Shovel Knight is done -- dead and buried, six feet underground. Okay, maybe it was more ceremonious than that, but it's the only way the digging puns fit. Yacht Club Games has spent nearly seven years on Shovel Knight, with the final e...
There's a lot of quality running rampant through PlayStation latest sale, and that's kind of the idea. The Essential Picks event is supposed to be a sale of games that need to be on your hard drive. Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, inFamous Second ...
Boston's preeminent video game convention will be one major exhibitor lighter than usual. Sony just announced that it's pulling out of PAX East due to safety/health concerns raised by the coronavirus outbreak. In an update to its previous P...
It's no longer enough that food tastes good. It needs to look good too. That's an expectation at this point, as many people whip out their phones for a quick pic of their dish before digging in. The next Cooking Mama game leans into t...
Try as it may, it seems as though EVE Online developer CCP cannot get a first-person shooter to stick. In 2016, it canceled PS3-exclusive Dust 514 after an underwhelming run. Later, it canned Project Legion before it lef...
Yakuza 0 has had quite the staggered release -- Japan in 2015, the rest of the world in 2017, and then a PC port in 2018 -- and the final platform is just around the corner. When it gets there, it'll be a day-one addition to the best s...
We were scheduled to get a single free game from Epic this week, a deck-building strategy title called Faeria. But, the tides have shifted, the tables have turned, and now we're getting a giant open-world game in one of the biggest series a...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's battle royale mode has been the worst-kept secret in gaming for many months now. As we get closer to its inevitable launch, more details are leaking out as to what we can expect. As reported by Video Games Chr...
Video games in the Alien universe are always a tricky-yet-intriguing proposition. There's a checkered track record. Sometimes they end up like Alien: Isolation; sometimes they end up like Aliens: Colonial Marines. 3D Realms almost got ...
Nvidia has partnered with CD Projekt Red to create a ray-tracing-capable GPU that's customized a la the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. Put your wallet away because Lady Luck has to pick up this tab. A handful of Cyberpunk 2077 canary yellow ...
Hear me out because you're going to think I'm a buffoon who knows nothing of romance: Darksiders Genesis -- the edgiest series that retconned the Horsemen of the Apocalypse because pestilence and famine just weren't cool enough -- cou...
We're due a pair of Control expansions in 2020, but that might not be the extent to which we see the game supported in the future. A curious line from Remedy Entertainment's 2019 fiscal report suggests that it might see a wider release...
Prince of Persia makes its return this spring after a decade-long absence, as Ubisoft is adapting the beloved-yet-ignored franchise into a virtual reality escape room. That's the Prince of Persia news you wanted, right? Prince of ...
Need for Speed has floundered for the better part of a decade, and Electronic Arts evidently expects more horsepower from its most recognizable racing series. After an underwhelming stretch, Need for Speed has been taken from Ghos...
Microsoft has been doing a bang-up job with Project xCloud, its foray into cloud-powered game streaming. In fact, it's not an unpopular opinion that Xbox is doing it better than Google Stadia -- and Project xCloud is still in beta and free....
Riot is working on so much more than just League of Legends these days. Sure, some of it is League-adjacent, like the new free-to-play CCG Legends of Runeterra and autobattler Teamfight Tactics. But, Riot has many projects in dev...
Okay, maybe "cinematic universe" is a tad on the dramatic side. But whatever's next from Stardew Valley's developer Eric Barone will tie into his farming sim that took the world by storm. Barone responded to a fan's question on Twitter abou...
Square Enix's new game looks to be most succinctly summed up through comparisons to existing games. It's being developed by People Can Fly (most well-known for Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment) and it's titled Outriders. One gla...
Dead Cells' most committed players better save their gold if they want the most extravagant edition of the game. The new collector's edition pushes north of the century mark, but it has the goodies to make it oh so tempting. Just announced...
As The Division 2 approaches its first anniversary, Ubisoft is hard at work making sure agents never get a rest. The second year of content is nearly upon us, as Ubisoft is set to formally reveal the Warlords of New York expansion tomo...
If you've got deep pockets and a fire burning a hole through them, you could buy up one of the most acclaimed video game studios in North America. Let me be clear though: Your pockets need to be very deep. Sony filed a form with the Un...
Development on System Shock 3 is on red alert following reports that no one is working on the game anymore. After high-profile people left developer OtherSide Entertainment -- including the writer/director, senior designer, lead progra...
Crash is back and he's putting those red high-top tennies to good use. The next game in the Crash Bandicoot series is evidently a mobile runner. Evidence of a Crash Bandicoot mobile game popped up on Twitter after it was apparentl...
Spelunky is a supremely frustrating game. It's frustrating failing over and over again, slowly and meticulously mastering the systems to accomplish your goals. And, it's frustrating watching other people effortlessly run through Spelu...
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden captured hearts and minds in 2018 with the way it blended smart tactical shooting, real-time stealth/ambush mechanics, and a cast of gruff wise-cracking animals. It was XCOM by way of Animal Farm, m...
