This is a judgement-free zone for those of us who suck at Blue Prince, the hit puzzle game about exploring a weird mansion. Critics and puzzle fans say it might be one of the best games this year, which is surprising because it makes you do math. And it’s not even just regular math; it’s math with made-up rules. But I’m here to tell you that there’s no shame in...
Hello fellow precision platform junkies! I’m Juhana, the Creative Director of Bionic Bay – my most ambitious project yet. Bionic Bay is a precision-puzzle platformer set in an ancient bio-mechanical world, hand-crafted pixel by pixel to create a high-fidelity, atmospheric environment. Bionic Bay started as a chance meeting between me (Mureena) and Psychoflow studio, on a Reddit post showcasing their swap mechanic. We soon began to collaborate, merging their technical...
Speaking on his weekly KOJI10 radio show, Hideo Kojima detailed a Death Stranding 2: On the Beach feature that will allow players to clear boss battles after an unidentified number of game overs rather than continue to struggle with a frustrating fight. A “continue” option on the Death Stranding 2 game over screen, according to translations by X user Genki_JPN, will skip boss battles entirely. Players who take advantage of...
The time-lock safe is a safe in Blue Prince that you’ll find next to the computer terminal in the Shelter. The computer allows you to schedule when the safe unlocks, but it can be tricky to set up if you don’t know how to figure out the time and date. This guide will show you how to unlock the time-lock safe in Blue Prince plus some tips on how to...
The price of a PlayStation 5 is going up again in some territories, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Sunday on its PlayStation Blog. Sony’s latest price increases went into effect on Monday, and affect customers in Europe, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. Sony blamed “a backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates” in a statement attributed to Isabelle Tomatis, vice president of global marketing...
The first episode of Don’t Nod’s narrative adventure, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, ended with a hell of a cliffhanger: a massive discovery of something unknown, possibly malevolent, and a devastating revelation about one of the story’s central figures. As the second episode, or tape, of this player-choice-driven, nostalgia-powered story aims to draw things to their conclusion when Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 launches April 15 day one...
What happened to the ghost colony on Tau Ceti IV and the infamous Marathon ship that started it all? Decades after the original Marathon trilogy, the Bungie development team is ready to dive back into the world of Tau Ceti IV in their upcoming team-based extraction shooter, Marathon. The game launches on PS5, Steam, and Xbox Series X|S on September 24.Today we’ll be covering some of the highlights from the...
This weekend Bungie revealed Marathon’s sci-fi-fueled gameplay to the world. The studio, celebrated for its sublime first-person gunplay and ever-expanding gameplay, is venturing into the extraction-shooter genre when the game launches on September 24. The Marathon premise is simple and enticing: load up your Runner with valuable gear, compete with other players to secure more loot, and risk it all trying to extract with all the goods. I had the...
With a backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates, SIE has made the tough decision to raise the recommended retail price (RRP) of the PlayStation 5 console in select markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Australia and New Zealand. The updated PS5 RRPs are effective starting April 14, as follows*: EuropePS5 Digital Edition – €499.99 (No pricing changes for the standard PS5 with...
Bungie re-revealed its extraction shooter Marathon via livestream on Saturday. Marathon was officially revealed in May of 2023, and Bungie has been relatively quiet since its announcement. But as the studio gears up for the game’s Sept. 23 release date, it’s opening the floodgates on all things Marathon. The studio started the event with a quick intro and a flashy trailer, which you can see above, followed by some of...