Sony's Until Dawn remake for PlayStation 5 and PC is having a rough launch, with not just technical issues but low player numbers too.
The remake of the 2015 horror game — which comes with updated graphics, technical improvements, and minor story changes — launched October 4 with a full price tag of $59.99 and no cheaper upgrade option for those who own the original.
This seemingly wasn't too appealing for PC players, as Until Dawn has debuted to a peak concurrent player count of just 2,607 players on Steam, according to tracking website SteamDB. Other single-player PlayStation games performed much better when making the jump to PC, with Ghost of Tsushima reaching 77,154 concurrent players, God of War reaching 73,529, and Spider-Man...
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As part of the October Prime Day Sale, Amazon is offering the Anker PowerCore 737 USB Power Bank for only $89.99. This portable battery features a generous 20,000mAH capacity and a powerful 140W power output, but is still TSA-approved. It can fast charge a Steam Deck or ASUS Rog Ally from empty to full multiple times over.
Anker PowerCore 737 24,000mAh Power Bank for $89.99
with 140W of USB Type-C Power Delivery
The Anker PowerCore 737 can be used like any other power bank; it does a fine job of charging any of your standard mobile electronics. It has two USB Type-C ports and one USB Type-A port. One of the USB Type-C ports is bi-directional, meaning it can be used to charge devices AND it can also be used to charge the power bank...
Throne and Liberty, the free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NCSoft and published by Amazon Games, has seen more than three million players in just a week.
Originally billed as a Lineage sequel, Throne and Liberty is an MMO with PvE and PvP set in a dynamic and seamless world. It suffered numerous delays over the course of a development cycle spanning several years.
Throne and Liberty finally launched on October 1 across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S, and soon proved a hit on Steam with an impressive player concurrent peak of 336,300. That’s enough to make Throne and Liberty one of the most-played games on Valve’s platform right now. Neither Sony nor Microsoft make player numbers...
Detroit: Become Human has sold over 10 million copies, developer Quantic Dream has announced.
That’s 10 million paid units across PlayStation and PC, Quantic Dream qualified. Given Detroit: Become Human is on-and-off a part of various subscription services such as PS Plus, its total number of players will be much higher.
"We are extremely grateful to each and everyone out there who played the game," Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumière tweeted. "You mean the world to us and we couldn't have achieved this incredible milestone without every single one of you!"
Detroit: Become Human is a sci-fi thriller that first launched on PlayStation 4 in May 2018, before launching on PC in December 2019, and followed Quantic Dream’s other...
Here's your chance to get one of the best Micro SD cards for your Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch. As part of the October Prime Day Event, Amazon is offering a 1TB TeamGroup Pro Plus Micro SDXC card for only $59.99. Besides being compatible with gaming handhelds, the Pro Plus has a faster speed rating than most Micro SDXC cards in this price range and would make an excellent card for 4K action cameras and DSLRs.
1TB TeamGroup Pro Plus Micro SDXC Card for $59.99
The Nintendo Switch and Switch OLED have 32GB and 64GB of internal storage, respectively, some of it reserved for the OS. To give you an idea of how paltry those capacities are, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom uses up 16GB and Breath of the Wild about 13.5GB. If bought digitally...
Just when you stockpiled some spare cash, Amazon went ahead and made another sales event, this one called "Prime Big Deal Days." Practically no one outside of Amazon calls it that, however, so let's just roll with Prime Day 2, because that's the basic gist. Bargains aplenty!
Starting from October 8 and running through to October 13, this is a Prime Members Only event that will bring the bargains thick and fast. The good news: you can easily join in with a free with a 30-day trial membership that's easily cancelled for no cost. You might also want to nab a bunch of free Prime Gaming titles to own forever while you're subscribed, too!
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We're now properly into the month of October, and that means that some of 2024's biggest game releases are starting to roll out.
Monday morning saw several big reviews go live, including very positive reviews for Metaphor: ReFantazio (currently a 94 on Metacritic) and Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (our review is currently in progress, but we feel like it's a labor of love). That's on top of Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, the Silent Hill 2 remake, and more.
Here are some of the biggest games coming out this week
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S) - October 8
Silent Hill 2 Remake (PC, PS5) - October 8
Destiny 2: Revenant (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S) - October 8
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S) -...
The debut trailer for Fallout: New Vegas mod Fallout: Nuevo México shows off the completely revamped game in a similar fashion to how Fallout: London completely changed Fallout 4.
