Today sees the launch of Capcom’s fantastic horror-adventure,Resident Evil Village. Far more important, however, is the premiere of the second episode of the wonderful “Let’s Play in Bio Village“, theadorably grim puppet showstarring the sequel’s rogues’ gallery. Episode two sees Heisenberg hard at work on some kind of contraption that appears to have been designed for the sole purpose of turning man into mush. Moreau, kind soul that he is, wants to help Heisenberg out, with predictably gooey results....

We knew a newRocket Leagueannouncement was coming today. It’s not any more word on if/when the car soccer game would show up on other platforms. Instead, it’s a handful of new car customization options modeled after brutal post-apocalyptic wastelands like the one seen inMad Max. Chaos Runwill be paid DLC, bringing two new battle-cars (Ripper and Grog), six new decals for each, as well as some new paint types, wheels, toppers, and antennas....

One of the greatest travesties mankind has ever committed on itself is having let adventure gaming’s prime run its course without a LucasArtsStar Warsadventure game using the SCUMM engine being created. It just doesn’t make sense that the company who createdStar Warsand also dominated the adventure gaming scene didn’t make an adventure game based onStar Wars. Thankfully, we have the fans, and they will achieve where LucasArts failed. Stacy Davidson is one such fan and she is bringing the worldHan Solo Adventures, a classic-style adventure game that uses Adventure Game Studio (basically an early version of the SCUMM engine) to pull off the classic look of LucasArts’ 80s and 90s adventure games....

You’ll need a soldering iron though The Nintendo 64 is one of my favorite consoles in history. Because of the unique nature of the console, the vast majority of its releases were exclusive, as opposed to the massive multiplatform parity we have today. As a result, the library still stands on its own with a ton of classics in tow. Sadly, it’s becoming harder and harder to hook things up as more TVs ditch legacy inputs....

Still Wakes the Deepis the latest story-driven horror game from The Chinese Room ofA Machine for Pigsfame. Basically, if you likeAmnesia-style horror, but you want to experience it on a crumbling oil rig in the middle of the North Sea, this is the one for you. Having playedDear Estherand the aforementionedMachine for Pigs, I’d been holding out that the developer’s latest release was going to tick my narrative-loving and terror-craving boxes....

Coming to Windows, Linux and Mac in April Them Games Studio says that their upcoming game,inSynch, falls somewhere between a rhythm game and a musical instrument. Its gameplay is simple: it has you popping up objects that roll in from the four corners of the screen into a hole by pressing one of four buttons. Both your successes and mistakes change the musical score in real time, so you’re working to survive as long as possible while also make music....

Let’s get your morning hype fires kindled Sucker Punch Productionshas opened a new job listingon its corporate website, which has, unsurprisingly, already set tongues wagging with excitement at the mystery project. The studio is looking for a new narrative writer, and specifically asks that ideal candidates have “AAA open-world experience” as well as a “desire to write stories set in feudal Japan.” Knowledge of feudal Japanese history is also listed as a positive boon....

The usual suspects led the way Rockstar and 2K parent company Take-Two Interactive had some good news for its shareholders today: It had a record-setting fourth quarter to its 2020 fiscal year. Take-Two had to refrain from gloating too much though, because the success was largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In itsend-of-year report to investors, Take-Two ended up with $760.5 million in fourth quarter revenue, up a staggering 41 percent year-over-year....

The Nintendo Switch, much like the Game Boy and Nintendo DS before it, carries with it the idea that it’s a great console for kids. but there are some amazing games for adults on it that regularly stop us from putting it down for far too many hours. With that in mind, I wanted to build a list of the best Nintendo Switch games for adults to show anyone on the fence about the console that there’s plenty for you to get stuck into the outside of the more powerful home consoles....

The Sega Saturn met its untimely demise in equal part due to Sony’s immaculate PlayStation launch and to Sega’s own poor decisions. There’s one thing they did well, however, and that was coming up with a short-but-sweet game catalog that holds way more gems than most remember. Tomb Raider Sadly, few people remember that one of the most popular and influential video game series began its life on the Sega Saturn....

Thanks to my homeboys Samit Sarkar and Dale North for covering the Hotness this past week. I have been bouncing back and forth to the Bay Area for the last two weeks to see a bunch of games. You saw some of the previews today, and there will be an avalanche of previews coming next week from yours truly. Also, as a blogger, it is my duty to hype the hell out ofHenry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure....

No date yet Fused Zamasu, one of the chief characters of the fourth arc ofDragon Ball Super,was recently confirmed to be making an appearance inDragon Ball FighterZby way of magazine scans. Now Bandai Namco is showing him off proper with some real official screens, and he’s looking like a formidable addition indeed — I really dig the use of purple in his abilities. Fused Zamasu is the third piece of confirmed DLC forDragon Ball Fighter Z‘s season pass, the first two of which are Broly and Bardock, who are already implemented....

See what’s new We saw thecomparison video, now developer Crystal Dynamics shows us exactly what went down to makingTomb Raiderall next-gen-y. Lara looks more lifelike than ever, especially with her facial expressions as her face was re-created from scratch for theDefinitive Edition. Lara’s hair flows more realistically, her skin shows off more damage, and a lot of stuff now has physics elements that weren’t in place in the original game....