The Wonder Woman game from Monolith and Warner Bros. Games is still in development, even after three years of relative silence from the developer and publisher. Revealed at the Game Awards back in 2021, we’ve been eagerly anticipating new details on this “single-player open-world action” game, particularly as it’s set to “introduce an original story set in the DC Universe.” That means that this Wonder Woman game will work beyond the boundaries of the best DC movies, and likely draw more widely from the comics for inspiration. I’m hopeful that this will be a new game of 2025 worth watching, but for now we’re left speculating about this adventure which, Warner Bros promises, will allow us to “become Diana of Themyscira in the fight to unite her Amazon family and the humans from the modern world.” So while we wait for more info, here’s everything we know about the new Wonder Woman game so far. Wonder Woman game release date speculationAs it stands, there is no Wonder Woman release date established. The game was unveiled in December 2021 at the Game Awards, but there’s been precious few updates since. Warner Bros. has confirmed that the Wonder Woman game is still in developme…
Year: 2024
Hotline Miami 2’s PS5 port launched worldwide in 2023, including in Australia – a country where the game had been effectively banned years earlier. Somebody at PlayStation has seemingly finally realized the mistake, as Hotline Miami 2 is now being deleted from Australian PS5s and refunded to those who’d previously purchased it. Publisher Devolver Digital has responded to the news with a single, perfect screenshot.”We have become aware that the product Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number has not received a proper rating from the Australian Classification Board and have therefore taken steps to refund customers who have purchased the game,” PlayStation said in a customer service email, as reported by Australian outlet Press Start. Eurogamer got in touch with publisher Devolver for comment on the news, and the studio responded with a “visual statement” on the situation. That statement is presented in full below. The Australian Classification Board assigns ratings to games and other media. If something is refused a classification for what the Board deems as extreme content, it cannot be sold or exhibited in the country. A particularly notable example is Fallout 3, which was initially r…
Bethesda Game Studios studio design director Emil Pagliarulo has commented on some of the negative feedback to Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC.Starfield’s first story expansion launched last week to 42% positive “mixed” reviews on Steam, and it’s since dropped to just 30% positive reviews, earning it a “mostly negative” rating at the time of writing. Our own Starfield Shattered Space review awarded the expansion 3/5 stars and praised “some memorable side quests” while noting an at-times “lackluster” main questline and lack of follow-through on promised horror elements.Pagliarulo posted a lengthy Twitter thread in direct response to a fan who perceived his recent comments in an interview with GamesRadar+ as a “pat on the back” that “may not be warranted.””Optimism and excitement are pretty standard for interviews,” Pagliarulo said. “And I’m generally pretty optimistic and excitable (about games) by nature. That said, my optimism is in no way meant to be mud in the eye of any dissatisfied fan. That’s not how it works.”Pagliarulo affirmed that he’s “very proud” of the expansion and that “most of the quests and levels” were developed by BGS veterans “going all the way back to Morrowind…
You can get a lot done in 97 minutes. Make an elaborate dinner. Do those chores you’ve been putting off. Fritter away another irreplaceable sliver of your lifespan in your PvP game of choice. Instead of those equally excellent options, I recently gave in to my desire to play something like Metaphor: ReFantazio, the new JRPG from Atlus developed by a team of Persona and Shin Megami Tensei veterans, to tide me over until its release. Turning elsewhere to scratch this Atlus itch, I revisited Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance specifically to spend an absurd amount of time beating a single, openly unfair boss fight. It was grueling. It was inadvisable. It was a decade of justice packed into 97 minutes of turn-based brutality so vindicating that I’m still waiting on the forklift I ordered to move my ego. A boss out of time Back in June, I had the chance to talk to Atlus veteran and now Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino, who got his start at the company with Shin Megami Tensei games and went on to direct 2003’s Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne. After the many times that Nocturne elbowed my teeth in when I played it over 10 years ago, naturally I took the opportunity t…
The upcoming survival horror game A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead will feature microphone detection that allows creatures to hear your real-life voice.”They’re coming for you. Don’t make a sound! …literally,” reads a tweet from the game’s official Twitter feed. “A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead features microphone detection, bringing the creatures’ terror right into your own room.” The announcement is accompanied by a deeply unsettling video of a man playing the game with a PS5 controller and triggering an ambush with a subtle sigh, suggesting the monsters in the game have the same sensitive hearing that they do in the popular movies the game is based on.They’re coming for you. Don’t make a sound! … literally 🎙️A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead features microphone detection, bringing the creatures’ terror right into your own room.Pre-order now to get exclusive content at https://t.co/elwcPFnlE9. pic.twitter.com/i023NI4fRqOctober 9, 2024I absolutely love this, and honestly with a game centered around monsters that rely solely on their hearing to track down prey, it would almost be a disappointment if it didn’t feature microphone detection. That …
The developer behind PsiloSybil describes it as “the most ruthless indie linear 3D platformer ever made,” and after spending an hour dying nearly 100 times in the opening stages that make up the game’s demo, I’m convinced they’re probably right.PsiloSybil is heavily inspired by Crash Bandicoot – if the tunnel-like stage design and PS1 aesthetics didn’t give it away, the opening cutscene’s references to “Aussie Rat” and the Crash-coded “marsupial” skin for the main character probably will. The game’s gorgeous in its psychedelic ’90s way, complete with wonky textures and a perfect recreation of analog video signals – which is, of course, optional if you hate fun.The game’s been in early access for some time and has developed a solid fandom over that time – more than 100 90% positive Steam reviews is nothing to sneeze at for a game of this scope. Alongside the 1.0 release, developer bad_vertex tweeted that this is “the most ruthless indie linear 3D platformer ever made,” and while you might think that’s hyperbole it seems the branding is well-earned.
