To be fair, this feeling could easily have hit us at any time when playing through the demo for the upcoming platformer developed by Double Fine. A direct sequel to the cult-classic Psychonauts, Double Fine’s 2005 debut game, you play as the psychic Raz, who can project himself into the brains of other characters to explore their inner thoughts and dreams realised as fantastical levels. Here, you use a range of psychic abilities to explore impossible landscapes, solve puzzles and fight the literal manifestations of negative thoughts, like anvil-wielding regrets....

The Razer Kraken Ultimate Headset features spatial audio technology that realistically replicates in-game sound and keeps out outside noise. Even better, its over-the-ear cups are comfy and secure without squeezing too hard. Buttons on the sides of the earcups allow users to easily adjust the volume. As a bonus, the headset includes a retractable built-in microphone for communicating with your friends. Like many Razer headsets, the Razer Kraken Ultimate comes with programmable RGB lights on the sides of the cups....

The Resident Evil Resistance open beta was supposed to begin today on all platforms, but due to technical issues, it is only available on Xbox One. Capcom is working on fixing the issue and has apologized for the inconvenience. When the Steam and PS4 beta will be available is unknown as of press time. “Unfortunately, due to some technical issues, there is a slight delay for the Resident Evil Resistance Open Beta on PS4 and Steam....

If anything is signalling the death knell of Titanfall, it’s a series of new job listings on Respawn’s website pointing towards the developer’s next single-player title. As spotted by Dexerto, the Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order developer is currently looking to fill a number of roles for an “Apex Universe Incubation Project.” It’s the specific naming of “Apex Universe” that seems to suggest what Respawn is intending to do with a series that has its foundations in the mecha game Titanfall....

Rezzed Digital will take over the spot left by the postponement of EGX Rezzed. You can expect digital panels and live streams devoted to indie game coverage and an online career fair. You can expect three days’ worth of content starting tomorrow, March 26, at 10am UK. Here are a few things to look forward to over the next three days: Outside Xbox premiering the latest episode of their Oxventure Dungeons and Dragons series, and having a live Gang Beasts battle!...

The news comes from an official Niantic blog post, which features information on how Go Fest intends to go virtual, as well as details about how Rian Johnson directed the commercial. “With Pokémon GO Fest 2020 barely three weeks away, we could not be more excited to host this all-new, first-of-its-kind virtual event for Trainers around the world,” wrote Pokemon Go product marketing manager Veronica Saron in the blog post....

Both ABZU and Rising Storm 2: Vietnam are free on the Epic Games Store until October 15. The exploration game ABZU finds you as a diver swimming underwater discovering various species based on real creatures that will respond to you, each other, and predators. In Antimatter Games and Tripwire Interactive’s Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, you can participate in 64-player MP matches, and play over 20 maps. You can play as the US Army and Marines, and other armies....

Not until I was browsing the catalogues available at launch on Rocksmith+ and saw it there, nestled amongst things like Snarky Puppy’s excellent jam-rock meanderer, ‘Shofukan’, and The Eurhythmics’ seminal ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)’. I was alive in the 00s, I’ve definitely been in some shit Midlands club singing along to Electric Feel – why not plug in my bass, and give it a go. Turns out, that riff is one of the most fun-to-play things I’ve committed to since picking up my bass guitar at the start of the year....

We’ve listed some of our favourite deals for you to shop below: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla deals The main highlight of the Strategy Sale is that the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok DLC is now on sale for the first time. You can now pick it up for just $29.99 - that’s a decent 25 per cent saving and $10 off the usual price. Alternatively, if you don’t already own the base game, you can pick up both for half price in a bundle that’s now $50....

The story unfolds with two Children of the Solstice, a lunar monk and a solar bladedancer, as they combine their powers to create eclipse magic, the only thing that can stand up to the monsters of the alchemist known as The Fleshmancer. The art style is done in a gorgeous hand drawn-looking tribute to Japanese RPGs. The biggest characters and enemies are especially impressive in motion. As a follow up to The Messenger, Sea of Stars is especially exciting because The Messenger truly displayed a deep understanding of retro genres and subverting them into something interesting and new....

