We still don't know the real name of Gloomwood's doctor protagonist, but I'm beginning to suspect it might be 'Jekyll' given what he gets up to in the game's new Research update. This latest addition to New Blood's Thief-inspired immersive sim folds in some game-changing abilities, which you essentially steal from Gloomwood's enemies in the grisliest manner possible.As explained in the update's Steam blog, the research update introduces the lab....

When Bit Reactor's game director Greg Foertsch confirms to me that Star Wars Zero Company has permadeath, I can't help but grin. In retrospect, it might be a bit odd for me to get so psyched about the shadow of mortality, but this one choice says so much about what kind of game—and what kind of Star Wars—Zero Company is going to be.We've been calling this game "Star Wars XCOM"...

It's Saturday, so why not celebrate the start of the weekend with a nice easy Wordle win? Today's answer is here whenever you want to click on it, whether that's before you've touched the first row or you're one line away from the bottom of the board. As always, we've got a clue for the April 19 (1400) game here if you need it too.A fun little opener. Something a...

Perusing the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit for pro gamer tips this morning (as one does), I was struck by something: It was all photo mode shitposts. The subreddit has gazed upon all Patch 8 has to offer, and summarily declared: "This is r/BaldursGate3, bitch. We clown in this mf. Better take your sensitive ass back to r/BG3builds."You're laughing? Prime OP Shadow Blade combos are getting drowned out by memes, and...

In the latest episode of our video series Reality Check, paleontologist Dr. Darren Naish returned to give his assessment of the monster designs in Elden Ring. While you might be unsurprised to learn that FromSoft's opus isn't exactly "realistic," Naish praised the studio's attention to detail and commitment to its fiction.Case and point: The universally loathed Land Octopus. With an eye for environmental storytelling that would make a FromSoft lore...

I've seen lots of attempts to recreate the success of Rocket League over the past decade, but none have come close. Rematch might finally, actually do it.The multiplayer soccer game ('Rocket League but with feet,' as I'm calling it here) is having an open beta on Steam this weekend, and has already surpassed 100,000 concurrent players.Attracting lots of players during a free beta doesn't necessarily mean that Rematch will sell...

Base-building RTS Tempest Rising released on Steam yesterday, a full week before it was supposed to, and the publisher doesn't see a good way out of it, so the game just has a new release date now: April 17 instead of April 24."While the team worked quickly to address the issue, the most seamless solution ended up being to release the game to everyone," reads an update on Steam.The mistake...

A gnarly new skin for Doctor Strange is causing a stir among Marvel Rival players. The $25 "Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness" skin, depicting the wizard's zombified form from the 2022 Sam Raimi film, was teased earlier this week and released today, but some customers are miffed that the in-game skin doesn't match the one advertised on the store.It's a matter of hands—specifically, the zombie corpse hands that...

I don't have any way to prove it, but I'd bet money (up to $11) that over at Marvel movie headquarters there's a big whiteboard upon which a phrase has been written and circled and underlined for the past several years:How do we make Mr. Fantastic's stretchy powers not look goofy af???I genuinely don't think there's a way to pull off Mr. Fantastic's body stretching powers in a live action...

Monster Hunter Wilds just finished up its first limited-time challenge quest, where hunters could compete on a worldwide leaderboard for the fastest clear time in a hunt against a Doshaguma to earn bragging rights and cosmetic rewards. Unsurprisingly, those leaderboards were quickly flooded with cheaters posting impossibly fast hunting times. Today Capcom said it's beginning a "review" of the leaderboard, so that it can "take action" against users who posted...