Quite some time ago, just before we entered the new millennium, an alternative metal band released an album that, years later, would plant a seed inside Mariona’s head. Mariona is Mango Protocol’s art director, the band was KoRn and the album “Issues”. That album featured a rag doll on its cover art and the music
Image: Nightdive Studios 2002’s The Thing is widely regarded as one of the best horror games based on an existing media franchise. Many licensed horror games are sadly relegated to genres that require a specific setup, such as asymmetrical multiplayer or short VR experiences, but The Thing — a third-person squad-based shooter — dared to
The latest in the long line of custom Xbox Series X consoles created by Microsoft is here and it’s a charming collaboration with the BWT Alpine Formula 1 team. Like other custom Xbox consoles, the special edition console is only available as part of a giveaway that you can enter for free right now. The
Sony has teamed up with Spin Master to launch a new range of collectible figures based on PlayStation Studios franchises. Dubbed the PlayStation Shapes collection, the figures include Aloy and Varl from Horizon: Forbidden West, Kratos and Atreus from God of War, and Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima. When will the Shapes Collection figures
EA has announced that it will delist three Battlefield titles from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 digital storefronts at the end of the month. On July 31, the PS3/Xbox 360 versions of Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, and Battlefield: Hardline, along with their associated DLCs, will be removed from sale. Owners of these games will
UPDATE (03/07/24, 17:28 PM BST): Anthony Bray appears to have a number of past offences, including burglary. Right, so, you’ve read the headline. A man has been arrested by Warwickshire police and sentenced to four months in jail after walking down a town centre street carrying a replica of the Master Sword from the Legend
Hi! I’m Mariel Kinuko Cartwright, creative lead on Clock Tower: Rewind, and today I’m excited to share some new details about the game with you. Headed to PS5 and PS4, Clock Tower: Rewind is an updated release of the classic 16-bit survival-horror game Clock Tower, which was originally released in Japan in 1995. WayForward and
ANTRO – coming to Xbox, PlayStation and PC in 2025 SelectaPlay and Gatera Studio have today confirmed that the rhythm action platformer, ANTRO, will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation and PC – in 2025! ANTRO is set just after The Collapse, a time when only 1% of humanity survived, forced to head underground to start
Following the exciting Online Qualifiers in April and May, the best Gran Turismo racers in the world have been selected to take part in four live events between now and December. The action starts in Montreal, Canada where Round 1 of the Manufacturers Cup and Nations Cup start the live action. Tickets to the Americas’
Surgent Studios, the developer behind Tales of Kenzera: Zau, has announced it is laying off just over a dozen employees. This follows the release of its first game, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, back in April, which launched to good reviews. Surgent doesn’t explain why; it says it’s focusing on supporting those affected, continuing work on
Tales of Kenzera: Zau reviewed by Jarrett Green on PlayStation 5, also available on Xbox Series X|S and PC. The worst thing I can say about Tales of Kenzera: Zau is that it’s platforming and level designs are fun, clearly inspired by some of the best Metroidvanias around, but don’t really produce any moments that
It is an understatement to say that Nintendo has been engaging in a war on piracy. There are now 2 new examples of the company’s latest attempts to put an end to piracy. One of them, Nintendo says, is a Nintendo Switch modder enabling piracy. Another is the moderator of a Nintendo piracy Reddit group.
The tabletop equivalent of “buying books and reading them are two different hobbies” is surely the difference between buying sexy tabletop RPG manuals and actually dragging your mates on to Discord for a few hours to stumble your way through a module. It’s the dogeared Fighting Fantasy from a carboot sale kid in me, I
Warning, spoilers for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree may lie ahead. You know how we’ve been telling you about Elden Ring players beating Shadow of the Erdtree’s bosses in a huge array of very interesting ways lately? Well, there’s now someone taking on the expansion one-handed and at level one, while also having some
Microsoft Flight Simulator: City Update IX highlights select locations throughout the northeastern United States with updated aerial imagery, new digital elevation models, and TIN (triangulated irregular network) surface texturing. The update includes the Washington, DC region; Buffalo, New York; Allentown, Pennsylvania area; and the East End of Long Island, New York. They are the latest
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Tsukihime is responsible for a lot of things. Back in 2000, Type-Moon’s classic visual novel captivated audiences with a story crammed full of occult mystery, thrilling action, and heart-pounding character drama. Like jagged lines splintering out of a unified core, its success spread out in many different directions: adaptations across
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is one of the best 40K experiences in gaming right now, and part of what brings it to life is its expertly crafted soundtrack – something that’s expanding again with a third volume on the way. Secrets of the Machine God is Darktide‘s latest free update and features a bunch of quality-of-life
Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation