The free Break the Bank update is worth playing There’s a generous (read: free!)Dead Cellsbiome update out this week calledBreak the Bank, and can you believe it’s the28th updatefor the game? And they’re not slowing down either, as the developers at Motion Twin and Evil Empire are planning to release more DLC and updates for “at least another year.” No one’s getting off this wild ride! Before diving in, you may want to skim thepatch notesto see what’s new....

How Motive’s remake ups the scares Electronic Arts’ Motive studio has taken a fresh approach to a horror classic in its remake ofDead Space. The 2023 version of the 2008 survival horror game takes many cues from its predecessor, but does amp up the scares ofDead Spacea little more with its Intensity Director. While the originalDead Spacecertainly had a good number of scares, those were largely set and established. With the backtracking found in the remake, players would need to be going back across old ground....

Starts this week Destinyas a series has had a Refer-a-Friend program floating around for a while, but they’ve just announced a new update that’s on the way on October 30 through their weekly update blog post. It’s specifically for the recentForsakenexpansion and after using referral links you’ll earn a ship, emblem, and sparrow — all chameleon-flavored. To be a “veteran” and connect with referrals you simply need to ownForsaken: if you’re a “new player” you need to have never ownedForsakenor have only owned it for “less than seven days....

Manhunt 2opens with your character, Danny Lamb, strangling an elderly, unarmed nurse almost to death. Yeah. It’s that sort of a game. Ignoring all of the BS politics of making a game that entertains solely through violence, or the possible repercussions of selling such a game, only one question matters: is the damn thing any good? The originalManhuntwas plodding and repetitive, yet kind of fun due to its then-remarkable gruesomeness and unpretentious nature....

Oops EA has admitted that recently, a lot of people were banned inBattlefield 3on PC in error. So if you were one of those unlucky people, listen up. As per the message on EA’s Help site, “We are investigating an issue of Punkbuster bans that were incorrectly applied to some of our players. Please understand that our game advisers are not able to access or overturn Punkbuster bans, but we’re working with our partners at Even Balance to get this resolved as quickly as possible....

More photo-realistic style WhileTekken x Street Fightermaintains radio silence (Street Fighter X Tekkenis turning 4 years old this week andStreet Fighter‘s Akuma has skippedStreet Fighter Vin favor of showing up inTekken 7), it looks like we almost had a 3DStreet FighterinTekken‘s more photo-realistic style. Event Hubs has this earlyStreet Fighter Vconcept work, which is a mix of some banging concept costuming (whomever drew those Chun-Lis, I love you) and a look at the photo-realistic art style thatStreet Fighter Vcould have had before evolvingStreet Fighter IV‘s paint-splashed, muscular style....

What a time to stay alive Bethesda has released some minor fixes in theFallout 41.5 patch line on PC, for those who decided to opt into the beta, perhaps to try out the new, more challengingSurvival Mode. Today’s update(there are instructions on how to access the beta there, too) addresses: At the end of March Bethesda said, “this update will be available on consoles next month,” while today’s post reads, “in the coming weeks, 1....

Test your might! Overwatchhas become a staple in competitive gaming, so, it’s no surprise that plenty of fans might wonder how the heroes ofOverwatchmight fare in a different competitive scene. No, this isn’t theOverwatchkart racer we’ve all been clamoring for, but the folks over atTGNsaw fit to put together a video showcasing whatOverwatchcould be like as a fighting game. The video below shows off two fights. Reinhardt versus Zarya and Doomfist versus Genji....

I like to consider myself fashionable with a decent eye for clothes. It sometimes takes a while for me to find the exact right mix of stylized design with quality materials, but it’s always worth it. This sense extends even to video games, where customization is a big deal. Whether for a person or a mech, I like to usurp enemies in combat and style. Despite being a first-person game,Cyberpunk 2077has a fashion sense that is as stylish asit is massive....

Assassin’s Creed, Fallout 3, Halo 3, and Oblivion Most of Microsoft’s messaging around Xbox One X has emphasized how current games are even better on this improved hardware. Performance is higher, visuals are crisper — all the stuff that tells console players that the Xbox One X has the best versions of games. As it turns out, everything’s not confined to the current generation. As reported byIGN, the enhancements will trickle down to the vaunted Xbox 360 backward compatibility program too....

‘DLC Bundle 1’ also made available A little over a month since the launch ofOperation ‘Zombie Bunker’, Nordic and The Farm 51 have launchedHell & Damnation‘sfourth piece of DLC, which can be downloaded on Steam for £2.99/$3.99/€3.99. The additions thatFull Metal Rocketbring toHell & Damnationare primarily multiplayer-based, with three new multiplayer maps, weapons, and a brand new Survival mode among other things. A full list of additions can be found below....

NASA needs cooler helmets Last week’sAssassin Creeddebateturned into a rogue race between the first two games in the series, withAssassin’s Creed IIcoming out on top by a few votes . . . and jumping to its close demise in a pile of hay below.Brotherhoodbarely beat outAssassin’s Creed IIIfor third place andRevelationsgot almost no votes at all. With February coming to an end, everyone has had enough time to start playingDead Space 3by now....

Like any child of the 90’s, I watched theMighty Morphin Power Rangersa lot. Like,a lot. I shuddered with fear and amazement as the saga of the mysterious Green Ranger unfolded. I sighed with relief when he finally turned good and became the White Ranger. I bought a fully articulated action figure, a lunch box and, above all, awaited the first movie with the glee that only a child of seven who is totally unused to decent acting or story structure can....