Dragon Quest 11’s ‘The Legend of the Luminary’ E3 trailer kicked off with a surprisingly sombre tone. And then it rolled out a familiar fanfare of horns and colours and weird and wonderful characters. Enter Erik, Veronica, Serena, Sylvando, Jade and Rab—the squad you’ll accompany on your quest through the JRPG’s Erdrea setting. As Tyler learned at PAX East earlier this year, Dragon Quest 11 will have English voice acting even though the Japanese version has none. Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an El

Never to be outdone by their genre stablemate neighbours/fiercest rivals, PUBG players have discovered a trick that lets them ride smoke grenades down hills and over cliffs without taking damage. As reported by Eurogamer, Reddit person kowzzzz posted their summit surfing to the PUBG subreddit—which takes place in the battle royale’s test server. Kowzzzz explains they don’t think the trick works in live servers (it’s worth noting PUBG Corp will almost certainly catch up with the bug either way),

Everything we know about the Resident Evil 2 remake so far suggests it comes with a darker tone. Samuel reckons game remakes shouldn’t be afraid to change the classics—and it seems Capcom plans to mix up more oldies still, assuming this ‘un makes a good return. “Regarding remakes and re-releases of titles in our back catalog,” says Capcom, “we expect to explore these further with a variety of properties as a part of our strategy to utilize our library of IP.” Capcom then explores the Resident Ev

Murderous Pursuits is a multiplayer assassination game that echoes the Assassin’s Creed series’ now absent multiplayer. Live now through Sunday August 5 at 1pm PT / 9pm BST, Murderous Pursuits is free to try on Steam. I agree with Pip here—there’s fun to be had in Murderous Pursuits, when you can find enough players to tangle with. And I suspect human encounters will be more entertaining still with Murderous Pursuits’ latest update. Here’s that in motion:Check out Murderous Pursuits’ update 1.4.

Today Bungie teased a “Year Two Combat Reveal Stream” for Destiny 2 that will take place next week. The teaser was a very brief video that includes roughly nine seconds (I counted) of combat. It’s not much to look at, but within those nine seconds are some very interesting hints about what we have to look forward to. Assuming that we’re seeing things as they’re going to be, that effectively confirms that a Destiny 1-like loadout is on the way, something Bungie teased back in April. Also interest

However, major publishers like EA, Activision Blizzard, and Ubisoft are confident that subscription and cloud-based gaming services will find a large audience one day, and may even become the premier way to play games. Guillemot described streaming services as a way to bring its games to platforms like mobile phones and televisions and, ultimately, as the feature to replace consoles. Activision Blizzard held its own earnings call earlier today and also weighed in on streaming services. And third

We’re busy plugging away at Monster Hunter: World’s PC release before the public can get their hands on it next week, and figured a short Q&A stream would help players decide whether the port is up to snuff or not. We’ve already given some early impressions of the port, and while they were shaky at first, a recent patch has seemingly fixed the crashing problem plaguing the pre-release build. The video below increases the stream quality to 1080p (my bad) while I play around with graphics settings

Tyler, Chris, and I were dinking around on the water one evening, I think after the shark update came out. I felt like a real asshole near the end, but I suppose that’s how pirates feel from time to time. On the weekends he’d sneak us in to play games over their LAN and eat pizza all night. Joe Donnelly: GTA 5 roleplayI can’t decide if this is the funniest or the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to me in a game. While roleplaying in Grand Theft Auto 5 earlier this year, I auditioned for F

Ninja has become the first Twitch streamer to reach 10 million followers (10,004,423 at the time of this article, to be precise). This news of Ninja’s milestone accomplishment is reported to us by Ninja, who is in a prime position to know. Here’s his tweet from earlier today:First streamer on twitch to ever hit 10 million followers! As for me, I have 18 Twitch followers (love you guys), which probably doesn’t seem like much, but I only streamed once about four years ago and I keep forgetting to

Fantasy Flight Games have announced two shakeups to old, yet still quite popular, board games with Arkham Horror third edition and an expansion to A Game of Thrones: The Board Game. The new edition of Arkham Horror brings major changes to the game, like a modular board with double-sided tiles. Likewise, the Mother of Dragons expansion for A Game of Thrones is the first expansion that doesn’t simply add more scenarios—it adds two entire players, making a full A Game of Thrones: The Board Game tab

