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In the year that’s basically already dedicated to the next generation of gaming, Google has gone first. Google Stadia is the very first true next-generation gaming service, and it’s not actually a console. It’s a streaming service, basically the first real foray into “Netflix, but for games”, and from everything we’ve seen so far, it’s seriously impressive.  Based on the…

[NSFW WARNING: We’ll keep this post clean apart from a bit of language, but we are talking about pornography here, which is generally considered NSFW in most workplaces. Please don’t get in trouble by reading this article when and where you shouldn’t. Okay? Let’s continue.] “It’s Ass Sex Legends.” That’s the very first line of the YouTube trailer for the…

Until now, the only place you could check out Quantic Dream’s trilogy of genre-busting games, Detroit: Become Human, Beyond: Two Souls, and Heavy Rain was on PlayStation. Not anymore. The studio is breaking out of the Sony stable, and making all three games available on PC, through the Epic Store.  The games have no release date beyond “soon” and no…

Google Stadia‘s debut at GDC 2019 was the biggest push for video game streaming in recent memory but Microsoft may not let it stay that way for long. After Xbox boss Phil Spencer watched the Stadia announcement at GDC, he reportedly sent an internal message to the team back home that treated Google’s message as “validation” for Microsoft’s own efforts….

The best part of today’s surprise Nintendo indie livestream was slipped in right at the end: Crypt of the Necrodancer, a fantastic roguelike with one of the best soundtracks ever made, is getting an official sequel featuring The Legend of Zelda characters and music. It’s called Cadence of Hyrule, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch this spring.   On its website,…

In celebration of Konami’s 50th anniversary, today the company announced three collections of classic games which will bring dozens of Castlevania, Contra, and arcade classics to PS4, Xbox One, PC (Steam), and Nintendo Switch early this summer.  Here are all the games included in each collection:  Castlevania Anniversary Collection  Castlevania   Castlevania 2: Belmont’s Revenge   Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse   Super Castlevania…

Earlier this month, a Titanfall 2 speedrunner by the name of Cash Mayo posted a record-shattering run of the gauntlet, a training area designed to teach players about wall-running and other movement techniques. Cash Mayo managed to blitz through the Gauntlet in just 12 seconds – a feat which has now been memorialized in Respawn’s latest game, Apex Legends, through…

Nintendo Switch has some new nindependent games to show off, and you can watch the whole thing right here. The Nindies Showcase Spring 2019 will begin today (Wednesday, March 20) at 9 am PDT / 12 pm EDT / 4 pm GMT and run for “about 30 minutes of information on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch”, according to Nintendo….

The Stranger Things season 3 trailer is here, but I’ve got bad news: the gang is not nearly as tight as they once were. It kicks off in the summer of 1985, if that wasn’t obvious enough by the sight of Hopper’s painfully tropical shirt, the Baba O’Reilly song by The Who playing in the background, and the fact that…

One of the greatest tragedies of modern friendships is that with so many of them formed online, there’s the risk that you could lose your buddies without ever knowing why. ‘Last seen online two years ago’ beside a former chum’s named on Steam, Xbox, or PS4 might be a familiar feeling for a lot of you reading this, but veteran…