Every once in a while, something that’s silly yet equally unique, pops onto our radar and today’s one of those occasions. But what’s arrived to arouse our attention this time? Well, here’s a medieval unicycle adventure now available, courtesy of Ratalaika Games – of course it’s those who recently brought us Freddy Spaghetti. Prepare for
Month: January 2021
wireless controllers are the standard, there are two reasons to get a wired controller. At this point, most manufacturers spin it as a means to ensure a stable connection that minimizes input lag and lost inputs. But there’s another, more obvious reason – it’s cheaper. PowerA’s Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox Series X/S, the next-gen
Remember the N-Gage? We certainly do. The mobile phone-meets-handheld device was the property of all the rich nerds in schools across the world, but we could just never quite convince our parents that it was a great idea to let us merge our communication device with that darn Gaming Boy we spent all our time
Another lawsuit related to Cyberpunk 2077 has been filed by investors against studio CD Projekt RED, claiming that the company misled investors about the state of the game on last-gen consoles. This second civil suit was announced in a regulatory announcement from CDPR to investors. It indicates that the content of this lawsuit is the
Hearthstone is getting a significant update in just a few days with the Darkmoon Races Mini-Set on January 21. Over the past few years, Hearthstone has become not just the core game, but many different experiences under one roof. Don’t like Standard and dealing with the metadecks? Hearthstone’s take on auto chess, Battlegrounds, might be
Remember so long ago, way back in December during The Game Awards when we gave you a preview of what games were coming soon? That soon is sooner now than it was then, and we have more games now than we had then, which means we have even more games coming soon now… make sense?
Hitman 3. While it doesn’t stray from the killer chord combination developer IO Interactive crafted for 2016’s Hitman – and continued to use in 2018’s Hitman 2 – it’s abundantly clear here that the studio has well and truly mastered its act.With some of the most surprising and imaginative levels in the series so far,
News, reviews, a silly quiz that usually makes two men very cross: The PC Gaming Weekspot is RPS’ weekly podcast that recaps the last seven days in PC gaming. After an extended Christmas break, video games are most definitely back. All it took was for The Mouse to remember that there’s money in these here
More than two months after launch, it’s still almost impossible to find a PS5 in stock anywhere. Stock scarcity means that scalpers are still at it, scooping up the console that’s in high demand and low supply before legitimate consumers can get their hands on it. Another scalper group claims it recently locked in another
By Alex Calvin, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:44 GMT Scumbags snap up the highly sought after new console. A UK-based scalping group has boasted about scoring another 2,000 PlayStation 5 consoles. As spotted by The Gamer, the group – known as Carnage – took to Twitter to say that it had secured 2,000 PS5s from
Toppo (Hakaishin Mode) and Pikkon will be coming to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 in the long-running game’s twelve free update. Japanese publication V-Jump shared that you will be able to get your hands on the characters in the spring. Gematsu reports that new figures will also be added to the game’s Hero Colosseum, and new Expert Missions will also
Back when Star Fox (or Star Wing, depending on where you lived) launched on the SNES, the primitive 3D polygons were revolutionary for their time. There was meant to be Star Fox 2 as well, but that was only completed and officially released for the SNES Mini console. With Star Fox 2, the idea was
In 2019, Pokémon Go developer Niantic, Inc. filed a lawsuit against hacking group Global++ for the selling of hacked and/or modified versions of Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress. The San Francisco-based developer Niantic alleges that these apps used original code without permission, gave unfair advantages to those who used the modified apps, and that
It’s that time of year again: a large publication has had decided that kids play too many games, and this time it’s a COVID-flavoured special, courtesy of the New York Times, designed to make parents feel guilty for letting their energy-filled children play video games after being cooped up all day doing online school. I
Sony’s not-so-secret secret San Diego studio (no, not San Diego Studio) appears to be hard at work on “expand[ing]…existing franchises,” if a LinkedIn profile update for former studio head and senior director of Visual Arts at PlayStation World Wide Studios, Michael Mumbauer, is to be believed. His profile includes the following paragraph: His latest achievement
