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Naughty Dog caused a bit of a stir recently when they seemingly confirmed that The Last of Us Part 2 won’t include a multiplayer mode.  “We’re focusing on a single-player experience, so we’re just making a single-player game for this,” said lead game designer Emilia Schatz in an interview with USgamer. It seems that a Sony representative

Release Date: Sept. 20, 2019Platforms: Switch (reviewed), PCDeveloper: House HousePublisher: Panic Inc.Genre: Stealth  There are some games that capture the adoration of the public long before they launch, and Untitled Goose Game was very much one of these. There was always a queue for the game when it demoed at EGX Rezzed earlier in the

Mortal Kombat 11 is getting a very surprising co-op raid mode as part of the game’s next patch.  How will that even work? Well, as revealed during the latest Kombat Kast, these raids will see three players team up to take on the same boss. Every player participating in the raid will fight the boss

Travis Knight has agreed to direct Sony’s Uncharted movie adaptation.  Knight is perhaps best known as the director of the surprisingly good Transformers spin-off, Bumblebee, which was the first live-action film he directed. Before that, Knight primarily worked as an animator on such as Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls. He’s also seemingly still set to direct The

Apex Legends is getting a new map for its third season. The new map, called World’s Edge, is showcased in featured in the game’s lastest cinematic trailer. While that trailer doesn’t show off every corner of this new world, it does reveal a few key landmarks such as a large ice section complemented by what

At the EA Play press conference at E3 2018, Respawn founder Vince Zampella revealed that the studio is working on a new Star Wars game called Jedi: Fallen Order. The game will take place during the era between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, a time when the remaining Jedi in the galaxy

Castlevania, one of the greatest video game franchises of all time, has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence of late. The original game released on the Famicom Disk System on September, 26, 1986. Since then, nearly 40 titles have been published across just about every significant system in gaming history from the NES onward. The

A trio of trademarks registered by publisher Take-Two indicates that remasters of Mafia and Mafia 2 may be in development.  Two of the applications filed recently by Take-Two relate to the names of Mafia and Mafia 2 as well as the logos associated with those titles. The date on the applications is August 2nd, which

This article is part of our History of PC Gaming series. In 1983, FMV games introduced us to the future. At a time when graphics were defined by sprites and basic polygonal models, the arrival of the first FMV (Full Motion Video) games felt like a gigantic technological leap forward for the industry. The genre’s

Microsoft has formally announced Project xCloud; a new program that will allow you to stream console games to mobile devices. The current plan is for Microsoft to fill data centers with hardware that is capable of running and streaming console quality games. It’s a technological concept that we’ve seen other, similar services utilize, (such as

Yes, one of the greatest games of the previous console generation is getting a sequel. Fans hoped that Naughty Dog might find a way to return to the world of The Last of Us, but the nature of the original game’s ending left some to speculate that the developers had said all there was to say

WB Games Montreal could be teasing a new Batman game — just in time for this week’s PlayStation State of Play briefing. Rumors have been circulating for ages that WB Montreal is working on something Bat-based, with a popular theory suggesting that the villainous Court of Owls could be the focus of the new game. Back in August,

Google has revealed Google Play Pass: an apparent competitor to Apple Arcade. At the very least, the similarities between the two services are hard to deny. Much like Apple Arcade, Google Play Pass will allow subscribers to access a growing collection of mobile games for a set monthly fee. That fee is the same as

This article contains spoilers for Control and Annihilation. Control is not, director Mikael Kasurinen points out, a horror game, but the latest entry in the New Weird, a genre sitting in a debated space somewhere between science fiction, horror, and magical realism. It’s in this space that the team at Remedy Entertainment created the game’s unique

Some creepy occurrences in Red Dead Online have fans hoping that Rockstar is planning an Undead Nightmare style content update.  The most telling sign that something is up is the sudden appearance of a nightmarish zombie-like NPC in the game’s swamp area that was first spotted fairly recently. There’s no explanation for why this character

As the cinematic release of Terminator: Dark Fate inches ever closer, a new Terminator video game has been announced. It’s a single-player first-person-shooter called Terminator: Resistance, which has been developed by Teyon and is set to be published by Reef Entertainment. The game will tell an original story, centered on a brand new hero character

