Ed Sheeran coming to Pokémon Go

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  443 words  |  Fernande Dalal

UPDATE 18/11/21: Pokémon Go has now fully detailed its crossover event with Ed Sheeran, which will take place next week from 7pm UK time Monday 22nd November, and be live until 9pm UK time Tuesday 30th. You'll be able to watch a pre-recorded performance from Sheeran via Pokémon Go's news feed featuring six songs from his new album =, including "Perfect", "Bad Habits", "Overpass Graffiti", "Thinking Out Loud", "First Times" [Read More]

Fans transform Pokémon Red into an MMO

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  285 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Pokéfans have stepped up to turn Pokémon Red into a fully-fledged MMO. PokeMMO is a PC mod for Game Boy Advance remake Pokémon Fire Red, which adds in the ability for hundreds of users to play through the entire game together. Development on the mod is still in its alpha stages, but already you can interact with a server bustling with players, add friends, join parties, battle in tournaments and chat. [Read More]

Five years after launch, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 gets a surprise patch on PC

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  285 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Surprise! Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy 13 just got a surprise patch five years after the game came out on PC. Square Enix's role-playing adventure, which launched on PC in December 2015, received an update to fix an issue with Lightning's voice not being played in some scenes, according to a note on Steam. How random! Or is it? As many fans have already speculated, this update may be more about tidying up the game ahead of a launch into Xbox Game Pass. [Read More]

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds review

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  5 minutes  |  963 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Frozen Wilds' wintry wasteland looks awe-inspiring, but its story breeds the same disappointment as a melted snowman on Christmas morning.There's a nostalgic euphoria I associate with the sound of crunching snow. It reminds me of childhood winters wrapped up in scratchy scarves and impractical mittens, trudging through Irish fields, white as the eye could see and making that first welly-boot footprint in an untouched blanket of glistening snow. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds Developer: Guerrilla Games Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform: Reviewed on PS4 Availability: Out November 7th on PS4 It's a difficult feeling to recapture but Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds manages it beautifully with scenes straight out of a winter wonderland. [Read More]

Makers of infamous World of Warcraft bot Honorbuddy admit defeat

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  308 words  |  Trudie Dory

The infamous Honorbuddy bot plaguing World of Warcraft appears to have been beaten. Blizzard didn't name Honorbuddy specifically but said, in a post on the WOW forum (via Gamespot), "We've recently taken action against a large number of World of Warcraft accounts that were found to be using third-party programs that automate gameplay, known as 'bots'." On the Honorbuddy forum, however, there's a post by staff member Bossland that reads like an admission of defeat. [Read More]

Metal Gear Solid 5 Key Items locations: How to unlock all costumes and suits

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  303 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

If you reach certain milestones in the game, or finish off particularly tricky missions, you'll receive a special Key Item as a reward. These allow you to develop new items of equipment and cosmetic items - here's how to unlock every one of them. Metal Gear Solid 5 Key Items locations: How to unlock all costumes and suits KeyNotesCriteria Children's RewardUnlocks Water PistolFinish Mission 18 First Aid ManualUnlocks Tactial Fulton D-DogFinish Mission 18 and search Masa Village Master Certificate - MarkingCan tell the different between enemies and decoysMark 500 enemies Master Certificate - FultonUnlocks Grade 3 Fulton upgradeExtract 500 enemies Grand Master Certificate - FultonUnlocks F-BallistaExtract 1,000 enemies Master Certificate - BoxUnlocks C. [Read More]

Microsoft buying Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard for nearly $70bn

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  659 words  |  Trudie Dory

Microsoft is buying Call of Duty and World of Warcraft maker Activision Blizzard in an astonishing, industry-shaking deal worth $68.7bn. The deal, which is expected to be approved in 2023, was confirmed by Microsoft in a blog post from Xbox boss Phil Spencer. The monumental acquisition - by far the largest ever seen in video games, and the largest in Microsoft's history - means Microsoft will own blockbuster franchises such as Call of Duty, Spyro, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot and Tony Hawk from Activision, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Hearthstone and StarCraft from Blizzard, as well as Candy Crush from mobile arm King. [Read More]

Minecraft Dungeons review: a Diablo-like that's just deep enough

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  7 minutes  |  1349 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

You can build anything in Minecraft, something this fun dungeon-crawler from Mojang ably proves. Minecraft is famous for its Creative mode - the option which gives an endless supply of digital Lego for you to play around with. It's the place people build replicas of their universities or the Sistine Chapel or that big tower from Lord of the Rings. But for me, Minecraft has always been about its Survival offering. [Read More]

PlayStation Now games for July 2021 announced

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  340 words  |  Patria Henriques

Streaming service PlayStation Now offers a huge library of games for PlayStation users giving hundreds of PS4 titles to download and play instantly. The biggest and arguably best game coming this month is Red Dead Redemption 2, which follows the story of outlaw Arthur Morgan, a member of the Van der Linde gang. It is full of shootouts, heists, hunting, horseback riding, interacting with NCPs, and maintaining Arthur's honour through the choices you choose. [Read More]

Steins;Gate Elite review - a must-have for fans, a maybe for everyone else

 Posted on September 27, 2022  |  5 minutes  |  1051 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

5pb's 2009 visual novel gets a sizeable makeover - but don't expect it to make new fans for the genre. When is a video game not a video game? It's not that I'm just feeling a little existential today. Honest. It's a question that popped up in my head just a few hours into my inaugural journey with Steins;Gate Elite and it's refused to dissipate since. Steins;Gate Elite review Developer: 5pb Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Platform: Reviewed on Switch Availability: Out now on PC, PS4 and Switch If we were curled up on a pub's squishy sofa cushions right now and I asked you that question over a pint and some beef and onion crisps, how would you reply? [Read More]