2024-03

No Rest for the Wicked hits Early Access on PC on April 18, but ahead of that release, the upcoming action RPG from Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps developer Moon Studios is gracing the latest cover of Game Informer. After checking the game out for a few hours alongside some of the leads at Moon Studios in Vienna, Austria, last month, cover story writer and Game Informer editor Marcus Stewart and I have a pretty good idea about what to expect from No Rest for the Wicked's early access release – you can read my preview thoughts here and his cover story here. We're both excited for the release, too. It's a fun game so far, and it's a unique approach for Moon Studios. No Rest for the Wicked tech and production director and Moon Studios co-founder Gennadiy Korol and studio...

Developer Ubisoft Montpellier's excellent metroidvania, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, hit consoles and PC in January, and it's still one of Game Informer's top scoring reviews of the year. You can read Game Informer's Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown review here to find out why we love it so much. Now, Ubisoft is giving players another reason to jump back in with a new post-launch content roadmap.  What's more, all of the new content coming to the game is set to release throughout the year, starting with new Speedrun and Permadeath modes this month as well as new outfits for Sargon. In spring, a Boss Rush will be released alongside even more outfits for Sargon, and in summer, the Divine Trials update brings new combat, platform, and puzzle challenges as well as new amulets, outfits, and more. All of this will be...

Last week, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away, and now, PlayStation is giving players the chance to play through Goku's journey as Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is one of the games headlining this month's PlayStation Plus game catalog additions. Other games hitting the catalog this month include NBA 2K24, Midnight Suns, Resident Evil 3, Lego DC Super Villains, Mystic Pillars Remastered, Blood Bowl 3, and Super Neptunia RPG.  All of these games will be available starting Tuesday, March 19, for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers.  If you're a PlayStation Plus Premium subscriber, you'll also get access to the following "Classics" games:  Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier – PS5, PS4 Cool Boarders – PS5, PS4 Gods Eater Burst – PS5, PS4 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy – PS4 For a full breakdown of everything coming to PlayStation...

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Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios quietly snuck flying Terminid bugs into the game in the latest update, it seems. Windows Central noticed flying Shrieker bugs are enemies that appear on planets plagued with Terminids and while official accounts for the game play coy, more and more players are running into them.  It seems the Shriekers were added with Patch 1.000.102, which went live yesterday. Coincidentally, that patch was centered on Terminids and nerfing spawn rates for Bile Titans and Chargers on the harder difficulties of Helldivers 2. Windows Central reports Shriekers only appear when a "Shrieker Lair" is one of the side objectives on a planet, noting they look like "smaller versions of the mushroom-like Spore Towers that perpetually keep a large area around them covered in a thick haze."  Shrieker Lairs, like the Spore Towers and Terminid egg nests can be...

This year's Summer Game Fest livestream returns to Los Angeles' YouTube Theater for announcements, first-looks, trailers, and more this June. More specifically, the livesream will begin at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET on June 7. There will be a live audience like last year's, but you can also watch the stream live from a variety of services such as YouTube and Twitch.  Public ticket sales to attend this year's showcase begin on May 7, according to a press release. Confirmation of the livestream's date follows news from last year that Summer Game Fest will return to LA this June. Following the June 7 showcase, an invite-only media and influencer event in downtown LA for hands-on gameplay with upcoming games will return from June 8 to June 10, produced by iam8bit. Plus, Day of the Devs: SGF Edition returns with...

V Rising hit Early Access on PC in 2022, selling more than 1.5 million copies in just two weeks. Since then, the game has continued to garner attention from players for its great mix of survival mechanics and action-RPG combat. Now, just shy of two years in Early Access, V Rising will launch into 1.0 in May.  More specifically, V Rising transitions into 1.0 on May 8. We learned during a State of Play in January that developer Stunlock Studios' vampire game would be coming to PlayStation 5 this year, and today's announcement further affirms the team is confident it will hit the platform in 2024.  Check it out in the official V Rising release date trailer for yourself below, courtesy of IGN:  V Rising is currently available to purchase via Early Access on PC before it launches into 1.0...

Sabotage Studio has teased a new three-player co-op mode for its 2023 RPG Sea of Stars alongside news the game has surpassed 5 million players in less than a year. This new mode, dubbed Single Player+, lets three players journey together through the story of Sea of Stars, and it will feature new traversal and combat mechanics to accommodate playing with friends.  Sabotage announced this news today with a special teaser trailer you can watch below. In it, you'll get a glimpse of what Sea of Stars' Single Player+ mode looks like, how it works, and what to expect. Check it out:  "Staying true to the game's core turn-based roots, each player will engage in traversal and combat with a new 'co-op timed hits' mechanic as they embark with friends on Sea of Stars' grand adventure," a press release...

PlayStation is rolling out a new update for the PlayStation 5 that enhances audio on the DualSense controller, adds new Share Screen features, and more. This update was in beta last month but rolls out for everyone starting today.  The biggest features are coming to the PS5's DualSense controller. The built-in speakers can now produce higher volume sound, which PlayStation says will allow players to hear in-game sounds and voice chat audio more clearly. Plus, the noise cancellation on the controller's built-in mic has been improved.  "The mic input quality on these controllers has been improved, courtesy of a new A.I. machine learning model," a PlayStation Blog post reads. "Background noise from button presses and game audio are suppressed, resulting in a better voice chat experience." Share Screen is also getting some new features with today's update. Namely, viewers...

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