Author: Garry Smith

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first game in the fantasy action role-playing game series not to feature spiders, developer BioWare has confirmed.Fans had wondered about the lack of an arachnophobia mode after BioWare revealed The Veilguard’s accessibility options without one, but it turns out it’s not needed because there are no spiders in the game.“No arachnophobia mode because there’s no spiders!” posted associate community manager blackhairvioleteyes in the Dragon Age subreddit.Reaction is mixed. Dragon Age is known for its creepy spiders, which are common throughout all the games. There are even mods that turn the spiders into other animals…

With the gaming world waiting with bated breath for Nintendo to announce Switch 2, the company behind Mario has once again surprised its fans with the announcement of a completely unexpected piece of hardware: an interactive alarm clock.“Ever wish that you could wake up in one of the playful worlds from Nintendo?” the company asked in a note to press. “Well, it’s time to stop dreaming!”The Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is an interactive alarm clock designed to add “some Nintendo charm to your home and your daily routine.” Alarmo is due out early 2025 priced $99.99, with Nintendo Switch Online…

The developers of A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead have revealed its microphone noise detection, an optional feature that lets the game’s monsters hear sounds players make in real life.A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror video game based on Paramount Pictures’ popular post-apocalyptic franchise, which revolves around blind extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. The first movie, starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, met with criticial and commercial acclaim back in 2018.Here’s how the noise detection works: by activating your microphone, this optional feature lets the game’s deadly creatures detect every sound you make…

Bandai Namco has assured struggling Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero players that it’s okay to lower the difficulty as waves are being wrecked by Great Ape Vegeta.The highly anticipated fighting arena game launched on October 8 for anyone who preordered (otherwise launching October 11) and, of all the many characters and arenas and challenges in the game, on is standing out above the rest.This monke got hands! #SparkingZero #DBSZ pic.twitter.com/EC6ozhx2Yt— Bandai Namco Ent. UK (@BandaiNamcoUK) October 8, 2024 Great Ape Vegeta is a fight that comes relatively early on in the story and it’s proving tough as nails for many players.…

It’s early days in the life of the well-received Silent Hill 2 Remake, but already PC players have dug into its backend to create mods that change the game in eye-catching ways.The most popular Silent Hill 2 remake mods on Nexus Mods include those you’d expect, such as fixes for performance and visual issues, but there are a few that stand out for doing perhaps unexpected things with Bloober’s survival horror game.For example, one popular mod, Hair Sheen Removal – No More Oil, makes hair “less distracting” by reducing sheen. Talk about conditioning users to play the game a certain…

Sony accidentally released Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number in Australia last year despite the game being banned there, and everyone who bought it has suddenly been refunded as the game disappeared from the PlayStation Store.As reported by Press Start, Australian gamers received an email notifying them of the removal of Hotline Miami 2 from their game libraries and the PlayStation Store. Why? It was never allowed to be released there in the first place.The Australian government famously refused to give Hotline Miami 2 a classification upon its release in 2015 due to a “visual depiction of implied sexual violence,” stopping…

Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC was meant to usher in a new era for Bethesda’s divisive space game Starfield, rekindling memories of the studio’s great DLCs of the past such as Fallout 4’s Far Harbor. But following its launch last month, things haven’t gone to plan.Sci-fi RPG Starfield launched in September 2023 as Bethesda’s first brand new intellectual property in years and its first mainline single-player game since Microsoft bought parent company ZeniMax Media in March 2021. IGN’s Starfield review returned a 7/10. We said: “Starfield has a lot of forces working against it, but eventually the allure of its expansive…

The CEO of the developer behind Spectre Divide, a new free-to-play competitive multiplayer shooter fronted by streamer Shroud, has insisted the game isn’t dead despite low player concurrent numbers.Spectre Divide launched early September on PC via Steam, where it saw an encouraging 30,971 peak concurrent players. But that concurrent figure has fallen steadily since on Valve’s platform where it has a ‘mixed’ user review rating. Yesterday, October 8, Spectre Divide had a peak of 2,769 concurrent players.Now, a month on from launch, Mountaintop Studios CEO, Nate Mitchell acknowledged the discourse around Spectre Divide low player numbers, but vowed to stick…

Firaxis is working with the Shawnee tribal nation to ensure “an authentic, sincere recreation” in the upcoming Civilization 7.In Civilization 7, Shawnee are an Exploration Age civilization, which means they will have to become another civ in the Modern Age (presumed to be the Lakota or Iroquois).Here’s Firaxis’ official description:An Algonquian-speaking people originally from what is now the eastern United States, the Shawnee fought hard to keep their land and traditions. Their fiercest battles were with the United States, as the new nation pushed westward. Seeking to build a coalition of indigenous people to form a united front, the Shawnee…

We’re on the last day of Prime Big Deal Days, and there are still plenty of excellent discounts to check out. If you’re searching for some video game deals in the sale event, we found an incredible offer on the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 that you don’t want to miss. Its price has dropped down to $19, over 50% off its MSRP. According to camelcamelcamel, this is the game’s lowest price yet so there’s no better time than now to scoop it up. I played these games for the first time this year, and I have to say…