A few days ago, Bandai Namco registered three trademarks for different games, one of them being Code Vein. Today, the company sent out a press release alongside a few screenshots, revealing that Code Vein is a “grueling Action-RPG” where players step into the role of a Revenant and “feast on the blood of enemies.” “In this challenging action-RPG, CODE VEIN finds players assuming the role of a Revenant. The world of CODE VEIN is dangerous, full of vicious enemies and monstrous bosses to put playe

Fans of historical games have another epic Tactical RPG on their hands with Expeditions: Viking, which has officially gone gold according to developer Logic Artists. The game follows in the footsteps of Expeditions: Conquistador, which released back in May of 2013, which will be getting a free weekend starting tomorrow at 10 AM PDT. The studio also released a brief teaser which you can check out here. Logic Artists Producer Ali Emek said:”After two years of development, we are on track toward ou

This was the case for disabled Twitch streamer Adam “Loop” Bahriz. 17-year-old Adam Bahriz is legally blind and deaf but still manages to play his favorite game, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, live on Twitch. Perfect speech but improper vision,” Bahriz said over an email interview with Kotaku. Moments later thousands of viewers tuned in to his stream and hundreds of dollars in donations began to pour in. “You think I’m the only one who manages to play this game semi-decently with a handicap?

It looks like the truth is still out there as Fox has announced that they have picked up The X-Files once again for an 11th season that will continue off of the cliffhanger ending from last year’s revival. The show will begin production this summer which will air during the 2017-2018 broadcast season. The 11th season will once again be limited, though it will see an increase in episodes going from six to ten. Both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will return alongside series creator, Chris Ca

Initially, when it was announced, Shiness comes across as a bright and vivid RPG with interesting and original races and characters. Each character can be equipped with different equipment and fighting styles as well as spells, allowing players to custom build different characters with different strengths and weaknesses. In older style RPGs, battles would get frustrating and grinding, well, we called it grinding for a reason. Different characters fight in different ways. They also have different

Sonic Mania continues to become more and more interesting as news comes out for it. While the Sonic brand has waned in recent years, Sonic Mania seems to bring back what we loved in the old blue blur. Rumors like the one posted on Max Collins’ Tumblr which was quickly removed, shows a short animation of Sonic. The scene shows an enemy, which has yet to be revealed as one of the Hard Boiled Heavies, attacking sonic. If this implies there will be charming, 90’s-style cutscenes in Sonic Mania, that

Towards the end of February, Microsoft revealed their games streaming subscription service called ‘Xbox Game Pass.’ Scheduled for a Spring release, Xbox Game Pass headed straight to the Xbox Insider program to be tested out until around April 28th. Microsoft has confirmed that the subscription service will be leaving the Xbox Insider program on April 28th, saying that the program is getting close to launch. “Thank you for participating in the Xbox Game Pass Alpha Preview,” the message reads. Her

Atlus, the company behind the Persona series and the recently released Persona 5 has registered a few more Persona-related domain names on the internet. In fact, it could just be Atlus covering their bases just in case they plan to make spinoffs for Persona 5 like they did for Persona 4. However, speculation is fun, so here are our guesses:P3D could be Persona 3 Dancing, much like Dancing All Night. Maybe some sort of premium edition of Persona 5 like Persona 4 Golden was or Persona 5 Arena Gold

Remember Saints Row 2? Right now, Saints Row 2 is absolutely free on GOG. Any PC that can run Saints Row 2 can do so for free. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row. Saints Row 2 features tons of customization and even multiplayer in the form of a full co-op story campaign and even competitive multiplayer.

