The first DLC for 2019's Shenmue 3 was announced today and it has some surprises in store for longtime fans of the series. After two decades of going it solo, Ryo Hazuki gets a bit of backup.
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Knuckles the Echidna is set to make his proud return to 16-bit gaming. As reported by Japanese video game magazine Weekly Famitsu (translation courtesy of Gematsu), Sonic's rival-turned-pal will be included in the upcoming Sega Ages port of Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
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We've known for a while that GameStop's been having issues. But bless its heart, the company always seems to have some amazing plan to stay alive, or somewhere else to lay the blame if things don't work out. Today we got a taste of the latter thanks to GameStop's holiday sales report.
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With Destiny 2's Dawning event coming to an end today, we weren't expecting anything new for a few weeks. The next item on the roadmap is an exotic quest that's set to go live on Jan. 28. Bungie is known for surprises, though, and we got one today in the form of a mysterious new adventure.
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In just over two months, we'll have another modern-day Doom at the ready, and it won't look anything like the old-school Doom you might remember. Doom Eternal will be fast-paced and gorgeously gory, and in a new trailer released today, you can see exactly what we're talking about.
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Let's take a look at some removed baddies and wonder about what might have been. One thing is for sure, the world of gaming feels an awful lot safer without them in it.
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Those of you looking forward to Resident Evil 3 Remake might want to reconsider. Do you really want another towering monster chasing you around for hours on end? One who is even smarter and more capable than the terrifying Mr. X from Resident Evil 2? If you're still feeling brave, watch this video.
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A few months back, streamer FaZe Jarvis made the news for his rather public ban from Fortnite. Not only was he seen using aimbots to aid in his gameplay, but he released a video centered around the auto-aiming software. Now he has a new video. It's probably not the kind you're expecting, though.
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E3 is still several months away, but we already have a sense of what two huge gaming companies have in store for the industry's premier conference. One is deep into planning for what it'll show off during the event. And the other? That company is skipping the show entirely.
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Riot has been busy. Legends of Runeterra, the League of Legends-based card game, is just the first of many new games that will soon be available. Announced late last year, the much-anticipated, free-to-play friendly card game is going into open beta on Jan. 24.
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The rumor mill has been churning out dubious information regarding the next Assassin's Creed game. According to the internet (always a reliable resource), Ubisoft is heading to the frozen north and exploring the realm of the Norse gods in the as-yet announced title.
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Minecraft just got a little more magical. Harry Potter fans have been toiling away for years on a mod that places the Wizarding World directly into Minecraft. Now we have a look at what they've been able to build thus far.
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Mechs vs. Minions was described as a "labor of love," and it turns out that Riot would love to make more tabletop games. Today, the company announced that the new internal studio, Riot Tabletop, will be doing just that.
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Good news for anyone who thinks the Dragonborn has it a little too easy: combat in Skyrim just became significantly more deadly.
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It looks like Sonic won't be the only strange creature making an appearance in the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie. But don't get your hopes up just yet -- we're not talking about Tails, Amy, or Knuckles joining the cast. Instead, it appears a completely new character will be introduced in the film.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward has announced a new fundraising effort on Twitter. One of Modern Warfare's DLC bundles, the Outback pack, will now see all its sales donated directly to charities and organizations benefitting the fight against the tragic Australian brushfires.
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In an example of how video games can bring people closer together, a young man's life was saved by an online gaming friend. After hearing him in distress, she called an ambulance for him — from nearly 5,000 miles away.
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Solo Vault Hunters who have wanted to participate in raid missions should be pretty excited for Borderlands 3's latest update. For a limited time, the endgame mission Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite will scale its difficulty to your party size.
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Pokemon Go has traditionally differed from the mainline Pokemon titles. The mobile game has several key elements missing, including trainer vs trainer battles, breeding, and bikes. That said, recent updates have made Pokemon Go more like a mainline game than ever before.
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Since Tetris' heyday back in the '80s, countless clones and versions of the revolutionary title have released. More recently, the Nintendo-produced Tetris 99 has made waves. But what does the co-creator of Tetris really think about it?
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It seems like everyone and their grandmother wants to make their own Pokemon clone. Konami is the latest developer to jump on the critter catching game train with the newly announced Solomon Program.
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Sony shocked the world in 2019 by pulling out of E3, an event it had attended every year since PlayStation's inception. Now there's word that might not have been just a one-off occurrence, and that Sony could once again skip out on E3 in 2020.
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In speedrunning, there's no time for jokes -- usually. At this year's Awesome Games Done Quick, a convention dedicated to, well, playing awesome games really, really quickly, one speedrunner terrified and entertained us all with a well-timed prank.
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Let's take a look at some of these features that were removed from Resident Evil 2 and wonder at what could have been. The game we got was pretty great, but is there any way that including a few of these elements would have made it even better?
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Since his first appearance in the original version of Resident Evil 3, Nemesis has long been considered one of the scariest video game enemies of all time. There has been quite a bit of speculation surrounding whether or not the RE3 remake can capture that same horrifying magic.
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Apex Legends is starting the new year and decade off with a bang. The battle royale game just dropped a new trailer welcoming players to the "Grand Soirée Arcade Event." As is typical for Apex Legends, the trailer shows off plenty of chaotic action and the game's trademark sense of humor.
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order arrived in November 2019 to thunderous applause. "Finally, a good Star Wars game!" many said. What we didn't know then, however, was Respawn's take on the Star Wars universe could have looked a whole lot different had Lucasfilm gotten its way.
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