Avowed follows the classic RPG rubric for enemy types and is therefore full of spiders. It's also full of bears for some reason, but, trust me, there are lots of spiders. That means anyone who can't stand spiders couldn't play what is a pretty killer RPG.Thankfully it's becoming more and more common for games to add arachnophobia modes as part of their post-launch support, and Avowed will be no different....
Bungie is, once again, being accused of using the designs of an independent artist without permission, pay, or attribution. In a post on X earlier today, visual artist Antireal said that Marathon's environment art uses design elements pulled directly from her 2017 poster designs."Bungie is of course not obligated to hire me when making a game that draws overwhelmingly from the same design language I have refined for the last...
If you've seen a funny Elder Scrolls clip on YouTube or elsewhere on the internet in the past few years, it was probably from Bacon_, whose wry editing and lack of commentary allow his videos of the notoriously janky games to just speak for themselves. His own favorite video in his catalogue, the eight-second "I love dogs," could literally only happen in the Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion."I'm Rena Bruiant," declares...
Funcom has shared some stats on the Dune: Awakening beta that took place last weekend, and players certainly got up to some bloody business. The only substantial water supply in the early game is the blood of your enemies, and in four days of the beta players extracted 8,715,331 liters of blood from fallen foes (and potentially a few unlucky desert mice).That's a lot of blood. That's so much blood...
Stellar Blade, the action game where if you squint it will look like Nier: Automata, is finally coming to PC on June 11.Actually, you don't even have to squint to make it look like Nier: Automata because the DLC that lets main character Eve wear 2B's outfit comes with it. It's a complete edition, after all, so everything PlayStation 5 players got a year ago will be included, like the...
On June 11, the PC version of Stellar Blade will be released*. The PC version of Stellar Blade will support several new features and introduce exciting additional content. This additional content will also be available on the PS5 console version, This additional content will also be available on the PS5® console version. PS5 users will receive the free update content through a patch download. It will deliver the best experience...
Fortnite has pushed back its big Star Wars-themed mid-season update and, well, it probably has something to do with Apple.It was originally meant to come out today, May 15, but has been pushed back a diabolical 24 hours to now release on May 16 instead. The most important thing here is that the update unlocks the General Grievous bonus track of the battle pass—something that'll mean a lot more to...
Consider the humble ThinkPad laptops of yore—machines beloved of corporate types and those just into the unassuming robustness of a laptop brick. Just what secrets are those funky chunky machines hiding in that bulky form factor?Well, if you're a certain sort of sicko (like me) with deep pockets (unlike me), a custom motherboard bundle costing close to a grand (via Hackaday). The X210Ai from TP Art is designed to fit...
Assassin's Creed Shadows was delayed until 2025. At the time, this was considered to be a bit of a blow to a floundering Ubisoft. Fortunately for the developer, it seems like that gambit paid off in the end. The game sold well enough, making it the second-highest Assassin's Creed seller (on day one) in Ubisoft's history.Being pleased as punch about this, CEO Yves Guillemot announced in an investor call (thanks,...
Until you get your hands on it, it's hard to comprehend how much bigger Doom: The Dark Ages is compared to its predecessors. Not only are the Doom: The Dark Ages missions generally more open than what we've come to expect, there's also tons of them to complete and heaps (and I mean heaps) of secrets to uncover.Below I'll go over all the campaign missions in Doom: The Dark Ages...