The making of Devotion, China's least favourite horror game

 Posted on June 17, 2023  |  23 minutes  |  4710 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Red Candle's Devotion is one of the finest horror games of the past decade, and if you haven't played it already, it's possible you never will. Following its release this spring, the game was found to contain an unflattering reference to China's president, Xi Jinping. The discovery sparked an outcry among Chinese players, leading to the withdrawal of Chinese distributors, the closure of Red Candle's account on Weibo, one of China's largest social media platforms, and the removal of the game from Steam in China. [Read More]

The neverending quest for Absolver's ultimate martial art

 Posted on June 17, 2023  |  13 minutes  |  2728 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

You've heard of the Way of the Dragon, but have you come across the Way of the Magic Right Arm? As you've probably guessed, it's a martial art where every move has to involve the right arm - effective at rattling jaws, less so at sweeping ankles. It's not, you've probably also guessed, an actual combat discipline but one of thousands dreamt up by players of Sloclap's Absolver, the unbearably stylish fighting game which lets you pick from over 120 beautifully animated kicks and punches to create a bespoke martial art, or " [Read More]

Valve confirms "blocked" Steam Deck installations are just a "technical issue"

 Posted on June 17, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  433 words  |  Fernande Dalal

If you caught the rumour earlier this week that developers could prevent their games being downloaded on Steam Deck, worry not; turns out it was just an error. A tweet showed purported evidence that the recently-released Demon Gaze Extra had been specifically configured to prevent downloads to Steam Deck, which understandably worried early adopters of Valve's new handheld system. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Turns out it's just a big misunderstanding, something Valve now suggests was " [Read More]

Warmind's story is pretty good - if you're a Destiny lore nerd

 Posted on June 17, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1108 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Warmind, Destiny 2's second and latest expansion, offers a short but sweet helping of new story which will last you around three hours. The campaign is spaced across five missions where you fight our old friends the Hive, meet characters previously teased in obscure lore files, and which moves the overall Destiny story along... if only by an inch. There's much more to the expansion than its story content, of course, and for that we'll have a review next week, once we've had time to explore all the post-campaign missions and questlines appraise the new Cruicible maps, and sample the Raid Lair activity which will go live at 6pm UK time this Friday, 11th May. [Read More]

Destiny - Iron Medallion locations for Rise of Iron's Beauty in Destruction Quest

 Posted on June 16, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  550 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Previous page Page 2 of 2 As part of getting your Gjallarhorn in Destiny: Rise of Iron, you have to find Iron Medallion locations in the Beauty in Destruction Quest, which is essentially a collectible hunt (mostly) through The Plaguelands Patrol area. While they are in specific locations, and appear on your screen when you get close enough, it helps to be pointed in the right direction, so here's screengrabs where each one is positioned to speed things along. [Read More]

Destiny Wrath of the Machine Vosik boss - How to beat the Archpriest, Voltage Rising, Voltage Maxed, SIVA Charge and Core explained

 Posted on June 16, 2023  |  11 minutes  |  2310 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Previous page Page 2 of 5 Next page Welcome to the first part of Rise of Iron's Raid, which throws you right in the deep end with a fight against Wrath of the Machine's Vosik the Archpriest boss. This is in two parts and requires a series of co-ordinated mechanics before you can deal damage, acting as a nice warm up of things to come. Wrath of the Machine Vosik boss first encounter - Voltage Rising, Voltage Maxed, SIVA Charge explained A summary of the steps to defeat the Vosik boss first encounter are: [Read More]

Face-offs (Page 19) | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on June 16, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  419 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Face-offs (Page 19) Digital Foundry | Face-Off Preview: Need for Speed: Rivals on PS4 and Xbox One Frostbite 3 hits the road on next-gen console. 176 Digital Foundry | Face-Off: Call of Duty: Ghosts With next-gen coming soon, the PC shows us the way in this current-gen battle. 104 Digital Foundry | Face-Off: Battlefield 4 Xbox 360, PS3 and PC under the microscope. [Read More]

FIFA 22 lets you turn off opponent celebrations

 Posted on June 16, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  317 words  |  Trudie Dory

FIFA 22 will for the first time in the series let you turn off opponent celebrations. Celebrations have been a long-standing conduit for toxic behaviour in competitive FIFA. Your opponent is forced to watch them - and they can be pretty grating after rage-inducing goals are scored. With FIFA 21, EA pulled the Shush and A-OK celebrations from the game. The Shush celebration in particular was infamous within the community as it was done while the scoring player was running. [Read More]

Fortnite - IO Heist questline: Where are IO guards explained

 Posted on June 16, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  474 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

The IO Heist questline is one the first punchcard questlines released in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 8. During this questline, you'll assist Charlotte (not me, the Fortnite character) in robbing the remains of the IO bases on the Fortnite map. To achieve this, you need to know where the IO guards are, so you can take care of them… Completing this challenge set will reward you with a total of 80k XP, which will help you earn some Battle Stars and earn those first Season 8 Battle Pass skins. [Read More]

Majora's Mask next game to join Nintendo Online

 Posted on June 16, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  399 words  |  Trudie Dory

UPDATE 18/02/22: Majora's Mask will hit Switch Online on 25th February. Nintendo announced the news with a new trailer for the N64 classic. It's fitting timing what with the prevalence of loop games at the moment: Majora's Mask sees Link repeating a three day cycle to stop the moon from destroying the world of Termina. Link is dragged into the world of Termina, where the moon is falling from the sky! [Read More]