Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled review - a generous remaster of a cult classic

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  8 minutes  |  1503 words  |  Patria Henriques

Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled is a gold-standard remaster, capturing the loveably janky, off-brand spirit of classic CTR - and then some. Crash Team Racing - the original one - is my life-or-death game: the one I'd pick if some cartoon, alien villain came down to Earth and told me I had one chance to beat them in a video game to save the world, and one where I reckon I'd actually have a decent shot at pulling it off, too. [Read More]

Face-Off: Mass Effect on PS3

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  11 minutes  |  2306 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

- Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 Disc Size 6.9GB 10.7GB Install 6.9GB (optional) 3557MB (mandatory) Surround Support Dolby Digital Dolby Digital, DTS, 5.1LPCM Five years on from its original release on the Xbox 360, developer BioWare has at last picked its moment to adapt the very first Mass Effect for PS3. This comes available as either a single PSN download or as part of the Mass Effect Trilogy collection - helpfully packaged alongside all relevant DLC, plus a patch to enable character imports in the later games. [Read More]

Horizon Zero Dawn PC revisited: is it fully fixed?

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  8 minutes  |  1623 words  |  Fernande Dalal

With the announcement of more PlayStation exclusives coming to PC, starting with Days Gone this Spring, the time felt right to return to Horizon Zero Dawn, Sony's first full-blooded attempt at porting one of its most celebrated triple-A masterpieces. On release, performance and the overall quality of the user experience was poor, but six months on there's no doubt about it: the game has dramatically improved. It's not perfect, it's still far from ideal, but Guerrilla Games has taken onboard feedback and corrected many of the issues, while dramatically improving performance in some scenarios. [Read More]

Knockout City's season 3 "Hacked" introduces a new map and battle pass

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  511 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Knockout City's third season, Hacked, will drop on 5th October, 2021, complete with hacking, motorbikes, a battle pass, and a brand new map, too. "Season 3 is just a short way away, and we've got a lot to cover with everything that's goin' on around here," developer Velan teased in an update on the official EA website. "Speaking of, it's a little... different out there. Seems like the DJ isn't the only one who's been paying attention to what's going on in Knockout City - looks like we got an extra visitor here with us. [Read More]

Larian making two new RPGs using Divinity: Original Sin engine

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  388 words  |  Patria Henriques

Divinity: Original Sin developer Larian Studios is making two new RPGs, it's confirmed. "Both RPGs are being built on top of the D:OS engine," Larian boss Swen Vincke revealed in a new blog post. The developer is using its existing engine so all fixes it makes for Divinity: Original Sin automatically benefit the new games. "It also means that we can spend most of our resources on developing new cool stuff without having to reinvent things that worked well already," [Read More]

PS5 bundles are in stock now at Currys

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  481 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

PlayStation 5 stock is available at Currys in the UK today. The retailer is offering four different bundles that include the standard PS5 console, with prices starting from £699. The £699 bundles include a Logitech G435 wireless gaming headset, a WD_Black 1TB SSD to expand your console's storage right off the bat, and the choice of either Horizon Forbidden West, or Gran Turismo 7 - both of which are physical copies. [Read More]

Starfield has been reimagined by a fan in Unreal Engine 5, and it's out of this world

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  310 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Following the news of Starfield's delay into 2023, a team of creators have shared their vision for the game in Unreal Engine 5. "We're so excited for Starfield we couldn't help but imagine this upcoming game in Unreal," the team shared on their YouTube channel (Enfant Terrible). Bethesda's Starfield teaser trailer. The footage may only be short, but it is absolutely gorgeous and packed with swelling music and sprawling, otherworldly, vistas. [Read More]

Tech Analysis: Quantum Break | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  15 minutes  |  3094 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

It's been years in the making, but Remedy's Quantum Break is finally ready. The Finnish team's love of slow-motion will seemingly never die - and it finds a good home this time in a time-bending action title that focuses on moving in and out of time while shooting your way through a character-driven narrative. Within minutes of starting the game it becomes evident that Quantum Break is one of the most impressive looking titles on Xbox One. [Read More]

Telltale Games' long-awaited Wolf Among Us 2 gets first proper trailer, 2023 release

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  651 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Some five years after its original announcement, Telltale Games' long-awaited The Wolf Among Us 2 has just received a first proper trailer, along with the news it'll be launching in 2023. The Wolf Among Us 2 has, of course, had an eventful journey to reach this point; the original game - a five-episode story-driven adventure based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic books - released almost a decade ago in 2013 to much acclaim, and the demand for a sequel was immediate. [Read More]

The naked bum cheeks that almost cost Overcooked its age rating

 Posted on May 12, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  430 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Overcooked, the fantastic local co-op game about running a kitchen and shouting at your pals, eventually secured an age rating of 'E for Everyone' in the US, but a cheeky little bum on its logo almost had this family-friendly title slapped with a more mature recommendation. Just a few weeks before the game launched, co-developers Phil Duncan and Oli De-Vine received an email from the ESRB, the organisation responsible for age ratings across the US, Canada and Mexico. [Read More]