The lengthy trailer was shared on YouTube and gives players a look at the mod's main location of Mexico City and how the wasteland has overcome it.
"Once the vibrant heart of a massive metropolis, Mexico City now lies in ruin, a battleground for factions struggling for dominance and survival," the synopsis reads. "From the decaying colonia of Chapultepec to the submerged canals of Xochimilco, the city is a haunting blend of beauty and brutality."
Fallout: Nuevo México will be free when it's eventually released but has no date attached yet. It's described...
On the 10-year anniversary of Alien: Isolation’s release, developer Creative Assembly has confirmed that a sequel is in development.
In a statement marking the survival horror classic’s 10th birthday, creative director Al Hope said the development team would share more details “when we’re ready.”
Hope returns to lead development on the sequel having done so on the first game. In his statement published to X/Twitter, Hope said: "On the 10th anniversary, it seems only fitting to let you know that we have heard your distress calls loud and clear.
"Today, I'm delighted to confirm, on behalf of the team, that a sequel to Alien: Isolation is in early development. We look forward to sharing more details with you when we're ready."...
Halo’s move to Unreal Engine 5 would make it easier for developer Halo Studios, née 343 Industries, to take Xbox’s flagship first-person shooter multi-platform, including a launch on PlayStation 5, tech experts have said.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Digital Foundry chief Richard Leadbetter said moving to Unreal 5 makes for “easier” multi-platform development than porting across the existing Slipspace engine.
"It stands to reason that an engine designed for deployment across multiple platforms would be easier to work with than existing technology built for Xbox and PC,” Leadbetter said.
While Microsoft’s multi-platform video game push has seen the likes of Rare’s Sea of Thieves and Obsidian’s Grounded make the jump to PS5, the company...
The creator of Shadowrun, BattleTech, and Crimson Skies – Jordan Weisman – has announced a new deck-building, fantasy-infused, pirate-themed isometric CRPG called Sea of Legends. It's based on the narrative open-world board game of the same name. It's in development now for PC.
The original Sea of Legends board game was created by Zach Weisman and Ryan Schapals. The video game adaptation is being led by Weisman and a team of game-development veterans who've worked on Darkest Dungeon, Dead Rising 4, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Skull and Bones, and Ascension. It promises "treasure, adventure, and romance." Check out the first trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.
Gameplay is described as follows: "Set in a...
What kinds of lessons do we learn from our favorite pieces of fiction? Are they simply a means for escapism and enjoyment, or can they also have a tangible impact on our lives? Having played nearly every RPG from developer Atlus, my answer to that last question is a resounding, “Yes.” Metaphor: ReFantazio ponders these questions in both concrete and abstract ways through the lens of a politically charged fantasy RPG, further proving that there’s real power in the stories games can tell. As familiar as it may feel at times, it also treads new territory with a sense of clarity in its message and an empathy that ripples throughout its harsh world. From its more intimate moments to the grand gestures in its main story, Metaphor makes a loud...
A lot has changed about both video games and the way we play them since the last mainline entry in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series. As the first direct sequel since the PlayStation 2 generation, that means there’s something charming about Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero’s old school design and presentation compared to other fighting games on the market today. It’s tougher than Vegeta’s chest plate, and imbalanced in ways that are both annoying and lore accurate. Menus are labyrinthine, training tips are sparse and sometimes not very useful. But every battle is crafted with the sole purpose of putting the Dragon Ball fighting fantasy as it appears in the anime into our hands. The fast paced ki slinging, teleport kicking, and...
Boxing fans have gone far too long without a serious contender stepping forward in video gaming. Fight Night Champion is the last true heavyweight in the genre that Punch-Out started, setting the bar high with its weighty focus on realism over a decade ago in 2010. Developer Steel City Interactive's presumptively named Undisputed comes in as the plucky underdog looking to knock the king off its throne, but while it is a split decision in some areas, it is clear the newcomer still needs to put in a bit more time on the speed bag before it can end this particular dispute.
To its credit, Undisputed does an excellent job of capturing a convincing simulation of what it’s like to rise through the ranks of the boxing world via its Career...
Now Bloober’s Silent Hill 2 Remake is out in the wild, the director of the original Silent Hill from 2001 has offered his thoughts on this reimagining of his work, and he’s full of praise.
In a series of tweets, Silent Hill 2 director Masashi Tsuboyama began by saying he is “very happy” about the remake and how a new generation will get to play the horror classic. “It's been 23 years,” he said. “Even if you don't know the original, you can just enjoy the remake as it is. Whether it's good or bad doesn't affect the original.”
