Summary It used to be that telling a good story was secondary to gameplay when it came to creating a video game. Over the years, this has changed, and now many gamers don’t just expect games to be fun to play; they want a great story thrown in as well. Lucky forSquare Enix, they’ve been doing this since the early days of gaming. Square Enix has been around for a long time, has developed a lot of games, and has published even more, producing some of gaming’s most popular franchises in the process....

The first-person shooter is among the most saturated video game genres in the modern day, recently enjoying a resurgence in theboomer shooter subgenre. This sub-genre is particularly notable for its use of pixelated textures and 2D, pixel-art sprites. While not all first-person shooters in this niche make use of 2D characters in 3D environments, many of them do. These are just a few excellent examples of modern shooters with an old-school, pixelated look....

The Sports genre is one of the larger subsets of anime and manga out there, and for good reason. It’s a genre that thrives on excitement and there’s always the next game, match, or fight on the horizon. RELATED:The Most Iconic Anime Girls With White Hair And, for the most part,the best Sports series out there have been adapted into anime by now,but not all of them. Here are some of the standout examples that should have long received the same treatment by now....

Biomutant, the post-apocalyptic action RPG from Experiment 101, has arrived on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The game is set in a dangerous world dominated by the gigantic Tree-of-Life, which gives life to all plants and creatures. Players take on the role of a martial-artistBiomutant, tasked with defending the tree against pollution and hostile monsters. Thepost-apocalyptic landscape ofBiomutantis full of dangers, and not all of them come from its many monsters and enemies....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfareis getting another new event that caps off the end of Summer. TheModern WarfareGames of Summer eventwill run from August 28 to September 4. TheModern WarfareGames of Summer event lets players from around the world compete for their country. The Games of Summer event is kicking off now and features five single-player trials and the chance to win tons of in-game rewards. RELATED:Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Uses Different Engine Than Modern Warfare...

Summary Paradox Interactive has issued a new timeline for all the updates coming toCities: Skylines 2. Fans of the city building simulator will be glad of the new features coming toCities: Skylines 2, although further delays might result in these changes arriving later than expected. Cities: Skylines 2has had a troubled development since it was released in October 2023. Many gamers found Colossal Order’s city management sequel to be plagued with bugs and technical issues....

Resident Evil Villageis scheduled to release in May of this year and has already become a hot topic among gamers, thanks in part to the now-iconic Lady Dimitrescu. The pedigree of the survival-horror franchise, though, speaks volumes to this very day. While the game may be a directcontinuation to the story ofResident Evil 7’s Ethan Winters, the game seems to be taking some cues from the classicResident Evil 4and marks a radical departure from the traditional games in some other aspects, which warrants a comparison between both of these games....

Players will gain access to the Train Room inCrow Countryafter obtaining the Bronze Key, and it is home to a fairly tricky puzzle. While it is not mandatory that this puzzle be solved, there is a nice reward awaiting fans that take the time to address it. More specifically, players that solve the Train Room puzzle inCrow Countrywill receive the Flamethrower, and this guide is here to help fans claim that weapon....

When the release date ofCrusader Kings 3was announced, it was met with delight by fans. 8 years after the previous game in the series, it was easily time for a sequel, andCrusader Kings 3seems to have delivered, judging by reviews. Paradox creates and maintains a lot of diverse strategy games, so the gameplayCrusader Kings 3brings to the table is easily distinguished from the rest of its library. Players take on the roles of medieval kings attempting to expand and stabilize their kingdoms as best they can....

Summary The nominees for this year’s Game Awards have recently been announced, and the inclusion ofCyberpunk 2077may have some gamers scratching their heads. The title has been nominated for the Best Ongoing Game award, which is typically reserved for live-service or MMO releases, making it something of an outlier. That said,Cyberpunk 2077’sPhantom LibertyDLC, along with its many updates and expansions over the years, makes its nomination for this award appear a bit more reasonable....

Each new chapter ofDead by Daylightintroduces a cruel new killer, alongside a new survivor clinging on to what life they have left.Chapter 19: All-Killfeatures a homicidal K-Pop star and his old producer that would do anything for her own goals. This upcoming chapter is possibly the most colorful of anyDead by Daylightupdate in the past, but the new killer will definitely make sure that plenty of red will still be spread around....

There’s one thing that everyDestiny 2player dreads seeing in the Crucible: a red light looking directly at them from across the map. In that moment, that millisecond before you have a second to react, you’re helpless, with your only thought being: “Please don’t let me them good.” In that next moment, you’ve either Neo’d around their bullet or you’re waiting for your Ghost to bring life back into your still corpse....

It is the second week of Season of Dawn inDestiny 2, and players who completed the first part of the Impossible Task quest during week one and played the story mission that involvedSaint-14have a new leg of the quest to continue with the recent weekly reset. The first step of this new part of the quest involves finding Vex Transponders scattered across Nessus. Like the first week’s step of finding the Vex Transformer boxes, the location of the new Vex Transponders will appear on the map for players to locate....