Telltale Games and Netflix have confirmed that Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Netflix later this year. And more importantly (I think, anyway), a new game based on the hit Netflix series Stranger Things series is also in the works. The Netflix version of Minecraft: Story Mode is a “five-episode interactive narrative series,” Netflix said in a statement. Telltale’s Stranger Things project, meanwhile, is part of Netflix’s marketing and promotion efforts, but will not be on the Netflix service.

However, Bethesda eventually revisited Fallout 4’s would-be multiplayer and turned it into Fallout 76, which we now know to be an online survival game. “Fallout 76 is the multiplayer design from Fallout 4,” Howard said. While developing Fallout 4, Bethesda wondered: “Hey, should we do multiplayer? As journalist and narrator Danny O’Dwyer explained in the documentary, Bethesda was experimenting with multiplayer Fallout as early as 2013. Battlecry brought MMO experts like Chris Mayer (Ultima Onlin

“We knew that Rage was every shade of brown. We knew that Mad Max was every shade of brown,” id Software studio director Tim Willits told us at E3. The game world of Rage 2, which is set long after the events of Rage 1, is such a bright and vibrant place because of the actions of the lead character in the original game. Then we wanted to make the guns more colorful, and then the intensity of the game—we wanted to blow it out, to be more crazy than Rage,” Willits said. Rage 2 doesn’t have a relea

Many Fallout fans have been worried about Fallout 76 since rumors first hinted at it being an online survival game, and Bethesda confirmed those rumors (and a lot more ) at its E3 showcase. Bethesda’s Pete Hines addressed PvP in a recent interview with Variety , assuring players that Fallout 76 is not PvP-focused. “It is important to note this is not just a full-on PvP game where you get in the world and everyone shoots everyone,” Hines told Variety . Hines also said Bethesda is working on anti-

When Capcom sets its mind to remaking a Resident Evil game, it seems to do it right. Years ago it was the classic GameCube Remake of the original Resident Evil, which found its way to PC with an HD remaster and still held up remarkably well. The Resident Evil 2 Remake is running on the same engine as Resident Evil 7 (and Devil May Cry 5), and it has atmosphere to spare. “The big difference is, less shooter elements compared to Resident Evil 4,” he said. “This is more like a Metroidvania-style, s

Late last week, just as Computex was wrapping up and right before the madness that is E3 began, Oak Ridge National Laboratory brought the Summit supercomputer online. But each Tesla V100 also contains 640 Tensor Cores, specialized cores designed to accelerate machine learning operations. Just how much did the Summit supercomputer cost to build? The Tesla V100 GPUs go for $11,499 each, so another $69,000. Nvidia charges $149,000 for a DGX-1 server with eight Tesla V100 GPUs, though with less RAM

The cost of getting into VR keeps dropping, especially if you can catch a headset on sale. Such is the case right now—Lenovo’s Explorer mixed reality headset is on sale for $199 at the Microsoft Store today. Previously, the best deal we saw for a mixed reality headset was a refurbished HP model going for $149.99 a couple of weeks ago. To be clear, the Lenovo Explorer that’s on sale today is for a brand new unit. Mixed reality headsets like the Explorer work with an extensive catalog of VR softwa

Another day, yet another deal in the land of solid state drives. Not that we’re complaining—upgrading from a mechanical hard drive to an SSD is one best ways to refresh a system. This time around, it’s Crucial’s MX500 512GB SSD that is the deal of the day. The MX500 500GB is our pick as the best budget SSD, and that’s when it sells for around $120. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something through one of our links.

Layers of Fear is a first-person horror game about an artist struggling with fading fame and fortune (and madness) in the wake of great personal tragedy. It’s a promising premise that doesn’t quite live up to its potential: As we said in our 2016 review, its “a curious but unsurprising narrative” that forgoes psychological subtlety for in-your-face horror tropes. To claim the game, just nip over to Steam and click the “Play Game” button to add it to your library. It’s not clear how long the game

Has it really been 20 years since Grim Fandango? Almost—the game turns 20 in October, and to celebrate Geoff Keighley and Tim Schafer put together a special event at the E3 Coliseum Tuesday night. The key cast of Grim Fandango reassembled to do a live read of the script, with Schafer setting the stage as narrator. Composer Peter McConnell and a backing band provide an accompanying live soundtrack and sound effects. Black isn’t playing his role from Double Fine’s Brutal Legend—he subs in for a fe

