DICE has to compromise for Battlefield 4 on PS4/Xbox One

‘Won’t be night and day’ between them and PC version Battlefield 4executive producer Patrick Bach has gone on the record withVideoGamerto state that the differences in visual fidelity between the PlayStation 4 / Xbox One and PC versions of the game “won’t be night and day,” but, unsurprisingly, DICE does “need to compromise in some places.” Cue a bunch of “duh!” comments. “It’s the same core, it’s the same game, it’s the same feature set, there’s nothing left out, so to speak,” Bach said ofBattlefield 4on consoles....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 241 words · Marcia Rich

Did You Know Gaming’s new video looks at Zelda: Link to the Past

Interesting trivia on an all-time classic Trivia-buffsDid You Know Gaming?uploaded their newest video at the weekend and it would be remiss not to make mention of it, as it is for a SNES classic, a series classic and one of the finest RPG’s in history,The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The five-minute video, narrated by Arlo, is filled with tidbits about the 1991 release, in a sentence which just gave me a moment of clarity about my advancing age....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Sean Howard

Disgaea 5 Complete launches in May on Switch, with all PS4 DLC

Good things come to those who wait…on DLC Disgaea 5 Complete, which Nintendo is helping to showcase on their national pre-launch Switch tour, now has a release date in Europe — May 26. NIS is expected to launch the US version during the same time period. As a reminder, the “Complete” Switch version will arrive with all of the DLC from PS4, and will support both tablet and TV play, like the majority of Switch games....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Amy Zavala

Dying Light is an open world, freerunning zombie game

Okay, takeDead Island‘s entire concept, subtract the role-playing mechanics, throw in freerunning features akin toMirror’s Edge, and set it all in an open world that features a day-and-night cycle where things become way harder at night like inMinecraftorDayZ. That’sDying Lightin a giant nutshell. Warner Bros. is publishing this Techland-developed game, and they showed off a demo for the new zombie survival title at a recent pre-E3 meeting. While the premise looked cool, I’ve learned the hard way not to get excited for one of Techland’s games until I’ve gotten actual hands-on time....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 851 words · Rachel Krueger

EA’s Accessibility First Patent Pledge hopes to see developers share accessibility innovations

Publisher shares five accessibility solutions with developers Electronic Arts has announced a new initiative to work with studios to develop and share technology and in-game features that will aid and improve accessibility in gaming. The publisher announced the founding of theAccessibility First Patent Pledgethis week, kicking off the project by dropping the patent on five of the company’s own innovations — now freely available to any game developer who wishes to utilize them....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Reginald Zavala

Elden Ring gameplay shows 15 minutes of mounted combat, stealth, and more

Plus pot man! Elden Ringlooks to be a pretty big step for From Software. Today, the studioshowed off about 15 minutesof gameplay of the upcoming action RPG, and it has a lot going on. From horse combat to stealth, ambient enemies to massive dungeons and bosses, and even a pot man, theElden Ringgameplay broadcast today showed off a fair bit of what to expect in this new world. One of the big elements to showcase inElden Ringis its mounted combat....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Michael Jones

Fallout 76 gets generous with the XP this weekend

The perks of still playing Some West Virginia wanderers will be doubly rewarded for their efforts this weekend. The experience points will radiate and mutate until there are twice as many. Bethesda is luring people towardFallout 76‘s Survival mode betawith promises of double XP. From April 4 at 12pm Eastern through April 8 6am Eastern, anyone playing the Survival mode (which is the PvP-focused spin-off that incentivizes killing other players) can cash in on the extra experience....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · David Miller

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis will be free-to-play, and monetized through loot boxes

‘The monetized element is basically loot boxes containing random weapons’ Did you miss thatthere are multipleFinal Fantasy VIIprojects in the works…again?! It…begins! The one in question here isEver Crisis, which is a mobile game developed by Applibot, and will be a “reimagining” of the original in “monthly” episode form. Now, thanks toa new Famitsu interview with Tetsuya Nomura, we know that it’s free, and will “try” to stick to 10 chapters....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 219 words · Mikayla Davidson

First details on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer

Different Instagram filters on the box art, Xbone gets DLC first Kevin Spacey vehicleCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare,which we brought to you guys last night, has somemore details trickling out. Notably, the deliciouslyTitanfall-like exoskeletons in theAdvanced Warfareextend “across all modes,” which means they’ll be in the multiplayer, adding verticality and maneuverability. Hoverbikes and drones are also confirmed. And all ofAdvanced Warfare‘s inevitable add-on DLC iscoming to the Xbox One first....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Andrea Jimenez

Fortnite is finally getting some limited time jetpacks

Aces High Fortnitewas set to receive ajetpack updatea few months ago, but Epic Games decided to push back the idea due to a last minute issue. While the intervening months haven’t been devoid ofcool new waysto play, jetpacks will finally be making theirFornitedebut soon. The news comes from Epic’s in-game message board, listing the item as “Coming Soon.” That is pretty damn vague, but the description gives a better idea of how this will work....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Pamela Garcia

Genshin Impact’s Version 4.7 Imaginarium Theater mode, explained

A new roguelike game mode is coming toGenshin ImpactinVersion 4.7. From character selection to buffs and Primogem rewards, here’s everything you need to know about Imaginarium Theater! Imaginarium Theater requirements inGenshin Impact To start, you need to be Adventure Rank 35 or higher to participate in Imaginarium Theater. If you’re not quite there yet, keep participating in quests, exploration, and daily activities until reaching AR35 The challenge begins in the Imaginarium Theater room, simply interact with the book on the table....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 707 words · Dennis Thompson

Ghost Recon Wildlands may not be out, but the season pass details are

At least it is a week until launch Ghost Recon Wildlandsis about a week away from launching, so naturally Ubisoft has to detail all of the season pass specifics. To its credit, Ubisoft showed some restraint and waited until one week before release, unlike some other big-budget gameannouncedthis week. Seeing as how you can’t currently go out and buyWildlandsand some of this content sounds really pointless, I’m not going to give them too much benefit of the doubt....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Joseph Sandoval

Half-Life mod Sven Co-op returning as its own game

Free for all Steam users Half-Lifemods used to be all the rage. It seemed like each month brought a brand new and unique mod of the game’s engine that felt completely alien yet familiar to play. Games likeEarth’s Special ForcesorBattle of the Milleniumwere amazing and occupied hours upon hours of my time in high school. Among these mods wasSven Co-op, a cooperative and wacky mod that offered up hundreds of stories and missions through user-created maps and content....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Gail Evans