Steampunk monster killers Ready at Dawn Studios showed off a trailer for a new IP for the PlayStation 4, calledThe Order: 1866. While the trailer didn’t show a lot, it did show enough to get me excited. It’s a Victorian-era setting with lots of awesome sideburns and long coats, but it also has a lot of random technology going on like radio communication and crazy guns. It might not be fully steampunk, but it looks like it could be very close....
What a nice surprise If you play PC games and you’re looking to make extra use of your Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, some great news: Valve is going to officially support the device on Steam. The company is currently beta testing Pro Controller support, which you canopt into right now, and it looks really promising. With the Steam Client Beta, you can go into the Controller Settings page (View > Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings) and then toggle “Switch Pro Configuration Support....
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla footage confirmed Microsoft is boasting their biggest Inside Xbox event yet, anddecided to kick things into high gear this year with their “20/20” initiative. Basically, Microsoft is hosting updates every single month, most of which are going to hype up the impending release of the Series X and herald in the next generation of gaming. With this format set in stone, it looks like this is how we’ll get the fabled price and date for the console: if we don’t get it today....
MOON THEME REVEALED DuckTales Remasteredis finally here next week, and you may celebrate with the final developer diary from WayForward. In addition to a heavy focus on art and music, you’ll also get a few interesting tidbits, like the fact that the game was set to go forward without any voice acting, until Disney contacted WayForward out of the blue. Also, ‘DATMOON MUSIC! Ireally enjoyed my timewithDuckTales Remastered,as did our own Tony Ponce, so things are looking good so far....
I’m working my way through every episode of every show ofStar Trekand can I just tell you thatNext Generationis even better than I remembered it as a kid. I’m still a Kirk guy, but I can feel myself moving closer to Picard with every episode. What does this have to do with the recap? Pretty much nothing. I’m guessing random thoughts are going to the be the soup du jour for this sucker....
Cblogs of 5/14 to 26-06-2025 –BRAV0 F1VEreflects on the often comfortable and steady success of thePokemonfranchise. –TheCooperatorsreflect on how mobile gaming is starting to become more attractive to hardcore gamers. –RoomWithaMoosethinks looks at the problems with the Ubisoft design philosophy and its squandered potential (also talks aboutDonkey Kong Tropical Freeze). –Flegmashares their impression on hobbyist console, Evercade VS. –Tomosbachreleases their game,Phil, as a free demo on Steam. –TroyFullbustershare their thoughts onSuper Mario 64: The Lost Dreams, a famous ROM hack of the famous game....
Hello Dtoid people! Once again, you now have the chance to scour the depths of your creativity in the hopes of getting some swag. This contest is based upon the ingenuity that was displayed by the comical minions featured in last year’s game,Overlordfor the 360/PS3. The sequel,Overlord: Raising Hell, is currently available on shelves, but if you’re a PS3 owner and are desiring your very own copy, then you’re going to have to buckle down and put on your “minion hats,” if you will....
Those wackyWormsare on their way to becoming socially acceptable. Team 17 has announced that a closed beta test for the upcoming Facebook version of their classic artillery dueling title,Worms, has begun. Fans of the aggro annelids can gonow, as players will be added to the beta daily. I’ve signed up, but I doubt this social version of the game will see very much play from me in the long term (despite my being a huge fan of the series) just because I’m likely to forget that it exists in the huge cloud of constantly moving content on Facebook....
Let it snow Some new screenshots have surfaced for the upcoming expansion for Guerilla Games’ popular open-world adventureHorizon: Zero Dawn, that turned quite a few heads upon release, to say the very least. The screens star huntress Aloy traversingThe Frozen Wilds. The expansion will see Aloy head North, beyond the mountains, to the borderlands of the Banuk tribe, where new machines, characters, quests and an overarching mystery await our intrepid hero....
Target hit faster than Nintendo Switch in same territory Xbox appears to be sitting pretty in the UK, at least according to new data released by the chart-building analyst Gfk, which notes that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S platforms have now surpassed two million sales within Blighty’s borders. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, the two million milestone was achieved in 128 weeks from launch, which makes the Gen9 platform the eighth fastest-selling console in UK history....
Spencer highlights ‘legal emulation’ as a solution As games get older, some get harder and harder to find. That’s meant some rising prices as retro games become rarer and more valuable. Keeping older games playable and available has been an ongoing concern, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently discussed his hopes of improving the situation through options like emulation. Speaking toAxios, Phil Spencer advocated software emulation as a way of allowing current hardware to keep playing older games....
One week to round up all those gigabytes Red Dead Redemption 2is a big game. Maybenot quite the 100+ GBwe suspected a few weeks ago, but still very large. TheXbox Storelists it at 88.57GB. It’s a significant chunk of hard drive space. Rockstar has revealed that it’s opening pre-loading forRed Dead Redemptionone week before the game releases. It’ll be available to download on Friday October 19 at 12am Eastern for people who have pre-ordered it....
60 FPS in handheld mode, 1080p in docked mode After someback and forth, Zen Studios has promised that it will, in fact, tidy up the less-than-ideal Nintendo Switch version ofPinball FX3. A patch planned for this summer will bump the frame rate to 60 FPS in handheld mode and achieve 1080p in docked mode for “all 30+ tables in the library.” Previously, Zen had said it lacked the necessary “bandwidth” to handle this type of performance update, but clearly the fans have spoken and the team has since changed its priorities....
