Like most fantasy adventures, Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure puts you in the role of a newly established hero attempting to rid a magical realm of a freshly arisen evil. You venture through various levels, fight nefarious monsters, and earn money and experience along the way to improve your skills. It sounds like a typical role-playing game, but Ring Fit Adventure is far from typical. You don’t…
Capcom has released a new video for its upcoming Resident Evil spinoff Project Resistance that shows how the multiplayer game works. The survival horror title is apparently a 4-versus-1 asymmetrical co-op game similar to Dead by Daylight, allowing you to play any of the four…
Yakuza 7: wilder than ever, also now a kart racer
September 12, 2019
Yakuza 7 — or to be precise, Ryu ga Gotoku 7, which means “Like a Dragon 7,” which will drop the “7” and go by Yakuza: Like a Dragon in the West for some reason — made its public debut today at Tokyo Game Show. It was my first chance to see how its controversial…
World of Warcraft is dominating Twitch because Fortnite streamers are desperate for change
September 11, 2019
Fortnite fans perusing Twitch for their favorite streamers to watch have been running into an issue for the past couple of weeks: almost all of the biggest names in the community are playing a different game.
It’s not a battle royale title or even a competitive multiplayer game; it’s a largely cooperative fantasy RPG that came out 15 years ago. Maybe you’ve heard the name before: World of…
'Sayonara Wild Hearts' hits PS4 and Switch the same day as Apple Arcade
September 11, 2019
During Tuesday’s big iPhone event, one of the Apple Arcade games that got some stage time was Sayonara Wild Hearts. It’s a launch title for the game subscription service, but that’s not the only place you’ll be able to play the “pop album video…
‘Fortnite’ is letting players vote on rotating store skins
September 11, 2019
With all of the troubles surrounding B.R.U.T.Es and turbo building changes, Fortnite players have often felt like their voices aren’t being heard. Epic Games has gone some way to reverse some of the issues by introducing updates that bring more balance to the game, but…
EA meets with gamers to help curb toxic behavior online
September 11, 2019
EA knows online harassment is a problem with its games like anyone else’s, and it’s taking some (small) steps toward creating a less toxic space. The publisher used the recent Gamescom expo to hold the first meeting of the Healthy Communities Player Council, a group of gamers teaming with EA to address vile behavior in online gaming. While EA focused on sharing updates on its own…
Nintendo wins court case to block Switch piracy websites in the UK
September 10, 2019
Nintendo just scored another win in its ongoing crusade against pirates, although the consequences are slightly unusual this time around. The gaming giant has won a UK injunction that will have five major providers in the country (BT, EE, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin) block four…
EA's Project Atlas cloud gaming launches tonight in closed beta
September 10, 2019
You won’t have to wait long to try EA’s Project Atlas game streaming service — in fact, you might get to play very shortly. EA has announced a surprise Cloud Gaming Technical Trial that will debut September 10th at 1AM Eastern as a closed beta for some…
EA has announced that it’ll be launching a closed trial for its upcoming Project Atlas cloud streaming service tonight at 10PM PT / 1AM ET, allowing anyone with an EA Origin account to sign up and potentially gain access to a closed beta of EA’s in-progress cloud gaming service. The initial test will start tonight and run for two weeks.
Players selected for the trial will be able to play four…
