Balatro is the viral indie poker roguelite that’s taken the world by storm, and also caused quite a few of us to lose our senses a little bit. Maybe none more so than Final Fantasy 16 star Ben Starr. Balatro has become an absolute sensation, causing our team members to definitely (not) play it during meetings and winning some Critics’ Choice awards, too.The voice of Clive has become somewhat of an industry darling in recent years, and most recently used his talents to play a live-action Jimbo, the funny and slightly disturbing jester that’s become the mascot for the game.Starr features in an advert that promos the new card themes in Balatro, allowing you to change the face cards in your deck to cards inspired by Don’t Starve, 1000xResist, Divinity Original Sin 2, Shovel Knight, Enter the Gungeon, Warframe, Potion Craft, and Cult of the Lamb. It’s already a little unhinged, showing him swiveling around in full harlequin makeup, laughing maniacally, and chomping down on some bananas. The outtakes are even more baffling.Behind the scenes insanity of #Balatro. pic.twitter.com/uLflxriXdMDecember 21, 2024″Behind the scenes insanity of Balatro,” Starr tweets alongside a video of hims…
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Today’s Xbox Partner Showcase gave us a look at Subnautica 2 – which is, of course, the third game in the Subnautica series. The new, direct sequel is set to launch into early access in 2025, and it’s finally answering fans’ prayers by adding multiplayer.The brief trailer for Subnautica 2 appears to be all cinematics, but it sets the tone for the new game with a brief look at a colorful, inviting coral reef dive followed up by the most terrifying deep sea encounter you can imagine. The big tease here is that we see multiple characters working together, a clear example of the long-awaited addition of cooperative multiplayer for up to four players.Subnautica now officially hits early access in 2025, and it’ll be available day one on Game Pass for Xbox Series X|S and PC. The devs have confirmed that it’ll also be available on PC via Steam and Epic, but there’s no word of a PS5 version just yet.In a new Xbox Wire blog we see a handful of screenshots alongside confirmation that we’ll “traverse beyond Planet 4546B.” Some of this info has already been teased out by publisher Krafton in recent years, though developer Unknown Worlds has had to do some damage control on certain pieces of tha…
Uncharted 2 has turned 15 years old, and while the thought of that may turn some of you into dust, those who worked on the iconic game are taking the opportunity to reminisce instead.Over the weekend, Naughty Dog and other industry figures like Geoff Keighley took to Twitter to flag the beloved adventure game’s big milestone, leading to some reaction from those who worked on Uncharted 2 many moons ago. Current studio head Neil Druckmann says the game “completely changed our lives,” with an accompanying image showing a Neil Young-mann.Like it was yesterday! Uncharted 2 completely changed our lives! https://t.co/0aKXJVw3ct pic.twitter.com/YPYT3hjJrROctober 13, 2024In response to a Keighley tweet reminding everyone that Uncharted 2 was announced by famed poet of our time Busta Rhymes, Bruce Straley says the game showed a Naughty Dog on fire with “something to prove.””The Playable Summer Blockbuster,” he says. “A building that collapsed in-game & not in a cutscene. A train that actually careened & moved through 3d space, not just a scrolling background trick. We were on fire [with] something to prove. That was the highlight of my days at ND. Good memories.”There are plenty of o…
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is stuffed with references to A Link To The Past, A Link Between Worlds, and more niche parts of the series’ history – but it might also be hiding a tribute to two Nintendo legends in plain sight. In Echoes of Wisdom’s Lake Hylia area, Zelda stumbles across two Zoras who come from different tribes and eventually work together to make sure the River Zora and Ocean Zora can co-exist. TheGamer theorizes that the two Zoras – Inawa and Rogma – might actually be a callback to the friendship between former Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata (RIP) and former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.Of course, their names are loosely similar. Inawa, Iwata. Rogma, Reggie. Then there’s also the fact that they come from two different tribes (Nintendo Nintendo and Nintendo of America) but share similar goals and ultimately fall under the same umbrella.”If the developers did indeed reference the friendship between Mr. Iwata and me, I am incredibly touched,” Reggie tweeted today after spotting the potential callback.