Last week AMD decided to include an image of Halo 3 in a mix of game art for the launch event of their latest GPU, the RX Vega. The use of Halo 3’s art sent the internet hype train in motion, fueled on rumors of Halo 3 or Halo: The Master Chief Collection getting a PC port. Recently, 343 Industries’ community manager Brian Jarrard, who is known as ske7ch in the Halo subreddit (WCCFTech) shot down the hope of Halo 3 hitting PC or getting an anniversary version. “I’ve been here just about 6 months

If you’re an Xbox One owner, you can look forward to a number of classic games making their way to the Xbox through thanks to the backward compatibility feature today! Five games in total have been added to the Xbox One’s backward compatibility feature, highlighted by Konami’s Contra. RoboblitzReleased in 2006 as an Xbox Live Arcade game and received a number of awards. 3D Ultra MinigolfGolf: Tee It UpReleased in 2008 as an Xbox Live Arcade game. Gin RummyReleased in 2008, contains six variation

While Rockstar brings previously exclusive content to all GTA Online players, as well as double GTA$, RP, and discounts, they developers have also been up to something else – making Grand Theft Auto even more of a classic. GTA V is going back to its top-down roots with the latest take on the game’s stunt races. Called ‘Tiny Racers’, the mode will bring top-down stunt races with power-ups and plenty of explosions. Details on the mode are extremely light, however, we did get a nice trailer for the

The eighth installment in the Fast and the Furious series, The Fate of the Furious, has been destroying the box offices since it released last week, but the producers and cast are already talking about where the series will go next. It appears as though we will be in the Fast and Furious franchise for another two films. Fast and the Furious 9 and 10 have been confirmed for 19 April 2019 and 2 April 2021, respectively, with Vin Diesel and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson said to be making a return. “We

When you’re a kid, all you want to do is sit at home and play video games or watch TV. Sadly, there’s only so much time in the day and most people have to spend their time at school, at work, or sleeping. A user on Reddit posted a “note from school” that her son, Nathan, brought home. The note says that her son is required to stay up late at night so he can play video games for “video game class”. If he doesn’t do his video game homework, he’ll get kicked out of school!

Dragon Quest XI is set to release in July on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS in Japan. Square-Enix assures its development, but a launch window remains unknown. Famitsu reveals that Dragon Quest XI may not appear on the Switch until 2018. In their most recent publication, they changed the launch date from “2017” to “To Be Announced”. Square-Enix however, assures that Dragon Quest XI is still coming to the Switch, regardless of any changes in release dates.

Disney began looking into a live-action Aladdin adaptation in 2015, but we haven’t heard of much on the film since then. Instead, we have seen the live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book and the announcement of a live-action Lion King. Today, Deadline is reporting that Will Smith is in early talks to take the role of the genie in Aladdin, which was previously voiced by Robin Williams in the animation. Smith was previously reported to be in talks for the live-action Dumbo film, but the deal nev

DRM-free digital games retailer, GOG.com has announced that in tandem with Bandai Namco Entertainment and indie developer, Tersier Studios, that they are offering an exclusive pre-order package with the upcoming LIMBO-inspired puzzle platformer, Little Nightmares. Starting now, and running until May 12th, pre-ordering Little Nightmares nets you a free copy of PlayDead’s excellent puzzle platformer, INSIDE. Given the inspiration that Little Nightmares draws from, it’s easy to see why the two game

Chances are by now you’ve seen the first trailer for The Last Jedi, and if you were paying close attention, you might have noticed something different about Vader fanboy, Kylo Ren. The scar that Rey gave him at the end of The Force Awakens is not quite as…pronounced in The Last Jedi. Well, as it turns out fans have taken notice, and one of them reached out to The Last Jedi’s Director Rian Johnson, who didn’t even bother to lie. He thought the old scar was “goofy,” so they changed it. It honest

Indie developer Motion Twin has announced that their upcoming Action-RPG, Roguevania title Dead Cells is almost ready for the general public to get its hands on and will be coming to Steam Early Access next month on May 10th, 2017. The game takes place within “a sprawling, ever-changing castle” and takes inspiration from the likes of Dark Souls, Rogue Legacy, and Salt and Sanctuary. To make the announcement, the developers released an Early Access Launch Trailer. Here’s an official feature list

From the sound of things, Xbox’s Project Scorpio is going to be quite the step-up from the standard Xbox One. In speaking with Gamasutra, The Coalition’s Mike Raynor talked about his experiences with the platform and how things have improved. From a developer standpoint, when you think about Xbox One, Xbox One S (with HDR) and now with Scorpio, a lot of development for us is similar to PC. And we kind of think of PC as kind of the ultimate platform, in terms of scalability and all the different