The Callisto Protocol is the latest horror game from the mind of Dead Space creator Glen Schofield. Tasking players to survive a mysterious outbreak in Black Iron Prison, you must do whatever it takes to survive the onslaught and get to the bottom of the issue. Looking to be a part of the prison break? Here’s what you need to know about download and install sizes for The Callisto Protocol on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC....
Supermassive Games, developer of Until Dawn and the ongoing The Dark Pictures anthology series, has trademarked logos and titles for five future projects. All five appear to be upcoming releases in The Dark Pictures series, are styled with the franchise’s logo, and were registered via the European patent office yesterday, 31st January (thanks, Gematsu). Upcoming titles include: “The Craven Man”, “O Death”, “Directive 8020”, “Intercession” and “Winterfold”. Supermassive Games has said in the past that it plans for at least eight entries in its horror anthology....
A surprise ESRB listing for Square Enix’s newly announced The DioField Chronicle has revealed some additional details about the mysterious game. The DioField Chronicle is a new tactics game coming to PS4 and PS5 later this year, as well as PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. It was announced at PlayStation State of Play back in March. Beyond that, we haven’t really heard all that much about it, so it was a pleasant surprise to see the tactics game pop up on the ESRB website (thanks, Gematsu), not least because it included a summary of the game, as well as details as to why the board classified it as a “Teen” game due to its blood, “mild suggestive themes”, and violence....
The Division’s closed multiplayer beta will begin this month, it’s been confirmed. As spotted by WCCFTech.com, the game’s entry on the Uplay mobile app (pictured below) lists an action rewarding players for taking part “in the Tom Clancy’s The Division Closed BETA in January 2016”, confirming that it’s due to go live later this month. The app lists the reward across PS4, Xbox One and PC, suggesting it’s due to go live on all three platforms at the same time....
Mouldy Toof Studio is back with some new The Escapists 2 DLC called Big Top Breakout. Released today, players find themselves trapped in a traveling circus as a clown with strongmen and the ringmaster warden determined to keep performers from escaping. This strange setting for prison break shenanigans comes with new items to craft and use to help escape, new circus jobs such as lion tamer, face painters, or even become an expert balloon animal maker....
Former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro, more popularly known as Carlton - Will Smith’s nerdy cousin on the show - is suing Epic Games and Take-Two for their unauthorized use of his dance. Said dance, referred to as “The Carlton” is still very recognizable after debuting in 1991 and, 27 years later, Ribeiro is looking to get his after the video game developers used versions of his iconic rug cutter in Fortnite and NBA 2k....
Last week news broke that FaZe clan member Jarvis has been handed a lifelong Fortnite ban. The heavy-handed punishment is a result of Jarvis using banned aimbot software during non-competitive gameplay, which he uploaded to YouTube. The rumors are that he was also using other hacks in both Creative Mode and Solos, for the purpose of creating video content to entertain his fans. While the ban seems harsh, especially when a player caught cheating during the Fortnite World Cup qualifier was later allowed to try again, the real question that needs to be asked is why is an eSports pro using cheats in the first place?...
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season Four Reloaded introduced some new content for players to hop straight into. At the same time, the developers re-introduced a fan favorite map. As a part of the update, Rush was the latest remastered map to join Black Ops Cold War. The paintball themed map that first appeared in Black Ops II is sure to hit you with some nostalgia. You can load into Rush and play your favorite game modes, or try out the paintball moshpit....
Surprise surprise, but the most equipped weapon in Dungeons & Dragons by far is the humble dagger, according to D&D Beyond. Every so often, D&D Beyond heads to Twitch to share a developer update. Sometimes it’s just to talk about new products and services, and sometimes it’s to dish on all the juicy statistics that having the largest D&D-related website on the web can produce. This is one of those times....
I’ve been working my way through The Order: 1886 this week, and yes, as that early playthrough suggested, it really is just 5 and a half hours long. Playing on the default ‘Medium’ difficulty, my final playtime came in at 5 hours and 37 minutes. And to be clear, this wasn’t a speed run. I approached my initial playthrough exactly as I would with any other game, taking the time to scour each level for collectibles, dying a handful of times, and even stopping to take some screenshots....
