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Summary This week, Sony premiered its May 2024 PlayStation State of Play, during which the company revealed a brand-new entry in theAstro Botseries. The title, aptly calledAstro Bot, will deliver a full-length sequel to the wildly popularAstro’s Playroom, which was packed in with the PlayStation 5 at launch. WhileAstro Bot’s revealoffered fans a glimpse at a range of original content, one fan-favorite element fromPlayroommade a very big return. If the trailer is anything to go by,Astro Botis set to build on, and embolden,Playroom’s greatest strength....

Resident Evil Re:Verseis a multiplayer game - more specifically, a player-versus-player multiplayer game - set in theResident Evilseries.This game has a rather unique mechanicthat not many other player versus player games have; that being the ability to shapeshift into a Bioweapon the moment the player dies. RELATED:Silent Hill 2 Remake: Lessons It Should Take From Capcom’s Resident Evil Remakes There are many players who will be able to immediately take to the intricacies of this player-versus-player game....

Summary Third-person shootersare fast-paced and usually a lot of fun. While several AAA games such asGears of Warhave helped establish this genre as a part of mainstream gaming culture, countless otherAA titleshave also helped pave the road. AA studiosdon’t have hundreds of employees or the million-dollar budgets that developers such as Bethesda or Ubisoft do, but that’s not always a bad thing. Thanks to their smaller size,AA studios often have more independenceand can take more creative liberties than their larger counterparts, which, more often than not, results in unique games....

As the highly anticipatedBlack Mirrorseason 6 gears up to hit the silver screen at Netflix, series creator Charlie Brooker reveals some of the new tricks he tried and failed to bring the anthology drama to life. In a typicalBlack Mirror-esque outturn, Brooker reflects that the experience taught him how not to use technology in the future. Throughout its disconnected and independent episodes,the hit dystopian seriesnarrates different tales in which the resolution is more or less similar— the dangers of using technology irresponsibly....

Blade and Sorceryis a medieval fantasy sandbox fighting game that isentirely built for VRallowing players to take on the role of a valiant knight in arena combat. There is a variety of weapons on hand for players to try out ranging from a simple dagger to the righteous power of a two-handed claymore. Related:Blade And Sorcery: Best Weapons Mods You Need To install With so many weapons readily available for players to try out, finding the one that cuts or pierces the best can make the arena combat even more satisfying....

Crusader Kings 3can be considered one of the most immersive and epic medievalgrand strategy games out there.The ability to roleplay and respond uniquely to a myriad of events can truly make anyone feel like a king (or queen). Not surprisingly, religion plays a major role in the world ofCrusader Kings 3and can affect the many decisions that come up during gameplay. Therefore players who want to roleplay differently by introducing matriarchal tenets or live like the Targaeryens fromGame Of Thrones(it’s for an achievement!...

Horror games can come in a bunch of different shapes and forms, all with different playstyles. The one thing that players agree on is the more immersive the game is, the better it is to play because the scares mean more and have more weight to them. Many modern horror games drop players into a world, with little to no information, and let their imagination run wild.Darkwooddoes this really well. In fact, as soon as players load up this game, it tells them patience is key, and it won’t hold their hand as much....

Summary Dead Island 2has many things to do after players beat the main story. The gameis bursting with side quests and collectible-related activities, with some post-game content that only becomes accessible after completing its 24 main story quests. Collectibles like zombie-hoarded keys are dotted around almost every corner of Hell-A, with many types of collectibles tied to other activities in the game, so players may likely rarely be short of things to do....

Summary As the release ofDead Island 2’s next DLC draws closer, the upcomingSoLA Festivalexpansion needs to set itself apart from the game’s first DLC,Haus. AfterDead Island 2’s cliffhanger ending, fans hoped that answers to unresolved questions would arrive in bothHausandSoLA, but theHausDLC didn’t bring any closure. However,SoLawill hopefully meet these expectations. Dead Island 2proved to be one of the biggest surprises of last year. After the game was stuck in a long and grueling development cycle, 2023 was finally the yearDead Island 2saw the light of day....

Summary Unfortunately for fans of theBattlefieldfranchise, the online multiplayer servers forBattlefield 1943,Battlefield: Bad Company, andBattlefield: Bad Company 2are all being shut down on Friday, December 8. TheBattlefieldseries has had it rough in recent years, especially after the disastrous launch ofBattlefield 2042, but there once was a time when the first-person shooter franchise was one of the most popular series on EA’s roster. The originalBattlefieldgame launched in 2002 and is often hailed as one of the most important and innovative FPS games of all time....

Despite the current lull in content forDestiny 2, the game is still gearing up for a strong end to the year, and an even stronger beginning to 2022. December brings the Bungie 30th anniversary event, and releasing on December 7 is the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack. The contents of the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack feature a new dungeon and cosmetics, but quite possibly the creme de la creme will be Gjallarhorn making its arrival inDestiny 2....

FossilPokémonare certainly a mysterious bunch. Fossils of ancient Pokémon can be found through excavation, and through somewhat vague processes can be brought back to life in a new form. They often take inspiration from real-life prehistoric creatures big and small. They also can be found to be jabs at botched real-life palaeontology, as withPokémon Sword and Shield’s bizarre Fossil family (some of Generation VIII’s strangest designs). Regardless, they’re often fascinating Pokémon that can help spice up a team later into a playthrough....

Elite Dangerousis an absolutely massive space simulation. Thanks to the incredible Stellar Forge technology it’s based on,Elite Dangerousis able to generate a 1:1 simulation of the Milky Way Galaxy. There’s 400 billion star systems to be explored. In the eight years since the game was released, players have explored a whopping 0.05% of it. Related:Elite Dangerous: How to Prospect Planet Surfaces for Materials That’s still 222 million star systems that have been explored though, and theElitecommunity is nothing if not resourceful....