PsiloSybil – The Definitive Release | Gameplay Trailer (2024) – YouTube
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Silent Hill 2 Remake has been out for only a day, and there are already four pages worth of mods over on NexusMods. Although I wouldn’t recommend using any of them on your first playthrough, my favorites are the ones that let you swap out protagonist James Sutherland for heroes from GTA San Andreas, Nier Automata, and Resident Evil 4 Remake.This was, of course, inevitable. The best Resident Evil 2 Remake mods over the years include everything from the infamous Thomas the Tank Mr. X to the manifestation of the fabled Resident Evil 2 Akuma Mode after 26 years. It’s only fair that Silent Hill 2 Remake gets the same treatment, although we’ve yet to reach the levels of absurdity we inevitably will.My favorite ‘character’ mods so far include one that turns you into CJ from GTA San Andreas, another that lets you play as Resident Evil 4 Remake hero Leon Kennedy, and another that swaps James Sutherland for 2B from Nier Automata. We’ve seen these exact mods in other games, including Resident Evil 2 Remake, but hey, they’re classics for a reason, right?Where do we go from here? Well, Thomas the Tank as Pyramid Head seems like a safe bet, and while we’re on the topic of GTA, Big Smoke too. We …
Metaphor: ReFantazio marks a big departure for its veteran developers. Rather than layering supernatural elements underneath a modern setting we’re all familiar with – as is the case in Persona and Shin Megami Tensei – developer Atlus is creating an entirely new high fantasy world, but the team quickly realized it didn’t need to be so strict about sticking to medieval traditions. “When considering what a medieval world needs, what the components of that setting are, we reach the conclusion that we actually didn’t need to be so strict about this and that,” director Katsura Hashino said in an interview with Gamer Braves. “The more important thing was about telling the story of Metaphor: ReFantazio.”Hashino elaborates that the team initially sweated the small details, and had several discussions around things like, “how much glass should there be in the town, considering if it’s medieval times, glass would have been a precious commodity.” But, ultimately, the fantasy genre opens the door to practically anything being possible, so Atlus developers settled on creating a world that’s best suited to host its narrative, rather than one that’s realistically depicting a historical…
Like many tennis fans, I waited what felt like an eternity for a new Top Spin game, and at many points, I was sure we’d never get one. You can imagine my surprise when Top Spin 2K25 suddenly launched earlier in the year. While it isn’t everything I was hoping for as a sequel to maybe the best tennis game ever made, its current price ahead of Prime Day is more than worth it.Down from its launch price of $69.99 which I bought it for, Amazon is running a discount ahead of its big Prime Day sale that slices it down to $38.89. Personally, I’m a bit miffed at how limited its roster is compared to some other tennis games on the market these days, but its gameplay feels superior by far, and that’s why I’d happily recommend it for this kind of price. From the price history data I’m seeing, Top Spin 2K25’s cost has been slowly falling since launch, and besides a very brief stint in August when it bounced down to $29, this is the lowest it’s been. With more content being added by the developers, this Prime Day PS5 deal presents a good time to grab a racket and hit the virtual courts.Top Spin 2K25 | $69.99 $38.89 at Amazon
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Halo Infinite is getting a fanmade mode that has much in common with Helldivers 2 – it’s also called Helljumpers, if you had any reservations about where the inspiration came from – and it has me itching for the dream ODST spin-off that was never greenlit.For context, a former Halo developer revealed that series developer 343 Industries apparently shot down several spin-off pitches, including one ODST game that very much resembled this year’s biggest shooter Helldivers 2. Rather than simply yearning for what could have been, a team of superforgers got to work on an unofficial version themselves.Made in Halo Infinite’s Forge – the toolset that lets players create custom maps and modes ranging from Pokemon clones to mini MOBAs – Helljumpers sees four spartans drop down onto a wide open map to complete a series of objectives, all while waves of alien bad guys descend from above. The Forge mode now has a new trailer linked below and an October 25 release date.
Helljumpers | Gameplay Reveal | Halo Infinite – YouTube
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Well, that looks delightful. I think I even spotted friendly fire raining from above, too. Helldivers 2 and Halo Infinite already have so much in common…