Gameopolis

16/11/2023

"There will be downtime, which has yet to be announced, but the battle pass page in game notes that the Chapter 4 Season 2 battle pass will be unavailable starting June 9 at 2 a. m. ET, which is when we can probably assume that the downtime for the next season starts."

When does ‘Wilds’ come out?

15/11/2023

"The game's five factions Deadsec, Libertad, Phantoms, Echelon, and Cleaners will be available, as well, though you'll have to unlock Deadsec through gameplay."

Today's Ubisoft Forward also gave us a look at the game's year 1 content.

09/11/2023

"For more previews and discussions of some of the biggest games of 2023 and beyond, be sure to head over to our YouTube page for NGTs about Street Fighter 6, Bramble: The Mountain King, Humanity, Afterimage, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection, XDefiant, Sea of Stars, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor."

In Eternights you are a coming of age teenager trying to find love... in the apocalypse.

08/11/2023

"Outside of satisfying an innate desire to clean chapters of their allotted collectibles and, unfortunately, you can’t replay chapters to find any missed ones, making these scrap pages offers no tangible reward other than the small pleasure of expressing myself in a limited way."

Dordogne's lovely visuals and creative, playful mechanics make for a largely enjoyable French getaway.

02/11/2023

"The experiment uses cortical rat neurons, because of their affordability and because they can learn well enough for these purposes you too can order a million frozen rat neurons online, what a world."

Squeak!

01/11/2023

"Open the file explorer we used earlier the folder icon in the taskbar called Dolphin, then paste the destination into the bar at the top of the file explorer to quickly find where Diablo 4 is installed."

Steam Deck and Diablo 4, a match made in hell.

26/10/2023

"It's being brought to modern systems by Limited Run Games—in collaboration with series creator Tokuro Fujiwara—and will run on LRG's Carbon Engine."

I played hours of Tomba as a kid, despite only having access to a short demo.

25/10/2023

"The beta designs for various creatures from Game Freak's RPG series have been revealed over the years, and Pokemon fans have been given a lot of insight on how a number of pocket monsters advanced through the development phases of the games."

A Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player imagines what the Paradox forms of four different pocket monsters could possibly look like.

19/10/2023

"Have no other players on your island Leave your island before the weather changes Midnight, 8 am, 4 pm Eorzean time Wait 5 Eorzen minutes past the rare monster’s spawn time Load back into your island, and check to see if your monster spawned."

The location, weather, and time requirements for each rare animal

18/10/2023

"However, Hoyoverse has heard your cries and is now adding an in-game chat messaging system, so you can yell at your whale friend to set their new fully built Silver Wolf as their support for you to use."

There’s lots of quality of life updates, in addition to the new characters

12/10/2023

The company has built one of the top-grossing apps for Apple and Google devices by turning youthful users into game creators without forcing them to learn complicated coding.

11/10/2023

"Stardew Valley fan kt1860 shared their art with the game's Reddit forum, showcasing a charming scene complete with their player character and pet cat."

A creative Stardew Valley fan reimagines their character's kitchen in their own isometric pixel art style, and fellow players are impressed.

05/10/2023

A new survey conducted by Deloitte found that gamers want more games based on other media, including film and TV.

04/10/2023

"With our partners at PlayStation, we’re working to make our bold vision of Bungie as a true entertainment company a reality, while never forgetting our core mission: building worlds that inspire friendship."

Nathan Fillion is back to voice the lovable (and seemingly very dead) Exo

28/09/2023

"In case you missed it, yesterday’s Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Launch Celebration event delivered the announcement of a playable demo for the upcoming action RPG that you can play right now."

Enjoy two meaty slices of the game before it launches later this month.

27/09/2023

"A new leak from Genshin Impact is teasing the roles of two upcoming characters in Cloud Retainer and Charlotte, both reportedly planned for later in the Fontaine cycle."

New leaks from Genshin Impact are teasing the roles for Cloud Retainer and Charlotte, both expected to release later in the Fontaine cycle.

21/09/2023

"Last year, CDPR announced its multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games to develop a new Witcher game as well as a remake of the original 2007 Witcher video game, which is being built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 by Polish studio Fool’s Theory."

CD Projekt Red’s decision to make Phantom Liberty Cyberpunk 2077’s sole expansion was a ‘technological’ one

20/09/2023

"The announcement trailer for Cities: Skylines 2 was released to celebrate the original game’s eighth anniversary."

Have the developers designed the perfect system for this sequel to thrive? Let's take a bird's eye view and see what has been laid out for Cities: Skylines 2.

14/09/2023

"Instead of grand quests and boss battles, Palia is an MMO focused on life sim and social sim activities like farming, fishing, cooking, hunting, crafting, and decorating your own house plot."

This open world online life sim is opening up the doors next month.

13/09/2023

"The most prominent addition is an expanded archetype system featuring at least four classes: The Gunslinger, which offers the most-familiar gameplay for returning players; The Handler, a supporting character who controls a pet dog; The Hunter, who specializes in sniper-focused strategies and critical hits; and The Challenger, the brutish archetype I chose to play for its heavy sword, shotgun, and Warstomp ability, which staggers enemies in a cone-shaped area of effect."

