Sigourney Weaver and original Alien cast to star in Alien: Isolation

 Posted on June 3, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  271 words  |  Trudie Dory

Sigourney Weaver and members of the original Alien cast are lending their voices and likenesses to Sega and Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation - though only in two missions which are pre-order bonuses. Two missions are being worked on that feature members of the 1979 original. The first, 'Crew Expendable', casts players as either Yaphet Kotto's Parker, Tom Skerritt's Dallas or Sigourney Weaver's Ripley as they explore the Nostromo and track down the alien. [Read More]

The 25 best VR games to play in 2021

 Posted on June 3, 2023  |  20 minutes  |  4088 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Virtual Reality remains one of the most exciting things going on in games at the moment. The platform you choose will dictate which games are available - PlayStation VR, for instance, is relatively cheap compared to the alternatives, and while it can be a nightmare to wire up for the first few times, it tends to work well with small play-spaces - while others are more expensive but can be fancier in their various ways. [Read More]

The new Trackmania is fussy, frustrating and frequently brilliant

 Posted on June 3, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  1006 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Trackmania has always been a bit of a mess. It's something as hard-baked into the series' DNA as lightning quick reaction times and the instantaneous restart, and Trackmania Turbo - the accessible console-focussed compendium of all that's great and good about Nadeo's series and that was the last we saw of it - increasingly feels like something of a blip. If you're a veteran, though, you might be pleased to know the new Trackmania is a return to the old ways; this is fussy, frustrating and frequently brilliant, too. [Read More]

What's behind Final Fantasy 14's surge in popularity?

 Posted on June 3, 2023  |  9 minutes  |  1734 words  |  Trudie Dory

As an avid fan of Final Fantasy 14, I regularly log in on the evenings and weekends to play the game. But recently I noticed a trend while logging in; queues. It's not too unusual to have a short wait that almost immediately resolves, but this time, the line sat at over 300 players. It took ten minutes to simply get into the game - and all I wanted to do was mull around in the Bojzan Southern Front to grind away for an extremely shiny weapon. [Read More]

YouTuber Syndicate denies claims of sexual assault

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

YouTuber Tom "Syndicate" Cassell has responded to allegations of sexual assault made by two women last weekend. Content warning: this article includes descriptions of sexual assault. One woman, speaking in a video posted to Twitter last Sunday, described an alleged encounter with Cassell in 2016 where the YouTube star is said to have continued to have sex with her despite being asked to stop as they were not using contraception. [Read More]

All the big announcements from Nintendo Indie World

 Posted on June 2, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  570 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Nintendo's latest Indie World Showcase has now concluded - and before we get any further, no, we did not get an update on Silksong. What we did get was a look at more than a dozen promising indie titles headed to Nintendo Switch over the next year, some of which were new reveals, while others popped up with new release windows. Oh, and a couple are out today! The showcase kicked off with creature collection and farming game Ooblets, which is getting a Nintendo Switch release this summer. [Read More]

Bill Clinton immortalised in Guilty Gear Strive's new Digital Figure mode

 Posted on June 2, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  298 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Bill Clinton has been immortalised in Guilty Gear Strive, after remarks against the series made in 1999. As reported by Gamespot, then President of the United States Bill Clinton gave a speech condemning violence in video games, specifically violent messaging in advertisements. He held up a number of examples, which included "kill your friends, guilt free" from Guilty Gear, the 1998 first instalment in the fighting game series. Fans at the time took Clinton's comments honourably, especially considering its niche appeal as a Japanese game. [Read More]

Destiny 2 - Gorgon maze route, platform and jumping puzzle explained

 Posted on June 2, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  687 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Previous page Page 5 of 7 Next page The Gorgon maze in Destiny 2 is home to several white, Harpy-style enemies called Gorgons who will kill your entire fireteam if they spot you moving among them. Coming swiftly after the Templar encounter, this is a change of pace - and requires a lot of patience and co-ordination to make it through. After that is a jumping puzzle, which is a deceptively fiendish descent towards the door of the final boss arena. [Read More]

DICE reveals massive changes to Battlefield 2042's map design

 Posted on June 2, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  383 words  |  Fernande Dalal

DICE has revealed details on upcoming improvements and proposed changes to the core map design in Battlefield 2042. In a hefty post, the EA developer identified five main areas of map design that needs improvement. First, the team acknowledged that much of the community is frustrated with traversal as it currently stands. With the introduction of large-scale maps to accommodate 128 players, the travel time between objectives became overly lengthy. [Read More]