During Bethesda’s latest E3 conference, studio director Todd Howard took to the stage to share a cute metaphor about the expo’s history. After a brief pause, a dude in the crowd shouts back, “Todd Howard!” I like to think that dude is Wanaming0, the modder behind the newly released Todd Howard statue mod for Fallout 4. As you may have guessed, Wanaming0’s mod lets you build statues of Todd Howard and put them in your settlements. The statues are great, but my favorite part of the mod is the uniq

Absolver is an online RPG-action game, released last year, about martial artists named Prospects wandering the fictional world of Adal in an endless quest to prove their worthiness by beating each other up. It’s currently on sale on Steam for half-price—that’s $15/£12.50/€15—and even better, it’s free to play for the weekend. “Absolver’s world could use a bit of levity, but the mood of most of its population is cooperative and friendly so far,” he wrote. Absolver will be free to play on Steam un

Kaepernick in Madden 17Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s name is mentioned in the song Big Bank by rapper YG , a song that features on the Madden 19 soundtrack. The lyric that contains Kaepernick’s name, however, has been removed from in-game version of this song. Kaepernick’s name has been edited out in the same fashion that profanity is removed from songs in radio edits. Some of this controversy was actually noted in Madden NFL 17, and Kaepernick appeared in Madden 18 as a free agent.

If you like board games but prefer them without actual boards (or other people in the room), then the Board Games Weekend sale on Steam might be right up your alley. The sale features discounts of up to 90 percent on strategy games, card games, party games, casual games, and even a few adventures. Not sure where to get started? Allow us to help:The Steam Board Games weekend sale is live now and runs until 10 am PT on August 5.

Sega revealed at the PC Gaming Show in June that Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami were being developed for PC, the first games in the series to come to the platform. But possibly not the last: Sega’s first quarter appendix for its previous fiscal year indicates that Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, which was released worldwide on the PlayStation 4 in April, is headed to the PC. But with Yakuza 0 out today, and Kiwami expected later this year, it’s reasonable to think that other games in the series will com

We used an adventure game engine for Quest for Glory because that’s what Sierra had, and where their strengths were. Corey Cole“We’re known as adventure game designers but we really don’t play many adventure games,” says Corey. “We used an adventure game engine for Quest for Glory because that’s what Sierra had, and where their strengths were. We’re getting some complaints about the price, but taking in inflation, the first Quest for Glory game was about $100 at launch. The real challenge will b

https://t.co/PpVvC9yYVW pic.twitter.com/L3DX5PN9dKAugust 2, 2018One of the most popular board games right now, Gloomhaven, is coming to Steam thanks to Asmodee Digital. Gloomhaven is on PC Gamer’s best co-op board games, best solo board games, and just plain best board games lists. It’s currently the top-rated board game of all time on hobby board gamer bellwether BoardGameGeek. Gloomhaven digital won’t be a direct translation or 1:1 recreation of the tabletop game, but instead an adaptation of

Casey Hudson’s “mid-summer update” on the BioWare Blog reveals a little bit about how the studio is approaching the task through a system called “Our World, My Story.” “[Our World, My Story] is one of the most innovative things about Anthem,” Hudson wrote. “Then when you return to Fort Tarsis, that’s actually a single-player experience, and it’s where you spend time developing relationships, making choices, and seeing consequences. Hudson acknowledged that his quickie overview doesn’t actually a

In week four of Fortnite Season 5, there is yet another scavenger hunt for battle stars to work through. This time, you’ll need to search between gas station, soccer pitch, and stunt mountain to complete the challenge, but if you don’t want to waste time hunting down exactly where to go, we’ve done the dirty work for you. Watch the video above, courtesy our friends at GamesRadar, or check out the images below for the general location.

The Overwatch League announced today that two new teams will join the world’s first major global city-based esports league, one in Atlanta, Georgia, headed by Atlanta Esports Ventures, and the other in Guangzhou, China, operated by financial and entertainment conglomerate Nenking Group, owner of the Chinese Basketball Association’s Guangzhou Long Lions. Paul Hamilton, the president and CEO of Atlanta Esports Ventures, told us ahead of the announcement that existing teams will come into season tw