Fortnite fans accuse Epic of bending own rules after Battle Pass character Drift sold with beachwear outfit

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  670 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Fortnite fans are up in arms over Epic's decision to sell a new version of a previously Battle Pass-exclusive character via the in-game store. Players argue this goes against Epic's long-standing promise never to sell Battle Pass content outside of the pass and that, while the two skins differ, this character was one only available to season 5 Battle Pass owners. The skin in question - Summer Drift - is a beachwear version of Drift, Fortnite's poster boy for season 5. [Read More]

Fran Bow dev's deliciously sinister narrative adventure Little Misfortune gets first trailer

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  326 words  |  Trudie Dory

Killmonday Games, the developer behind 2015's wonderfully macabre point-and-click adventure Fran Bow, has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming Little Misfortune, due to launch on PC next year. Little Misfortune, which is set in the same universe as Fran Bow, charts the tribulations of 8-year-old Misfortune Ramirez Hernandez. Misfortune (and, by extension, the player) is set the task of winning the mysterious Mr. Voice's "game", in order to secure Eternal Happiness for her mother. [Read More]

Games of the Year 2001

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  12 minutes  |  2363 words  |  Fernande Dalal

2001 has been a great year for PS2 owners, and it has seen the introduction of Nintendo's spectacular GameBoy Advance platform. Although Dreamcast manufacturer Sega tailed off production in March, the platform has also seen several important and extremely impressive products in the intervening period. Far from gaming's dead duck, the Dreamcast is still a big success, and this year's wooden spoon has to go to the PC. Although a large number of PC games materialized during 2001, very few truly stood out, and some of the most anticipated fell short of expectation. [Read More]

Get yourself a 400GB SD card for your Nintendo Switch for under £50

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  309 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

If you want to ensure you never run into any storage problems with your Switch (probably ever) then you should snap up this 400GB SD card while it's down to under £50. That's the lowest price it's been since the start of the year. With that sort of space, you can rest in the knowledge that your eShop spending habits will never be tempered by the amount of room you have left for games. [Read More]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star review

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1402 words  |  Trudie Dory

The thing about Mario is that, as much as he looks like a little dungareed chap, he's not really a character. Ever since Nintendo's rise in the 1980s, he's been an icon: the embodiment of pure gaming joy, a wah-hooing hero eternally saving Mushroom Kingdoms in between entering every sporting event going. It's funny to think of how many different Marios there have been - and it's this aspect of the character that Paper Mario has always riffed on. [Read More]

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Drifloon location explained

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  643 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Drifloon can be one of the hardest Pokémon to find in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl if you don't know where and when to look. There is only one way to catch Driloon in both games and you need to at least see this Pokémon to have its basic entry recorded in your Sinnoh Pokédex to unlock the National Pokédex. Below we cover both Drifloon's location and how to get Drifloon in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. [Read More]

Pokémon Living Pokédex guide - tips for a complete living dex in Gen 7's Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  16 minutes  |  3236 words  |  Trudie Dory

The Living Dex is the ultimate Pokémon player's goal, requiring a considerable amount of time and patience. It's a challenge, basically, even more so than completing the full National Pokédex and second only to that goal of the truly fanatical who want to catch a Shiny version of every Pokémon too. It takes most players weeks, months or even years to complete, depending on how much of a head start you have and how efficiently you go about it, but worse still there's just no clear way or place to start. [Read More]

Resident Evil Village demo tried and tested on PlayStation 5, PS4 and Pro

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  732 words  |  Trudie Dory

Last weekend, Capcom unleashed the first in a series of time-limited demos for Resident Evil Village. First up, we got to see the Village demo for PS4, Pro and PlayStation 5, with the promise of a Castle demo next week on the same systems, followed by a multi-platform release for both segments the week after. We took a look at the initial demo to see how Capcom plans to scale the game across the generations, what the ray tracing looks like, and how performance stacks up. [Read More]

Streets of Rage 4 review - beloved beat 'em-up gets the Sonic Mania treatment

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1358 words  |  Patria Henriques

Glorious artwork and a fan's eye for detail combine for a sequel that manages to best its forebears. If you ask me what it is that made Sega's games really sing when they were in their 90s pomp, I'd settle on just one thing. It's the swagger, that cocky self-assuredness backed up with an impeccable sense of style. Any doubt that Streets of Rage began life as a Final Fight clone is soon erased if you look at the similarity between the two leading men, but could Cody Travers ever match the sheer attitude of Axel Stone as he piled through neon-slicked streets full of hoodlums in step to Yuzo Koshiro's searing techno beats? [Read More]

The Witcher 3 - Velen: Secondary Quests, Contracts and secrets

 Posted on April 20, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1380 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Page 1 of 5 Next page Velen: in parts miserable and swampy, in others pleasant and bucolic. It's home to some pretty creepy folk, from werewolves to giant chickens, and the creature from the black lagoon. There are a few low level quests available that you should be able to do on your first plot-related visit, and some you'll need to come back for much later. For the CCG fans amongst you, there are also a few Gwent leagues to get stuck into, and you can try your hand at a spot of horse racing as well. [Read More]