Bungie is taking a look at a bunch of new player data (which means we might see some balancing in the future) and they are planning a decent downtime for next week. Maintenance will begin on Tuesday, October 3rd, at 8AM PT / 11AM ET and will end at 12PM PT / 3PM ET. The team isn’t ready to talk buffs and nerfs, but there is some type of ‘ongoing process in play’. Unfortunately for the folks annoyed with it, Bungie there are better weapons (or weapons on par with it). Very recently, we received o

After a long wait and delays, Cuphead has finally released after getting its official (and final) release date during E3 this year. The developers went through plenty of hardships to get the game released, but it’s finally happened and the game appears to be pretty darn good! On Metacritic, the Xbox One version is sitting at 85/100 and the PC version is at 89/100, OpenCritic has the game at 87/100 – at the time of writing. 9.5/10GamesRadarYes, Cuphead was worth the wait. Though, honestly, even t

Sony has teamed up with Capital One to bring gamers the PlayStation Credit Card. The PlayStation Credit Card is designed to work to the benefit of PlayStation owners by offering a bunch of Playstation specific rewards. Well, to start with you get a $50 gift card for the PlayStation Store when you get approved for the card. The card will be offering five times the points (100 points is $1 in Sony Rewards) on specific purchases: Using the card in the PlayStation Store, purchasing Sony products fro

The most recent interview included Takashi Tezuka, director of Super Mario World, and Shigefumi Hino, a graphics/character designer for the game. If you’ve played a majority of the classic Super Mario games, you’ll know that Yoshi made his first appearance in the franchise in Super Mario World. According to Hino, Mario is actually hitting Yoshi on the back of the head and the surprised Yoshi is sticking is tongue out. “While we were developing Super Mario Maker, the subject of what Mario is doin

Managing your team’s health, and keeping them battle ready is one of the first challenges newbie trainers are forced to contend with, and Nintendo’s answer to that is something they are calling the Starter Trainer’s Pack. Check it out:The #PokemonUltraSunMoon Starter Trainer’s Pack includes the game, 12x Revives, and a keychain. Pricing details on the Starter Trainer’s Pack haven’t been announced, and they will only be available at “participating retailers,” which also haven’t yet been announced

Anthem was presented as the latest action and cooperative game from Bioware at E3 this year. The trailer they showed was very impressive and people started wondering when they will receive more details about it. One thing Bioware has confirmed is that the game will receive a beta. According to Jonathan Warner, director of the game, Anthem will receive a beta. Since the game is focused on cooperative missions, it could be described as EA’s response to games like Destiny or The Division.

While Dead Rising 4 didn’t land quite the punch that both fans and Capcom were hoping for, that hasn’t stopped the latter from doing everything they can to improve the experience and expand its player base. In a new post on the official Capcom blog, the company detailed a few “fan requested improvements” that will be implemented later this year. The improvements can be broken down into three categories, Human Enemy Improvements, Distress Calls, and Other. These improvements will be included in t

Here are snippets from the job listings:Senior Client Engineer, Unannounced Project:Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an experienced Unity mobile client engineer to work on an unannounced MMO RTS project. The ideal applicant has an unwavering passion for mobile development and solving engineering problems unique to mobile app environments. Requirements 5+ years of Game Development experienceiOS and/or Android development experienceExperience with UnityStrong understanding of 3D graphics and shad

Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most anticipated games of 2018. Heists also moved into the online mode and were a major success for Rockstar and it appears they’ll be returning in Red Dead Redemption 2 to some extent. In Red Dead Redemption, we had Bonnie McFarland but she ultimately ended up in a situation where John had to rescue her. That’s all we were able to gather from this Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, did you notice anything we didn’t? Red Dead Redemption 2 drops in Spring 2018 on P

Xbox continues to expand on its month-to-month Game Pass subscription service as it was announced that seven new games are hitting the service starting on October 1st. Xbox Game Pass is a monthly subscription service that launched back in June for $10 a month. Xbox also announced that October’s Game Pass goal is to unlock an achievement in two different games from the Frightfully Fun collection of titles that celebrate Halloween. These games will be advertised in the Game Pass Lounge, so you’ll

