At this year’s E3, we learned Metal Wolf Chaos XD, a lost From Software classic from 2004, is getting a remaster. Takeuchi, the 2004 Metal Wolf Chaos director, turns his attention to his original vision. “But the mission for Metal Wolf Chaos specifically was that as we released sequels to Armored Core, we realised there was an audience who were interested in playing mech games. “The mission for this, then, was to create a From Software mech game that was accessible. Metal Wolf Chaos XD is withou

Ubisoft will not release a new Assassin’s Creed game in 2019, chief executive Yves Guillemot has confirmed. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is due out this October, less than a year after the release of 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins. “When you get [Odyssey] this year, you’re going to get in for a couple of years, actually,” he said at Gamescom. “On Assassin’s, we had a game [in 2018] and we have one this year, but we are not going to have a full-fledged Assassin’s next year. It’s not entirely surpris

If you’re a Fortnite regular then you’ll be familiar with the rift portals, which are scattered around the map and teleport you into the sky, providing a handy escape route or scouting tool. It sounds like it’ll be perfect for getting out of a fight you know you’re going to lose. The item is in the ‘new updates’ feed that pops up when you load the game, which means it’s coming soon, possibly in the next patch, which is due tomorrow. It’s expected that the rifts in the sky will disappear soon, an

Blizzard has unveiled Overwatch’s next three-stage Control map, called Busan, and it’ll be live on the PTR today. The first of the three stages is Sanctuary, which looks like a fairly open, relaxing place full of steaming waters and beautiful gardens. Then, you’ll move onto Downtown, which is far busier, and seems to have more enclosed spaces for close-quarters firefights. It’s also where you’ll find the train station—the trailer for the map, above, shows the train zipping through the station, w

Gabe Newell has come to Dota 2 in the form of a new deadpan voice pack, with lines including: “Please email me at GabeN@valvesoftware.com and let me know about your rampage”. I think my favourite is: “This is Gabe Newell. The voice pack is included in Dota 2’s The International Battle Pass, which costs $10. 25% of all sales of the Battle Pass go straight into The International prize pool, which currently sits at a whopping $25 million. You can also pay to level up the Battle Pass if you want ext

Linux users will now be able to play more Windows games on Steam thanks to a new beta version of Steam Play released yesterday. For the new beta, Valve has helped design and fund a new modified distribution of Wine, an existing open-source compatibility project. You can also use an override switch on the Linux Steam client to play non-whitelisted games (head to Steam Play options), but Valve only recommends that for “enthusiast users”. It might not work for everything, though: games with “comple

If Dark Souls was designed around the tension that builds over long journeys into uncharted and dangerous territory, Sekiro is designed around something much more focused: the tension that erupts when two swords clash. It’s more Hotline Miami than Dark Souls. What I would’ve tiptoed into in Dark Souls is what I sprint into in Sekiro, safe with the knowledge that I’ll only lose a few minutes of progress as opposed to 10 or 15. I’m more thrown off than I was by Dark Souls 3’s Dancer boss, especial

After more than a year of investigation by the Department of Justice, California congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife were indicted today on federal charges of campaign finance fraud. The indictment, which you can see here, states the Hunters illegally used campaign funds for personal expenses such as vacations, dental work, school tuition, plus the reason we’re writing about this here: for spending over $1,500 on Steam games with a campaign credit card. The indictment awkwardly spells out the

Luckily, the PC does have modders—more specifically, modders like FineNerds , who’s gone and created an armor transmog mod for World. As FineNerds explains on Nexus Mods , all you have to do is download the mod, open Monster Hunter: World, open the mod, and “enter the armor you want to switch to.” Let’s start with a look at the interface:To change your armor, open the mod (with World open) and enter the save slot for the character you want to edit. Once you’ve selected a slot, enter the armor co

Following the official unveiling of Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Grim Sky at the Paris Major, excitement is in the air for Siege fans. Right next to everyone’s name are two mute buttons, one for muting voice chat and one for muting text chat. Muting voice chat has been around forever, but muting text chat is completely new, and it took way too long to get here. Why did your eyes change and where did your anger go? But, seriously, why make such a small change?

