the UK it outsold the combined week one sales of Battlefield 4 and Hardline.According to Chart-Track, which deals with physical sales only, Battlefield 1 week one sales came in just under those of Ubisoft's The Division.Battlefield … | Continue reading

GAME charges people to try PlayStation VR.The shop's controversial promotion launched late last week, with a number of stores revealing the pricing on Twitter.Here's how it works: you have to book a time and date for your PS VR demo, and provide your name and a contact number. An … | Continue reading

If you ignore the lawlessness, the poor irrigation, the ubiquity of dysentery, the backward attitudes on race and oh yes, the abominable treatment of the indigenous population, the wild west was great. Red Dead Redemption was my game of the last generation and I am very much look … | Continue reading

Dark Souls 3's Ashes of Ariandel DLC isn't supposed to launch until 25th October, but Season Pass owners on Xbox One have been able to download it early.As widely reported on Reddit and the Dark Souls 3 FextraLife Wiki, the early download seems to work for everyone with an Xbox … | Continue reading

Skyrim Special Edition will be out next week on 28th October bringing console mod support to it, but there's a catch...On PS4 mod reserve space will only be 1GB, Bethesda has confirmed. That's a little more than the original 900MB limit Sony had imposed, but not much. Comparative … | Continue reading

Lots of people play Pokémon games - kids, teens, adults. But while most marketing is squarely aimed at Pokémon's younger demographic, this trailer is different.This new trailer is for those of us who played the original Pokémon Red and Blue games when they first released.This tra … | Continue reading

You can now play Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal on Xbox One, via Valve's excellent Orange Box collection. The Xbox 360 game is now playable on Xbox One via backwards compatibility.Joe Danger 2: The Movie and Galaga Legions are also available to play on Xbox One via back- … | Continue reading

Three Fields Entertainment has announced its next game: Lethal VR.Three Fields is the studio created by Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry, both of whom worked at Burnout developer Criterion.Its first game was the arcade smash 'em up Dangerous Golf. Its second is Lethal VR, which is set … | Continue reading

Your PlayStation 4 dashboard will soon host a Tournaments feature, in collaboration with ESL.Xbox One recently got a Tournaments feature of its own, but Sony's partnership with ESL, the world's largest esports company, is an intriguing point of differentiation.Announcing the feat … | Continue reading

Hi-Rez Studios has announced Smite Tactics, a turn-based strategy spin-off of its popular MOBA.Smite Tactics is, as you'd expect, set in the same universe as the mythological third-person MOBA, so there will be plenty of familiar faces.You choose which minions to deploy and which … | Continue reading

When FIFA 17 came out, Liverpool fans moaned (shock horror, I know) about the lack of Anfield's new stand in-game.Anfield's Main Stand was expanded in the summer so that the stadium capacity could hit just above 54,000.It was hoped that the new stand would make it into FIFA 17's … | Continue reading

Looking back across the Civilization series, things have changed dramatically in the 25 years since the first game hit shelves and set the benchmark for what it means to be a 'strategy game'. In that time we've seen Civ titles jump from 2D to 3D, introduce mods, online multiplaye … | Continue reading

Blizzard has announced a new high-risk, high-reward event for Hearthstone.The collectible card brawler will soon host a limited-time Heroic Brawl with a steep entry fee: $10 or 1000 in-game gold. (UK price still to be announced).Heroic Brawl tasks entrants with constructing a sin … | Continue reading

Brexit is in Football Manager 17.Developer Sports Interactive has built a Brexit simulator in this year's game that models the consequences of the UK leaving Europe, Miles Jacobson told The Daily Telegraph.Because it's currently unclear how Brexit will go, Sports Interactive has … | Continue reading

Blizzard is bringing Overwatch's mech-riding esports-playing badass D.Va to Starcraft 2 as an announcer.Available to BlizzCon attendees and Virtual Ticket holders, and going on sale at a later unannounced date for everyone else, this will be the first character outside of the Sta … | Continue reading

We already knew Sonic the Hedgehog would join Lego Dimensions this November - but we hadn't seen everyone he was bringing along for the ride.Sidekicks and sometimes rivals Tails, Knuckles, Shadow and Big the Cat are all getting digital Lego versions of themselves.(Sorry, Amy Rose … | Continue reading

Tetris is a game with no story. The closest you get to a plot twist is rotating your current shape - officially, a tetromino - in the hope of a closer fit with the ad-hoc crenellation below. Achieve your nominal quest by creating a complete line and the result is not closure, it' … | Continue reading