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The survival horror renaissance is alive and well in 2024, and the latest proof is the fact that Alien: Isolation 2 is currently in “early development”. Creative Assembly’s modern cult classic is still a terrifying force to be reckoned with, its heart-pounding concoction of claustrophobic cat-and-mouse in an abandoned spacecraft proving prime nightmare fodder even a decade on. If the original Dead Space (and System Shock, to an extent) set the scene for deep space horror to take off, Alien: Isolation took those blueprints and bolted with them.With the current trends leaning toward remake upon remake of the best survival horror games of yore, though, it’s a relief that Creative Assembly is doing something different. Instead of rebuilding the 2014 original, fans are to be treated to a full-blown Alien: Isolation sequel – and hot on the heels of this summer’s box office hit Alien: Romulus, the announcement couldn’t have been timed better. There’s not much else to go on just yet, but the raucously positive response from the horror community indicates to me that the genre might not be as stuck in the past as I’d feared. Ellen Ripley’s believe it or notThe belly of the beasts …
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A second Disco Elysium spiritual successor has been announced from a different group of developers from ZA/UM.In a remarkable sequence of events, today, Friday, October 11, two separate studios made up of former Disco Elysium developers have been announced, and they’re both working on follow-ups to the acclaimed 2019 RPG. We already covered the first one and interviewed new studio Longdue, so we’re mainly going to be talking about the other new studio, Dark Math Games, and its debut project, XXX Nightshift (stylized XXX NIGHTSHIFT).You can watch the very cryptic three-minute trailer just above, which shows off some decidedly Disco Elysium-esque visuals and centers a conversation between the player character and someone named Rivers Dark. “It was inevitable,” she can be heard whispering at the start. “Why?” you ask. “It’s on,” she replies.Without any contextual clues, it’s hard to decipher much from the conversation, but it goes on for another couple of minutes before we see a partially obscured character resting in a massive bed. “Many chinchilla fur blankets cover the biggest bed you’ve ever w…
Currently, the Destiny 2 Alethonym catalyst isn’t available as it’s locked away in the Revenant Season Pass until Act 2 starts. That means you’re stuck with the stock Alethonym Stasis Grenade Launcher for now, but this novel weapon is still useful in Destiny 2, firing powerful Stasis spikes that help you create Special or Heavy ammo on demand. Any enhancement to an Exotic weapon is greatly appreciated, however, so here’s what you need to know about getting the Alethonym exotic catalyst in Destiny 2 and when it’ll be available.How to unlock the Exotic Catalyst for Alethonym in Destiny 2 The Altheonym catalyst in Destiny 2 is not currently obtainable as it’s locked behind level 145 on the Revenant Season Pass. For the remainder of Act 1, you won’t be able to increase your Revenant rank above 100, but when Act 2 starts with the Destiny 2 weekly reset on Tuesday, November 19th, you’ll be able to start levelling up your Season Pass all the way to level 150, letting you eventually get that catalyst.Destiny 2 Revenant guidesDestiny 2 Tonic recipes
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CD Projekt is the latest game studio to receive a spurious claim that it’s failing because it’s gone too woke. That in itself is hardly news – there’s a whole industry out there of people profiting off of misplaced gamer rage – but this one has gone and gotten a response from one of the CEOs of the Witcher and Cyberpunk studio.”Seems we live in times where anyone can record complete nonsense and make a story out of it,” joint CEO Michał Nowakowski says on Twitter, quote tweeting a link to a video making a lot of extreme claims. “CDPR talent leaving? We have the lowest rotation of people in recent years. DEI-driven recruitment? We hire based on merit and talent alone, just as we make games driven by artistic vision alone. Why did we choose UE? Because it enables us to work on our games more efficiently and we remain cutting edge tech-wise. The Witcher 3’s director left? Well, yeah, more than two years ago… Now, can we stop looking for conspiracy theories and go back to making cool stuff?”The Witcher 3 was, of course, one of the most beloved games of all time, and while the state of Cyberpunk 2077 bruised the company’s image in a major way – the director of Cyberpunk 2 ha…
There’s just something about Europa that drew me in instantly – perhaps it was the gameplay reminiscent of Tears of the Kingdom, or maybe the breathtaking visuals that look as though they were plucked straight out of a Studio Ghibli film. Whatever it was, I’m so happy that it did as this indie gem proved to be everything it appeared to be and so much more. I’ve left the game with just one wish – that it somehow could’ve been longer.Everything from Europa’s emotional story to its unique take on the 3D platformer genre has stuck with me since I finished playing, and will probably continue to do so until the end of time. It’s such a simple and serene game, yet it manages to carry so much depth within itself. The vibrant aesthetic is almost misleading in a way, honestly – Europa offers a far greater experience than just a pretty playthrough, and it does so nearly seamlessly.One lonely planet Beneath Europa’s stunning Ghibli-like world is one very lonely planet, a moon that served as a home to many at one point, but now carries nothing but the sounds of buzzing gardeners and rushing rivers. Gardeners, the game’s robot-ish creatures that stand as the setting’s bugs and wildlife, r…
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The Metaphor ReFantazio Archetype system gives you different skills and abilities from the embodiments of various heroes from the game’s distant past, their hopes and virtues, that your party will be able to unlock and equip. By spending MAG, Metaphor’s magical currency, party members will be able to study and unlock the various Archetypes at Akademia by speaking with the mysterious More. Characters can be further customized by inheriting previously learned skills from other Archetypes and assigning them by spending additional MAG to do so with additional bonuses being gained by spending time with the various Metaphor ReFantazio Followers and increasing their ranks. This all provides Metaphor with one of th…