Praey for the Gods, a chilly action adventure with more than a hint of Shadow of the Colossus, launches on Steam Early Access tomorrow, following a successful Kickstarter in 2016. While Praey for the Gods looks promising, the name is like a knife to my eyes. It was originally called Prey for the Gods, but Bethesda decided to throw its weight around and get litigious. The game was funded by Kickstarter backers, and the team didn’t want to spend that money on a legal battle. No Matter Studios says

The augmented reality collectible card game Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions did not make the 2018 release that was predicted in its announcement last year, but Games Workshop and PlayFusion said today that it will roll out on Steam in February. Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions will offer a “robust tutorial,” matches and “challenges” against the AI, casual and ranked matches against other players, and “full narrative campaigns.” “The response for the physical and digital game has already bee

Not everyone is in favor of the movement, however, including Alfons Hörmann, president of DOSB, the German Olympic Sport Federation. “Esport does not exist,” Hörmann said, as reported by Faz.net (Google translated). Interestingly, the DOSB recently adopted a resolution that actually embraces an element of esports, to a limited extent. But not “as a separate sporting activity,” or as something that meets the criteria for DOSB support. Hörmann’s reluctance is blunt, but esports does have at least

Dido is the latest Civilization 6 leader to be added to the roster in Gathering Storm. Her unique ability, Founder of Carthage, is what lets Dido move her capital. As long as the city has a cothon, Phoenicia’s unique harbour replacement, a project can be undertaken to move the capital there. Phoenicia’s unique ability, Mediterranean Colonies, gives the civ a boost when it comes to researching writing. Sticking with ships, the bireme is Phoenicia’s unique unit, replacing the galleon.

“Our fans told us they could not get enough of our quartz pink editions,” said Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan. “We listened and we have given the stunning pink treatment to our latest gaming gear, giving you the unfair advantage in both performance and looks.” Razer kicked things off in 2018 with four peripherals, including its Lancehead Tournament Edition mouse, Blackwidow Tournament Edition Chroma V2 keyboard, Kraken Pro V2, and Invicta mouse pad. Pricing is the same across the board f

Mr X has turned out to be the breakout star of Resident Evil 2’s remake, and how could he not? Twitter’s reaction to Mr X has been… really something. Here’s what Andy said about his encounters with Mr X in his review. Resident Evil 2 (2019)(developer Capcom R&D Division 1) pic.twitter.com/dMLrdBN8wKJanuary 27, 2019Mr. X is prime meme material #ResidentEvil2 pic.twitter.com/ityPL2kJbwJanuary 27, 2019Your mentions when you say video games benefit from diversity. pic.twitter.com/n42Zruj57oJanuary

Razer is sprucing up its Blade Stealth laptop line with a new ‘quartz pink’ color option, which would go lovely with a box of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers (or all by itself). The new Blade Stealth is our most powerful ultraportable ever, designed for both work and gaming on the go. The new color option joins a list of quartz pink peripherals that Razer announced yesterday. Underneath the new color option is the same Blade Stealth as the original black variant, and specifically the middle

Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 Remake stats have been updated with a bunch of data from the first few days of the game’s release. The headline stat: 79 percent of players chose Leon S Kennedy for their first playthrough, while the other 21 percent opted for Claire Redfield. In total, 1.985 million have so far played as Leon, while 1.05 million have played as Claire. 584,004 players have cleared the game as Leon, while 336,408 have done so as Claire. Somehow Capcom has measured that players have spent

As Epic attempts to carve out a digital retail kingdom, we’re probably going to see more Epic Games Store timed exclusives like Metro Exodus and The Division 2. THQ Nordic, which acquired Koch Media and Metro publisher Deep Silver in 2018, says the decision to sell the post-apocalyptic shooter exclusively on Epic’s platform was Koch Media’s, but it isn’t completely ruling out similar deals for other games. Despite the acquisition last year, Koch Media is still separate from THQ Nordic and contro

In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and most multiplayer games, there are few things as unpleasant as being murdered by a streamer. But unless their name’s a giveaway, how can you tell you’ve taken out a streamer? That’s where PUBG Report helps. PUBG Report uses the game’s API to track kills and other data from the last 14 days and then shows users if they’ve killed or been killed by a streamer. I suspect it might come in handy for other streamers or players who take PUBG a lot more seriously than

