‘Hades’ is the highest-rated game on next-gen consoles

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

Daemon X Machina is the next game that will be available to play for free as a one of Nintendo’s Game Trials, so long as players have an active Nintendo Switch Online Membership.Originally released in 2019, Daemon X Machina is a third-person shooter action game that puts players in command of a giant mecha. Developed and published by Marvelous for Nintendo Switch, it’s currently available to purchase from the eShop for £49.99.

Sociable Soccer, a new game from the creator of Sensible Soccer, is making its way to PC, and consoles after a successful launch on Apple Arcade.As reported by VGC, Sensible Soccer creator Jon Hare, has been hard at work on a spiritual successor to his classic football game, and a publishing deal with Kiss Publishing has led to the game being announced for numerous platforms.Currently only available via Apple Arcade, the game will launch on April 17 2022 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series

PS5 or Xbox Series X – the ongoing shortage of components is likely to see availability continue to be a problem until 2022, and in some cases 2023.That’s according to Toshiba, which builds components used in the manufacturing process of new consoles, most crucially power-regulating chips (thanks, Bloomberg).

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

Sir, You Are Being Hunted that will be released next year.Sir, You Are Being Hunted was a Kickstarter game originally released in 2013. The procedurally-generated British horror has players take control of a fragile human who is being hunted by tweed-wearing robots.

Beyond A Steel Sky is coming to consoles on November 30, with the game originally releasing on PC back in 2020.Coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, Beyond A Steel Sky is a spiritual sequel to Beneath A Steel Sky from 1994, a classic point-and-click adventure game.

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

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

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.

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.

Ubisoft is deploying an update to Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey to add 60FPS support for the Xbox Series X|S and PS5.Ubisoft’s update for Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey will launch today (August 24). The update allows Odyssey players to use next-gen consoles through backwards compatibility to enjoy 60 frames per second.

Curve Digital has announced that its multiplayer firefighting sim, Embr, will officially launch on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch on September 23.Embr, which was released in Early Access over a year ago on Steam and Google Stadia, will now see its full release on PC and consoles next month while also receiving a physical release for on PlayStation and Switch the following day.The game is described as a “marvellously manic multiplayer” where players get to come together with friends

Quake game has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) just days after a series revival was teased by QuakeCon.The mysterious ESRB listing states that the new Quake project will be coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.While the nature of the game remains unknown, many fans are speculating that this could be the “revitalised edition” we recently heard about. The official QuakeCon schedule, released by Bethesda, teased a “revitalized edition”

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.

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites will be released September 9.A reworked version of the classic hack and slash game, BloodRayne Betrayal was originally released in 2011 as a 2-D side-scrolling spin-off to FPS games BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2.There was even a trilogy of live action BloodRayne movies directed by Uwe Boll (who also did the film versions of Far Cry, Alone In The Dark and House of The Dead).The series has laid dormant ever since BloodRayne Betrayal was released but retro video game

No More Robots turned four last Friday (August 13) and founder Mike Rose took to Twitter to share some numbers about the last year.Despite not releasing any new titles, No More Robots still made over £10 million ($12million) which was up 240 per cent year-on-year.

Dead By Daylight will be Hellraiser‘s Pinhead.Behaviour Interactive recently released a brand new teaser trailer for their online asymmetric survival multiplayer game, hinting at what could be next for Chapter 21.The 16-second teaser shows an old-fashioned TV screen with a static picture, the word ‘Play’ and the numbers ’19:87′ in the top corner of the screen.