These mods bring stunning improvements to the PC version of Silent Hill 2

 Posted on January 4, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  438 words  |  Fernande Dalal

A group of volunteer developers and modders have been quietly enhancing and improving the PC release of celebrated psychological horror, Silent Hill 2. Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is self-described as an ongoing project of enhancement packages that add various visual, audio, and bug improvements for the PC version of the game, such as implementing a modern widescreen camera, improving the display for higher resolutions, and removing several prominent audio bugs. [Read More]

Bloodborne's cut Great One Beast boss is now playable again thanks to new mod

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  496 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Bloodborne fans have been tirelessly uncovering cut content inside developer From Software's code, an absolute mountain of it in fact, since launch in 2015; and now one of these excised treats - the fearsome Great One Beast boss - has been made playable in a new mod. The Great One Beast is a cut boss first uncovered by Bloodborne sleuths Sanadsk and Zullie back in 2018. The pair's initial probing uncovered the creature - a towering behemoth of red eyes and undulating fur, with a deadly aura - as only a partially implemented model. [Read More]

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War's Zombies Onslaught mode is a 12-month PlayStation exclusive

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  448 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Activision has unveiled Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War's co-operative Zombies Onslaught mode, which, in news sure to send eyeballs a-swivelling, is confirmed to be a timed PlayStation exclusive that won't be heading to other platforms for a full year. Zombies Onslaught is separate to this year's main Zombies narrative - Die Maschine, which is still coming to all platforms at launch - and is described as a " [Read More]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review - punchy gunplay in a camper's paradise

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  11 minutes  |  2343 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Infinity Ward rekindles the Modern Warfare magic with a more tactical first-person shooter - for better and for worse. There's a lot going on with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. A lot that's good, a lot that's bad and plenty in between. Overall, the developers at Infinity Ward have done a fine job reestablishing the once titanic Modern Warfare sub-brand with this "soft reboot". But, at launch, this is a game of potential. [Read More]

Godfall is heading to Xbox and Steam in April

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  377 words  |  Trudie Dory

Developer Counterplay Games' action-RPG Godfall will - after nearly 18 months of PlayStation and Epic Games Store exclusivity - be making its way to Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam on 7th April, arriving in a new Ultimate Edition guise. Godfall initially launched for PlayStation 5 and PC via the Epic Games Store back in November 2020 (and a PlayStation 4 version arrived in November last year), taking players and up to two co-op pals on a loot-drenched action romp - all clashing swords and smashing hammers - through a gorgeously wrought fantasy world. [Read More]

Godfall: Challenger Edition and Prison Architect are currently free on the Epic Store

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  602 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Thursday is here, meaning a fresh batch of free games to download and keep courtesy of the Epic Games Store, which this week look an awful lot like Prison Architect and Godfall: Challenger Edition. And if that's somehow not enough to be getting on with, leaks are suggesting Epic will have plenty more freebies to give away over the festive period. First up though, this week's offerings, beginning with developer Counterplay Games' Godfall: Challenger Edition. [Read More]

Mortal Kombat X review | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1201 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Flashy, shallow and a lot of fun, Mortal Kombat X is a progressive sequel that will delight fans but won't convert newcomers. Why would Sonya Blade fall in love with Johnny Cage? Mortal Kombat X does not even attempt to solve this riddle, choosing instead to lean into the sheer impossibility that their union would not only happen but result in a beautiful, bad-ass baby named Cassandra Cage. (Why would she take her dad's name? [Read More]

Playing True Dungeon: LARP, escape room, and D&D campaign all in one

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  8 minutes  |  1683 words  |  Patria Henriques

Those Frost Giants really messed us up! 10 feet tall with noses the size of bratwurst and hands like shovels, they towered over us. We would have been OK if we'd left them asleep. "If you talk above a whisper you'll wake them up," our guide told us. I'm fine whispering! We were all fine whispering. But the caged prisoner ruined everything. "Help me!" she shouted. "Shh!" we all rasped. [Read More]

Predator: Hunting Grounds review - a naff waste of great material

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1268 words  |  Fernande Dalal

A predictably grim spin on a legendary action licence that really deserves better, Predator: Hunting Grounds is unworthy prey. Intentional or not, a lot of video game protagonists are probably based on the Predator. This is an angry, 80s space alien designed with the sole purpose of looking extremely cool to a thirteen-year-old. It's such a shame, then, that when the Pred does make the leap to what should be its home world of video games, what we get is yet another naff, underbaked and dated effort like Predator: Hunting Grounds. [Read More]

Riders Republic wingsuit: How to get the wingsuit and unlock air races in Riders Republic

 Posted on January 3, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  419 words  |  Trudie Dory

Wondering when you can flight off? Here's how to get the wingsuit in Riders Republic and unlock air races.It won't be long until you start wondering how to get the wingsuit in Riders Republic, especially considering how thrilling it is to fly one during the tutorial segment. Part of the big appeal of this multiplayer game is the intersection between different sports, from biking to snowboarding, all clashing together under the same roof. [Read More]