There's a sad realization Xbox Game Pass subscribers have to come to: Sooner or later, several of the service's titles will leave its ever-changing library. That said, there's one underrated tactical RPG you need to play before it leaves Game Pass in December: Mutant Year Zero.
Read MoreSpider-Man: Miles Morales launched to general acclaim alongside the PS5 on Nov. 12, making it one of two Marvel games, the other being Marvel's Avengers, to release in the wake of Chadwick Boseman's passing in August of this year.
Read MoreCritics love Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity for its combat, and its story (but not its technical performance). If you want to play the game, go ahead — you will probably enjoy it. However, if you want to livestream Age of Calamity's 30+ hours worth of content, that's where Nintendo draws the line.
Read MoreIn another sign of the company's confidence in hitting their Dec. 10 launch date, CD Projekt Red released a comprehensive system requirements chart for PCs, revealing that you will need a top of the line gaming rig to run the game at the full detail. Gamers will need a serious PC setup.
Read MoreBungie's Destiny 2: Beyond Light has not been off to the hottest start. The game's avid community has lobbied many furious complaints against the game for various reasons: players getting a less substantial offering of new loot, troubled servers, and changes made to the game's Bright Dust rewards.
Read MoreShortly after the release of Spider-Man: Miles Morales earlier this month, fans noticed that the end of the game contained a heartfelt written tribute to Boseman. However, it turns out that the message in the end credits wasn't the only shout out to Boseman's legacy in the game.
Read MoreWhat underrated game did you play and fall in love with that deserves a sequel? SVG conducted a survey and asked fans what underrated game they thought served a sequel. This is apparently an important topic to gamers, because approximately 2,700 people responded to the survey.
Read MoreStreamers have been dealing with a lot of DMCA takedown warnings lately, and CD Projekt Red wants to make life a little easier for them. To help anyone streaming the game avoid these unfortunate encounters with the music industry enforcers, Cyberpunk 2077 will ship with a special "streamer mode."
Read MoreDirt 5, the newest racing game in the Dirt series from Codemasters, was released this month for PC and consoles, including the Xbox Series X and PS5. Earlier games in the series were met with exceptionally high reviews. So how does the brand new Dirt 5 hold up to its successful predecessors?
Read MoreMany newer games take advantage of the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5's support of high frame rates, but existing games should also be able to take advantage of smoother gameplay through backwards compatibility. However, more Xbox One games will be able to run in 120fps than Playstation 4 games.
Read MoreGabe Newell recently relocated to New Zealand and stayed to become an official resident due to COVID-19 restrictions. He recently announced that he plans to raise money for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Auckland's children's hospital, Starship, by launching a garden gnome into space.
Read MoreLeading up to its release on Nov. 20, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has been, despite some flaws, well-received overall by critics. However, Eiji Aonuma, a long-time producer for the Legend of Zelda series, explained in an interview with IGN that this will not necessarily translate into a sequel.
Read MoreFrom villagers that annoy players endlessly to ones that add more joy to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience, the range of interactions is fairly diverse. However, with the new reactions, players are discovering villagers who aren't warm to the idea of relaxing next to them on the ground.
Read MoreThe 2020 console wars have begun now that both PS5 and Xbox X have been released, and it seems that Sony's CEO is fighting to pull ahead by hinting at some possible new Playstation feature. Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan was asked how the company plans to respond to Xbox's Game Pass.
Read MoreYet another video game has fallen victim to delays as a result of COVID-19. Smilegate and Remedy Entertainment's first-person-shooter CrossfireX, the next installment in the CrossFire series, is now slated to release some time in 2021. The official CrossfireX Twitter page just released a statement.
Read MoreThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has confirmed that the 1,000-foot telescope at Arecibo Observatory, as seen in 1995's GoldenEye film, as well as the classic video game based on it, is to be demolished. The dish made many discoveries in 57 years and starred in additional science fiction movies.
Read MoreThe Grand Theft Auto series is known for its expansive maps, and it looks like GTA Online's massive world is about to get even bigger. Rockstar just offered fans a preview of an upcoming map expansion through its official Twitter account.
Read MoreThe original Nintendo Game Boy line of handheld consoles were iconic pieces of gaming hardware from the late '80s into the early 2000s. While most Game Boy owners know that clear cartridges only work on Game Boy Color and the grey cartridges work on both, the black cartridges hold a special secret.
Read MoreIn strange times like these, video games have become even more important in day-to-day life. They offer people a form of escape where such a need has never been higher. Throughout the entirety of this tumultuous time, what other game has been there for gamers more than Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Read MoreThanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Monster Hunter premiere was pushed back to Dec. 30, 2020. Now, IGN has confirmed that the movie has a new release date, this time Dec. 25. At first, this seems like a boon worthy of any hunter. Not when facing two potentially bigger movies in a turf war.
Read MoreJurassic Park: Survival was a video game that was originally planned to be released in November of 2001. This would have been released on the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC. The game was to be developed by Savage Entertainment. Unfortunately, development ceased and it was canceled.
Read MoreSony has finally provided a solution for a download queue bug on the PlayStation 5, which caused games and apps to be stuck in a "Queued for Download" or error state. Players first discovered bugs last week upon the PS5's initial launch. At the time, the only solution was to factory reset the PS5.
Read MoreOut of the box, new PS5 consoles come equipped with a 825GB hard drive, of which 667GB is usable, due to space taken by its operating system and other necessary data. PS5 owners who ultimately want to own more than five similarly-sized AAA titles will therefore need to add additional storage.
Read MoreElectronic Arts, which recently released Star Wars: Squadrons, FIFA 21, NHL 21, and the remastered Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, filed some trademarks in Europe in early November. These new trademarks have everyone speculating about what the gaming company has planned going forward.
Read MoreAfter delays that stretched on for the better part of a year, the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 is only weeks away from its release date of Dec. 10. CD Projekt Red dropped a new trailer focused on Johnny Silverhand, packed with details revealing more about the character voiced by Keanu Reeves.
Read MoreSpider-Man: Miles Morales is finally out for PS4 and PS5 gamers. While critical response to the game is very positive, players are beginning to discover a hilariously weird glitch. While playing Spider-Man: Miles Morales, some players are finding the titular hero being replaced by inanimate objects.
Read MoreThese are dark days for GameStop, the video game retailer that was once a dominant force in the market. In an era where cloud gaming and digital releases are becoming the new normal, it's even harder for GameStop to remain relevant.
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