The Outriders demo is available now for players on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One! There’s no pre-order requirement needed for you to access and start playing, and it will remain live indefinitely letting you transfer your progress to the full release starting on April 1, 2021. No FOMO needed. We want you to take
Month: February 2021
Next week, tactical shooter Valorant kicks off its next Act, introducing a character who I think might just be my new favourite. Astra is a space lady with an absolutely gorgeous character design, who literally astral projects into a strange starry dimension to use her abilities. I had the chance to try her out a
© Nintendo To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we’re running a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, Kate talks about one of the franchises’ most iconic instalments… I first
Is there anything better than the heartache of a good romance story? Whether it’s unrequited love or young love or enemies-to-lovers, romance comes in all flavors and it’s dealer’s choice when it comes to perusing the genre on Webtoon. As one of its largest genres, it can be hard to pick from the plethora of
While we all patiently await news about Dino Crisis, here’s another dinosaur game that you can enjoy in the meantime: open-world survival adventure Dinos Reborn. In development at indie studio HardCodeWay, Dinos Reborn transports players to a pre-historic sci-fi world where they have to “navigate between being predator and prey.” In a press release, the developer
Housemarque’s Returnal is one of the most anticipated PlayStation 5 exclusives, but terms “rogue-like” and “rogue-lite” tend to put many players off. However, the studio believes that Returnal‘s rogue-like elements make gameplay interesting and refreshing, and doesn’t think that they will intimidate players or throw them off despite a single difficulty setting. During an interview
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 16:42 GMT Respawn’s free-to-play battle royale title Apex Legends has hit a new concurrent user record on Steam, proving it’s still a very popular title. Apex Legends was released on Valve’s storefront back on November 5, 2020, and since then it’s been a pretty popular and enduring PvP game.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint had a fairly rocky launch that significantly impacted its sales, but Ubisoft is far from giving up on the title. The developer has announced that it’ll continue to add new content to Breakpoint throughout 2021, and will reveal a detailed roadmap soon. In a note to fans on Twitter, Ubisoft thanked players
The latest season of content has gone live in Destiny 2, and I’ve been grinding the playlist events hard to be able to bring you my thoughts about what’s on offer. With the return of the Cabal as a threat, which is somewhat surprising after the spanking that Ghaul got at the hands of the
Not long after Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan said that he is “feeling pretty good” about Horizon Forbidden West‘s development plans, rumors started swirling that the game may be pushed to 2022. Russian insider Anton Logvinov, who is most known for accurately leaking Horizon Zero Dawn‘s PC version first, responded to a tweet about video
As the Monster Hunter Rise hype train rumbles on, HORI has announced that the respected gaming peripheral manufacturer is producing a special Split Pad Pro model which will be available a month after the game’s launch. From 26th April, Monster Hunter Rise fans who are looking for a more comfortable way of enjoying the game
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:36 GMT Doom Eternal has generated over $450 million in the first nine months of its release, according to a statement made on a former id Software employee. David Saunders, former product management lead at id Software who held the role from 2017 to 2020, has posted a
We do not have substantial news on Elden Ring, but two prominent journalists in the know about the RPG game believe we should hear something soon. The first is VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb, who’s been adamant that From Software and George R. R. Martin’s upcoming game is due for some form of showcase since December 2020. Back
Summary The Vintage & World’s Fair Bundle comes to Planet Coaster: Console Edition! Build historic coaster parks with the Vintage Pack Celebrate global culture with the World’s Fair Pack Since launching in November 2020 across the Xbox One family of consoles, we’ve been absolutely blown away by your incredible creations, and everyone here at Frontier
During the Pokémon Presents broadcast this week, The Pokémon Company announced remakes of the Nintendo DS games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. While Game Freak normally handles games like this, right now, it’s busy with the open-world prequel Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which is due out next year. This leaves the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and