It also dovetails with the Captain Bones Special Recipe quest, but you’ll want to start Dougie’s story first for simplicity. Completing this short quest line earns you two commendations plus a generous amount of gold, so it’s well worth your time. Sea of Thieves Poor Dougie’s Key: Starting Poor Dougie’s quest You’ll start Sea of Thieves Poor Dougie’s quest in Sailor’s Grave. Take the left path under the captain in the cage, and make your way toward the lighthouse....

Spider-Man Remastered, a bonus available only in Miles Morales’ Ultimate Edition, is out today alongside the new game. The remaster adds ray tracing to the existing game, and upgrades many of its assets for PS5. It also offers a performance mode that brings the framerate up to 60fps, from the standard 30fps in fidelity mode, and on PS4/PS4 Pro. So how do they all compare? IGN put together a neat video quickly going through a few cutscenes and gameplay moments from early on in the game....

In a press release on its investor page, the firm revealed it has sold 85.1% of this part of the company to Genda, a Japanese firm that’s focused on amusement rental right now but is eying up the arcade sector. Sega Entertainment was comprised of the company’s arcade and amusement centres in Japan. Sega Sammy retains a 14.9% stake in Sega Entertainment. Part of the reason for selling this arm of the business is due to the negative impact the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has had on it....

Sega today published [PDF] its earnings for the fiscal year ending March 31. Alongside the usual assortment of figures, the publisher also shared some insight into its plans for the near and far future. First, Sega mentioned Creative Assembly’s in-development multiplayer shooter, though did not offer any specifics about the mysterious game. It does appear, however, that Sega considers it a big project, and will be a key part of its strategy for the next couple of years....

Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, one of the world’s biggest streamers, has announced that he’s going back to Twitch. Shroud, who left for Mixer last October, will host his return stream today at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 7pm UK. Shroud, Ninja and the rest of Mixer’s streamer community found themselves without a platform after Microsoft’s surprise decision to shut down Mixer, directing users instead to Facebook Gaming. Unlike Shroud, Ninja has yet to plant his flag....

That’s dread over the various Replika agents trying to hack and kill you, or over the multiple keys you’ll need to find to continue progressing. Either way, Signalis feels equal parts dreadful and satisfying as you prowl each corridor and advance through the facility you find yourself in. As you advance to the seventh floor of the facility and beyond, you’ll find Signalis’ Island Painting, a broken Cassette, and even a music box being clutched by an agent called Falke....

Now, we’re aware that Bloober Team are working with Konami given that the pair entered a partnership during summer last year. Just a month following that announcement, rumours began to emerge that Bloober Team was working on a new Silent Hill title. Bloober’s CMO, Tomasz Galikowski, took part in an interview with IGN to clear the rumours up. Although, he ultimately left fans with more questions. The CMO told IGN that Bloober had applied for two projects with Konami, respectively codenamed Dum Spiro and Black....

Some heavy hitters are coming to Xbox Game Pass in the near future. In a video shown at last night’s The Game Awards, Microsoft revealed that The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim – Special Edition would be coming to its subscription service in just a few days, on December 15, just over nine years after its initial November 2011 release. This comes in the wake of the company’s announcement in September that it was buying Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media for a whopping $7....

During the Warhammer Skulls Showcase yesterday, Games Workshop and its partners announced titles that are going to be free to play or free to keep for this weekend only. That’s right: free to play the entire weekend, or free to keep. However you look at it, free is always a good thing. For this weekend only, two Warhammer games are free to download and keep: Warhammer Underworlds: Online and Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat....

In a tweet issued today by the company, Sony apologized and said it will release more PS5 consoles for pre-order over the next few days. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Over the next few days, we will release more PS5 consoles for preorder – retailers will share more details. And more PS5s will be available through the end of the year. pic.twitter.com/h1TaGsGBun — PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 19, 2020 Sony kicked off pre-orders across various retailers worldwide on September 17, but many retailers starting taking pre-order the night before....