Maybe Square Enix have unreasonable expectations Despite being a critical hit andone of our favourite games of last year, Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy hasn’t met publisher Square Enix’s sales expectations. Just likeMarvel’s Avengersbefore it. Clearly people don’t listen to us, though. Or maybe you do but Square Enix just have unreasonably high expectations - it’s hard to say.
Or go nuts with Sedecordle Wordle is a daily puzzle game in which you’ve got six guesses to identify a word. Dordle doubled it, having you guess two words on two boards at the same time. Then Quordledoubled it again, making it four. Child’s play. I’m here to talk about Octordle, in which your guesses are input into eight games of Wordle simultaneously. As always, you canplay it in your browser for free....
Inflexion Games are making Nightingale Three months after the new studio of former BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn announced their gameNightingale, they’re being bought by Tencent. The media conglomerate are buying the studio, Inflexion Games, off tech company Improbable, who say they’re too busy with the metaverse nowadays. So far, the plan remains the same: launch the multiplayer Victorian fantasy craft-o-survival game into early access later this year. Tencent are a large player in the games industry’s attempt to scrunch itself down into a tiny handful of risk-averse companieswho own everyone else....
“‘Hollow’ was a big one.” Dark Soulsbegins by creating the universe. “In the Age of Ancients, the world was unformed, shrouded by fog,” intones the opening cinematic. “A land of gray crags, archtrees and everlasting dragons.” Those two sentences do a lot of heavy lifting. “We needed to conjure an image of the world in its previous static state, where concepts that we take for granted - the finite nature of life and all conceptual contrasts - were nonexistent,” says Ryan Morris, lead translator at Frognation, the Tokyo and London-based consultancy that has handled the majority of From’s Souls or Souls-type projects, from the originalDemon’s Soulsto this year’sElden Ring....
A game we awarded a Bestest Best rosette If you can’t wait a whole week until the launch ofFar: Changing Tides, good news: it has a demo right now in the Steam Next Fest. The post-apocalyptic sailboat adventure is a good’un, ourFar: Changing Tides reviewwill tell you, but maybe you need a little more convincing? That’s what demos are for. “Far: Changing Tides is another delightful little adventure but it feels like I’m underselling it to say so,” Sam Greer said in our review....
A devilish RPG sequel 25 years in the making Almost as if Atlus had heard we were celebratingSouls Week on RPS, the Persona peeps today announcedSoul Hackers 2. May I briefly say: hack the planet. Anyway, so, demons are kicking around again, and it’ll be up to save the world from the apocalypse with the help of our own demons. Check out the RPG’s announcement trailer below. The term “apocalypse” is overused in video games but I’m well onboard when devils are involved....
The best decks for victory in this limited-time exhibition mode What are the best decks for victory in the Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel XYZ Festival?The XYZ Festival is the first limited-time in-game event inYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel. This Exhibition mode is centered around XYZ summons and offers a range of special rewards including gems and Legacy Pack Tickets earned by competing in the event. You can enter the tournament using your own deck or a provided Loaner Deck (with additional rewards for players using their own decks over the pre-constructed options)....
Elden Ring is the Bloodborne of Dark Souls Welcome stranger! Stay a while, and listen. No wait. Err, RPS has wares if you have coin? Ugh, that’s that other one as well. Aha! I have it! Praise the sun! Right, fellow gud gitters? Am I right?? Praise that sunrealnice. Unless you’ve not looked at a calendar for the past year, or have been stuck in some sort of hellish nether-realm betwixt life and death (the lockdown jokes write themselves, I know), you’ll know that FromSoftware’s next punishing RPGElden Ringis out on Friday....
Everything you need to know ahead of Elden Ring’s release Elden Ring release time on PC Please note that these details refer to digital releases of the game only. While all editions of the game nominally unlock at the appointed time for their region and platform, physical copies will in practice be made available as soon as is feasibly possible at the discretion of the retailer you’re buying from. While the PC version of Elden Ring releases simultaneously worldwide, the console versions of the game have staggered release times depending on time zone....
Or you can just look at the six minutes of pretty moving pictures Ah,Elden Ring. Some call it Old Band. Others, the Unbroken Promise. Others still, The Fool’s Promise. There are some who call it… Tim? Ah, but what isElden Ring, you ask? Who am I to reveal secrets many died failing to discover, and who are you to ask? A fool. Yet the era of Elden Ring shall begin on Friday, the day some call Frig’s Day, orFreyja’s Day, and fools who cannot wait can see a little more right now in a new six-minute “gameplay overview” trailer....
We are sailing The first FAR game,Lone Sails, was an unexpected wonder full of novelty and invention within the confines of a little cinematic platformer. As with the previous entry,FAR: Changing Tidestasks you with scurrying around a hulking vessel to manage the various contraptions that keep it moving. Only this time, instead of a strange land sail-train, you’ve a slightly more conventional submersible house boat. At a glance, and for the first hour or two, much remains the same....
Make time for these ingenious indies Just in case you neededmoregames to play this week on top ofElden Ringand everything else coming out, you’ll be pleased to hear that Valve have just kicked off a brand-new edition of their indie demo extravaganzaSteam Next Fest. Running from today until Monday February 28th, there are hundreds of new indie games for you try during this week-long festival, and to help you get started we’ve put together some personal highlights of the best demos we’ve played so far....
Five! goooold! riings! It’s weird to remember thatRainbow Six Siegewas initially a bit of a flop. But rather than shrug and instantly release a sequel, for once Ubisoft kept working on the multiplayer tactical FPS with updates and overhauls, and today it boasts PC player numbers four times higher than launch. Over the weekend, Ubisoft laid out their plans for Year 7 of content updates, including brand new maps for the first time in years....
