A Monster Pub where everyone knows your name Being the new person in town is tough. Moving away from family and friends means starting fresh. Breaking into social circles and putting yourself out there is no small task, especially when your new neighbors are monsters. At least that’s the case inMonster Pub. The narrative game casts players as a fresh-faced arrival in a town where everyone is a monster. Over the course of one night, you chat with all manner of creatures, play some cards, and maybe — if you’re lucky — end the evening with a few new friends....

What better way to communicate with your loved one than through spiderwebs? After entering yourDisney Dreamlight Valleyworld, you’ll get a letter fromJack Skellingtonabout some webs around the village. Let’s start searching for some spiders. Let’s go clean up this peculiar and slightly spooky mess. All Spiderweb locations in Disney Dreamlight Valley There are multiple sets of spiderwebs you’ll have to find, starting with the six in Kristoff and Anna’s Castle. You’ll initially learn this through some mail titled A Delightful Surprise from Jack Skellington, where he mentions some spiders visiting the Arendellians....

Go on Backfirewall(stylized as Backfirewall_) is one of the more interesting games shown off duringthe PC Gaming Showtoday: it’s about an OS that doesn’t want to update. That alone has me intrigued!PC Gamer, saysthat it’s a “tragicomedy,” and is a self-aware parody at points, with elements ofStanley ParableandPortal. Described as a series of “puzzles and gags,” inBackfirewall_you’ll explore various bits of the OS, including different types of apps, to swipe through the narrative....

Made by one guy Beat Hazard Ultrais an arcade shooter that uses your own music library to create a pretty addictive experience. It’s been three years since the original release ofBeat Hazardon the Xbox Live Indie Game channel. So after releasing on six other platforms (PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 3),Beat Hazard Ultrahas come full circle by returning on the Xbox indie channel for400 MS Points. The latest version adds co-op and versus online and local multiplayer, a boss rush and survival mode, two new bosses, ten new enemy ships, 24 new perks, and three new tactical weapons....

I witnessed a Top Gun worthy volleyball match I had the chance to visit Blizzard’s headquarters in Irvine, California last week for anOverwatchevent, which has basically been a lifelong dream of mine since I first playedThe Lost Vikingson the SNES. It didn’t disappoint either, and our group was able to get a full tour of the campus, barring some top-secret areas that housed projects in development. In short, it’s everything you probably think it is....

I, uh, kind of what this to be real Link: The Faces of EvilandZelda: The Wand of Gamelonare two ill-fated Philips CD-i games that would be best left forgotten if they weren’t such trainwrecks. Their legacy of unintentional hilarity endures throughYouTube,gifs, and now this rather well-doneHyrule Warriorsmock-up. I wouldn’t have expected anyone to put this much effort into creating a phonyThe Faces of Evil/Wand of GamelonDLC pack for the game, or for such a thing to look appealing, but there it is....

You Only Live 600 Times As a nice little musical interlude during last night’s PlayStation State of Play presentation, Bethesda released a new gameplay trailer for Arkane Studios’ riotous looking shooterDeathloop, which is headed to PS5 and PC on May 21. The video features a veritable banquet of first-person carnage, as protagonist Colt run ‘n’ guns his way through an endless cycle of death and rebirth, brought about by an island of eccentric assassins, headed up by the stylish and deadly killer, Julianna....

Studio axed as name becomes a “licensing model” Disney has today announced that it’s decided to close down LucasArts as a game studio, transitioning it into a “licensing model.” This effectively means that LucasArts is dead, likely to exist as little more than a legacy name for externally developedStar Warstitles. A round of layoffs has been had as a result. “After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of qualityStar Warsgames,” claims the company....

Launching May 21 for PlayStation VR One of my favorite parts of virtual reality gaming is being able to inhabit a place and just… exist for a bit. Sometimes, that means being chased around a decrepit house by a charismatic madman. Other times, I want to get lost in aTetris-induced trance and have my surroundings melt away. Thinking of other places I’d like to visit in the near future, the upbeat world ofEverybody’s Golfranks pretty high....

And there might be more Battlefieldis kind of on top of the world right now. On the heels of thereveal ofBattlefield 1, the EA DICE joint already won The Great YouTube War withan incredibly well-liked trailerthat directly opposedCall of Duty‘sincredibly disliked trailer. It definitely feels like there’s a cultural shift within the big budget triple-A shooter scene. EA is trying to further encourage conversion by giving away free DLC for previous-yet-recentBattlefieldgames....

Paramount has released the first trailer forSonic the Hedgehog 3, and not only does it provide insight into the plot of the third installment, but it also serves as the first glimpse of the newest and long-rumored member of the cast — Shadow. Oh, and Keanu Reeves speaks in this as Shadow, too. Sonic the Hedgehog 3arrives in movie theaters on December 20, and sees the return of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, following their efforts to defeat Shadow, who seems to have escaped confinement....

For as long as video gaming has been a thing, people have craved a dose of digital violence. Even retro, high-fantasy games likeMorrowindaren’t immune to the allure of on-screen savagery and the thrill of ending an NPC’s life, even if it is tame compared to other titles. But if you really want to get your blood thirst on in the thirdElder Scrollsgame, you might want to check out “Tis But a Scratch,” created byNexus Mods user CarlZee....

Rolls elements of Sonic, Metroid, and Galaga into one game At first glance, I wasn’t entirely sure aboutGlorkbot’s Mini Adventure— but then you notice the inspirations, and it all comes together in a nice little package. This is the result ofPixeljamteaming up with comic book artistJames Kochalka. They are targeting Windows, Linux, and Mac at the tail end of this year, so the wait shouldn’t be too long. Previously, there was a Kickstarter campaign for a videogame calledGlorkian Warriorthat was successful enough to be funded....