To say that the independent video game scene reinvigorated the world of horror games is something of an understatement. Although a few mainstream developers held true to horror elements in games, the growth of indie horror has truly helped shape the way that it sits in the gaming sphere. Through the birth of popular franchises such as Amnesia and Five Nights at Freddy’s, horror once again returned to the fold, with a strange and terrifying new shape....
Reddit user Chaz630 reveals how to access the secret Central Park area in The Division by using a number of glitches and tricks to phase through normal walls. Ubisoft’s highly anticipated third person shooter The Division has only been available for a week and already players have started to discover some of the games many secrets and hidden collectables. While players have come across a number of cool easter eggs within the streets of Manhattan, some even involving the likes of Batman, there are still many things that have eluded the fan base until now including how to infiltrate Central Park....
Collecting masks in The Division was a fun end-game activity, offering unique mask customizations including clown masks, hockey masks, and gas masks. The Division 2 is continuing the feature, allowing players to earn a variety of masks by undertaking difficult Hunter boss fight encounters. These Hunter Masks, while not as diverse in make-up as The Division’s cosmetics, still offer players an opportunity to drop the beanies and baseball caps for something a little more intimidating....
A Reddit user by the name of mechspectre discovers a spoiler-filled Breaking Bad Easter Egg hidden in Tom Clancy’s The Division that references Walt and Jesse. Observant gamers that have been playing Tom Clancy’s The Division since its launch last Tuesday have managed to discover a number of Easter Eggs hidden in the game. The latest Easter Egg found in The Division was discovered by Reddit user mechspectre, and it should be amusing for any fans of the critically-acclaimed AMC TV show Breaking Bad....
I am a huge fan of The Elder Scrolls, let’s get that fact out of the way right away. These games will eat up your time because there is so much to do, and so far to level up. The maps are massive, there are seemingly endless missions and the storytelling is masterfully crafted. And one of my favorite things about the whole franchise is the interconnected lore that you get glimpses of....
Bethesda’s first-ever E3 showcase set the tone for the entirety of E3 2015, with the esteemed publisher unveiling new footage of Fallout 4 and a Fallout spin-off mobile game, Fallout Shelter. If that weren’t enough for Fallout fans, Bethesda made many wasteland travelers happy by announcing that they would be releasing an official, functioning Pip-Boy, bundled with a copy of Fallout 4. The Pip-Boy Edition went up for pre-order right away at multiple retailers, and many Fallout 4 fans and collectors scrambled to reserve a copy....
The Game Awards 2016 announces that it will become the first live awards show broadcast on Twitter as well as the first to air live in virtual reality. The Game Awards are always events that have been designed not just to commemorate the year’s biggest achievements in gaming, but to also celebrate and discuss the elements of video games that make the industry unique. When The Witcher 3 won Game of the Year over Fallout 4 last year, the Game Awards 2015 had fans of gaming everywhere suddenly engaged in a productive debate over the elements of open world gaming they find most appealing - a useful conversation not just for the players themselves, but for developers looking to improve on their past successes....
The following contains spoilers for The Haunting of Bly Manor. While many have pointed out that The Haunting of Bly Manor is not quite as scary as its predecessor, it certainly has a more satisfying conclusion. The Haunting of Hill House seemed to lose its nerve in the final hour, delivering an ending that was too saccharine and unearned. On the flipside, Bly Manor concludes its story in heart wrenching, then bitter sweet fashion, revealing the identity of the series’ mysterious narrator, detailing the fates of the 1987-set characters, and expelling the spirits of the titular manor....
The RYNO (designed to Rip Ya a New One) debuted in the very first Ratchet & Clank game all the way back in 2002, and it has since become a staple weapon of the series. It’s a beefy, powerful tool of destruction that unleashes hellfire capable of tearing apart enemies and sweeping boss fights in unparalleled fashion, toppling even the infinite rocket launcher of Resident Evil 4. Managing to land this unruly but expensive beast made Drek a cakewalk in the ultimate showdown in Ratchet & Clank....
Released almost a year ago, The Last Campfire by Hello Games has recently gotten a brand new update. It was announced this week by the managing director, Sean Murray, who introduced in a tweet the new added puzzles with more interesting mysteries. The Last Campfire is entrancing with its eerie yet soothing music, which attracts and sets a calm mood when you get to trying out the game. For those who have had the pleasure of playing this game, you know how great these puzzles are with its stunning graphics and animations....