Tsuboyama went on to discuss the change in camera perspective from the original’s limited camera to the remake’s modern over-the-shoulder camera perspective. This change — debated by fans in the context of the...
2012’s Silent Hill HD Collection is perhaps best known by fans for inexplicably changing the Silent Hill Ranch sign font to Comic Sans. It was a tweak to the beloved original that baffled Silent Hill fans and has become infamous in the 12 years since the HD Collection’s release.
Fans had wondered which font Bloober would go with for its remake ahead of release, and so now with early access available it has come as some relief to discover the developers did indeed ditch the HD Collection’s Comic Sans sign in favor of the original's. X/Twitter user @Wario64 showed off this new/old look.
However, Silent Hill 2 Remake players have discovered that if you clip through or go out of bounds in the PC version when at Silent Hill Ranch, you...
Konami has revealed the global release times for the Silent Hill 2 Remake across PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam.
The publisher shared launch times for each region in an X/Twitter post, below, across its October 8 release date, confirming exactly when survival horror fans can get their hands on the highly anticipated remake.
It sees players take on the role of protagonist James Sunderland as he follows a mysterious letter from his late wife to the terrifying town of Silent Hill, which teems with nightmarish monsters out for blood. "Silent Hill 2 is a great way to visit (or revisit) one of the most dread-inducing destinations in the history of survival horror," IGN said in our 8/10 review.
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The Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia page was locked down after its list of review scores from the press was edited to make them lower.
Silent Hill 2 is Bloober Team’s well-received remake of Konami’s classic 2001 psychological horror game for PC and PS5 (it’s console exclusive to PS5 for one year, Sony has confirmed). It sees protagonist James Sunderland following a mysterious letter from his late wife, Mary, and a search for clues in the terrifying namesake town, which is teeming with nightmarish monsters.
As reported by Eurogamer, admins were forced to make Wikipedia’s Silent Hill 2 Remake page ‘semi-protected’ after what was called “persistent disruptive editing.”
Wikipedia’s rules state that semi-protection is sometimes necessary...
Assassin’s Creed Mirage launches on Steam later in October, Ubisoft has announced.
Mirage's Steam release comes a year after it launched exclusively on the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Connect on PC, as well as PlayStation and Xbox.
Ubisoft recently ditched its policy of signing with Epic for PC exclusivity and will now return to day-one releases on Steam following the poor performance of Star Wars Outlaws, which also skipped Steam at launch. Outlaws itself releases on Steam on November 21, 2024.
Mirage is the well-received back-to-basics Assassin’s Creed game that focuses more on the series’ stealthy origins. You play Basim, a cunning street thief who navigates the bustling streets of ninth-century Baghdad. Mirage is also shorter...
Diablo 4 expansion Vessel of Hatred goes live today, October 7 in some regions, with a global release date of October 8. Here are all the release times across the globe.
Vessel of Hatred — Diablo 4’s first expansion — goes live as early as 4pm PDT on October 7. Pre-download on Battle.net and console (Xbox and PlayStation) is already available. There is no pre-download for Diablo 4 on Steam (Steam users must wait to download the update when Vessel of Hatred goes live at 4pm PDT on October 7).
It’s worth noting that Diablo 4 players can pre-download the patch that contains Vessel of Hatred and the Season of Hatred Rising (Season 6) content regardless of whether they have bought Vessel of Hatred. Blizzard recently released the patch...
The future of Halo is starting to come into focus. During Sunday's Halo World Championships, 343 Industries made a number of announcements, including that it will officially be changing its name to Halo Studios and that it's working on multiple new games. In addition, the newly-rebranded studio say that all future projects will be developed on Unreal Engine, leaving behind the Slipspace Engine utilized by Halo Infinite.
The announcements were unveiled in a seven-minute video shown ahead of the Halo World Championship's grand finals, which showcased the results of Project Foundry — an experimental project designed to show a Halo game built using the Unreal Engine. While it's not much more than a tech demo, it offers a glimpse at a...
The weekend is officially here, and we've rounded up the best deals you can find! Discover the best deals for Sunday, October 6, below:
EA Sports College Football 25 for $47.99
EA Sports College Football 25 is available on sale for the first time this weekend. This game marked the first college football title from EA since NCAA 14, as a lawsuit regarding player NIL (name, image, and likeness) prevented the company from producing further entries. Many of the older modes have returned to College Football 25, including Dynasty, Team Builder, and Road to Glory. Of course, dozens of new features have been added, including Stadium Pulse, which creates challenging road environments in college football's biggest stadiums.