AOC is expanding its extensive monitor lineup with three new monitor options under its new and affordable G1 series. Other than the physical size, each monitor in the G1 series shares the same characteristics and features. In this case, the new monitors can deliver up to a 144Hz refresh rate, and they support FreeSync as well. Your cursor/windows will not be lost anymore in the dark abyss of bezels, when many displays are placed side by side,” AOC says. AOC says the C24G1 and C27G1 will be avail

As part of Destiny 2: Forsaken’s big E3 showcase, Bungie released a trailer depicting the death of Cayde-6 , one of Destiny’s most charismatic and beloved characters, not to mention the leader of the Tower’s Hunter Vanguard. Taylor also explained why it had to be Cayde, rather than Vanguard leaders Ikora or Zavala, that bit the bullet:”Cayde is at a really unique place in the universe … It felt really important to us to do something that would be shocking … We want people to understand the sta

If you like Hearthstone, and you like free stuff, then you’re probably going to want to log into the game at some point today. Because today, June 13, is Free Pack Day, and on Free Pack Day, everybody gets a free pack of cards. Free Pack Day Is Here🎉 Log in today, June 13, to claim your own Golden Classic Pack full of all-golden cards! pic.twitter.com/aBNKcoO1LOJune 13, 2018And that’s really all there is to it: Log into Hearthstone today and you’ll get a free Golden Classic Pack, with all-gold c

One them is the Maingear’s retooled Pulse 15, a thin and light gaming notebook that now sports a mechanical keyboard with RGB lighting, among a few other upgrades over the previous version. Maingear also revamped the look the of the Pulse 15. Each Pulse 15 is built around an Intel 8th generation Core i7-8750H processors (6 cores/12 threads, 2.2GHz to 4.1GHz, 9MB L3 cache) paired with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB of GDDR5 memory. As of this moment, Maingear is shipping the Pulse 15 with 10

Soulcalibur 6 finally brings the tale of swords and souls to PC, and does so with the help of new and returning faces. October 19, 2018. Returning characters include—deep breath—Nightmare, Kilik, Xianghua, Heishiro Mitsurugi, Sophitia Alexandra, Isabella “Ivy” Valentine, Zasalamel, Siegfried Schtauffen, Taki, Yoshimitsu (who dons his coolest threads yet) and Maxi. New characters include Grøh, who has nice hair, and some dude who I reckon needs a wash. Here’s an E3 story trailer:And here’s 15 min

This E3 brought plenty of great announcements, both for games that seem so far away our grandchildren will probably enjoy them someday, and those that are more immediately exciting. These include games that seemed like sure bets for the major conferences to projects that are just slightly too far away to feel real. I appreciate that they focused on actual games you’ll be able to play in the near future, though (The Quiet Man was also present). By the time this comes out, we’ll probably be closer

I wasn’t alone down there, thankfully: three developers from 10 Chambers Collective escorted me into their four-player co-op horror FPS. There’s also a placeable gun turret for defending areas from enemies, and even a glue gun for setting sticky traps. The depths of GTFO are to be approached slowly and cautiously, with careful coordination between your team members. If your team is completely wiped out on a mission in GTFO, there’s no respawning from a checkpoint: you simply have to start over f

As director, Jesse has abilities that she can acquire and upgrade by completing quests and finding new objects of power. This crisp, dynamic destruction is part of the reason Remedy chose to construct a space in the brutalist style. “You need to be in control all of the time—in control of your emotions—not let anything slip. In one scene, Jesse performs a cleansing ritual that shifts the house to let her progress. The demo ends when Jesse reaches a television set, causing the house to warp and r

GOG launched its Summer Gaming Sale earlier this month, which is live now through Monday, June 18. Within, you’ll find over a thousand games going cheap—with savings of up to 90 percent. The PC Gamer Collection is part of the sale too, and gathers 37 games spanning three decades. Expect everything from The Witcher 3 to Dead Cells and Prison Architect in an assortment that suits fans of all genres. Simply follow the instructions in the widget below for your chance to win one of 500 games from GOG

Given the whole shared-world shooter structure of Destiny, it’s weird that Bungie has never tried to blend PvE and PvP before. That will change in September, however, with the release of the Forsaken expansion, and with it the new Gambit mode. Gambit is a unique take on multiplayer that, along with this DLC’s darker tone , stands a good chance of bringing lapsed players back. To avoid getting deleted by smart players the second you step through, you’ll also be given a damage resistance buff. Wil