It’s been a few months now—since Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies peaked earlier this year—that graphics cards have been hard to come by. Recent news has reflected just how far cryptocurrencies have fallen since their peak, and what the cost of that has been for many investors. As The Motley Fool lays out, the biggest currencies have lost as much as 93 percent of their peak value compared to earlier this year. As of today, Bitcoin’s value is close to $6500, which is still higher than where it

The Humble Bundlers may have jumped the gun a bit with the Humble Spooky Horror Bundle 2018, but it’s still a very solid collection of horror games, especially if you (for some reason) still haven’t played BioShock. First things first, though: The $1 will get you White Noise 2, Layers of Fear, How to Survive, and How to Survive 2. Beating the average gets you to BioShock territory—specifically the outstanding BioShock Remastered, plus Detention and Yomawari: Night Alone. The bundle also includes

The Gardens Between, a tale of two friends growing up in a surreal world of magical gardens, will be released on Steam on September 20. The Voxel Agents, the studio making the game, also dropped a new trailer teasing the time manipulation mechanic that will carry Arina and Frendt along on their very strange journey. “While so many of the objects featured in the gardens are from our own childhoods, we hope our audience will relate and recall a time when friendship meant everything.” The time-bend

People like The LowSpecgamer have made it their goal in life to run games on the weakest hardware and settings possible. Lazy Game Reviews entered this incredibly pixelated pantheon in a recent video about playing 2004’s Doom 3 on a PC running Windows 98 and a 12MB Voodoo 2 graphics card. The results are nothing short of amazing:As LGR explains, playing Doom 3 on a system like this takes some serious work. Windows XP and a 128MB graphics card are recommended for Doom 3, so it will only run on th

Ubisoft dropped an Assassin’s Creed Odyssey cinematic trailer for Gamescom today that, to my eye, doesn’t look very Assassin’s Creed-like at all—particularly when the Gorgon shows up. Creative director Jonathan Dumont told USgamer that what you see is not necessarily what the world will get. The idea is that Layla Hassan, the modern-day lead of Assassin’s Creed Origins who’s back for more in Odyssey, may not be getting a fully authentic recreation of the ancient world when she dives back into th

WilcalafWilcalaf, a 28-year old Chilean, is the owner and proprietor of NRG-WoW, one of the few, proud Cataclysm private servers on the internet. If you’re one of the millions who played World of Warcraft in 2010, you probably have a good idea why. Now, your only hopes to hunt down those memories lived on clandestine vanilla private servers, or the forthcoming universe-resetting World of Warcraft: Classic. “The atmosphere is definitely a lot better on private servers because the people playing t

I was taken aback when co-developer Adrien Forestier gave me the headline description of Orphan Age, but to my surprise, as we worked through the game’s features, I came to see what he meant. Slowly you craft a fire and build a place to sleep, and the children’s mood starts to tick up. The age you pick determines the points they can spend on their stats. Orphan Age has an intriguing premise and some neat ideas, but it’s in a very early stage at the moment. The Early Access launch is coming later

The XCOM-meets-irradiated-Looney-Tunes tactical RPG Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is “weird as hell,” Wes said in his March preview of the game. In case you think he was kidding, I invite you to spend 37 seconds watching today’s release date announcement trailer, which puts a pin in the calendar on December 4. It’s not the most informative video of all time, but I do like the way it plays up Mutant Year Zero’s bizarre ambiance, especially since the game sounds like it might be really good, too:

Over at Gamescom, Samsung announced a pair of curved gaming monitors, a 27-inch model (C27JG5) and a 32-inch model (C32JG5), both with a 2560×1440 resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, and 4ms response time. Samsung is billing these as “affordable” options, which typically means forgoing higher end features. “Due to the rapidly increasing demands of gaming monitors, we sought to offer competitively-priced gaming monitors for more users to benefit from premium technology,” said Seog-gi Kim, Executive V

Dr. Boom’s Puzzle Lab, the series of singleplayer puzzle challenges announced last week for the Hearthstone expansion The Boomsday Project, is now open to all. Lethal, Mirror, Board Clear, or Survival… which puzzle will be your first? #boomsday pic.twitter.com/OzjfDqJgn6August 21, 2018Each of the four labs starts off simple, but the tasks quickly ramp up in difficulty. Clearing them all will get you some face-time with Dr. Boom himself—and a Boomsday card back, if you’re able to match his wit.