Captain Obvious flew by and glared at me just now, as if to say, “Don’t make me come down there.” Still,Unchartedseries creative director Amy Henning puts it out there for those that aren’t seeing the obvious answer: choices would bust the narrative. “That’s not really our genre,” she toldGametrailers. “We like those kind of games, as players and fans of other games, but for the action-adventure – especially the pulp-adventure genre – that doesn’t really make sense....

As a skeleton wearing a hat I was scheduled to seeWhere the Water Tastes Like Wine, a game I knew nothing about (despite havingwritten about its announcement two years ago— my memory isn’t what it used to be). When I finally put the controller down an hour later, designer Johnnemann Nordhagen said most appointments only lasted a fraction of that and I was the only person he’s seen make it down to the South....

Paid DLC alongside the free Winter Update Ah,Civilization VI. The game I love and, thankfully (for the sake of my free time and general well-being), I keep forgetting I have installed. “Don’t believe its lies. Itwilleat your weekend.” The so-calledWinter 2016 Updateis out this week, and with it comes Good Changes (you’re able to set up an alert for units to sleep until they spot an enemy; production costs for Space Race Projects are down by 40 percent), further balancing, AI tuning, fixes, and a pair of DLC packs, including a new civ....

Bonus: Another messed-up look at the full game Earlier this year, Capcom drove clue-huntingResident Evilfans madwith its cryptic “Beginning Hour” demoforResident Evil 7, but the scavenger hunt isfar from done. Break’s over! There’s also a trailer forResident Evil 7proper, with the disturbed Baker family putting on its bestTexas Chainsaw Massacreimpression. It’s a different look for the series, a gamble, but I’m far more interested in what I’m seeing here than anything else Capcom has done withResident Evilas of late....

International release to follow Oculus and Samsung’s $99Gear VR headsetis now available in the United States. The attractive price point comes with one caveat: the device is only compatible with this year’s line of Samsung smartphones (the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Edge+). The companies are touting more than 100 games and apps available at launch, with over 25 more “brand new made-for-VR games and experiences” planned for release by early December....

The Shadow Cursed lands of Act II are awfully dangerous, but the Moon Lantern’s helpful glow lights the way for yourBaldur’s Gate 3party. Once you’ve scored the Moon Lantern, you’re able to meet Dolly Dolly Dolly, the snippyBG3pixie, and she’ll beg you to free her. Below, we’ll help you decide whether or not to free Dolly the pixie inBG3. Plus, we’ll include a little breakdown of how to meet her and the possible outcomes of your choices....

Bokeh Game Studio is dreaming up a new nightmare Keiichiro Toyama, the driving force behindSilent Hill,Siren, andGravity Rush, has left Sony to form an independent studio–Bokeh Game Studio–with Kazunobu Sato (the producer ofThe Last Guardianand a character designer forSiren) and Junya Okura (the lead game designer on theGravity Rushseries). At their newly-established Bokeh Game Studio, Toyama hopes to “fulfill our fans’ expectations” while enjoying “how fun it is to make games” again with more freedom....

New update adds mode, fixes bugs WhileSpelunkyis great no matter where you play it, the console versions have been at a disadvantage to thePC releaseand its Daily Challenge mode, which allows players to compete by playing in a shared set of stages everyone gets only one shot at each day. If you have the game for PlayStation 3 or PS Vita, rejoice, for the Daily Challenge is nowyours to undertakeas well....

Oh boy. If you were struggling to make sense of what GSC Game World was doing when balancingSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl‘s weapons, I can tell you now that chasing realism wasn’t it. Datamining has shown that this game’s guns make absolutely no sense whatsoever, as many have suspected. Choosing the right gun inSTALKER 2is no mean feat. Not only will you have access to a select few low-tier armaments early on, but it now turns out that you won’t even be able to stick with your trusty AK for long, either....

Here’s the new prototype Developers attending Valve’s Steam Dev Days event have been tweeting like crazy. One of the more notable reports to come out of this developer-only conference is that the divisiveSteam Controllerwill undergo serious changes before it’s available for purchase. They really meant it when they said this was a hardware beta — the gamepad’s middle touchscreen is gone, there’s a directional pad, and the A/B/X/Y buttons have shifted to a more traditional formation....

Capcom apologizes for the delay The 12-character downloadable content pack forStreet Fighter X Tekkenwill release on PC this Wednesday, February 6, Capcom announced, who will reduce the content’s price from $19.99 to $4.99 for the first two weeks of release as a form of apology for the delay. Thenew characters released on consoles last July, and include the likes of Blanka, Cody, and Guy from the Capcom camp and Bryan Fury, Jack and Alisa fromTekken....

Blowing minds and blowing chunks Suda51’s new YouTubeseries gives you something you can’t get from everybody, because not every game developer loves the public eye. Despite being as famous (and infamous) as most folks in the industry will ever get, you’re not likely to see a new on-camera interview withMinecraft‘s Notch orFEZ‘s Phil Fishanytime soon. Putting your personal struggles on display isn’t for everyone. Suda51has no such misgivings about showing the human side of the creative process....

Best community or bestest community? I love fighting games. Well, I love pretty much all competitive games, but fighting games are some of the most satisfying. Pulling off combos (or kombos), discovering new “tech,” and watching the metagame develop are all super exciting! I’ve played and enjoyed plenty online:Super Street Fighter IV, BlazBlue, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Divekick, Skullgirls, and evenSmash Bros. Brawl. But none of them have matched the enjoyment I’ve had in my short time playingSmash Bros....