I see no Palicoes here It has beenwell over two yearssince Sony officially announced it was producing a motion picture based on Capcom’s legendaryMonster Hunterfranchise. Since that announcement we’ve seen starsMilla Jovovich and Tony Jaaadded to the cast, a plot outline, and even awhopping great sword.But we’ve yet to see any actual monsters… until now. Sony Pictures has released a very brief teaser trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’sMonster Hunter,which gives us our first glimpse of action as Lt....

Desperate times Ever become so obsessed with a video game that it consumes your every stray thought, to the point where you suddenly find yourself resorting to “playing” it in Excel during your lunch break? …No? It’s an oddly specific scenario, I know, but games likeSimCityandAnnocan have that effect on people. Over on theAnnosubreddit, user-Paxom-shared their now-not-so-secret shame: they’ve started mocking up theirAnno 1800city entirely within the confines of Excel. I mean, hey, if you’re able to’t run the game on your work PC without worrying someone will catch you, this isn’t a horrible alternative....

That zipline looks promising It wasn’t until afterSteel Assault‘sKickstarter campaignhad wrapped up and its developers had decided toshift the art directionthat I became familiar with the retro-style action-platform game. This could well be your first time hearing about it. If so, good lord have I got some gifs for you! In a self-described (and entirely fitting) “huge update” posted to Kickstarter this week, the developers shared what they’ve been up to these past six months or so....

Microsoft says that recent thefts targeting Xbox Live users are isolated incidents, and often tries to portrays the problems as phishing scams — effectively blaming the consumer. However, an eyebrow-raising amount of comments and emails seem to suggest that it’s a big more common than that. A few days ago, I spoke with Susan Taylor, the hacking victimwho famously exposedMicrosoft’s awful customer service. She let me know that of the two hundred emails she’s received sinceresolving her own situation, one hundred and forty were from customers who have had similar experiences....

NSO subscribers can play the Game Trial from October 13–20 If you’ve had your fill ofSuper Mario Bros. 35,heads up: Nintendo is rolling out another one of its infrequent Nintendo Switch Online membership perks. For a limited time,Overwatchwill be free to play. To partake,just grabOverwatchfrom the eShop and play as much as your schedule allows betweenOctober 13at 11:00 a.m. Pacific andOctober 20at 11:59 p.m. This Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial contains the “entire game,” so you’ll want to set aside 12GB for the download....

[Every month we post a new art assignment for the Dtoid community. Fun! You have untilFriday, August 31stto finish this month’s project, which is detailed at the end of the post!] For July’s Artists Wanted assignment, we asked you to take your favorite videogame characters and completely flip them on their heads in a bit of aROLE REVERSAL. What if Kratos was the god of love instead of the god of growling and bodypaint?...

YO Generating gameplay using music might be one of my favorite things to happen in videogames in the last ten years. ThoughAudiosurfreleased six years ago, there still are not many games that utilize the functionality. Soon enough,Band Sagawill give us another to add to the short list. Though it sounds likeBand Saga‘s design does not allow for simple importing of music, the included soundtrack does generate stages, enemies, and items, and part of the gameplay involves altering the music to effect changes in the levels....

Almost all theEA FC 24TOTS players are now available in Ultimate Team, and there’s a massive collection of cards to pick from. The Team of the Season events introduced special cards from all five major European leagues. EA Sports also introduced the TOTS lineup from the women’s leagues, along with names from the rest of the world. The list of available choices has never been longer, which also makes it tricky to identify the bestEA FC 24TOTS players for all positions....

Here’s an hour of footage Bethesda streamed roughly an hour of the newNuka-WorldDLC yesterday, the last planned add-on forFallout 4, which you can watch below. It’s recommended that you approach the DLC when you’re “at least” level 30. At the start of the video, featuring commentary from two Bethesda employees, part of my problem withFallout 4was put front and center. Lead artist Mark Teare discusses how the “main theme of the campaign was hope,” but for this DLC, “they wanted to try to get back to the evil side....

If you missed the Dodgeball LTM earlier inBlade Ball, there is good news, as it has returned as part of the latest update. Introduced earlier in 2024, the Dodgeball LTM is a really fun event to enjoy. The mode has many similarities with the core gameplay, but there are a few subtle differences. The main objective is to score the most eliminations to win matches, which will help you win Tickets....

The purists sink lower and lower Konami uploaded some newSilent Hill: Book of Memoriesscreens to its Facebook page, which yet again invited a slew of hatred and animosity from a fanbase enraged at the existence of a spin-off portable game. So incensed are fans by the fact that a handheld side-game would not look and play exactly like a main console effort, a “CancelSilent Hill: Book of Memories” Facebook group has been started up....

InCounter-Strike 2, the UMP-45 is perhaps one of the most underappreciated weapons. For $1200, players have access to a powerful close-range SMG that’s perfect for tucking away on tight angles. In the right hand, the UMP-45 can deal tons of damage and can be bought on both the T and CT sides. Despite this, it’s not exactly the most popular weapon in the game, with most players opting for theMAC-10andMP9as budget SMG options....

A whole city and a new protagonist are revealed Capcom’sDead Rising 3has been revealed to be an Xbox One exclusive, containing an all new protagonist and open-world setting. Nick the mechanic finds himself in the middle of a zombie outbreak in the city of Los Perdidos. Unlike the previous games,Dead Rising 3gives players a whole city to play in — absent load screens — where Nick must jack cars to get around and scavenge for supplies....