All choices in Life is Strange: Double Exposure

Life is Strange: Double Exposureis a game where choices matter, and you can feel the consequences of your decision long into the story’s future. With that said, it can be easy to overlook certain small details, therefore missing out on choices. With that in mind, I’ve compiled a full list of choices that can be made inDouble Exposure. While not all are life-altering, it’s worth paying attention to what you could have missed in each chapter....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Lee Fernandez

All Cursed Object Spawn Locations in Phasmophobia

Just like theTarot Cards, the Cursed Possession items inPhasmophobiacan be equal parts useful and dangerous. While the equipment at your disposal is the best way to accurately identify the ghost type you’re dealing with, the addition of these special items gives a bit of an edge to each investigation. Whenever you begin a contract, a randomly pre-selected Cursed Possession object will spawn. you may also customize your settings and force the game to spawn a specific item, but where’s the mystery in that?...

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 774 words · Carrie Robertson

Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty, and Aliens: Fireteam Elite among first video game Grammy nominees

I got the music in me A few months ago, theRecording Academy announcedit was adding five new categories to its annualGrammy Awards, including a new category solely for soundtracks to video games and other interactive media. A video game grammy award has been a long time coming, given how the medium has produced some of the most outstanding musical scores of the past 20 years. Just yesterday, The Game Awards announced its top picks for Best Score withXenoblade Chronicles 3,Metal Hellsinger,Elden Ring,God of War Ragnarock, andA Plague Tale: Requiemmaking the cut....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Kyle Kelly

Atelier Rorona Plus is now available on PSN for PS3 and Vita

Such pastel, many crafting Atelierseries fans, be on the lookout forAtelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland, on PSN as a digital release forPS3 and PS Vita. An enhanced version of the original game, it includes new characters, a new story, and new game systems, with a bevy of additional content that makesAtelier Rorona Plusa good candidate for your firstAtelierdalliance. Meruru and Totori join in on the fun as well, who you’ll likely recognize from past Atelier games, in a new tale where they meet up with Rorona....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Billy Barnes

Bargain Bin Laden #18: Maximo

You guys smell that? Oh yes, it smells likeviolent death. That’s right, kids, welcome the newest inductee into the “So Bloody Hard It’s Awesome” club of BBL selections:Maximo: Ghosts to Glory! Now, bear in mind that when I say this game is brutal, I don’t mean to assign it the level of guts-hungry goat-slaying brutality that are the hallmark of previous BBL selectionsContra: Shattered Soldier, GunvalkyrieorGod Hand.It’s not all that bad, but itdoeshave a sort of comic, cartoonish veneer that belies its nature, one which becomes clear when explored viaMaximo‘s infernal ancestry: if you weren’t already aware, this title serves as the spiritual successor to one of the greatest ass-poundings in gaming history,Ghosts ‘n Goblins....

June 23, 2025 · 7 min · 1334 words · Kelsey Aguilar

Beyond: Two Souls DLC looks like an obstacle course

‘Advanced Experiments’ now available Here we have a trailer for the latest DLC release forBeyond: Two Souls, “Advanced Experiments.” The video sets up a boring, white-walled obstacle course with a thirty-minute time limit which Jodie and Aiden will work together to navigate. It’s currently available on PSN for $4.99. Might be fun, but it’s not the kind of thing I would have expected to come as DLC forBeyond.I never got the sense from reviews that action gameplay was a strong suit, and that’s all this appears to be....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Jeffrey Lopez

Brutal Legend trailer is like an angel singing

Electronic Arts has very kindly released a brand new trailer for the highly anticipatedBrütal Legend, this time showing us a little background for the game’s plot. Judging by the movie-like quality of the video, I’d say that EA isn’t skimping on the promotion. Could it be that we’ll have a Double Fine game that gets the marketing it deserves? This game is easily looking like one of this year’s hottest titles, and it’ll be a long wait until “Rocktober” and the game’s official launch....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Larry Hall

Bungie breaks down Halo: Reach’s success in numbers

Math is pretty cool when someone — or something, as it may be — is there to give you the end result. In this case, we have Bungie bringing us some hard figures forHalo: Reach, presumably with a good amount of help from the game’s backend data tracking. Reachbrought in “four times the number of total unique users and decimatingHalo 3‘s all time high of concurrent users by more than 65%,” writes the studio....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Joseph Clark

Bungie files a new Marathon trademark

You know the drill by now — company files trademark, could mean nothing, but we all go crazy because IMAGINE IF IT MEANS SOMETHING ACTUALLY! So yes, Bungie has filed a new trademark forMarathon, its pre-HaloFPS that everybody has fond memories of, but if they played it now they’d probably have a terrible time. Marathonwas released in 1994 on the Apple Macintosh and Pippin and spawned two sequels. The first sequel,Marathon 2: Durandal, was released on Xbox Live Arcade back in 2007....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Christine Rodriguez

Comments of the Week 03: I’m Not a Fanboy, You’re a Fanboy

Gmana Arc Start Hello! This week’s Comments of the Week will be run by me, Gmana. You might not know me since I don’t comment on the front page, but I know all of you. Your comments are the main reason I lurked around here for so long and finally joined, and now it is my honor to be able to wade through them and hand-pick the very best ones....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Matthew Pena

Crusader Kings III’s next expansion tackles Tours and Tournaments in May

That’s right, it’s a Tournament arc Crusader Kings IIIis setting out for some new festivities in May. The nextCrusader Kings IIIexpansion, dubbedTours and Tournaments, debuts on August 06, 2025. WhileCrusader Kingshas had plenty of courtroom drama, this particular expansion looks to add some pageantry to all of it. Host a royal wedding! It’s never gone poorly for anyone, ever. Head out on tour, or yes, even hold your own tournament. I’m sure leaving your kingdom in the hands of a cunning and ambitious seat-warmer will certainly turn out fine....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Jeffrey Henry

Devolver Delayed reveals five titles delayed until 2024

As promised, Devolver Digital streamed theirDevolver Delayed showcase today. In typical Devolver fashion, the showcase lasted a whopping three minutes with the goal of turning a negative announcement into a positive one. The upbeat video offered an opportunity to celebrate the games we can’t play yet. Overall, the video had a bit of a Nintendo Direct vibe with a similar red and white color theme. Furthermore, the narrators in the background of the video kept an upbeat tone as they went through each title one by one....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Jenny Thomas

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero: All Piccolo Branching Paths in Episode battle mode

Dragon Ball Sparking Zerofinally allows one of my favorite characters, aka Piccolo, to come to the limelight and move out from the shadow of being a side character. Thanks to hisSparking episode“A Mentor’s Guidance,” you can enjoy a really cool what-if scenario with Piccolo. As with any Sparking episode, you’ll first need to complete a specific task to trigger the episode. Then, you’ll need to complete the tasks according to their conditions to finish the episode and unlock different rewards in that process....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Candice Horton