Author: Zach Barbieri

In anticipation of the release of their latest 2D-HD title, new IP The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, Square Enix has released a new demo for the game. The Prologue demo is available on the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series, and PC, chronicling the opening hours of the game for players to experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXTW5ItEbc The best part of The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, the demo is that once completed, data from the demo will be transferable to the main game, keeping all progress made. This strategy has become commonplace for Square Enix over recent years,…

When originally announced, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight quickly gained interest from fans, for besides just being a new LEGO Batman game, it also had gameplay harkening back to the classic Arkham Games from developer Rocksteady. Given that Rocksteady themselves had just wrapped up Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which received a lukewarm reception, something filling that void was a welcome sight. Now, with the reviews out and in the wild, it turns out that TT Games didn’t just borrow from the developer of the Arkham games to craft their LEGO outing. VGC has revealed that developer…

The latest entry in the series, Coffee Talk Tokyo, takes us to a place where it was always meant to be. Coffee is a way of life in Tokyo. Not only is it massively popular, but Japan consistently ranks among the top consumers globally of coffee. As such, it feels only natural that Coffee Talk Tokyo would eventually come to pass. It’s a natural fit, the story of a barista in the capital city of Japan, brewing roasts and teas for a selection of denizens. They draw in some part from the mysticism of a country that builds its cities…

When Beast of Reincarnation was announced, I was fairly confident it was not going to be for me. Obviously, any form of teaser trailer will be difficult to get a read on, but, and this is going to be crazy, I know, it was giving off some serious Monster Hunter vibes, and Monster Hunter was never my jam. The trailer was about a human character fighting big monsters. At least, that was my takeaway at the time. As nice as it looked, and I was probably always going to play it, it wasn’t until the Xbox Direct earlier this year…

To the best of our knowledge, despite the constant bombardment of rumors, Grand Theft Auto VI is still planned for release on November 19, 2026. This wasn’t the originally aimed date, as when the game was initially announced, it was scheduled for Fall 2025, before moving to May 27, a day now populated by 007: First Light. In a new Interview with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, we have learned that this initial timeframe was an internal delay itself, initially aiming for people to be killing their way through Vice City in the spring of 2025, before the announcement of Fall.…

Murphy’s Law is a commonly known philosophy that is often misrepresented in the common lexicon. Everything that can go wrong will go wrong is typically taken in a context that implies the pessimistic approach that you can just expect the worst to happen. In actuality, Edward A. Murphy was an aerospace engineer who applied this belief to design philosophy. Assume anything can go wrong; that way, you correct for it in design. Directive 8020, in many ways, adheres to both versions of the law in its premise. Earth is apparently falling to ruin, though we are never really given a…

Forza Horizon 6 is now in the hands of players who purchased the Premium Edition of the game, which came with early access that begins today. In the build-up to all players hitting the streets of Japan when the title releases to all players and to Game Pass on May 19, developer Playground Games has outlined the first batch of free reward cars that will be available to earn when the Festival Playlist becomes available on May 21. Series 1, entitled ‘Welcome to Japan’, will run between May 21 and June 18, with 10 new cars available to collect, which…

Blue Prince has a simple premise, but like every hallowed hall of the house you explore, it is so much more complex than it lets on. You play as the nephew of a recently departed man who has willed you his house. What a nice gesture, you might think, but you would be wrong. This house has no layout, no set path; it is a shifting and changing building that you, the player, take an active part in shaping. The goal is to find the mysterious room 46, never explored before, not even by your uncle. Entering the foyer, there…

Marathon developer Bungie has made plans to attempt to expand its potential player base with new offerings, such as a PvE-only mode. Despite receiving positive reviews and a dedicated player base, reports have indicated that Marathon has struggled to find wider appeal in gaming. It makes sense that Bungie is at least aware of this, though they previously stated they had years of content planned, and it seems the company has plans to make the game more approachable sooner rather than later. Covered in a new and massive Blog post from the studio, Bungie outlined plans for Marathon going forward.…

Polyarc, a developer founded by ex-Bungie developers, has had success in the VR space with two well-received third-person titles named Moss. Now, for the sake of the players who haven’t been able to enjoy the adventures of the mouse named Quill, owing to the requirement of a VR headset, a collection of both games, named Moss: The Forgotten Relic, with no headset required to play. The puzzle-solving adventures of Moss are due to release this summer, though no official release date has been given at this time. What we do have is an announcement trailer for the collection, as Quill…