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Rats, exceptional emotional storytelling, tense stealth, and more rats: these are the elements that come to mind when I think of A Plague Tale. Watching the young protagonists Amicia and Hugo de Rune endure unimaginable hardships to combat a supernatural rat scourge in A Plague Tale: Innocence in 2019 and its 2022 sequel, A Plague Tale: Requiem, captivated me, and the series has become one of my favorites of the modern era. Although Requiem’s conclusion left some tantalizing narrative possibilities for the future, I doubt anyone expected a follow-up would take players to the past and center on that game’s…
Pokémon Go became all the rage when it launched, as it fulfilled one of our childhood promises,You’ve “Gotta catch ’em all!.” At its peak, that game had a monthly player base of about 200 million, which is astounding. Now, a new iOS app called Gotcha wants to do the same, with the difference being that you are catching real animals instead of Pokémon. The concept is simple and addictive. You point your phone at any creature, be it a pigeon or stray cat, and Gotcha cuts it out from the background, identifies what it is, and adds it to your…
Sabotage Studio is officially releasing its last update for Sea of Stars today. The news dropped in a video uploaded to the company’s YouTube channel, which details today’s update and outlines some plans for the future. Dubbed “Sunset Edition,” the update mainly adds a new animated intro cinematic to the game, both to clarify some later events in the game and to serve as a fitting capstone on the project’s development. Additionally, the description of Sabotage’s recent video reads, “We also revisited the balancing for Normal and Hard modes. Splitting the attributes of the Tactician’s Mettle relic into two separate relics…
Xbox Games Showcase 2026 delivered one of the strongest Game Pass commitments Microsoft has made in years, with 17 titles confirmed to hit the subscription service on their respective launch days. The lineup spans titles launching this summer to early 2027 and includes some of the biggest franchises, from Gears of War and Fable to State of Decay and Minecraft. The headliners The most anticipated entries are Gears of War E-Day and Fable. Both have been in development for years and will be available on Game Pass from day one. Other high-profile additions include State of Decay 3, Clockwork Revolution,…
Game Informer can exclusively reveal that The Blood of Dawnwalker, the vampire RPG launching this September that’s also our current cover story game, is getting the art book treatment later this year. More specifically, The Blood of Dawnwalker: The Art of the Game will be published on November 24, just a couple of months after the debut game from Rebel Wolves launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on September 3. Titan Books is publishing the art book, which is set to feature 192 pages of artwork, behind-the-scenes insight, and exclusive interviews exploring the creation of this new world.…
Upgrading a laptop’s storage today often comes down to one uncomfortable decision. You either pay a premium to purchase a brand-new device or try to upgrade the internal storage yourself. Neither option feels efficient nor affordable. The SANDISK Extreme® Portable SSD offers a more flexible alternative by allowing you to expand storage only when your work actually demands it. Instead of committing to costly internal upgrades or purchasing a new device altogether, you can add high-speed external storage instantly and scale it based on how your projects evolve.You can explore the full product lineup and configurations here. Choosing the right capacity…
We first learned that the long-rumored Persona 4 remake from publisher Sega and developer Atlus was indeed real, and it is called Persona 4: Revival, during last year’s Xbox Games Showcase in June. We got a very early look at the game then, so it’s surprising that this remake is launching in February. More specifically, Persona 4 Revival hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on February 18. We learned of this release date by way of the remake’s first gameplay trailer that debuted during today’s Xbox Games Showcase, giving us a look at our protagonist and his party fighting…
Xbox fans finally got the sentence many of them have been waiting to hear for a while now. Xbox console exclusives are back! During its Xbox Games Showcase 2026 recap, Microsoft confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will be Xbox console exclusives. These aren’t timed exclusives either, which means players should not expect it to drop on PlayStation some time later. Expect it to drop on PlayStation some time later. The company also clarified that previously announced multi-platform releases will still follow their original plans. Xbox swings back at PlayStation, first with Gears Just a while back…
Senua, the protagonist of both Hellblade games, is now the titular hero in the next game. The next game from Ninja Theory, is simply called Senua and appears to be changing genres… a little bit.”This is an out-and-out action-adventure game. It’s a bold new step for Senua, as a character, into the action-adventure space,” Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews writes on the Xbox Wire blog. The Hellblade games are arguably action-adventure games, so it’s not yet clear exactly what this means for Senua, but Matthews insists it is different style of game, which is why it is not called Hellblade…
There’s no rest for the Doomguy, who’s dragged back into another hellish ordeal very soon. Bethesda has just revealed DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations, which is a new campaign expansion for the 2025 game. The fresh content for DOOM: The Dark Ages is dropping on July 7, 2026, with the add-on bringing new levels, demons, and a weapon that sounds tailor-made for DOOM”s brand of chaos. New strange chapter for the Slayer According to Bethesda’s official announcement, Revelations puts the Slayer in a grim purgatory after being wounded and betrayed. The story sends him through a psychological prison of sorts,…