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By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:40 GMT Frontier Developments have announced the second DLC pack for Planet Zoo, featuring animals native to South America Pack, will release next week. The Planet Zoo South America Pack is set to release next week on April 7 and features five new animals and over 250 new

By Emily Gera, Monday, 30 March 2020 20:46 GMT One modder has used Half-Life: Alyx’s Source 2 engine to recreate the moment Gordon Freeman enters into the City 17 courtyard at the start of Half-Life 2. Modder Vect0R uploaded the fruits of their labour to YouTube, showing the improvements made since Half-Life 2’s original Source

By Emily Gera, Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:46 GMT Microsoft is experiencing a surge in demand for its cloud services throughout this period of global lockdown due to COVID-19. The tech giant confirmed a 775 percent increase “in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place order,” with a spike in everything from

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 28 March 2020 15:56 GMT The rights to a live-action adaptation of 80’s video game Dragon’s Lair has been picked up by Netflix, and Ryan Reynolds is reportedly in talks to produce and star in it. According to The Hollywood Reporter, negotiations for a live-action adaptation of Dragon’s Lair have been

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s been a long time since Valve took us to the world of Half-Life, but the wait may have been worth it. The newly released Half-Life: Alyx is being called a true virtual reality masterpiece. It’s actually driving many people

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 27 March 2020 18:38 GMT Lost Words: Beyond the Page, the atmospheric puzzler revolving around the story of a young girl, is now available on Google Stadia. Lost Words: Beyond the Page explores a young girl’s journey as she faces the reality of losing a loved one. In the game, you

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Two days ago, we covered news from AMD that the company had suffered an IP breach. We now know more about what was taken from the company and how serious the theft is — or more appropriately, isn’t. At first

By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 26 March 2020 18:42 GMT Burnout Paradise Remastered is heading to Nintendo Switch this year. Announced today during the Nintendo Mini Direct, Burnout Paradise Remastered will be released sometime this year on Switch. The game will be fully optimized and enhanced for the Nintendo Switch in 60 FPS, and will include

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:30 GMT Ash Williams has once again been purportedly leaked as a playable character for Mortal Kombat 11. Ash Williams from the Evil Dead series has been teased or leaked for Mortal Kombat 11 since the first leak in April 2019. Today’s leak comes courtesy of what appears

Somehow our family became auto racing junkies. Watching F1 became a bonding experience, following a relative of ours who drives in IndyCar became a hobby, and the action of NASCAR wormed its way into our hearts. Even Formula E has grown on us. So when we were first encouraged to stay-at-home as much as possible

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony is in a tricky position with the PlayStation 5. While it heads into the next console generation as the unquestioned winner of the current cycle, it looks as though the PS5 will be markedly less powerful than the Xbox

Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher has come to Ghost Recon Breakpoint in a new episode. As teased last week, Ghost Recon Breakpoint Episode 2: Deep State is now available and it features Sam Fisher of Splinter Cell fame. The episode features a new eight-mission adventure, Operation Checkmate, and two new Ghost classes. In the Operation Checkmate

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. According to the opinion of pretty much every reviewer who has played it, Half-Life: Alyx is one of the all-time best VR game ever made. The question of whether you should buy it is a little more complicated, seeing as

By Emily Gera, Monday, 23 March 2020 17:21 GMT Valve’s flagship VR game Half-Life: Alyx launches on Steam today. Set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, in the game Alyx Vance and her father Eli “mount an early resistance to the Combine’s brutal occupation of Earth.” As Alyx, you engage in combat, solve

By Emily Gera, Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:20 GMT Valve is rebooting its failed Dota 2 card game Artifact, the company announced on the game’s official Steam page. “First off, we wanted to say thanks for all of your tweets, emails and posts,” the post begins. “The continued interest in Artifact has been encouraging, and

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 17:27 GMT The Sonic the Hedgehog movie will be released digitally a bit earlier than planned. For those of you who haven’t had a chance to see the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and can’t now due to theaters closing all over the place, there’s a bit of good

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 20 March 2020 16:13 GMT Sea of Thieves is free this weekend to all Xbox Live subscribers, and the game is celebrating its second anniversary with some in-game goodies. Sea of Thieves is free to play for all Xbox Live subscribers now through March 23. To celebrate the game’s second anniversary,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s been a few years since Microsoft introduced DirectX 12, and there’s a new set of console introductions coming this fall, so the time is ripe for the unveiling of a new DirectX version. Microsoft has just launched DirectX 12

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. GameStop has told its employees that it considers its own stores “Essential Retail” at the moment and that they should resist any law enforcement efforts to order a store closure. Employees were given flyers with the GameStop corporate number printed

By James Pickard, Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:11 GMT Loads of top digital PC and Xbox One games from both EA and Ubisoft are currently on sale over at Amazon US, You’ll find the likes of The Sims 4, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Assassin’s Creed all up for grabs. Let’s start with EA,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Many businesses are closed or operating with reduced hours as a way to encourage social distancing. Some countries and US states have even mandated that some types of businesses and public spaces close for the next few weeks. GameStop stores

Now that Sony has finally unveiled the specs for the PlayStation 5, we can do what we’ve been wanting to do for a while and examine overall performance against the Xbox Series X. First impressions count for a lot in the console world, and Microsoft has been quite aggressive in terms of product design. Let’s

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. For the last few months, Microsoft has had the next-generation console PR space all to itself. Nintendo had nothing in the pipe and Sony was staying quiet about the PlayStation 5, which gave Microsoft plenty of room to talk about

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. We’re all spending a lot more time indoors lately, and that can be hard on people who are accustomed to getting out there and interacting with their fellow humans. If you need something to help pass the time, GOG has

Blizzard recently announced that Echo would be the next hero to come to Overwatch.The announcement was made on the official Overwatch Twitter page. You can check out the tweet below. Introducing Echo. An evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence, Echo represents the cutting edge of technology. pic.twitter.com/aStyP5F4Al — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) March 18,

What you’ve played up to now in Nioh 2 has been the warm up. From Azai Nagamasa onwards, the mechanical complexity of bosses really starts to click into gear. Steel yourself and press onwards, here’s how to take him down. Like Saito Yoshitatsu, this fight incorporates elements of Yokai and human enemies and is a

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. We were expecting to get more details about Microsoft’s next game console at the E3 show this spring, but organizers canceled the show as coronavirus continues to spread. Microsoft has decided to make its big announcement without a trade show

Fifteen years ago, World of Warcraft was rocked by an unexpected event known as Corrupted Blood. The boss of the Zul’Gurub raid instance, Hakkar the Soulflayer, had a debuff he could apply to nearby players that caused damage every few seconds. The debuff was designed to kill players quickly enough that anyone without healer support

To topple a castle, you need help from some furry friends. Did I say furry? I meant 20 feet long, capable of whipping up a tornado, and spikier than a death metal logo. Here’s how to beat the Kamaitachi in Nioh 2 and bring it over to your side. Despite eventually helping you in your

By Emily Gera, Sunday, 15 March 2020 15:59 GMT Bill Gates, the creator of Windows and co-founder of Microsoft, has announced he is stepping down from his role on the board of the tech giant. In a blog post published on LinkedIn, Gates confirmed he will now focus his time on philanthropic efforts. “I have