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Warning: this article contains mild thematic and environment spoilers for Silent Hill 2.
The Silent Hill 2 remake is the most miserable experience I’ve had with a game in recent memory.
With an opening sentence like that, you’re probably expecting to read a very negative critique of developer Bloober Team’s recreation of Konami and Team Silent’s survival horror classic. But, in this very rare occurrence, complete and unrelenting misery is actually a positive. The original Silent Hill 2 is perhaps the bleakest, most sombre game ever made and Bloober Team has successfully preserved its miserable magic, ensuring this remake is a deeply effective descent into genuinely uncomfortable terror.
That journey begins with sound and vision...
If you are anything like us, the recent delay to Assassin’s Creed Shadows – pushing it back to 2025 – has left a shuriken-shaped hole in our gaming schedule. After all, having to wait a few more months can feel like an eternity if you were really looking forward to the game, but never fear, […]
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In some major (and pretty surprising) news for Halo fans, Halo: Infinite is finally getting a third-person mode this November.
343 Industries announced the news on Friday during a Forge panel at the 2024 Halo World Championship. For those who aren't at the event, the announcement was also posted on X/Twitter, including a bit of work-in-progress footage of third-person mode in action:
As fans will know, this marks the first time a third-person mode has ever been officially offered in a Halo game. Senior community manager John "Unyshek" Junyszek and Skybox Labs senior software engineer Colin Cove offered a bit more information at the Halo World Championship panel, saying they'll be starting with third-person Firefight mode in a future...
New entries of both the Sword Art Online anime and the games have consistently been released for more than ten years now. On October 4th, both the newest anime season, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, and the newest game, Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream were released.
SAO: FD is already quite different from the previous in the video game series, but we had to ask: What’s next for the Sword Art Online video games? Here’s what SAO: FD producer Shoehei Mogami and SAO game series producer Yosuke Futami had to say about the possibility of a more mature SAO game and the MMORPG-style SAO game they know fans want.
“Sword Art Online itself, the anime and the game, will keep going into the future,” Futami said. “We do...
Sometimes all that is needed to make a great game is great gameplay. As demonstrated by early games like Pac-Man and Galaga, it’s often easy to forget – what with games becoming increasingly complex – how much fun pure, arcade-style gameplay can be. Enter KILL KNIGHT. Doing away with almost anything that can be considered […]
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The developer of a number of upcoming virtual reality titles including Sony’s Starship Troopers VR game has suffered a significant round of layoffs amid what it called a "challenging VR gaming market."
XR Games, developer of the poorly received Hitman 3: VR Reloaded as well as the upcoming Zombie Army VR for Rebellion and Starship Troopers: Continuum for Sony, suffered layoffs one former member of staff described as "beyond restructuring."
72 staff were reportedly let go, retaining only 12 out of around 84. The downsizing cast doubt on the launch and support of both Zombie Army VR and Starship Troopers: Continuum, but in a statement issued to IGN, XR Games insisted both would still release later in 2024.
Here’s the statement, from...
Diablo 4 was one of my favorite games last year, so I’ve had high hopes for Vessel of Hatred, the first expansion to developer Blizzard’s demonic ARPG. Fortunately, this action-packed crusade through the muck and mire of Nahantu’s forests and swamps is exactly what the plague doctor ordered, even if there isn’t as much meat on the bones as I’d hoped. In fact, the truncated campaign, unfinished story, and modest amount of endgame content make this expansion feel more like a prologue in some ways. But the quality of life improvements, changes to the meta, debut raid activity, and fantastic new character class are all so dang good that I’m happy to continue grinding XP and claiming shiny loot for several hundred more hours.
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Ubisoft’s founding Guillemot family and shareholder Tencent are reportedly considering teaming up to take the company private following a number of high-profile video game flops and the collapse of its share price.
Bloomberg reports that both parties are speaking with advisers in a bid to stabilize Ubisoft after shares in the company fell 54% this year. The publication qualifies this by saying these exploratory talks may end up going nowhere, and a buyout is not the only option being discussed. Ubisoft declined to comment.
The Guillemot family, including Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot, holds just over 20% of Ubisoft’s shares, with Tencent owning just over 9%. At the time of this article’s publication, shares in Ubisoft had rebounded a...