We go hands-on with the sequel to one of 2019's best looter-shooters.

07/09/2023

"This retro collection will include the NES, Game Boy, and SNES versions of Ocean Software’s Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues."

Limited Run Games will re-release Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues across modern and retro platforms.

06/09/2023

"The first fighting game to really make new players feel as welcome as old hands, Street Fighter 6’s peerless flair, stylish roster and newly simplified controls make it irresistibly tempting to jump in and start throwing fists."

Zelda opens up an endless world of possibility, Street Fighter delivers another KO and Star Wars finally gets the game it deserves. We round up the top releases of the past six months

31/08/2023

Shoppers are getting outgunned by so-called “scalper bot” software, which resellers use to sn**ch up products online and relist them moments later at significant mark-ups.

30/08/2023

"Reddick's Hellboy voice was first heard in the December 2022 reveal trailer, but seemed to go largely unnoticed until Mignola tweeted about meeting Reddick while he was working on the game."

A new video showcases Hellboy throwing hands and dropping quips within the weird walls of The Butterfly House.

24/08/2023

"It is an action role-playing game that should delight fans of recent action role-playing games like Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, especially as they share themes from Asian culture."

There’s not a lot out there, but what fans can find speaks to a really big console exclusive

23/08/2023

PowerA's "Sword Protector" wireless controller releases April 30, just in time for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

17/08/2023

"This update also introduces new photo mode features such as stickers, filters, and poses, new clothing unlocks for Chai and Korsica, fresh 808 looks and accessories, and special attacks that incorporate CNMN and Smidge."

The game's first big content update arrives next month.

16/08/2023

"Pikmin 4 will introduce a new ice Pikmin type that’s capable of freezing water, giving all Pikmin safe passage."

Pikmin 4 is coming to Switch, and we won't have to wait too long to play the friendly strategy title. Here's what you need to know about the upcoming sequel.

10/08/2023

"Apple has dropped some big news for game developers at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC this week, making it far easier and quicker to port Windows games to Mac thanks to a Proton-like environment that can translate and run the latest DirectX 12 Windows games on macOS."

Developers now have some serious tools to get Windows games on Mac

09/08/2023

"More than 100 major video game releases are expected in 2023, from highly anticipated RPGs like Starfield, Final Fantasy 16, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, to new, mainline entries in series like Marvel’s Spider-Man, Assassin’s Creed, and Street Fighter, and the long-awaited return of franchises like Diablo and Pikmin."

2023 will be a massive year for new games

03/08/2023

"Dead by Daylight is an asymmetrical horror game where four survivors seek to repair an old gate and escape a hunting grounds before they are found, caught, and impaled on a rusty hook by the killer."

I’m already hooked

02/08/2023

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The Boys (actually, The Seven) are coming to Warzone and Modern Warfare 2.

27/07/2023

"What briefly began in the early 2010s at Techland, the developer behind the first Dead Island and similar open-world zombie game Dying Light, then moved to Yager Development, then Sumo Digital, and then finally, Deep Silver's Dambuster Studio, was for many years a giant question mark in the game industry."

From announcement to release, Dead Island 2 was supposed to take less than a year. Instead, it took nine.

26/07/2023

Hardware took a big hit

20/07/2023

"Well, now everyone has a chance to play one such critically acclaimed game all thanks to Steam, and the title in question is the indie darling, Hue."

Steam makes a critically acclaimed video game free to download and keep forever.

19/07/2023

"Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone aka ConcernedApe has confirmed the game will get a major 1.6 update in future, which will make the game ‘easier and more powerful to mod,’ as well as introducing some form of new game content for everyone."

Stardew Valley update 1.6 will reportedly include new game content, although creator Eric Barone says it will be 'much less' than update 1.5.

13/07/2023

There isn't a definitive solution to solve the issue at this time. Here are ways you can attempt to solve the problem or avoid it altogether.

12/07/2023

"It's become so beloved with Zelda fans that you'll often hear some get heated about whether it should be considered the best Zelda game ever - rather than the 1998 release, Ocarina of Time." https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65533470

The games giant releases the highly anticipated sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

06/07/2023

"Day of the Devs: SGF Edition promises games from more than a dozen indie game developers, including AdHoc Studio, Die Gute Fabrik, Evil Licorice, Geometric Interactive, Heart Machine, iam8bit Presents, Impossible, Land & Sea, Lululu Entertainment, Moonloop Games, Phantom Coast, Sad Owl Studios, Shape Shop, Studio Sai, and Wishes Unlimited." https://www.polygon.com/23745173/summer-game-fest-2023-not-e3-schedule-dates-livestreams

A rundown of all the big gaming events coming this summer

05/07/2023

"Call of Duty’s not-at-all confusing practice of modern games named after titles that came out in the early 2010s would reasonably suggest that Modern Warfare II’s sequel would probably be named Modern Warfare III." https://kotaku.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-2-mw-sequel-1850430147

Early reports suggested it was a mere expansion, but now Modern Warfare II’s follow-up might be a full, numbered sequel