Warner Bros. dropped a new sneak-peek teaser for James Gunn’s Superman on Thursday out of CinemaCon, and it’s mostly just the same trailer we saw back in December, with the same quick-cut looks at Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Guy “worst haircut in the ’verse” Gardner (Nathan Fillion), Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan), a giant kaiju that might be Jimmy Olsen, and more. The difference is, there’s an extra two...
After many months, if not years, of leaks and speculation, it’s finally official: Nintendo has announced and fully revealed its next console. It’s called Nintendo Switch 2, and as the name implies, it’s a very similar design to the Switch — a hybrid handheld console with detachable controllers that can be connected to a TV via a dock. While it may seem an obvious move, the iterative system is an...
The most recent update to the extremely normal and not-at-all-weird driving simulator, Pacific Drive, adds a whole new layer of replayability. The Endless Expeditions update from developer Ironwood Studios is the largest update Pacific Drive has received since its launch last year, and delivers a brand new survival game mode in addition to a number of quality-of-life updates and a spread of new content, giving players a great reason...
What is it? What’s the formula, the secret ingredient to make a VR game bring pure excitement and adrenaline to the players? How can we make them smile and go “wow” after they take off the headset? For us devs at Something Random working on Harpagun, it all comes down to a few simple elements. Let’s take it from the top. Play Video Movement that matters: Speed, control, and immersion...
Romance isn’t a huge component of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but it does exist. You’ll naturally come across some romance options in the main story and via companion missions. Romance, then, is just a matter of knowing what to say — and when to say it. In this Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide, we’ll cover how romance works, followed by a list of all romance options and details of how to romance...
All of DC Comics’ Absolute titles have been swinging for the fences. The line, featuring classic characters reinvented for a darker universe than the main DC timeline, has been packed with stellar work. This past Wednesday, though, the final pages (or… page?) of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 took things to a whole new level. Writer Deniz Camp and artist Javier Rodríguez wrapped their series launch with an art trick that...
Mortal Kombat has invaded Fortnite, introducing its characters and locations into the Chapter 6 Season 2 map. Three new Mortal Kombat themed landmarks have been added to the Chapter 6 Season 2 map: The Pit, The Living Forest, and The Dead Pool. The only problem is that these locations aren’t marked on the Fortnite map, so they can be particularly hard to find. To make your search easier, we’ve marked...
Last month we saw quite a few adventure games spring into action. What game from last month’s lineup was a fresh start? Some of the big new releases included Assassin’s Creed Shadows, MLB The Show 25, Hitman World of Assassination (PS VR2), and Split Fiction. How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game...
Chengnan An, the lead game designer on Honkai: Star Rail, has worked at parent studio Hoyoverse for a little over nine years, first on Honkai Impact 3rd, and then on the current sci-fi RPG. That means An has been present for much of the company’s worldwide meteoric rise; Honkai Impact 3rd (2016) was an early hit with international audiences that would soon be eclipsed by Genshin Impact (2020). And yet...
Notre Dame is cleaner than we’ve ever seen it before. That’s what stood out to Maxime Durand, Ubisoft’s resident historian, when he saw photos of the newly restored nave. “It’s the first time that we can actually see the full monument with this splendor,” he told Polygon. “Since the industrial revolution, the air pollution has affected the color of any landmark in Europe, and Notre Dame was part of that....