With full freedom of movement from the Quest VR has had a tough time breaking into the mass market for any number of reasons: price, ease of use, the need to use cords for tethering. As the industry keeps moving forward they’re trying to solve a lot of these problems, and the first step isthe Oculus Quest. A cross between a wearable PC VR kit and a portable system, the Quest is out later this year for $400, complete with a Snapdragon 835 mobile setup....

‘It?s less about pure terror and more about clammy unease’ The Astronauts’The Vanishing of Ethan Cartercontinues to look intriguing. And stunning — gosh, these new screenshots are lovely. Presented from a first-person perspective, this PC (and eventually next-gen console, if everything goes according to plan) title stars a detective who can visualize the last moments of people who have been murdered. The more clues he finds, the longer and more vivid his visions become....

Five mods that will change the way you play Mount & Bladeis one of my favorite games on PC. It’s an open-ended world that allows just about anything. If you want to be a traveling merchant, a mercenary for hire, a thieving bandit king, or the champion general of an entire kingdom, it’s probably possible. On top of its freestyle gameplay, it’s also very friendly to mods. Better yet, it’s easy to have multiple mods installed withMount & Blade....

The THQ trademark has been bought Do you miss those old THQ games and that iconic logo? Well, according to a representative from Nordic Games, the THQ trademark has been acquired by Nordic. Expect old games to arise, as well as moreDarksiders. Here it is, straight from the mouth of Nordic Games general manager Klemens Kruezer: “The challenging fact is nobody has ever heard about Nordic Games before [the THQ auction]....

Meet expansion 1 of 27 The “Get To Work” expansion pack toThe Sims 4was released earlier today on Origin for $39.99. The first of what is expected to be many (and we’re talkingmany), the expansion allows you to further enrich your in-game persona with a deadbeat job – e.g., being a robot writing algorithmically generated paragraphs on a website. Those looking to snag a copy this week cansave from22% to 25%, depending on if you want to go digital or physical....

Live on all platforms While new looter shooters (and sequels, at this point) pop up yearly,Warframehas been trucking along since 2013, steadily reaching its tendrils across the PC aisle and into the PS4, Xbox One andeven Switchplatforms across a five-year period. Having played the game at the start and off-and-on for several years I can safely share the sentiment that it’sgreatly improved, and developer Digital Extremes isn’t afraid to continue to add new content and quality of life updates along the way: like the newest “Nightwave” initiative....

Who knew a PlayStation could do this? Rodensoft, aJapanese indie developer, has revealed new information regarding aFinal Fantasy VIIfan game in development as a personal project.Final Fantasy VII: Time Guardianwas planned to be an alternate version of the originalFinal Fantasy VII, deviating at the Temple of the Ancients. In this version of events, after Cait Sith takes the Black Materia, he triggers the Time Guardian, scrambling time and scattering the party....

Fourth time’s the charm Here is a true story about my first interaction with the Xbox brand. It was my freshman year in college, and my dorm room was the most popular place to be. Not because people liked me — they didn’t and most still don’t — but because I was the only person on the floor with a GameCube. People would come by and we’d spend hours playingMario Kart: Double DashandSuper Smash Bros....

Alone in the Dark Nippon Ichi Software, always up for a good haunt jaunt, has releaseda new gameplay trailerfor its spooky-looking sequelYomawari 3,which will launch in Japan in April 2022 on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. The curiously creepy clip sees our hero, an apparently nameless young girl, exploring her desolate hometown and hoping to break a curse that hangs heavy overhead. Guided almost entirely by torchlight, the protagonist will visit the homes, schools, stores, and forests of her youth, gathering forgotten clues and memories in order to afford her power over the monsters and demons that plague her waking moments....

People are keto…probably There’s a new threat that’s floating under the radar…and under the water, too. Tripwire Interactive, best known forKilling Floor, has another sort of blood-thirsty monster. It’sManeater, a game where you play as a shark who’s trying to eat as many people as possible.Maneaterhas beenknown aboutfor a while now, but its trailer at The Game Awards gave us some new details. It seems as thoughManeateris now coming to PC (via Epic Games Store), PS4, Switch, and Xbox One....

Carter’s Quest [Read on for a description of everyWariogame ever released in the US, and my completion of them all in 2012.] WhyWario? Ok, this is the last one for 2012, I promise. After squeezing inKingdom Heartsto top off myTony HawkandResident EvilQuests, I said I was done until I tackledMetroid,Kirby, and who knows what else in 2013. But the other day, I had a dream: it involved Wario, Waluigi, and the transformation ofNew Super Mario Bros....

For PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch Today, as part of the TGS festivities, Konami has revealed theSuikodenI & II HDRemasterproject for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. It’s due out in 2023, and will pack in both games under the “Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars” moniker. As for what’s actually remastered, Konami touts “HD background illustrations, updated pixel art, new environmental sound effects, an auto-save feature, a battle fast-forward mechanic, a conversation log, and extra HD battle effects....

Assassin’s Creedis a mixed bag of quality — at its best, the series has defined genre tropes, and at its worst, it’s given us plenty to laugh at. But, one thing that it’s done consistently well is providing a balanced, if not nuanced, story that defies generational boundaries. It could’ve been a series that was strictly limited to the past, or it could’ve been a series set entirely in the distant future....