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The highly anticipated PlayStation State of Play has officially begun, and the first game featured isCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. It’s the first majorCrash Bandicootrelease sinceCrash Bandicoot: Warpedlaunched on the original PlayStation in 1998. Now,Crash Bandicoot 4is prepped to be one of the biggest PlayStation 5 games yet. Making the most of the PS5’s cutting-edge hardware, developer Toys for Bob is revealing a variety of features just for the system....

Deathloopis Arkane Studios' upcoming shooter set on an island stuck in a perpetual 24-hour time loop as the protagonist, Colt, attempts to take down his eight targets in a single day to break free. The gameplay resemblesDishonored, with Colt able to use traditional weaponry alongside abilities which resemble Corvo and Emily’s magical abilities, likely with a sci-fi explanation. Deathloop’s premise, however, creates some opportunities for Arkane to engineer an experience that resemblesDishonoredin its stealth and combat but also encouraging the most enjoyable parts of the game without penalizing them....

If learning about what developers leave on the cutting-room floor or items they accidentally leave in the game data sounds interesting, look no further than Lance McDonald’s videos on YouTube. Making a name for himself by discovering items and areas hidden in games' code such asBloodborneandDark Souls 3, McDonald has been able to turn games inside and out in order to find interesting tidbits for his followers. McDonald now has his sights set on the PlayStation 5 remake ofDemon’s Souls, saying that he is sure that hidden items and areas are just waiting to be discovered....

Xur has returned again toDestiny 2, complete with new exotic and legendary gear for players to check out for a limited time. In fact, exotics have been a hot topic within the community as of late, as discussion continues to center around Legend and Master Lost Sectors and how rewarding they are compared to how much effort is needed to overcome them. OneDestiny 2clan even took it upon themselves to calculate how much the drop rate percentagehas changed after a recent update....

BlizzCon 2019 was an eye-opening event that announced new projects likeOverwatch 2,a newWorld of Warcraftexpansion, andDiablo 4.WithDiablo 4expected to release onPCand consoles at launch, this will be the biggestDiablolaunch ever. RELATED:Ranked: 10 Most Powerful Weapons In Dark Souls 3 Withcross-platform on the horizon,players will be more connected than ever before. As a series that used console commands to add and message friends, it’s come a long way since its heyday.Blizzard Entertainmenthas learned a lot sinceDiablo 3,but did they catch everything?...

Summary Wizards of the Coast and Bungie are teaming up for a crossover betweenDungeons and DragonsandDestiny 2, with new cosmetics being added to Bungie’s first-person shooter inThe Final Shapeexpansion. The newDestiny 2armor sets and accessories are inspired by various creatures from the vastDungeons and Dragonsuniverse. Destiny 2: The Final Shapewill bring the conclusionof the Light and Darkness saga, which began with the release of the originalDestinygame nearly a decade ago. On June 4, players will unleash their newly acquired Prismatic powers in the heart of the Traveler and team up to take on the Witness, the solar system’s ultimate threat....

Quick Links When there is literally a world full of people that play the game, there is always room for unique traits that come to the fore, and that is exactly whatEA Sports FC 24is trying to do with the new PlayStyles system. Rather than group players to more generic categories, specific individuals will now sport unique PlayStyles that make them shine brighter than others in the game of football....

There are so many open-world games out there that sometimes it feels more like a methodical, dime-a-dozen approach to game development. Not every game or franchise needs to be open world, but there are some trulygood open-world games out there that may have been forgotten. Among those, THQ Nordic and Piranha Bytes’Elexstands out as one of the best, if underrated, open-world games of the past five years. Upon release,THQ Nordicand Piranha Bytes’Elexreceived average to mixed scores....

Summary The Texas Chain Saw Massacreis one of the hottest horror games of 2023, and it’s full of content and clever references to the original classic 1974 film. Developer Sumo Digital made it clear early on that it only had the license to put content from the first movie intoThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but that it is possible for more movies in the franchise to be licensed in the future if the game proves successful enough....

Fallout 76has launched its yearly Holiday Scorched event which brings holiday festivities and unique loot to post-nuclear Appalachia.Fallout 76players have a limited time to seek out red-suited Scorched who drop presents, and they can also craft their own gifts with wrapping paper for a chance at rare rewards. It’s well-known in the gaming community thatFallout 76suffered from a rough launchdespite the hype for a multiplayer game in theFalloutfranchise. In those early days, the game was riddled with bugs, performance issues, and glitches that outnumbered the game’s positive qualities....

Summary Square Enix just hosted the North American version of theFinal Fantasy 14FanFest, with the European and Japanese events scheduled for later in the year and early 2024. In addition to a celebration of the 10th anniversary ofA Realm Reborn’s launch and the redemption ofFinal Fantasy 14, the event was host to plenty of new announcements regarding what fans can expect in the future for Square Enix’s massively successful MMORPG. While the addition of new jobs and the newDawntrailexpansion were things that fans might have anticipated to some degree, what no one (save for maybe Phil Spencer) would have expected is that the event would feature the announcement ofFinal Fantasy 14finally coming to Xbox consoles....

It’s been an exciting month for fans of Marvel andFortnite, especially players who love crossover events and getting to experience two favorite franchises in one. Many fans already know thatFortniteSeason 4 will be Marvel-themed, and the devs are teasing even more Marvel superheroes that will land inFortnitein the event starting tomorrow. Pretty much everyFortnitefan knows about the legal battle Epic is facing with Apple and Google right now, but that hasn’t stopped the hype from building forChapter 2 Season 4 in late August, specifically the 27th....

Genshin Impactfeatures a diverse roster of female characters with unique Vision abilities, and one dedicated player shows off their own “waifu army” of high-leveled characters within the game.Genshin Impactversion 3.0 introduced new female characters while teasing more characters to come in version 3.1 such as Nilou and Candace. Reddit user Clara_Crystalheart revealed a “waifu army” featuring almost all the female characters currently available inGenshin Impact. The devoted player is close to leveling every single character to level 90, and Hu Tao from Liyue’s Wangsheng Funeral Parlor is among the first at max level....