In this week’s Fresh Look column, Michelle Sayatovich is diving into something truly unique in the gaming world, a massively multiplayer title called Path of Titans where you get to play as a dinosaur. Her full review is coming soon, but in her column she shares helpful information on the unique mechanics that this interesting MMO offers.
It’s creeping ever closer to Halloween, so we are ramping up our coverage of games with a spooky twist. The Darkest Tales falls into that category perfectly as a Metroid-like hack-and-slasher title featuring dark takes on popular fairy tales and a teddy bear hero with attitude.
A terrible dental crisis has had our Save State columnist, Vincent Mahoney, having a hell of a week, so he decided to lean into that theme and play Hades to take his mind off things. What he finds there is a beautiful platformer that not only plays well on his PC, but also works perfectly on the Steam Deck for those who may or may not be temporarily bedridden.
Winter Games 2023 from Wild River Games is available now in North America for PC, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch and on November 11 for Playstation 4 and Playstation 5. Developed by Independent Arts based in Hamm, Germany and published by Wild River Games, Winter Games 2023 offers players a wonderland of winter sports and activities ahead of the winter season. Winter sports fans can hit the virtual snow from home and compete on slopes all over the world. Winter Games 2023 includes ten well-known winter sports disciplines from ski jumping to Biathlon to Skeleton, in an exciting and action-packed sports … Continue reading Winter Games 2023 Launches For North America
Flush with the success of the Edgerunners anime series, the Cyberpunk 2077 game is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, with millions of players diving back into Night City’s dark utopia. And thankfully, the developers have released another patch that adds a bit more single player content and quite a few nods to Edgerunners.
C.A.R.L., a game created by well-known YouTube personality Andrew Kenady and co-developed by Matt Bitner of Morningstar Game Studio (developer of A Robot Named Fight!), is launching today on all major consoles and Steam. Inspired by PC classics such as Cave Story, Speedy Eggbert, and Jazz Jackrabbit, C.A.R.L. blends classic platformer action with quirky RPG and story elements to deliver a clever, humorous, infinitely satisfying retro romp. Get in the shiny metal shoes of C.A.R.L. (Computer Automated Resource Locator) – a small but daring automaton lost within the sprawling Kent Industries. Brave each perilous factory floor to collect Tech Units … Continue reading Retro Platformer C.A.R.L. Launches to Consoles and Steam
Call of Duty players made the Modern Warfare II Open Beta the biggest Beta in Call of Duty history — the most players, most hours played, and most matches played across PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and PC platforms combined. This was only a slice of all the new content coming in Modern Warfare II when it launches this fall. In the weeks ahead, players who pre-order Modern Warfare II will get up to one week of Early Campaign access before its global launch on Oct. 28th. Soon after comes the launch of the all-new, free-to-play … Continue reading Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Beta Breaks Franchise Records
The latest installment of the popular Construction Simulator series from astragon Entertainment and Weltenbauer software Entwicklung is now available for PC and consoles in retail and digital stores – including a co-op multiplayer for up to four players, the largest fleet of vehicles in the history of the series and numerous new and once again significantly expanded features in a completely revised, modern look. To date, more than 30 million simulator fans have already created their own empire in the Construction Simulator series. True to the tagline “GET TO WORK.” in Construction Simulator, anyone can work their way up from … Continue reading Construction Simulator Now Available for PC and Consoles
Over the past two weekends, Activision opened up a Call of Duty Modern Warfare II beta to the press and other invited guests. GiN had a handful of reviewers, columnists, and podcasters in the thick of the action. This is what three of them found in this thoroughly modern take on shooters.
Cult of the Lamb is a unique game that combines elements of village-building, community management, role-playing, and combat. As the newly resurrected lamb cult leader, the player is tasked with going into the various regions to build a community of followers, and then lead the flock while keeping them in order, content, and safe.
