A new ‘Quake’ game has been officially rated by the ESRB

Firaxis has said that Marvel’s Midnight Suns will not just be a tactics game in the vein of XCOM but that its RPG elements will be just as essential, as “a whole other half of the game”.Speaking during a new gameplay showcase shared yesterday (September 7), centered on combat – in particular a comic rivalry between Wolverine and Sabretooth – the team also took time in the latter part of the video to discuss the game’s RPG aspects.This is the focus of the Abbey, the game’s base and hub where the

Skyrim Special Edition mod optimizes the game’s exterior FPS and performance.The eFPS – Exterior FPS Boost mod was created by modder ‘nicola89b’ and aims to “make Skyrim great again with miracle FPS improvement”. The designer states in the description that the mod is a work in progress, is still operational but warns players to install it at their own risk.“eFPS – Exterior FPS boost makes extensive use of a native engine feature called Occlusion Culling,” the description reads.

Square Enix has announced that Life Is Strange: True Colors will support Twitch‘s Crowd Choice extension, which means streamers can let viewers vote on every choice in the game, live.As a narrative-based game where crucial decisions are playing out in real-time, Crowd Choice is a way to get Twitch viewers more deeply involved in the game.Streamers have the choice of Full Democracy, where all game choices are decided by the crowd, or Suggestion, where a timed poll can be set up but which still

Deadly Premonition, has released a new trailer for upcoming cat game The Good Life.Set in an idyllic rural English town called Rainy Woods (also the name of a cancelled game that was rebooted as Deadly Premonition), the new trailer is also the first time the game has been shown with English voice over.The Good Life sees New York photographer Naomi Hayward stuck in the town buried with debt and commissioned to investigate mysterious happenings, which will involve getting to know the town’s quirky

Nintendo Direct is expected to take place sometime in September, as soon as next week.That’s according to reliable leaker Zippo, whose recent blog post dated August 23 claimed that the platform holder could be holding a broadcast “as early as next week” before an update (date not specified) indicated it would be this Wednesday or Thursday, or else the following week.As Nintendo has not made an official announcement, it would unlikely be this week since today (September 1) is Wednesday, when a

Game Boy titles may be appearing on the Nintendo Switch’s Switch Online service “really soon”, according to new rumours.The source, as spotted by Nintendo Life, is the latest episode of the ‘Nate the Hate’ podcast, where the “known insider” presenter speculates that games from Nintendo’s original Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color, will be joining the subscription service as soon as September 2021.Switch Online is Nintendo’s answer to Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus, allowing

Monster Hunter Stories 2 has received a trailer from Capcom, showcasing the new quests and Monsties that players will be able to get their hands on from September.The first batch of new content will arrive on September 2, bringing three new Monsties – including Soulseer Mizutsune, Elderfrost Gammoth and Oroshi Kirin – and four new quests for players to enjoy.A second batch on September 16 will add even more quests, including five co-op quests, two subquests and a delivery mission.The end of the

Disco Elysium The Final Cut is coming to Xbox and Nintendo Switch consoles as the game gets rated for the platforms.Following the launch of Disco Elysium The Final Cut on PC, PS4, PS5 and Google Stadia earlier this year, the RPG from ZA/UM has been rated for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.As of today (August 30) PEGI has officially rated the game 18+, as spotted by Twisted Voxel.

NieR: Automata mod makes the machine lifeforms look like Among Us crew mates.Titled ‘Amogus’, and created by ZpriteSSBM, the mod swaps out the original model of NieR: Automata‘s enemy machine’s for a more adorable look by replacing them with the red Among Us crew members (thanks, PCGamesN).From the images on the download page, which you can find right here, the addition of the Among Us characters looks to be awfully out of place in Automata‘s grey post-apocalyptic world, but the mod is

Goodboy Galaxy is an exploration platform game coming to the Game Boy Advance in cartridge form. It will also be available on PC and Nintendo Switch.Goodboy Galaxy went live on Kickstarter with a funding goal of £18,000.

WarioWare: Get It Together trailer shows off over eight minutes of brand new cooperative gameplay.Nintendo released the new Nintendo Minute video (August 26) demonstrating several ‘Microgames’ in action during WarioWare: Get It Together‘s co-op, such as Dislodge, Hypnotize, Topple and Memorize.The mini-games shown in the trailer seem to start simple at first but progressively get tougher as you progress, with some even picking up their speed to make co-op more challenging.The video even showed a

Nintendo has released a new trailer for Metroid Dread alongside a dev report detailing several of Samus’ new abilities.The new trailer for Metroid Dread shows Samus being defeated and losing all of her abilities. The enemy that attacked her is a Chozo, a highly intelligent and technologically advanced species.

Spelunky have revealed that almost all of the game’s secrets and easter eggs have been found since it launched in 2008.This was revealed by lead designer Derek Yu in a Reddit AMA on r/NintendoSwitch, which was celebrating the release of Spelunky and Spelunky 2 on Nintendo Switch. In the thread, someone asked the team if 100 per cent of the game had been found, or if there was any secrets left.“As far as gameplay stuff, yes, as far as I know!” said Yu.

Square Enix has announced that the soundtrack of Life is Strange: True Colors is now available to stream on Spotify. The soundtrack is composed and performed by award-winning indie pop group, Angus & Julia Stone.

Stardew Valley Cup will be running in September, with a $40k prize fund for skilled virtual farmers to compete over.Stardew Valley developer ConcernedApe tweeted out an announcement of the competition, which is being run in collaboration with streamer Unsurpassable Z.

No More Heroes 3 have been shown off in an extended gameplay trailer.New No More Heroes 3 footage shows the game’s opening segments, including several narrative-focused cut-scenes, melee combat and the open-world. There’s also an adorable talking cat that journeys alongside the game’s main protagonist, Travis Touchdown.The new gameplay footage also shows No More Heroes 3’s first boss fight.

Hades, the rogue-like dungeon crawler from Supergiant Games, is now the highest-rated game on both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.Hades was originally released in 2020 on PC and Nintendo Switch to widespread critical acclaim. It then went on to win Game of the Year at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards along with the award for Best Design and Best Audio.But despite rave reviews, next-gen gamers were in for a bit of a wait.

Quake was finally confirmed yesterday (August 20) when it was stealth released.Available now on the Nintendo eshop, Steam and the Microsoft Store, the remastered version of Quake now comes with improved graphics, widescreen resolution and the original soundtrack, created by Trent Reznor.Alongside the original game, this remaster also includes original expansion packs, The Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity.

Disney Classic Games Collection is returning to the Nintendo Switch – this time, with The Jungle Book, too.Classic Disney games have appeared on the Nintendo Switch before. In fact, the Disney Classic Games: Aladdin & The Lion King came to the Nintendo handheld back in 2019.Now, the emulated Disney games are back as the same collection gets a new release.

Innersloth, the developer behind hit indie game Among Us, have reacted to the new mode introduced to Fortnite yesterday (August 17).The new mode, Fortnite Impostors, has eight players working together as Agents to protect and maintain The Bridge, while the other two work as Impostors to seize it for themselves.It bears a number of similarities to Among Us, including the term ‘Impostor’ as well as how players can also call “Discussions”, which allow information to be shared through emotes and