Bloodlines 2 is more “spiritual successor” than sequel to a “a competently good game by 2004 standards”, say Paradox
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 won't be an "open sim" like the 2004 original game, according to Paradox Interactive. Now in development at The Chinese Room, it'll be an action-RPG with a relatively linear story set in the World Of Darkness universe. This obviously plays to The Chinese Room's ...
Shroud-Fronted Spectre Divide Isn’t Dead, CEO Insists
The CEO of the developer behind Spectre Divide, a new free-to-play competitive multiplayer shooter fronted by streamer Shroud, has insisted the game isn’t dead despite low player concurrent numbers.Spectre Divide launched early September on PC via Steam, where it saw an encouraging 30,971 peak concurrent players. But that concurrent figure ...
Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii was almost a fish ’em up called Like A Dragon: Tuna
A new PlayStation blog (thanks cheery fanzine PCGamer for the spot) has provided some illuminating info on the upcoming Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, and in many ways, the LAD series as a whole. The biggest takeaway: the fact pirate Yakuza was, at one point, going to be ...
Splatoon 3’s ‘Splatoween’ Event Returns With A Spooky Splatfest
It's a fantasy showdown.Splatoon 3's "regular updates" might have come to an end, but the seasonal events are still alive and kicking — and one of them is right around the corner.Yes, 'Splatoween' is returning to the Splatlands this year and it has a spooky Splatfest to boot. This time, ...
Civilization 7 Dev Firaxis Working With Shawnee to Ensure ‘Authentic, Sincere Recreation,’ Acknowledges Past Missteps in Franchise’s Treatment of History
Firaxis is working with the Shawnee tribal nation to ensure “an authentic, sincere recreation” in the upcoming Civilization 7.In Civilization 7, Shawnee are an Exploration Age civilization, which means they will have to become another civ in the Modern Age (presumed to be the Lakota or Iroquois).Here’s Firaxis’ official description:An ...
A 46% Prime Big Deal Days saving on the Crucial P310 SSD makes it a great DIY alternative to all those Steam Deck microSDs I’ve been posting
For the record, I still think it’s easier and safer to go with a microSD for your Steam Deck storage needs, and with good Prime Big Deal Days savings on two of the best – the Samsung Pro Plus and the SanDisk Ultra – that opinion remains unbudged. Still, you ...
Embiggen your Steam Deck storage with this 1.5TB microSD, now up to 40% off for Prime Big Deal Days
Amazon’s latest Prime Big Deal Days has entered its final day – of deals – so capacity-deprived gaming handheld owners still have a few hours to grab themselves a cheap microSD card upgrade. And if space is the sole concern, it’s hard to get more substantial than the 1.5TB SanDisk ...
Redwall meets Skyrim in this new game from Bethesda, BioWare, and Naughty Dog alumni
Why, Hawthorne, must you put in me a position where I have to balance my love of woodland fantasy against my complete exhaustion with chopping things down to build other things? There are two scurrying mammals wearing robes inside of me, and they both love Redwall, Mice And Mystics, and ...
Until Dawn Review
Not all video game remakes are recreated equally. For every genuinely game-changing Final Fantasy VII Remake or Metroid: Zero Mission, you have comparatively more surface-level restorations like 2018’s Shadows of the Colossus or 2020’s Destroy All Humans! that transplant most of the original material into a new game engine that ...
‘Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos’ Brings Motorcycle Combat Action To Switch In January 2025
"Dogoos do bike back".Idea Factory has confirmed its "motorcycle combat action game" Neptunia Riders Vs Dogoos will be launching for Switch on 28th January 2025.In this upcoming release, you'll be tasked with helping Uzume and the Goddesses escape a dimension filled with Dogoos. Here's a bit more about it, courtesy ...