Good news for Batman fans and deal seekers everywhere as Epic is currently offering six free Batman games via the Epic store.  Yes, starting right now, you can download and keep Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman Arkham Knight, LEGO Batman: The Videogame, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, and LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham for the low price of

Lionsgate and Good Shepherd Entertainment are working on a fascinating new game based on the John Wick film franchise.  Called John Wick Hex, this upcoming game is surprisingly not another third or first-person shooter featuring characters and locations from the franchise. Developed by Mike Bithell (perhaps best known for the indie game Thomas Was Alone), John Wick Hex

This article comes from Den of Geek UK. Apple Arcade is now available in countries around the world. The tech giant’s new subscription service allows owners of Apple devices to download games from an impressive library of titles, which features new output from loveable indie studios and familiar big-name franchises. But when you’re looking at

Release Date: September 13, 2019Platform: PC (reviewed), PS4, Xbox One, StadiaDeveloper: Gearbox SoftwarePublisher: 2K GamesGenre: Action RPG Being able to look back on who you were five years ago and feeling a little embarrassed is often a sign of growth. It’s good that you’re able to change over time and maybe even laugh a little bit

Saber Interactive has revealed the remainder of their 2019 DLC roadmap for World War Z.  While Saber hasn’t revealed the exact release dates for World War Z‘s second season of DLC, they have teased what kind of content fans can expect. Arguably the most important upcoming update to the game is the highly-anticipated addition of

Call of Duty Mobile will feature a fairly extensive battle royale mode that will no doubt take aim at the mobile versions of Fortnite and PUBG. Activision describes this mobile version of the battle royale mode as being separate from Black Ops IV’s Blackout mode, but they note that players may “find some familiarity.” For

When Contra: Rogue Corps premiered at this year’s E3, some longtime fans wondered whether this surprise new entry was pointing the series in the right direction. After all, Rogue Corps ditches the franchise’s traditional side-scrolling perspective for the top-down isometric camera angle of a twin-stick shooter. Gone is the 2D and in its place is a beefier

Apple has announced its own game subscription service, which some are calling a response to Google Stadia and other cloud and subscription-based game services. Dubbed Apple Arcade, this new service is designed to offer what Apple is describing as a curated collection of games. According to Apple’s Ann Thai, this service will grant subscribers access to over

GameStop is reportedly looking to overhaul the design of its stores and turn them into hubs for the gaming community.  GameStop had previously confirmed that they are looking to overhaul the design of their stores as part of a reboot of the brand. However, there was really no indication of exactly what that meant besides

Death Stranding isn’t even out yet, and Hideo Kojima is out there talking about sequels.  “The most difficult part is, when you create something new, you have to create a sequel and then a third version or it [will] not remain as a genre,” says Kojima in an interview with Gamespot. “When this game comes

Release Date: Sept. 10, 2019Platform: PS4 (reviewed), XBO, PCDeveloper: PES ProductionsPublisher: KonamiGenre: Sports sim If you really tried, you could probably separate famous soccer players into two distinct camps: there are the workmanlike players who get the job done in an unfussy way, and then there are the showboaty players that pull unexpected tricks out of the bag. If we

An upcoming piece of Control DLC will apparently be related to the Alan Wake universe in some way.  So, Remedy released the DLC roadmap for Control recently, which is already great news for those who are enjoying one of the more unique and entertaining games of 2019. The Fall DLC will add a photo mode

The Shenmue 3 announcement was one of the big surprises of E3 2015, leading to an initial clamor of support which saw its Kickstarter campaign well over $2m within hours of launch. Shenmue 3‘s $6.3m totally eclipsed the previous record holder, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which raised $5.5m. It’s undoubtedly good news for fans of the earlier Shenmue games, and

Anthem is coming to EA Access in what we’re sure is in no way some kind of last-ditch effort to keep the game relevant.  Anthem has been added to the EA Vault which means that EA Access subscribers will be able to play it for no additional cost. That means that anyone who pays $4.99