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Following the lackluster reception of Battlefield 2042, which I described in my original review as “full of almost as many bugs as bad pilots,” you might be surprised to learn Battlefield 6 seems primed for success. However, if you’re paying attention to online chatter or are involved in various multiplayer communities, you’ll sense a rising fervor for Electronic Arts’ upcoming shooter. The recent open beta garnered over 521,000 concurrent players on Steam, beating Call of Duty’s all-time peak at 491,670 simultaneous users, according to SteamDB. Multiple factors, including the public’s poor reception of Black Ops 7’s early marketing push, are…

Hideo Kojima’s studio, Kojima Productions, has released a new teaser trailer for its in-development horror game, OD. It features Sophia Lillis (It, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) lighting some strange, seemingly ritualistic candles while an ominous knock sound echoes throughout the mostly empty apartment. Kojima first revealed OD way back in 2023 by bringing out acclaimed Get Out, Us, and Nope director Jordan Peele on stage during The Game Awards that year. The two indicated that they were working on a cloud-based horror project called OD for Xbox Game Studios, which would feature Lillis and Hunter Schafer (Euphoria). However, this…

Hot off the heels of announcing the 1.0 launch window for Palworld, developer Pocketpair has announced a new spinoff called Palworld: Palfarm. As the name suggests, it’s a farming simulator featuring the titular Pals.Although Palworld already has farming elements, Palfarm solely focuses on this aspect. Players move to an island to work alongside Pals to till fields, grow crops, craft tools, and cook dishes. Crops and other crafted goods can be sold or purchased at a market. Some Pals offer unique skills to assist with farming, and players can increase their bonds with the critters by giving them gifts or speaking…

PlayStation has announced that a State of Play will air tomorrow, September 24, with 35 minutes of reveals and announcements from its first-party studios and partners around the world. It will air at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. In the blog post for this announcement, PlayStation says the State of Play will feature an “extended look” at Returnal developer Housemarque’s next game, Saros. It also says it will share updates from its first-party studios as well as from its third-party partners alongside new looks at anticipated indie titles, too.  While waiting for tomorrow’s State of Play, check out the reveal trailer…

Kojima Productions has unveiled an animated film set in the Death Stranding universe called Death Stranding: Mosquito (working title). According to a Kojima Productions press release, the upcoming movie “will chart a bold, original story within the surreal and emotionally resonant world Hideo Kojima created.”A teaser trailer shows two porters embroiled in a fight, one of whom seems to have taken a tar creature as a pet. The film is directed by Hiroshi Miyamoto of ABC Animation and written by Aaron Guzikowski, creator of the HBO series Raised by Wolves. Guzikowski’s other writing credits include the 2013 film Prisoners and…

I spent the majority of my time reviewing Baby Steps in various states of anger, ranging from mild annoyance to controller-throwing rage, but when it intends to make me feel this way, it’s hard to deny that Baby Steps is effective. “Ragebait” games like this one are supposed to elicit that response. I appreciate how Baby Steps commits to the bit by making the player the brunt of the joke, along with its surreal story. Still, its frustrating difficulty, paired with occasionally poorly designed levels, kept me from laughing alongside it.  In the opening cutscene, Nate, a pathetic man who…

Hades II may hit this week, but that isn’t stopping developer Super Evil Megacorp from putting out new content inspired by Supergiant’s hugely successful series. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, which finally made the leap from Apple Arcade to consoles last year, takes several cues from Hades, but wraps it in the shells of Eastman and Laird’s iconic Turtles. Earlier this year, the mask-wearing Casey Jones joined the playable roster of characters in the isometric roguelike, and now, it’s Metalhead’s turn.A robotic turtle built by Donatello, Metalhead is the sixth playable character and delivers an all-new playstyle to the…

Koijima Productions’ Beyond the Strand presentation revealed a few new details for Physint, the studio’s in-development action espionage title. Although studio head Hideo Kojima said earlier this year that the project was at least five years away from release, he unveiled a piece of key art along with some of its celebrity voice talents. Kojima reiterates that Physint, which was first revealed during a January 2024 State of Play, is in the conceptual stages. However, he says the game’s technology will be more advanced than Kojima Productions’ upcoming horror game, OD. While we don’t see any in-game footage, Kojima revealed a…

Larian Studios has released Hoxfix 34 for Baldur’s Gate 3, and it brings with it a native Steam Deck build of the game. The team says this build should feature better framerate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay. Before today’s hotfix, Baldur’s Gate 3 ran decently on Steam Deck via a Proton build, but it came with some noticeable drawbacks, like a sometimes-unstable framerate and fuzzy resolution. Though we haven’t tested it ourselves, it sounds like Larian’s new native Steam Deck build will be the best way to play Baldur’s Gate 3 on the go moving forward.  “This is not just good…

December 19 is shaping up to be a great day for Avatar fans. In addition to being the theatrical premiere date of Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in the franchise, a new story expansion hits 2023’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora the same day.The similarly named From the Ashes expansion – the game’s third story DLC since launch – stars a Na’vi warrior named So’lek in a story set shortly after the conclusion of the main campaign. So’lek hails from the Trr’ong clan, and after being ambushed and left for dead by the RDA and its allies, the rival…