Xbox continues to expand on its month-to-month Game Pass subscription service as it was announced that seven new games are hitting the service starting on October 1st. Xbox Game Pass is a monthly subscription service that launched back in June for $10 a month. Xbox also announced that October’s Game Pass goal is to unlock an achievement in two different games from the Frightfully Fun collection of titles that celebrate Halloween. These games will be advertised in the Game Pass Lounge, so you’ll

Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most anticipated games of 2018. The sequel to Rockstar’s beloved western has been brewing for many years and players are excited to see what Rockstar has to offer in a post-Grand Theft Auto… read more

Game Development veteran Charles Randall shared his thoughts on the matter last week. “The other day a friend commented to me ‘I wish game developers were more candid about development,’” Randall said on Twitter. “There are still topics I can’t touch because I was candid once and it resulted in dumb headlines, misunderstandings, and harassment. All the stuff you ever wanted to know about game development would be out there if not for the toxic gaming community. It’s no debate that it keeps certa

As you probably already know, a brand new trailer for Rockstar’s upcoming game Red Dead Redemption 2 dropped just a few hours ago. At the time, Red Dead Redemption 2 had yet to be announced but someone leaked what they claimed to be a picture of the in-game map. However, the new trailer shows off a lot of key locations that help give weight to the leaked map. One being the Bayou marked on the map, there’s a slaughterhouse located there, and another being a pig farm also located near water. Red D

Skyrim is being treated with a ‘Survival Mode’ (as well as a Creation Club, despite the backlash), and it won’t be free. Like Fallout 4’s Survival Mode, this mode will bring new gameplay features that will make survival a more difficult endeavor for players. Unlike Fallout 4’s free Survival Mode update, Skyrim’s Survival Mode will only be free for one week, according to Bethesda. If you download Skyrim’s Survival Mode during that free week, it’s yours forever as a free DLC. There are a slew of o

This time, only 10 people can spend $59,000 on limited edition Assassin’s Creed Origins headsets. The audio company known as Focal teamed up with French jewelry designers (Tournaire) to create an 18 karat gold adorned headset for Assassin’s Creed Origins. This isn’t the first time that Tournaire teamed up with Focal to make a fancy headset and the Assassin’s Creed version of their fancy headset is actually the cheaper version. Only 10 of the Assassin’s Creed Origins headsets will be released and

Last year, Blizzard made a number of big announcements at BlizzCon, but not every year can be so spectacular. Community manager Brandy Camel confirmed this in a statement on the official Blizzard forums. “This year, we want to give you a heads-up that while Diablo will be on the show floor, we won’t be making any new Diablo announcements,” Camel said. Mild disappointment aside, BlizzCon is always a fun time, and Diablo 3 not receiving an announcement leaves room for announcements for other Blizz

FIFA 18, the next entry to the soccer series by EA Sports, is releasing in all regions tomorrow. Among those releases, a Switch version is coming. The Switch version looks great. Could FIFA 18 be the landfall for sports games on Nintendo Switch? FIFA 18 launches on September 29 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and of course, Nintendo Switch.

One of the most successful anime movies of all time is getting a live-action adaptation, and it’s coming from the Star Wars: The Force Awakens director. JJ Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, is behind a number of stellar movies (like The Force Awakens, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Star Trek) and now, they are going to be working on the live-action adaption of Your Name. Acting as a producer, JJ Abrams and Lindsey Weber will be overseeing the adaptation from the Bad Robot side with the anime’s origin

It looks like we might have our lead female role for Sony’s Venom film. Michelle Williams, who most recently appeared in Machester by the Sea (2016) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), will be starring opposite of Tom Hardy in Venom. After getting hit with a delay, Venom is still on track to release at some point in 2018 with will star Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. It’s been suggested that Riz Ahmed will be taking the role of Carnage wiin his MCU debut as the film’s antagonist. Venom is set to hit