Mini Metro+ is as good as it gets
Posted on April 6, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
There's a special elegance to subway maps. Much of it is just in the looks: the minimalism and the weirdly playful colours. I look at London's tube map and see a kind of Scandi children's toy. You know the sort - made of wood, a bit tactile, and always passively educational, the kind designed by friendly faces in white coats that do want you to have fun, but also develop very specific parts of your brain while you're doing it.
[Read More]Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment, its third gaming studio acquisition in six months
Posted on April 6, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
Netflix has acquired its third game development studio, Boss Fight Entertainment. This latest acquisition comes after the streaming giant acquired Oxenfree developer Night School Studio last September, and then Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales creator Next Games earlier this month.
"Boss Fight's mission is to bring simple, beautiful, and fun game experiences to our players wherever they want to play," said the founders of Boss Fight Entertainment in a statement posted to Netflix's official website.
[Read More]Over an hour of Rainbow Six: Parasite gameplay leaks from a technical test
Posted on April 6, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
UPDATE 22ND MARCH 2021: Ubisoft has responded to the Rainbow Six: Parasite gameplay leak, promising more news later this year.
"We can confirm this is a glimpse of our upcoming Rainbow Six game," Ubisoft said in a statement issued to Eurogamer. "Recently, we ran an internal test for the game and unfortunately some of the details became public. This clip is a work in progress gameplay footage. We'll share more details about the game later this year.
[Read More]Pokémon Go Pallet Town Collection Challenge: How to find Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle explained
Posted on April 6, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
The Pallet Town Collection Challenge is one of the Collection Challenges for the Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto event.
This Collection Challenge will task you with catching Pokémon which can be found in and around Pallet Town in the Kanto region. There are a total of 10 Collection Challenges for you to complete as part of Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto - Pewter City, Cerulean City, Fuchsia City, Pokémon League, Raid, Research, Evolve, Trade and Incense.
[Read More]Shin Megami Tensei game Soul Hackers 2 announced
Posted on April 6, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Atlus has announced Soul Hackers 2, which will arrive on 26th August for PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. That's right - there's no Nintendo Switch version announced, and it is actually arriving in the West alongside its Japanese release.
"In a war between devil summoners, it's up to Ringo and her team to decrypt destiny and save the world from apocalypse!" Atlus said today, alongside the below trailer.
[Read More]The six-year story of GTA Online's long-vacant casino
Posted on April 6, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
For Grand Theft Auto Online diehards, there is nothing more infamous than the Vinewood Casino. A rumoured playable location since players first got their hands on the game in 2013, I remember parking my busted Sultan on Mirror Park Boulevard and seeing the 'Opening Soon' banner for the first time - a beacon of hope back then for an ambitious multiplayer game that hadn't quite found its feet. Since its inclusion, gumshoed players (myself included) have obsessed over this eerily quiet corner of Los Santos, searching for clues behind the scenes and lobbying Rockstar to put together a grand opening.
[Read More]You can get a bright purple monkey in Sea of Thieves with Twitch Prime
Posted on April 6, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
If you've yet to spend any of your real-life money on a pet in Sea of Thieves' new Pirate Emporium, you might be able to get one for free (sort of) with a Twitch Prime membership.
The Twitch Prime Pirate Pack can be claimed here, rewarding you with the Amethyst Soul Capuchin Monkey - of course, it's a Twitch promotion, so naturally the monkey is bright purple (and also adorable).
[Read More]Batman: Arkham Origins' Knightfall DLC is PlayStation 3-exclusive
Posted on April 5, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Batman: Arkham Origins developer WB Games Montreal has announced the game's Knightfall Pack, which will only be available on PlayStation 3.
Knightfall contains five challenge maps and two player skins - one for Knightfall Batman and another for the Classic TV Series Batman (hello Adam West).
Maps include "Azrael Does Not Protect", "City on Fire", "Venom Connection", "Turning Point" and "No Rest for the Wicked", glimpses of which can be seen in the trailer below.
[Read More]Battlefield 2042 Steam concurrent players fall below 1000 for first time
Posted on April 5, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
New figures show that player numbers for DICE's Battlefield 2042 keep on falling, with less than 1000 concurrent users playing via Steam this morning.
A thread on ResetEra revealed that as few as 979 players were shown to be taking part in the game on Steam earlier today, with a peak of 2411 players in the last 24 hours. In comparison, 2018’s Battlefield 5 had a peak of 20,913 players over the same 24-hour period.
[Read More]Best SSD for gaming 2022: shorter loading times, smoother streaming
Posted on April 5, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
On the back of falling flash memory prices, SSDs have become significantly more affordable over the past few years. At the beginning of 2018, a 512GB Crucial MX500 drive cost around $140; now, the same drive costs $60. We've seen even more significant price drops for fast NVMe PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 drives, making them a much better value for money option than ever before. Before we get into the actual drives that we recommend, let's cover the basics: why are SSDs actually worth their higher cost per gigabyte than traditional hard disk drives?
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