According to the trailer, Sea of Thieves Season 2 launches on April 15, but some of the specifics about what we can expect from Rare’s next big update are somewhat shrouded in mystery. Luckily, the developer is edging out some information about the new Season in waves (no pun intended) and the most recent trailer actually gives us some insight into what we can expect from the game’s second Season....
The Shadow Arena closed beta sign-up sheet is now live and PC players will find out if they’re eligible to take part by February 25. The closed beta runs from February 27 until March 8 and you’ll be able to try out nine new characters from the Black Desert Online universe. Shadow Arena is a PvPvE battle royale, where 40 players battle it out to be the last one standing....
That said, much like the games it clearly is inspired by, there are various keys to find, puzzles to solve, and doors to unlock. And of course, being lost at any given point can set you back more time than you probably would like. One of such points is when trying to open up the A6 staff door. In this guide, we’ve explained how to solve the lockpick puzzle and open the A6 staff door in Signalis....
The game also comes with a soundtrack from indie pop group Blood Cultures, who provide some genuinely chill sounds to pull of tricks to. According to the game’s video description: “Ollie, kickflip, and grind your way through the ash and smoke of the Underworld as you take on a seemingly impossible quest. Skate fast to destroy demons and save other tortured souls on your journey from fragile beginner to hardened skater....
Henry also co-managed development on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and its Siege of Paris expansion and worked as a senior game designer on a 2014 canceled project for PSN/XBLA/Steam/iOS/Android as well as on the original Watch Dogs title. Announced at E3 2017, Skull and Bones has been in development since 2013 and started as an offshoot of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. Instead of being released as a post-launch update, the project became its own title and went into development at Ubisoft Singapore....
This is according to a SEGA community manager stating on Twitter the development team has “been listening,” and “is working on fixing a variety of issues” at the moment. A timeline was not provided for the fixes; however, they said “more official messaging” would come once more information was available. Released on June 23, many a player has run into bugs, and one of these is Tails’ ability to get lost but not despawn....
According to a tweet from the official Twitter account for the game, this delay is so the team can “complete the polish we feel is needed”. Bittersweet news for those who have been crossing their fingers for this title as a late-in-the-year treat. However, as Sons of the Forest is the sequel to the hugely popular PC horror title The Forest, the importance of nailing a first impression makes sense....
Speaking in an interview with GI.biz, Xbox head Phil Spencer said the closure of Mixer was disappointing but he had no regrets regarding Microsoft’s decision to create its own streaming service. “It’s obviously a disappointment when you try to grow something to the scale it needs to get to and you don’t get there,” Spencer said. “I don’t have regrets. You make decisions with the best information you have at the time, you apply your best effort, and we’re in a creative industry....
The short is a collaborative effort between EA Motive, Lucasfilm, and ILM. As you can imagine, then, it’s a pretty impressive effort. Called Hunted, the trailer takes place before the events of the upcoming game and introduces us to one of the main pilots we’ll be playing as during the campaign. We see the world through the eyes of Varko Grey – the only one pilot left standing in the wake of a destructive New Republic mission in the dockyards of Var-Shaa....
The physics are fantastical and dumb, but that’s the point. You can throttle up to maximum speed, boost toward and then past an enemy at ridiculous pace, then cut the engines, yoke hard to the right and perform a spacebound hand-brake turn, a drift to make Vin Diesel proud. As the nose of your fighter whips back around to face the enemy you just zipped past, you can throttle up to give chase and then let them have it: laser cannons, a barrage of locked-on missiles - whatever you’ve got until their ship disintegrates....
If you were getting bored of looking at all the games available in the Steam store the same way, day in, day out, you’ll be pleased to know the developers at Valve had crammed a few more navigational tools into Steam. As of an update that rolled out overnight, you can choose to browse ‘New and Noteworthy’ games via a dropdown menu, or discover more in-depth categories based on “navigational entry points” using genres, themes, and player modes as a touchpoint....
The issue was originally raised on Reddit, where the AutoModerator for the official Steam subreddit reminded players that the platform’s servers would temporarily be down to accommodate for its weekly scheduled maintenance. As soon as said maintenance was finished, players began to comment on the thread noting that they were unable to access games they owned. “I tried launching a game (Fallout: New Vegas) and it kept taking me to the Steam store page for it,” wrote Reddit user Freelancer05....
Demos are now available for various indie games through the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition which is going now through June 22. Like the previous Steam Game Festivals, it offers free demos to Steam users. You can also watch games being played, developer talks, and there will also be live Q&As. During the festival, all games can be found on one Steam hub and each listing will take you to the respective store pages....
Valve has announced some pretty promising results about the impact of Steam Next Fests held in 2020. Steam Next Fests (previously Steam Game Festivals) are digital events that highlight a large number of games from different genres, with developer-lead livestreams, and playable demos. The goal is to obviously help with Steam’s discoverability problems, and it seems to have worked out well. In a blog post, Valve revealed that games (median) which participated in 2020’s Fests saw a daily wishlist addition boost of 421% during the event, when compared to two weeks prior....
Steam recently saw a surge in concurrent users, both simply online as well as online and playing games. As we find ourselves trapped at home as a result of coronavirus lockdowns worldwide, many are turning to games to pass the time. Even more than video streaming, game downloads require a lot of bandwidth. As part of an effort to conserve bandwidth and help make internet available for everyone in this critical time, Valve is changing how updates are delivered on Steam....
When Street Fighter 5 first released, it was an infamous mess. It arrived with 16 characters - less than the first home release of its predecessor, with those characters immediately followed by DLC fighters that, via their inclusion the story mode, felt like they’d originally been part of the base game’s design documentation. That story mode was also a DLC addition, by the way. At launch, SF5 was bereft of anything worthwhile to do alone but grind in training mode....
As it enters its fourth year and the launch of Street Fighter 5 Champion Edition, Capcom’s flagship fighting game has an enormous amount of content to explore. There’s the stuff you get on the disc or in your download including a wide range of characters, single-player arcade, story and challenge modes, online modes and more - but beyond that there’s plenty of optional content. To get your hands on new stages, costumes and even characters for free, you’ll need Fight Money....
The PlayStation Store has seemingly put up pre-order listings for the game ahead of time, revealing the three different editions that will be on sale, as well as the game’s release date. As discovered by ResetEra user Neoxon, Street Fighter 6 will seemingly be released on June 2, which is certainly much deeper into 2023 than many of us had hoped. Neoxon captured a screenshot of the PS Store listing, which we’ve embedded below....
Brawlers aren’t possible in the modern age, they said. They’re too boring, too simple. Yeah, Golden Axe is great, but remember how shit that modern revival was? It just doesn’t work. And Final Fight - love it - but the only way you’re gonna be able to play as those characters in 2020 is inside Street Fighter. But, nah. Streets of Rage 4. It happened. It works. It wasn’t even Sega that had the stones to do it in the end - instead smaller publisher Dotemu borrowed the IP and teamed up with indie studios Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube....
Whatever your feelings on Halo Infinite, though, it’s hard to ignore. The new live-action trailer (below) for the game has even been infiltrating more mainstream culture, showing up at half-time in the football, popping up in ad breaks between big TV shows and more. “Throughout human history, heroes have risen when called upon. The Master Chief carries each act of bravery with him into his most challenging battle yet,” says a blurb for the trailer....
