Last week, we asked you to share the friendly and villainous side characters of Death Stranding 2: On The Beach using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: youarerexam shares Neil with his gun raised moving through shadows EmperorHal shares Tomorrow tossing an apple in the air carletto0809 shares a nightmarish version of Dollman sorathluna shares Fragile playfully posing for a picture calisarah1998 shares Rainy basking in the nighttime air...
Nightfarers will be able to explore Limveld as a duo — intentionally, that is — in Elden Ring Nightreign starting July 30, developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco announced Friday. Patch 1.02 for Elden Ring Nightreign will add Duo Expeditions, offering an alternative to solo play and three-player expeditions. Patch 1.02 will also include various quality-of-life UI improvements, including more Relics filtering options, Bandai Namco said. The option to play as...
Action role-playing game Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is charting some rough waters in the days after launch. Despite its gameplay being top-notch Soulslike action, Wuchang has debuted to nearly 16,000 “mostly negative” reviews on Steam at the time of this writing. It’s only been able to amass so many reviews because so many pirate warriors are playing it; Wuchang’s 24-hour peak player count sits at over 131,000 players on Steam. The...
Nicolas Guérin of Thunder Lotus, best known for 2020’s Spiritfarer, likes viewing things differently. “Maybe it’s my contrarian nature, but Spiritfarer was meant to be kind of a counterpoint to what death is usually perceived as, which is gloomy, dark, terrible,” he told Polygon recently over video call. “But there is a silver lining. There is some way to talk about death with positivity.” Guérin was the creative director for...
Skybound Games revealed yet another addition to the Invincible VS roster, and it’s none other than Battle Beast. Robert Kirkman showcased the new character during his panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, featuring a trailer built around Battle Beast’s brute strength and thirst for war. Snapshots from the teaser show off the intergalactic terror soaked in Mark Grayson’s blood after hitting him with a string of brutal combos. Screenshots...
Ubisoft has released a summer roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Shadows that includes plans for a July 29 update that will increase the game’s level cap, introduce new game plus, and add new trophies and achievements for players to hunt down. Another update is planned for early September, and a third is set to go live on Sept. 16. Next week’s update will increase the player level cap from 60 to...
Hi there. Square Glade Games here! We’re excited to share that we’re bringing Outbound, our cozy open-world exploration game, to PlayStation 5. Alone or with up to four players, Outbound starts you off with an empty camper van and sets you off on a journey to scavenge, craft, and build up your dream home as you adapt to the changing environment. I’m Marc Volger, co-founder of our studio, and I’m...
On behalf of the team at The Game Kitchen, we’re thrilled to share that Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is ready to go and will launch next week on July 31! To celebrate, we’d like to look back on the project’s creative journey and share a glimpse into how the game’s art style was developed, refined, and ultimately brought to life. When Dotemu approached us to create a new entry in Team...
Electronic Arts and DICE will reveal the next mainline Battlefield game on Thursday, more than four years after the release of Battlefield 2042 and EA’s ensuing promise to revitalize the flagging franchise with new management and an all-in approach from multiple game studios. Battlefield 6’s reveal will arrive on July 24, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT. Our first official look at Battlefield 6 features a squad of four soldiers...
I lean into every turn. I throw my whole body forward to pick up speed. I scurry out of the way to avoid other cyclists. But I’m not out racing on a real bike, because New York City summers are disgusting and to step outside is to be instantly damp. Instead, I’m playing Wheel World. Messhof’s new bike-themed adventure game (formerly known as Ghost Bike) isn’t some sprawling open-world game....