Afterbouncing off Dragon Age: Inquisition four or five times, I finally powered through and finished the game this weekend. I’d almost committed to giving up and playingThe Veilguardwithout the narrative context of Inquisition’s final moments, but the game really picked up in the second half and I breezed through the later missions as if I’d never had a problem with the game’s systems. But I was sure not to rush things....
Summary Horizon Zero DawnandForbidden Westhave plenty of memorable characters to encounter, but none were more charismatic and well-liked than Sylens, the rival/ally of protagonist Aloy. A lot of that was down to the brilliant performance of Lance Reddick, and fans of the series were left devastatedwhen the actor passed away in 2023 at just 60 years old. Tributes came flooding in from Horizon and Destiny fans,thanks to his role as Commander Zavala, and Horizon Forbidden West even includeda little tribute to Reddick in its Burning Shores DLC....
Summary WhenLego Horizon Adventuresreleases next week, it will be the first Lego game for more than two years, provided you don’t count 2023’sLego Fortnite. The last story-driven Lego game wasStar Wars: The Skywalker Sagawhich gave you the chance to play through the core nine movies in Lego form. A game that takes a huge time commitment if you want its platinum trophy, and thankfully, Horizon Adventures will not be replicating that....
Three weeks afterimages of it leaked online, andtwo weeks on from Lego’s official reveal, the set based on the mansion from Disney’s hit animated show X-Men ‘97 is finally available to buy starting today. What’s more, if you buy it during its first week on sale, you’ll get a couple of smaller sets thrown in for free, one of which is also X-Men-themed and is unlikely to be sold separately....
Summary Ichiban Kasuga is available as a pre-order bonus forLike a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Ryu Ga Gotuku Studiotoday announced the next entryin the Like a Dragon / Yakuza series, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. The upcoming game is an action-adventure featuring Goro Majima who loses his memory and winds up captaining a pirate crew on the seas surrounding Hawaii. Following the announcement, RGG Studio announced if you pre-order any edition of the game then you’ll be able to add Ichiban Kasuga and his trusty crawfish Nancy to your crew....
Summary TheMonster Hunterseries is becoming a behemoth. While the game had its fanbase,Monster Hunter: Worldpropelled the series into the mainstream, becoming Capcom’stop-selling game of all time, ahead of anything in theResident Evilfranchise. 2021’sMonster Hunter Rise, incidentally, isCapcom’ssecond best seller. So, naturally, anticipation was high ahead ofMonster Hunter Wilds’open beta. The beta went live yesterday, and while a high player count was expected, nobody quite expected it to be as… wild as it has been....
Summary A lot of news aboutMagic: The Gathering’s near and distant future was covered during this past weekend’s MagicCon, one of the most surprising announcements beingthe reveal of a SpongeBob SquarePants Secret Lair crossovercoming in 2025. Well, actually, despite how wacky it is, Wizards Of The Coast bringing Bikini Bottom to MTG might not have been all that surprising at all to some of you. WithFortnite already a part of MTGand Marvel and Final Fantasy crossovers still to come thanks to Universes Beyond, some of you predicted something as weird as SpongeBob might be coming too....
I’ve written in the past about howRiven: The Sequel to Mystis an important part of my relationship with my dad. When Cyan Worlds released a remake of the classic adventure game just months before I was set to go on a family vacation with my parents, that trip started to feel like the perfect time to return to that strange, yet familiar world. On a previous holiday, my dad and I played through some ofPortal 2together, and I thought a return to Riven could fill a similar niche between beach time and big dinners....
Summary I’ve spent countless hours living my best digital life in My Time at Portia and My Time at Sandrock, and now Pathea Games is taking the series in a new direction with the newly announcedMy Time at Evershine. Last week, I had a sneak peek of Evershine and spoke with Pathea vice president of publishing and business Aaron Deng and Evershine game director Zhi Xu. The first thing you’ll notice is that Evershine has lost that cartoony quality we’ve come to associate with the series, instead delivering more realistic character designs and proportions....
Summary Red Dead Redemptionwas seemingly just added to theSteambackend, asRockstarrolls out updates for its PC games. This is despite the first Red Dead Redemption game never being available on PC, staying as a console exclusive. Now, it’s being speculated that Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to PC. As spotted by Twitter user Tez2, metadata for the game was included in an update for Rockstar’s launcher, and there even seems to be a product page for the game on Steam too....
Quick Links Now that we’ve finished the first chapter ofFrostpunk 2’s Story Mode, fully come to grips with the basics, and secured ourselves a steady supply of oil, we have to figure out what to do with it. The different Factions in your city will want you to do different things with the oil – some dream of a New London so warm that the snows melt away and never come back....
Summary Sonic X Shadow Generationsis out now and fans are diving into a new adventure featuring Shadow, as well as revisiting a classic in Sonic Generations. However, with it being a semi-remake,quite a few things have changed from the original, including certain dialogue and actions that the characters perform. For example, Knuckles no longer fat shames Classic Sonic, and Dr Robotnik doesn’t mention whether he’s going to end up as crazy as Eggman....
With an expanded list of Heroes to use inEA Sports FC 25, you have more options and difficult decisions to make to build your Ultimate Team. Though there are plenty of options, and many players will improve your team in the short term, we’ve narrowed things down in the search for the best Hero card in EA FC 25. The Premier League is full of excellent options, sitting as the most represented league among the best Heroes in the game....
