No Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on PC because of ‘piracy’

Yesterday we found out thatI Am Alivewasunlikely for PCdue to piracy fears and today we have the same excuse trotted out forGhost Recon: Future Soldier. According to producer Sébastien Arnoult,Ghost Recon Onlineis the best PC gets, because the free-to-play model counters theft. “When we startedGhost Recon Onlinewe were thinking aboutGhost Recon: Future Solider; having something ported in the classical way without any deep development, because we know that 95% of our consumers will pirate the game,” he claimed....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Michael Robinson

Our first look at Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin

The mid-quel between the first and second game Because every developer is curious about VR now,Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruinexists.Taking place between the first and the (upcoming in 2018) second game, it’s set to debut later this year as a PlayStation VR exclusive. Here at E3 we’re getting our first look, which picks up directly after the events of the original, through Raz’s eyes. As is the trick with many VR games, Raz is “immobilized,” and will basically be sitting in a chair the entire time....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Kim White

Peggle 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass, along with a bunch of other stuff

Here’s the rundown for May Remember when PopCap was pumping out a ton of hits that weren’t freemium affairs or microtransactioned to death? It’s hard to believe that was so long ago. It was 2011 when EA took over, and their entire business model changed.Peggle 2was one of the last games that maintained the same magic as their old releases, and now you can enjoy it on Xbox Game Pass via the cloud edition of the service....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Cathy Lopez

Project XL codes (April 2025)

Updated: June 26, 2025 We searched for new codes! Fighting various foes using anime-inspired abilities is always super fun, but becoming the most powerful fighter inProject XLrequires hard work and discipline. If you don’t want to spend too much time training to become stronger, you can speed things up thanks to codes. you may obtain a lot of Gold and weapons, as well as EXP, Double Mastery, and other Boosts by redeemingProject XLcodes....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Shawn Ramos

PS Vita to be ‘ultimate companion device’ for PS4

Remote Play plans unveiled Remote Play is going to be a huge part of the PlayStation 4, seemingly in a bid to go toe-to-toe with Nintendo’s Wii U. According to Gaikai founder Dave Perry, the PlayStation Vita will use Remote Play to become “the ultimate companion device” to the PS4. PS4 is going to be a “game server,” with Vita as “the client.” Recently announced titleKNACKhas already been confirmed for remote play....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Michelle Richardson

Quality vs Performance mode for Alan Wake 2 – What to pick

Ah, the dreaded choice of quality vs performance mode in modern console games. When will we have both at once? Who knows! Until then, here’s what to pick forAlan Wake 2. Quality mode aims for the best visuals, and 30 FPS To be clear, the PC edition still has plenty of knobs and levers on its own (and the Xbox Series S doesn’t have a toggle for quality/performance mode), but on Xbox Series X and PS5, you do have the two aforementioned options available....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Jacob Lee

Red Dead Redemption 2 pre-order bonuses appear online

There’s gold in them thar hills At the weekend, Microsoft posted, then quickly removed, retail listing for Rockstar’s open-world wild-west adventureRed Dead Redemption 2. Although the listing was removed faster than a Wes Flowers’ quick-draw, crafty folk onRedditwere able to snap the details. In what should come as a a surprise to nobody, the highly-anticipated sequel will feature some pre-order bonuses, namely the Outlaw Survival Kit a cash bonus forRed Dead 2‘s story mode, an in-game treasure map and a “War Horse”, which I assume isn’t that one made of paper and sticks from the Broadway show....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Mary Rodriguez

Review in Progress: Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Precious metal, or coal? The history ofPokemonhas been a wild ride, and we’re not at the point where the remakes are sort of catching up with its lifespan. Currently we’re on the eighth generation withSwordandShield,andBrilliant DiamondandShining Pearlare generation four. We’re halfway there! And “stuck in the middle” is a perfect way to describe this most recent take on Switch. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl(Nintendo Switch)Developer: ILCAPublisher: Nintendo, The Pokemon CompanyReleased: November 19, 2021MSRP: $59....

June 8, 2025 · 4 min · 645 words · Katherine Ford

Review: Costume Quest

Having been born in the fall, my earliest and fondest childhood memories sit neatly between the few weeks that make up late October and early November. I’d spend weeks thinking up the craziest craziest costumes I could (I’d usually settle on one of Universal’s classic monsters), run around in the dark collecting candy, and just a few weeks later, people would give me presents. Score!  Double Fine’s first downloadable game (and its first stab a single-player role-playing game),Costume Quest, feeds on those memories....

June 8, 2025 · 6 min · 1181 words · Jennifer Davis

Rockstar might be working on another Midnight Club

Or possibly some sort of a reboot Midnight Clubis a series that has been left in the dust. It’s adored by a specific subset of racing fans, but developer Rockstar hasn’t shown much interest in giving it any attention over the last near-decade. The most recentMidnight Clubgame released in 2008. That opening paragraph sounds like a eulogy, but it’s not. You can’t eulogize what’s not dead, and it sounds likeMidnight Clubmight be making a comeback....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 258 words · Jesse Coleman

Rumor: Ubisoft’s DRM already bypassed by crackers

Hey, remember that infamous Ubisoft DRM that requires you tomaintain a perfect internet connection? That was a big problem for a lot of folks. Well, a big problem for about 24 hours, at least. If rumors currently going around the scene are true,Silent Hunter 5, a submarine sim released by Ubisoft and equipped the DRM that will also be vexing owners ofAssassin’s Creed 2, Settlers 7– and all future PC gamers who wish to buy their Ubisoft games legitimately – has already been cracked wide open by cracker group SKIDROW....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Robert Griffith

Rumortoid: White Knight Chronicles not setting Japan on fire

PS3 exclusiveWhite Knight Chronicleshas launched in Japan and is turning out to not be quite the wonderhorse Sony was likely expecting. If initial sales estimates are to be believes, Level 5’s new game has sold 130,000 copies. Not awful, but not fantastic.These figures are not yet official, but it would continue a seemingly new trend of PS3 exclusives doing well without doing fantastic. BothLittleBigPlanetandResistance 2have certainly sold copies, but unlike exclusives on the Xbox 360 and Wii, they have unfortunately come up short of chart topping positions and sustained sales....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Raymond Walton

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II shows off some particularly prescriptive gameplay

Do as I say, AND as I do?.. There’s no denying thatSenua’s Sacrifice: Hellblade IIis without a doubt one of my most anticipated upcoming releases. I was enamored with Ninja Theory’s cerebral 2017 original and, as such, am especially excited to see what the team can do when offered a little more confidence, a higher budget, and theincredibletechnical power of modern-day platforms. However, something in this footage is a little amiss…...

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Maria Brown