While the steps are quite straightforward on paper, unlocking the Captain will take time and more than a little effort. Doing so will not only net you the character to play as, but the Washed Away achievement as well. And if you’re trying to see as many of Risk of Rain 2’s recent additions as possible, then you’re in luck - unlocking the Captain takes you to the new moon area and puts you face-to-face with the new boss too....

Some big sci-fi horror vibes are emitting from this one, but most interestingly is that this game was first announced 10 years ago. But with this re-reveal comes the news that Doom Eternal composer Mick Gordon is attached to it, with the game set to launch next year in 2023. According to the game’s Steam page, Routine is a “First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned Lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future....

Rust’s lead developer, Double Eleven, has shared the first footage of what the game will look like on console, following up on an announcement that was made about a non-PC version of the game way back at X019. Though we’ve heard precious little about the PS4 and Xbox One version of the game since it was revealed, it’s nice to see some official communication after the game was rated by the ESRB back in January....

It is coming March 1 to PC, PlayStation and Xbox. Pre-orders are now open and include the exclusive Koromodako Katana - a weapon with eight legs. Console owners will also receive Flying Wild Hog’s 2013 Shadow Warrior and Shadow Warrior 2 for free. In addition, it has been announced that actors Mike Moh, Andromeda Dunker, and SungWon Cho have joined the cast as the new voices of Lo Wang, Motoko and Zilla, alongside the returning Alex Dobrenko as Hoji....

Though we’re not going to see any more Skate 4 at EA Play Live, the newly-established development team that’s working on the game – Full Circle – has shared a teaser explaining a little bit more about what we can expect from the title. In a minute-long, behind-the-scenes video, the developer has given us our first meaningful glimpse at how the game will play and what features it’s set to contain....

Players messages across the Dark Souls series, and now Elden Ring, are definitely an odd way to go about multiplayer. But they also provide a sense of community in a way that a lot of other games don’t. Now, thanks to the Skyrim Building Bridges mod, you can share messages in the game that’s just about on every platform under the sun (thanks PCGamesN). “This plugin allows players to interact with each other by leaving messages in gameworld,” reads the description of the mod....

As part of Sony’s earnings reveal this morning, where the company announced a big surge in PlayStation Plus memberships, questions about PS5 inevitably came up. Though Sony did confirm that it doesn’t expect any delays in hardware, some were more concerned with how the company has been marketing PS5 thus far compared to what Microsoft has been doing with Xbox Series X. Bloomberg’s Takashi Mochizuki, who attended the call, reported an investor question about this very thing....

According to a report from Bloomberg, sources familiar with the project, codenamed Spartacus, state the service would charge a monthly fee for access to both classic and modern titles. It is slated to launch in the spring, and it will combine PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into one service. Documents shown to Bloomberg indicate Sony plans to keep the PlayStation Plus branding and do away with PlayStation Now. Customers will apparently be offered a service with three tiers: one would be similar to how PlayStation Plus is now; the second would offer a hefty batch of PS4 and PS5 games; and the third tier would add “extended demos, game streaming, and a library of classic PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games,” according to Bloomberg....

Sony’s PS5 system software beta program will allow you to test features before the next major system update comes later this year. Starting today, you can register for the opportunity to join the first-ever PS5 system software beta program here. Registration is open to all players over the age of 18 in the US, Canada, Japan, UK, Germany, and France. If you’re selected to be part of the program, you will be among the first to test out new features and provide feedback that will help guide development....

Speed Brawl is a 2D combat racer where you need to move fast, build your combos, and unleash powerful special moves. The game is set in London during the year 1888, where after a decade of war with the Lunar invaders called Selenites, the British Empire has finally kicked them to the curb thanks to Hugo Wells who crushed the colony’s queen and helped enslave the creatures. Following the war, man became listlessness and disobedient, so in order to satiate them, Wells conceived of “the ultimate entertainment”: an elite sport where worthy warriors could wage war against the enslaved Selenite hordes....