One of the most-discussed titles we revealed in 2020 was The Medium, a psychological horror game developed by Polish developer Bloober Team, coming exclusively to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass. Bloober Team has made its name with well-received and envelope-pushing horror games, including Observer, Layers of Fear, and Blair Witch. Each of these
Spaceship looter shooter Everspace 2 is taking off today for its scheduled mission through early access territory. For the sequel to their roguelike spaceflight game, Rockfish Games are cracking Everspace 2 into an open-world RPG. The full game is expected sometime in 2022, but you can hop in the cockpit right now if you’re keen
When Hitman 3 is released later this week, players will be able to play the entire World of Assassination trilogy within the game. Those who’ve already played Hitman 2 can carry their existing progression into the game. If you’ve only played Hitman and don’t own Hitman 2, you’re out of luck. Hitman 2 players can
Nuts, a game all about keeping your eyes on squirrels as they get up to no good, finally has a release date on PC and Switch. The game is set to launch on Apple Arcade first on January 22 before landing on PC and Switch on February 4. “Gear up your caravan, boot up your
The latest Famitsu readers most wanted video games charts have been published and it is Nintendo Switch exclusive Monster Hunter Rise which is the game that players want the most in the land of the rising sun. It is closely followed by the next entry in the long running Tales of game, Tales of Arise.
In a dark futuristic setting where even the suns are starting to flicker and die, great noble Houses battle for control of the once proud Empire, waging war with assassins, legions of troops and in space. The Fading Suns RPG setting has been around since the 1990s, and takes its influences from several sources including
You know those friends that you communicate with entirely through gifs and TikTok links? Well, last week, my best friend sent me this: Spiribirds have different effects based on their colors. Green ones raise your total health, yellow for stamina bar, red increases attack, and orange increases defense! Special rainbow-colored Spiribirds also exist! pic.twitter.com/COtlrCptMn —
One of humanity’s greatest driving forces is… curiosity. And that’s exactly what leads our prehistoric protagonist to finding a jetpack left behind by an alien invader. In Jet Kave Adventure, the Stone Age meets Science-Fiction. We tell the story of Kave, a chief banished by his own tribe. When you meet him, Kave wanders aimlessly
The Capcom Cup and Street Fighter League World Championship scheduled for February has been cancelled due to rising cases of COVID-19 worldwide, the publisher has announced. Capcom said that while it originally believed that it would have been able to run the event with limited risk, the aggressive rise in cases in some regions made it
Skookum Arts has announced that its beautiful 2.5D side scrolling puzzle platformer, The Pedestrian, will release on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on Friday, January 29th. The game first released on PC a year ago to positive critic and user reviews. Players will step into the shoes of a 2D character navigating signs in a
A new report has given us a deeper insight into the development and launch of Cyberpunk 2077, with comments from the studio challenging the contentious write-up after its publication. According to Bloomberg, Cyberpunk 2077’s development was even more troubled than the studio let on – even in spite of the months of delays the game
IO Interactive has announced that HITMAN 3 will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch system on 20th January. It won’t be a traditional edition as instead it will be a cloud streaming version, which makes sense given its graphical prowess. Pricing for the game hasn’t been announced as of yet, but it will most likely
Another tough-as-nails platformer has arrived on the Xbox One, and in Glitch’s Trip you play as the titular hero who sets out to stop his home planet of Verdo from being fully sapped of its energy and life-force in order to make Moon Juice. Set across four moons, Glitch must travel to each one to
© Nintendo When it comes to platform mascots and beloved characters, the Mario and Zelda series might get a lot of attention, but there are few heroes as enduring and as beloved as Kirby. Everyone’s favourite purveyor of pink puffiness, Kirby was born at HAL Laboratory by the hand of Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai
A Bloomberg report into the development of Cyberpunk 2077 has shared further details of the game’s troubled creation and launch. Journalist Jason Schreier spoke to twenty current and former CD Projekt Red employees, who shared stories of crunch, poor planning, the challenges of the studio’s rapid growth, and more. Among this was the detail that
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