It’s been nearly a decade since Skyrim’s release, but the game still stands out from the crowd in its genre. Players new to Skyrim, or even the Elder Scrolls series altogether, might not be clear on just what their player character is, and the significance of “the last Dragonborn” in relation to the history and world of Tamriel. The last Dragonborn obviously has no set race or gender (though promotional Skyrim material portrayed the Dragonborn as a male Nord) because it’s up to the player, but there’s still plenty of Dragonborn lore to cover....
As it stands, The Last of Us 2 is the highest-rated video game of the year so far, with an impressive 95 score on Metacritic. Critics have given The Last of Us 2 near-universal praise, with many hailing it as one of the best video games ever made. Despite this, The Last of Us 2 is currently getting review bombed, with its 95 critic score standing in stark contrast to the measly 3....
The Last of Us 2 has had the difficult task of following one of the most acclaimed narrative-focused titles in the gaming. While this would be a significant amount of pressure on any game, leaks from The Last of Us 2 also led to some fans being concerned with the direction that the game was exploring. Despite the concerns that have surrounded the anticipated title, it seems that The Last of Us 2 has managed to be a satisfying sequel....
A common criticism levied at Halo 5: Guardians was 343’s controversial decision to remove split-screen from the game. It seems as though 343 learned its lesson from the fan backlash for deciding to axe split-screen, as studio head Bonnie Ross appeared at DICE 2017 to make the announcement that Halo 6, and all future FPS Halo games for that matter, will support split-screen functionality. As reported by GameSpot, Ross made this announcement when discussing what Microsoft learned about working on the Halo franchise without Bungie at the reigns....
This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 1: “Strange Energies.” The mission of the USS Cerritos is to do the jobs other Starfleet ships can’t; following up with all sorts of minutiae and boring outer space logistics, long after the Enterprise or the Defiant has warped out. But whether it’s Lower Decks or Picard or Discovery or Strange New Worlds, the mission of hardcore Trek fans is the same: Pause the screen and see what deep-cut Easter eggs got slipped in this time!...
Earlier today, Steam started its Lunar New Year sale, which caught plenty of peoples’ attention on Twitter. As usual, Steam’s big discounts have the gaming community paying close attention to the deals this year’s sale has to offer. The sale was announced last month, and users took the news of it going live to Twitter as soon as the Lunar New Year Sale went up. Steam’s Lunar New Year Sale is held yearly and is one of the many big sales Steam offers to its users....
Gold is a very useful resource in Subnautica: Below Zero, used to craft a variety of different electrical items and tools. Essential items, like Ion Batteries and Parallel Processing Units, require gold. You’ll also need Gold to upgrade your hand-held scanner up to a full-on Scanner Room. Although considered quite valuable, Gold isn’t that hard to come by in Subnautica: Below Zero. You just need to know where to look. The Calaverite Outcrops that Gold can be found in are located throughout the ocean, from the Twisty Bridges biome to the Crystal Caves....
In celebration of National Video Game Day, National Today conducted a survey of 1000 Americans through a Portland PR Firm to determine which video game franchise is the best. The results are a mix of predictable titles and entries that seem to come entirely out of left field, but are rather enjoyable to look at. National Video Game Day is uniting gamers online today, as they share their own opinions on what the best video game is, or how video games have affected their lives....
This article contains Tenet spoilers. You can read our spoiler-free review here. Christopher Nolan has a reputation for making complicated, hard to understand movies, but in all honesty, that reputation is unearned. In Memento, the scenes filmed in color are running in reverse order, the scenes filmed in black and white are running forwards, and the film ends when they meet in the middle. Inception is a pretty straight forward heist once you get your head round the idea that the dreams are nested inside each other like Russian dolls, each running a little faster than the one inside of it....
The Xbox One may not have had the best of starts in 2013, but Phil Spencer and the rest of the Xbox team has turned the ship around in an incredible way. Over the years the platform has given its players a multitude of options and features that are consumer-friendly. The most notable of these are the dozens of special and limited Xbox One controllers they’ve released, including the personal customization platform known as Xbox Design Lab....