The news comes from IGN Japan, who recently had a chance to sit down with Crystal Dynamics boss Scot Amos. Amos addressed initial concerns about Spider-Man being a PS4-exclusive character yesterday. but has since clarified that no other heroes will be getting the console-exclusive treatment throughout Marvel’s Avengers’ lifespan. “That is the only character that we are doing that way,” Amos said. Interestingly, Amos also spoke about cross-play yesterday, seemingly implying that players on Xbox and PC can team up with Spidey, but not play as him themselves....

Motivated by a Reddit post from disgruntled Star Citizen backers, developer Cloud Imperium has responded to fan requests regarding more regular updates about Squadron 42. Squadron 42 is the single-player, A-lister-star-lead story campaign, which - like the main game - was announced years ago but has yet to be finished. The most recent development roadmap had the Squadron 42 beta pegged for the third quarter of this year. In March, following a lack of regular updates, CIG told players it will share more Squadron 42 news as part of its various developer updates and AMAs, but the developer only included some updates in newsletters sent to backers, not the wider community....

Squadron 42 – the planned singleplayer campaign part Cloud Imperium’s space simulator – apparently has a lot more time in development left. “We still have a ways to go before we are in beta, but everyone on Squadron 42 is working very hard to deliver something great,” explained studio boss Chris Roberts in an AMA over on the Roberts Space Industries website. “We haven’t been happy with how effectively we’ve been showing progress on Squadron 42, as we felt the previous format didn’t do a good job of all in communicating just how much work is going on....

Aspyr and Lucasfilm have announced RPG classic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords is coming to mobile. “Fans have been asking for a mobile version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 for so long, and we’re thrilled to finally bring it to them,” said Elizabeth Howard, VP of publishing at Aspyr. “We’re proud to continue working with Lucasfilm to bring classic titles to modern platforms....

The development studio just recently joined Twitter and its first tweet states it is “excited to be joining on social platforms to share on who we are, and the work we do.” Various replies to the tweet included Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, and VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb. Grubb’s tweet indicates Motive Montreal could reveal Star Wars: Project Maverick, as early as June 2 (via reddit). Project Maverick is the codename for Motive’s next Star Wars game, which is said to be smaller in scale....

The Star Wars: Squadrons reveal from earlier this week was a little bit brief on gameplay details. The biggest mystery right now is where Squadrons sits on the spectrum of flight games. The trailer teased that players will be able to control where the starfighter’s power goes, such as diverting power to shields when taking damage, but this may not necessarily be a feature of the game. That tiny detail, even if it’s not been properly confirmed yet, got fans of flight and space sims on PC particularly excited....

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer will be released for PS4 and Switch with modernized controls for your podracer. In the game, you take controls of a podracer and around various tracks spanning eight different worlds, such as Baroonda and Tatooine. During the races, you will be able to discover short-cuts and secrets which will help you with lap times. There are 25 different racers available to play, allowing you to choose between characters such as Anakin Skywalker and Ratts Tyerell....

Hardew Valley is the perfect name for this Stardew Valley mod, which aims to make players’ lives miserable. As the name suggests, the mod ramps up the game’s difficulty by tweaking a number of parameters to make it much more challenging. More specifically, the mod significantly cuts down on the income players get by selling stuff. This includes everything from animal products, to fruit and vegetables and even artefacts found in dungeons....

Thanks to a page that was published early at the Washington Post, it’s been confirmed that Starfield will be an Xbox and PC exclusive that will launch in November 2022. This doesn’t come as too much of a surprise; only recently we heard that the sci-fi RPG Starfield will not be coming to PlayStation 5 thanks to Microsoft‘s acquisition of Bethesda. Even Sony didn’t know if the game’s would make the leap as of the big acquisition, too....

Respect to the Street Fighter 5 team. They’ve stuck with it. When I reviewed the game back in 2016, I described it as an excellent game with a content problem. Sherif was less charitable, brutally describing its launch package as a “fuck you to casual players”. He wasn’t wrong. But Capcom has worked bloody hard, and the end result is that Street Fighter 5 is one of the best and most content-rich fighters on the market....