Really looking forward to this Overwatchis shaping up. I really enjoyed my time with it back in October, but as of this newest closed beta build, it’s clear that the team knows what they’re doing. This week, they added in one simple upgrade that made a lot of people happy —player progression. Now just by playing you’ll earn new rewards, separate from any sort of character-centric requirements. It’s a great change....
Palworld’s next big update is just around the corner, and developer Pocketpair has already teased a bit of what’s in store. Out of everything previewed, though, fans have their eyes on one adorable little beast. Pocketpairunveiled the update, Tides of Terraria, in a Steam posttoday. As its name suggests, the update ispart of a collaboration with sandbox gameTerrariaand will introduce a few new pals and islands to the Palpagos region—including a shadowy creature in a derpy dinosaur-like costume and a floating jellyfish....
Ah Ditto, the “transform Pokémon” with the creepy little dots for eyes and the power to become literally any other Pokémon. Is it any wonder that this living amorphous blob proves elusive toPokémon GO? Ditto is the master of disguise. At any time, it can transform into any other Pokémon, and that can pose a problem if you hunt it inPokémon GO. Thankfully, Niantic has made itslightlyeasier by limiting the number of Pokémon that Ditto can become, although this list does change every so often....
Your mileage will vary Based on the reception toProject X Zone 2, it’s clear to see that it’s a “hate it or love it” affair. Fans seemed to really take to the idea of playing as a cavalcade of heroes from some of their favorite franchises, but others decried the overly simplistic, grindy nature of the game. They’re both right. But often times it’s the simple pleasures in life that put a smile on my face, like the act of calling out Captain Commando to help Dante and Vergil blast B....
100 Platinum for booting up the trial, quitting, and deleting it TheMy Nintendo Platinum trial promois still running for another day, and you can get 100 Platinum Points for free just by booting upDragon Quest Builders 2. To be clear,the game trial forDragon Quest Builders 2is live through Tuesday. Testing this out, it’s important to remember that you may merely justboot the game upafter downloading itfor a second, quit, and grab the points....
PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold won’t be needed after the free-to-play switchover PUBGheld on asa premium gamelonger than I ever would’ve expected, especially as the battle royale landscape has matured, but in 2022, it’s finally shifting to a free-to-play model. Announced last night at The Game Awards 2021, Kraftonplans to turnPUBGinto a free-to-play game on Jul 20, 2025 — that goes for the PC and console versions. As someone who was out there dropping with the boys early on in Erangel but hasn’t touchedPUBGin years, this trailer is interesting....
Gone but not forgotten Robloxis one of themost popular video games in the world, but even for those who don’t play the game, a single sound effect has transcended into meme culture to become instantly recognizable: the “oof” death sound. In the wake of some ongoing licensing issuesRobloxhas had with sound effects, the team behind the game has announced that the infamous “oof” has been removed from the game entirely. They explained in a tweet from the officialRobloxTwitter account that they “created a replacement default sound” and that they “plan to expand [their] Avatar Shop with a whole range of both old and new sounds in the future....
Zom-Zoms are icky The only thing that irritates me more than changing iconic hats is when in zombie-related media people refuse to refer to them as just “zombies.” No, they have to try ever so hard to avoid the term, preferring phrases like “those…those…things!” or “creatures.” Rather than the desired effect of immersing us into the world more, this dedicated eschewal of the term conversely takes me out of the story completely....
After an Early Access period As far as PS4 games go,Secret Ponchosis really underrated. It had its shortcomings, but developer Switchblade Monkeys hasreally listened to its fans, providing a number of updates to its gameplay to address their concerns. Some of those improvements could only be achieved on PC, leading to the creation of theMost Wantededition, which is out this week, exiting Early Access. I had a chance to playMost Wanteda few weeks ago, and came away impressed with the new content and tweaks....
Time to cash in on that bounty You might remember back in May the news that aSmash Bros.playerhad a bounty put ontheir head. If anyone could beat Gonzale “Zero” Barrios in aSmash Bros.tournament, they’d be paid $500. At the time, he had won 34 tournaments (not rounds,tournaments) after rising up out of nowhere. Finally, after a whopping 53 tournaments won and a streak lasting roughly 11 months, Zero has fallen. Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada beat him at the MLG Finals....
Walter and Jesse never looked so… pixelated Breaking Badis one of those shows that’s so good, it remains relevant almost a decade after it goes off the air. As its legacy lives on, I have to wonder if it’ll ever get a true video game adaptation, maybe as aGTA-style open world, or a Telltale-style narrative adventure. There’s a lot of potential there, but for now, we can continue to imagine the possibilities to tide us over....
There was some talk abouta demo ofFinal Fantasy XIIIshipping with the Blu Ray release ofFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children, but according to a recent post onvideogaming247, the US can forget it — Square Enix has confirmed this only applies to the Japanese release ofAdvent Children. Thanks, Square … it’s not like we were looking forward to it or anything. On top of all this, the name of the female protaganist has finally emerged as well, and it’s Dia Walruva....
All the small things In this era of day one patches, one would expect some bigger Nintendo games to get huge, multi-GB updates to basically patch in the entire game twice over: but that’s thankfully not the case forSuper Mario 3D All-Stars, or a lot of first-party Nintendo games, for that matter. Today version 1.0.1 was released, which only adjusts a few minor things. As usual the wording is very vague (thanks Nintendo!...