Gamers looking to fill the Fallout sized hole in their hearts will likely enjoy exploring The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment’s latest sci-fi RPG. While it has a great deal in common with the company’s previous work, The Outer World manages to separate itself with refreshing takes on age-old genre conventions and a style and tone entirely its own. One of the welcome examples of Obsidian’s trademark humor in The Outer Worlds is the introduction of science weapons that, although lacking in damage output, are extremely fun to use and produce quirky effects on their victims....
Released just last week, Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey is already making waves all over mainstream media. The Predator franchise has been languishing for years, but with Prey serving as a prequel and a reboot of sorts for the series, we may be seeing a comeback. Notably, Hulu has confirmed via Variety that Prey is officially the most watched movie ever on its streaming platform, “among all TV series and movies.” Within its first three days, the movie had racked up the most viewing hours ever on the platform, which is honestly pretty impressive and surprising, when you consider the fact that Predator really hasn’t been relevant in a very long time....
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers. The Simpsons Season 31 Episode 12 An interesting premise is scuttled by the technology of the tomorrow in The Simpsons, season 31, episode 12, “The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson,” The episode opens with an Indiana Jones sequence. This is inadvertently current because the fifth installment to the franchise was announced this only week. There had to have been a leak for the animators to build the sequence on it....
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers. The Simpsons Season 31 Episode 6 The Simpsons, season 31, episode 6, “Marge the Lumberjill,” doesn’t quite cut it. And it should. It has enough buzz saws and chain saws for a dozen massacres in Texas, but only prunes artisanal marijuana in Oregon. The promises of the premises are left at the door mat before there are any indents on the couch. When The Simpsons softened their animation they cut the edges off their most effective humor....
Developer Frogwares has announced that Lovecraftian mystery The Sinking City will recieve a next-gen Enhanced version for PlayStation 5 from today. This version of the game will benefit from several upgraded features, including 60FPS and 4K resolution support, faster loading times and enhanced graphics, lighting and textures too as well as DualSense features to take advantage of the console’s controller. However, Frogwares have also stated that owners of the PlayStation 4 version will not get a free upgrade to the new one, citing the ongoing legal battle with former publishers NACON (which caused the original versions of the game to be pulled from sale for several months) as part of the reason they’re unable to offer this functionality....
Risk of Rain 2 is a third-person shooter game still in early access. However, this roguelike sequel to the original Risk of Rain is garnering popularity in these early stages thanks to its unforgiving, yet fun, gameplay loop and its four-player cooperative mode. As of this writing, there are six characters available for players to control, each with different attributes that make it more suited for different sorts of play-styles....
This Walking Dead article contains spoilers. The Walking Dead is no stranger to changing the backstories and fates of characters from the comics, but the latest change comes with some serious consequences for Siddiq, who died in “Open Your Eyes.” As Siddiq discovers right before his tragic death, Dante (Juan Javier Cardenas), a well-known character from Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s comics, is actually a Whisperer informant planted inside Alexandria to spy on the community and spark paranoia within its walls....
It makes sense that a show as popular as The Walking Dead would cross over into the world of video games at least a few times. AMC’s juggernaut series has seen quite a bit of success in this medium, with the first episode of Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead adaptation, in particular, receiving a lot of praise. Last year’s The Walking Dead’s crossover with Brawlhalla, represents yet another of the series’ successful video game ventures....
Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, better known as Regis, is a surprising old friend of Geralt’s. He has been mentioned in multiple games and was an important character in the books. However, he didn’t make his first appearance in the games until Blood and Wine, the expansion of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Fans were thrilled at his addition to Blood and Wine, especially in such a pivotal role, as he has always been a very popular character in the book series....
A fan project that aimed to bring Red Dead Redemption to PCs has been shut down by Take-Two Interactive after the company filed a lawsuit against the individual responsible, stating that the project would “distribute unauthorized software files that would dramatically change the content of Take-Two’s video games.” Initially, the entire incident started when Johnathon Wyckoff - the person behind Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project - revealed that he was working on the project back in August....
