The reviews have come in for the charming-looking Detective Pikachu Returns, and they are decidedly mixed, with the game sitting at 68 on the review aggregation site Metacritic. Reviewers report some notable improvements over the original game and a few things that detract them from the experience, including some decidedly empty open spaces. Though if
Treachery in Beatdown City Ultra Remix is a Dark Comedy Brawling Action Tactics game. Think Double Dragon meets Fallout VATS meets Key and Peele, which might seem funky, but when you play it, you’ll understand! Our fights are more personal, driven by a deep fighting system against enemies that are a bit different than typical
Another Crab’s Treasure hooked me with its underwater Soulslike premise and cutesy charm. But once you take a closer look at the game’s polluted ocean, filled with plastic shells and weapons, the comparisons to Dark Souls get a little clearer. This is a quiet and kinda melancholy post-apocalypse. We can now find out whether the
Warcraft Rumble, the mobile action strategy game set within the Warcraft universe, is set to release on November 3 during BlizzCon 2023. Announced in 2022, the game has you controlling over 65 collectible Minis to battle in frantic melee skirmishes. Play in multiple modes, including the single player campaign, going head-to-head in epic PvP battles,
Image: Playstack Kumi Souls Games’ stunning pixel art Metroidvania The Last Faith has finally got a solid release date, publisher Playstack can reveal — 15th November 2023 (via Gematsu). Those of you who love the gothic atmosphere of the Castlevania series should keep an eye on this one, which is another take on the action-exploration
Sega abruptly canceled its planned multiplayer shooter Hyenas this week, a game that a recent report suggests was the biggest budgeted game in the company’s history. Last week, Sega announced that it would be canceling the game following its most recent beta on September 17. The news came as a shock, but according to a
PlayStation LifeStyle is holding a Scorn PS5 code giveaway to celebrate the H.R. Giger-inspired horror game’s release on the console. We have five Scorn PS5 codes to give out to five winners, with each winner receiving one code. “Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and
French police have arrested five former Ubisoft executives after a years-long investigation that began in 2021 following complaints and allegations of sexual assault and harassment within the company, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz. Among the five arrested are Ubisoft’s former chief creative officer, Serge Hascoët, and former vice president of editorial and creative services, Tommy François. The publication learned
It seems like Warhammer 40,000: Darktide never truly got its moment in the sun. Its late 2022 release was highly-anticipated, but circumstances leading up to the launch, the subsequent (and seemingly indefinite) delay of the Xbox version sort of made it start on the back foot. It didn’t help that, once players got their hands
The world of Horizon Forbidden West brims with life across its spectacular landscapes, fierce roaming machines, and thriving cultures that populate a renewed land once ravaged by the biomass-consuming machines of the Faro Plague. And though the wilds are breathtaking, and the machines are massive, Horizon’s third essential element is its authentic tribal inhabitants. On
Forza Motorsport reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox Series X. Also available on Xbox Series S and PC. “After six long years, Forza Motorsport is off the lift and back in our lives. It looks great, feels great, sounds great, and it’s brought with it the most impressive multiplayer we’ve seen in the series so
Life continues to find a way with the release of Dinobreak on Xbox Looking to embrace the horror of the 1990s once again? Need a new Dino Crisis fix? Survival horror is evolving today as Dinobreak on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC releases to the world. Available right now across Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and
Final Fantasy 14‘s main story can now be played almost completely solo thanks to patch 6.5. If you’ve been on the fence about starting the critically acclaimed MMO, the game’s latest patch has now made it possible for you to play the game’s main questline solo, from A Realm Reborn all the way to the
It has been a while now since the original Detective Pikachu game launched on the Nintendo 3DS, as it was released all the way back in 2016, which is before the Nintendo Switch launched. Fast forward to now, and Nintendo has put together a special recap video, informing those who didn’t get a chance to
Minecraft Live, the blockbuilder’s annual event, will take place on October 15th, and bring with it news of the next update and the by-now traditional mob vote. Mojang have started to outline the mobs players will be able to vote upon, with the winner to be added to the game, and the first of the
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
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Delta ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the
Can you believe it’s October already? Yes, we’re now very much at the business end of the year for game releases, and boy can you tell looking at Nintendo’s upcoming line-up. We’ve been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail in the coming weeks, including some highlights picked by us as