AlthoughMonster Hunter Wildsis still in its early stages, a major update is already set to arrive this April, bringing a new wave of monsters and a Hunter hub. The update, known as ‘Title Update 1,’ introduces an all-new beast that goes a step above the Tempered type.Tempered monsters have earned a fearsome reputation amongMonster Hunterplayers, relentlessly testing Hunters with their sheer power and unforgiving difficulty. Given how brutally challenging these creatures are, it’s almost impossible to fathom just how monstrous this upcoming beast will be....

Dive in and out of the shadows We got a glimpse ofEreban: Shadow Legacyat theXbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, and if you’re into faster-paced stealth games,it’s worth a look. Raw Fury and developer Baby Robot Games showed a new trailer with cool wall-climbing shadow abilities, and confirmed the PC and Xbox Series X/S title will be playable day one on Game Pass. As super dramatic as the trailer was, the footage looks pretty fluid and fun....

And other fun core gamer stats from 2014 NPD’s Core Gaming 2014 report shows that gamers still dig physical copies, with 74 percent of gamers in the United States saying that they would choose a physical copy of a game over a digital one. Digital acceptance is growing (it’s up 5 percent over last year), but physical is still wanted here. United States’ 34 million core gamers spend 22.1 hours weekly playing games, the report says....

Warning: Crucible mileage may vary It’s been an arduous and difficult road forDestiny 2, and if youread our review ofWarmind, the latest DLC offering for the game, you’ll know that there’s still a long way to go. While the sequel is still not up to par with the original,Warmindstill manages to deliver an experience that eclipses that of the first add-on,Curse of Osiris. Nine months in, after the many trials and tribulations the game has had, Bungie is slowly but surely turningDestiny 2into the game its loyal fanbase wants it to be....

Think Twice Paradise Killer, the murder mystery adventurefeatured in June’s PC Gaming Showis almost ready to welcome guests to its hedonistic and highly hazardous tropical hot-spot. For those who weren’t paying attention, Paradise Killeris a first-person, open world adventure, which puts the player in the fashionable footwear of “investigation freak” Lady Love Dies, as she attempts to solve the murder of… well… the island itself. Y’see, “Paradise” is a lush locale that regenerates every few millennia thanks to alien forces, but this time, someone – or something – has put a stop to this event and “killed” the rebirth of the island....

The fans have spoken, and Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis is the cover athlete for the upcomingMadden NFL 12. Hillis beat out former Madden NFL 2004 cover star Michael Vick in an online head-to-head to logged 12.7 million votes between March 21 and April 27. “Our fans have responded in record-setting fashion to honor Peyton Hillis, and we’re extremely pleased to welcome him into an exclusive fraternity of NFL players to appear on the cover of theMadden NFLfranchise,” said EA SPorts Senior Product Manager Anthony Stevenson....

Time to get your read on, folks. Small French publisher Pix’n Love (the guys who brought usPix’n Love Rush) has been putting out books on the history of gaming in France since 2007, and it’s finally decided to sell its work in other countries — and translate it for us, too! Its first step in to lands outside of France isThe History of Nintendo: Volume 1, as the ridiculously bad but-in-a-good-way ad above shows....

TV is priced at ?99 [Update:Sony has confirmed a US launch date for PlayStation TV of October 14th.] Sony had a few hardware related bits of information to announce today at gamescom, most notably the fact that PlayStation TV will launch in PAL territories on November 14. It’ll cost €99, and include three undisclosed digital games. PlayStation Now is also coming to the EU, and the beta will begin in the UK in 2015....

What’s wrong with you? If you’re thinking about caving in and buying a SNES Classic at those exorbitant scalper prices on eBay and other sites, then stop. Reggie Fils-Aime (which I always read as Feels-Anime) told Financial Times that Nintendo “dramatically increased” production for SNES Classic and that“I would strongly urge you not to over-bid on an SNES Classic on any of the auction sites . . . You shouldn’t [have to] pay more than $79....

Last-gen releases, too Zen Studios had runaway success with itsZen Pinballseries. While the first game wasn’t too widespread,Zen Pinball 2has been ported to more devices than I can count. It even has a Wii U port, which is basically just for show with most developers. Couple that withStar Wars PinballandMarvel Pinballand I think Zen Studios has cornered the niche market of virtual pinball machines. Not letting the train run out of steam, Zen is teaming up with Bethesda to bring usBethesda Pinball....

New terms bring industrial action to an end Actors union body SAG-AFTRA have announced that their members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new deal with video game companies, bringing the year-long strike to its conclusion. The crux of SAG-AFTRA member’s demands pertained to bonuses, with the actor’s guild requesting bonuses for games that performed particularly well. This was deemed controversial by the studios who felt that performers would receive further payment after a game’s release, whereas programmers, artists and other developing staff would not, causing morale issues and accusations of preferential treatment....

M-pressive If you had a thousand bottles of beer on your wall, and every day sinceSea of Thieveslaunched, you took a bottle down and passed it around, you would now have zero bottles of beer on the wall. If Vanessa Carlton started walking on the daySea of Thievesset sail and only walked one mile each day, she’d have reached her destination and she’d see you tonight. Rare is celebrating the one thousandth day sinceSea of Thieveslaunched on July 19, 2025....

I’m thinking it’s time to double-dip on PC From Software’sSekirois home to some incredible bosses, and I’d go so far as to say the final confrontation should go down as an all-time classic. The journey from my first bewildered playthrough to New Game+ and beyond sure was cathartic. If you put in the time, you’ll eventually reach this all-powerful point where you’re an unfazed aggressor–you’re the one dictating the pace, not your foes....