Murdered: Soul Suspect review | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on January 19, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1393 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

A curious and offbeat detective adventure that makes up in personality what it lacks in depth and technical polish. I'm over halfway through Murdered: Soul Suspect when I realise something: I've not shot or punched anyone during the whole time I've been playing. Nor, it turns out, will I shoot or punch anyone for the remainder of the game. It's a testament to the game's peculiar strengths that it manages to feel like an action game while cleverly distracting you from the fact you're not actually getting much action. [Read More]

The original Unreal Tournament just got a new patch with hundreds of fixes

 Posted on January 19, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  308 words  |  Fernande Dalal

The original and best Unreal Tournament, released back in 1999, has just received a new patch. Update version 469 is available now from Github, and is designed for the small community of PC players still logging on to frag each other and score m-m-m-monster kills with well-placed Redeemer shots on Facing Worlds. The patch is the work of the OldUnreal forum, building on work from the UTPG (Unreal Tournament Preservation Group), a collective of community programmers and server admins that took over after Epic Games wound up its official support. [Read More]

This Psychonauts 2 video teaser shows exactly what happened to Ford Cruller at the end of the original game

 Posted on January 19, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  286 words  |  Patria Henriques

Double Fine has revealed what happened to Ford Cruller at the end of the original Psychonauts game. While initially shared only with the game's crowdfunding Fig backers a month ago alongside the sequel's highly-anticipated release, the video is now available to all via the studio's website. Yes, there are spoilers - so be wary if you've yet to play the first instalment - but as spotted by PCGN, the three minute teaser video explores what happened to ex-Psychonaut - and mentor - Cruller immediately after the credits on the first game rolled. [Read More]

Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on January 19, 2023  |  8 minutes  |  1521 words  |  Fernande Dalal

So, this is the PSP RPG you've been waiting for. It's intelligent in design, rich in storytelling, expertly paced in action, deep and meaningful in dialogue, beautifully scored and stunningly hand-drawn and animated. It boasts near imperceptible loading, and urgently presses into your palms a battle mechanic that's at once quickly accessible in the short term and genuinely compulsive in the long. And yet, in so many other ways, it's not the PSP RPG you've been waiting for at all. [Read More]

Watch Dogs: Legion PS5 and Xbox Series X gets 60fps performance mode 1st June

 Posted on January 19, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  355 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Watch Dogs: Legion on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X gets a 60fps performance mode on 1st June, Ubisoft has announced. The announcement comes in a blog post detailing changes to Legion's roadmap of content. Title update 4.5 was due out in late May, but is now pushed back to 1st June "to make sure that the different teams working on separate pieces of content have the time they need to create the best game experiences possible" [Read More]

What's Fable really all about?

 Posted on January 19, 2023  |  18 minutes  |  3774 words  |  Patria Henriques

Good and evil is barely the start of it, frankly. Fable is one of those rare, fascinating game series upon which nobody can really seem to agree about anything for very long. It's a shallow RPG, or maybe it's a canny and satirical examination of RPGs in general. It's hilarious - oh, the burping! Or maybe it's just juvenile. Let's face it: Fable's easy to the point of being obsequious, isn't it? [Read More]

When it comes to Spain, I kind of wish Civ 6 had chosen a different Philip

 Posted on January 19, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  970 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Sid Meier's Civilization games are brilliant for learning about historical figures. Historical figures such as Pedro II of Brazil, say, who had passed me by before Civ 5's Brave New World expansion introduced us, and who turned out to be a man who was seriously missing from my life. Gentle and rather sad, Pedro II never really wanted to be ruler, but he still aced it if you ask me: he abolished slavery and - this is a recent discovery of mine - he was close friends with Jean-Martin Charcot, the father of modern neurology. [Read More]

Another central Overwatch character has an LGBT backstory

 Posted on January 18, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  990 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

UPDATE 9/1/19: It was a new Ana skin and it's in the game now, added in an update yesterday evening. You can't buy the epic-grade Ana skin because it's a special reward for completing a new "Bastet" challenge - Bastet being the name of the short story talked about below - but the challenge is easy. All you have to do is win nine games across Quick Play, Competitive and Arcade, playing as any hero, and you'll unlock the skin. [Read More]

Borderlands 3 weapons manufacturers and weapon rarity explained

 Posted on January 18, 2023  |  10 minutes  |  2008 words  |  Patria Henriques

Borderlands 3 will continue the series tradition of having a range of different weapon manufacturers all competing for your business. From shotguns to assault rifles to rocket launchers, they have the guns - as long as you have the money. With over one billion guns available, you'll be able to pick and choose from both new manufacturers, such Altas, and old favourites, including Hyperion and Maliwan. Each manufacturer builds their guns with a special feature that is unique to their company. [Read More]

Destiny Outbreak Prime quest - How to solve the monitor puzzle and start Rise of Iron's Challenging the Corruption quest

 Posted on January 18, 2023  |  8 minutes  |  1520 words  |  Trudie Dory

After a week of the community working one of Rise of Iron's biggest mysteries - how to activate all of Wrath of the Machine's monitors - the puzzle has finally been cracked, paving the way to starting Destiny: Rise of Iron's Outbreak Prime Exotic weapon Quest. Streamer Datto and his team were among the first to get the 390 Light Pulse Rifle (!), with other players following suit. Within hours, Datto and the Destiny sub-Reddit revealed the full steps to get the rifle, from monitor locations to starting the Channelling the Corruption quest and the various SIVA Engine puzzles. [Read More]