It’s also using the feedback to walk back questionable design choices, like Fort Tarsis’ slow movement speed. It made returning to the fort a chore, and one I imagine would only become worse the longer I spent with the game. The reason Fort Tarsis is currently a no-running zone is because BioWare wanted players to feel human, in contrast to how superhuman they feel when piloting the Javelins. “We want it to feel like walking”, Anthem producer Mark Darrah told GamesRadar. Forced limitations and s

Free DLC is coming to Resident Evil 2 Remake starting in February, Capcom has confirmed. Hopefully, Resident Evil 2 will be more like the latter. Resident Evil 2 isn’t a long game, unless you play it in 30 minute slices because that’s all your timid heart can handle. If you’re already hungry for another remake, Capcom hasn’t announced plans for Resident Evil 3, but the publisher is apparently open to it. Speaking to Game Watch (via Dualshockers), producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi said Capcom remade

The Witcher is coming to television in an eight-part Netflix series starring Henry Cavill that’s expected to air either this year or next. Over the weekend, she shared some more encouraging impressions on Twitter:Just watched a cut of #Witcher with Ben, and the verdict is in: this show is not for 5-year-olds. At the same time, it’s understandable that Netflix would want to be very up-front about the nature of the series. Joking aside, I’m glad to hear that The Witcher isn’t being watered down fo

The MMO hack-and-slasher Guardians of Ember was removed from Steam in February 2018 after Valve determined that publisher Insel Games had been manipulating review scores—specifically by compelling its employees to purchase the game and write positive reviews for it. (Or explain to the studio CEO why they don’t want to.) But it’s coming back: Gameforge recently announced that it acquired the publishing rights to Guardians of Ember from Insel last year and plans to launch it as a free-to-play game

Metro Exodus will release “solely” on the Epic Games Store when it launches on February 15, Epic and publisher Deep Silver have revealed today. This follows news from earlier this month where it was revealed The Division 2 was coming to Epic’s store as part of a multi-game agreement with Ubisoft. Intriguingly, the game will cost $50 on Epic’s store in the US, when it was originally listed on Steam for the usual $59.99. “We are delighted to partner with Epic to bring the digital PC version of Met

Overkill’s The Walking Dead was one of 2018’s flops, selling just a few hundred thousand copies when it was expected to sell millions, a failure that forced its publisher Starbreeze into effective administration. “Everyone knew it was going to tank,” said one developer (all of Eurogamer’s sources wished to remain anonymous). Originally scheduled for a 2016 release, Overkill’s The Walking Dead was initially designed using a new in-house engine called Valhalla. While The Walking Dead was key to St

Paradox is offering existing Europa Universalis IV owners the chance to try the Mandate of Heaven expansion for free for a week, the publisher has revealed. Anyone who owns EU IV can download Mandate of Heaven from the DLC tab in their Paradox Account launcher. Once the trial week is over, Mandate of Heaven will be deactivated once again. The free trial forms part of Paradox’s “monthly expansion highlight”, in which the studio picks an expansion and lets people try it out for free. As for what e

Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 2 appears to be doing well for itself on PC, already boasting more than three times the number of players of the previous mainline entry in the series, Resident Evil 7. As captured on Reddit, the remake has a current all-time peak of 74,227, which is almost four times the 20,449 players that Resident Evil 7 managed over two years ago. Monster Hunter: World still eclipses Resident Evil’s popularity on PC, though: a peak of over 300,000 players enjoyed that one at

Newegg are are offering a massive saving for today only on a well-specced Asus ROG Strix SCAR II gaming laptop. You’d be hard pushed to find a better discount on such a laptop, from a list price, this January. This all adds up to a specs that compete with some of our very favourite and best gaming laptops we’ve tested. Also on that list is another Asus laptop, the GL503VS-DH74 model which is a cousin of this offering from Newegg, and is one of our picks for best gaming laptops currently out ther

If you’ve had The Division sat there on uPlay and have wanted to give it a go, this makes it a surprisingly good time to do so. The reason, I’m guessing, is that The Division is currently one of the Humble Monthly games, along with Yakuza 0 (that’s a steal for $12). It takes about 20 hours to reach level 30 and access The Division’s endgame content, and I found players across all level brackets all weekend. That’s not bad for a game that’s been around for this long. At this point, if you’ve ever