Our favorite open world FPS indie gem is getting New Game+, Spider-Man swinging, and wallrunning later this month

Echo Point Nova is a wonder. Greylock Studio’s indie FPS enchanted us in 2024 with its high-flying, hoverboarding, hyperchill gunplay, and—if ziplining onto a cloud with an energy grappling hook to shotgun blast an enemy soldier during a slow-motion backflip somehow left any room for doubt—it secured a permanent place in our hearts with a…

Immersive Sim Heist Game Thick As Thieves Abandons PvPvE To Focus Only On Single-Player And Co-Op

When Thick As Thieves, the upcoming stealth game led by Deus Ex/Thief director Warren Spector, was first revealed, it was billed as an asymmetrical immersive sim that featured PvPvE gameplay. However, developer Otherside has announced that it’s abandoning that approach and is redesigning the game to focus squarely on single-player and co-op play. Thick As…

Uncharted Fans Think A New One May Be On The Way After Instagram Post

If you can believe it, it’s been almost ten years since Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End was released, and close to nine years since Uncharted: The Lost Legacy hit store shelves. Naturally, even though Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End ended the mainline games in a rather conclusive way, fans have been clamoring for Naughty Dog…

Amazon almost pulled The Boys’ season 4 finale, showrunner reveals

The Boys is a stinging satire of American politics and culture that confronts the real-life rise of fascist nationalism and the way America meddles in the affairs of other nations. But sometimes, parody and reality have lined up a little too closely. In the show’s season 4 finale, originally titled “Assassination Run,” Homelander (Antony Starr)…

Slay the Spire 2 nerfs card removal, buffs shivs, and adds a new reward system

Mega Crit’s new Slay the Spire 2 update starts to introduce more progression systems around the edges, but it’s a change to card removal at shops that you’re likely to feel most if you’re working your way through the Ascensions. These Slay the Spire 2 patch notes are still beta branch specific for now, meaning…

Halo Space Mod Goes Viral, Dev Says They Tried To Pitch Something Similar To Microsoft

We’ve talked a little bit here at Pure Xbox about mods going viral recently, and one that was getting a lot of attention on social media earlier this month is the Halo Reach: Slipspace Beta – a PvP space combat experience for Halo: Reach as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Steam. Now,…

Claim Resident Evil 30th Anniversary PS5, PS4 Freebies for PSN

Resident Evil is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026. To get in on the celebrations, PlayStation is offering up some digital freebies. How to claim free Resident Evil 30th anniversary freebies? In honor of the game’s anniversary, PlayStation is offering up free avatars to players on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The offer for…

Ascenders: Beyond The Peak Blends Mountain Climbing, Roguelite Gameplay, And Lovecraftian Horror

Developer Ludogram Games (Monsters are Coming: Rock & Roll, Firebird) has announced Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a new mountain-climbing adventure that features roguelite progression and turn-based gameplay, with a Lovecraft-inspired twist. Players lead a team of climbers as they ascend a mountain cursed by mysterious, sinister forces. Success means carefully guiding your team, tethered together…

How To Finish Big Open World Games Like Crimson Desert

Wow, there sure are a lot of open-world video games out there, huh? In the last decade or so, open-world games have truly flooded consoles and PC marketplaces. And while some of these games aren’t great, many are solid or even good, and so you might want to play them. But getting through these games…

Take-Two has seemingly laid off an unspecified portion of its AI team, including its Head of Artificial Intelligence

Take-Two Interactive has seemingly laid off its Head of Artificial Intelligence, alongside an unspecified portion of its AI team, just two months after CEO Strauss Zelnick said the Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher was “actively embracing generative AI”. Luke Dicken joined Take-Two as its Head of Artificial Intelligence in January last year following a decade…