‘What would you do today, if you knew the consequence of every action?’. It’s a cracking question, and one that we’ve fallen in love with relatively recently across movies, TV and games. There’s Groundhog Day, Happy Death Day and Edge of Tomorrow, as well as the actions of Dr Strange in the Avengers movies. TV
Nintendo of America has confirmed that the Mario Tennis Aces North American Open Tournament kicks off today at 10am PT. You will need to register to take part in the event, but once registered you can play away until your heart’s content. Players who place in the top sixteen will be rewarded with My Nintendo
[embedded content] Whispering Hills is a Fallout 4 mod that adds a whole lot of fog and a variety of familiar monsters to the Commonwealth. While an earlier version of it has been around for a while—we’ve been writing about it since Jon said no thanks to the Sirenhead update in 2019—the Episode 1 update
A Superman reboot written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and produced by J.J. Abrams under the Bad Robot label is currently in development, according to a report from Deadline. Few details are currently available regarding the Superman reboot, which has Hannah Minghella serving as a producer. Coates is currently attached to Wrong Answer, a drama directed by
It’s here! After being announced over two years ago, we have got our first official look into the Grishaverse through the new teaser trailer of Shadow and Bone. Based on the first book in the Grishaverse, Shadow and Bone is helmed by show creator Eric Heisserer with author Leigh Bardugo as one of the executive
Last week, Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan confirmed that more of their first-party exclusives would be coming to PC. In the past couple of days, Sony have confirmed that they are restructuring Sony Japan Studio, with many developers leaving while others are absorbed into other teams. So, maybe Sony don’t realise that Japan Studio’s
Summary Pre-order Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace to get 20% off for a limited time! Dive into the Lovecraftian pulp America to find the truth about a hideous murder. Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace will be available on March 23 for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. The year is 1926 and the truth that you are
Welcome to the latest instalment in our new column, Memory Pak, where we’re going to be doing a deep-dive into some of the most memorable moments in gaming – good and bad. We hope you’ve got some tissues ready because this one’s going to be a bit of a weepy. People play Harvest Moon games
Hu Tao is the spooky 77th director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, presiding over all manner of funeral services in Liyue, and she’s coming to Genshin Impact soon. Hu Tao is a polearm wielder and pyro element, so she’ll likely take over a spot in your crew that’s currently being filled by Diluc or Xiangling. Of
It’s Saturday once again, and that must mean it’s time for Weekend Reading 49! As usual, we’re holing up in Stately Beat Manor to spend the weekend lost in a good book. What will you be reading this week? Let The Beat know in the comment section or on social media @comicsbeat! Weekend Reading 49:
Playstack and Cold Symmetry have announced an enhanced edition of Mortal Shell for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Released last August, the action role-playing game will support 4K resolution and 60 frames-per-second on the current-gen consoles. On the PlayStation 5, Mortal Shell will take full advantage of the DualSense‘s features. “From the whispering
After a bit of an issue, Re-Logic’s Terraria is back in development for Google Stadia. Earlier this month it was revealed that Terraria for Stadia has been canceled due to Google having disabled the studio head’s Google account without warning, and being unable to address the problem. Basically what happened was that for some reason,
Final Fantasy VII Remake director Tetsuya Nomura has revealed that part one’s co-director, Naoki Hamaguchi, will take over part two’s development. While Hamaguchi will serve as the sole director on the upcoming installment, Nomura will settle for the role of creative director. This change comes amid Nomura getting involved in a number of projects. However, he has
PQube, Dual Effect, and Abstract Digital Works have announced that their upcoming survival horror game, Tormented Souls, will release on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC sometime later this year. In a press release announcing the new platforms, the companies didn’t provide any update on the previously-announced PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.
Welcome to The Beat’s crowdfunding round-up: a collection of some of our favorite campaigns from the week including one-shots, on-goings, anthologies and everything in-between. This week, we’re checking out sever debut series, including the boy-and-dinosaur story of Nil, the dark fantasy world of The Nekros, and more. Let’s get started! Planet Comics – issue #2!
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