Paralives players are getting jumpscared by a naked chap called Charlie glitching into their games and now I too have been Charlie’d

No matter how much fun I’m having with Paralives, I’m not going to stand here and act like it isn’t buggy as all getout in Live Mode. There are glitched menus, failing interactions, and wacky texture glitches, which are all the sorts of things life sim players pretty much knew to expect from an early…

PSA: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Another Free Character This Week

Image: SEGA Since its arrival on the Switch and Switch 2 last year, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has continued to update the game with all sorts of DLC characters. This included the announcement of three more free characters not long ago, and now that Red and Captain Majima have been added to the game, Arle from…

15 years later, the Steam dev behind a failed Minecraft killer won’t give up

Before No Man’s Sky, there was Cube World. If you haven’t heard of it, that’s not surprising. The voxel exploration game began development back in 2011 and footage of its blocky paradise stole the internet’s collective heart back in 2013. Cube World receded back into obscurity after a controversial Steam alpha in 2019. As I…

007 First Light’s Training Montage Is One Of The Best Tutorials I’ve Ever Played

I don’t like video game tutorials. They’re important, don’t get me wrong – I’d rather be told how to play a game than stumble through a complex control scheme – but it always feels like a chore. It is remarkable, then, that I can’t stop thinking about a tutorial montage in the early moments of…

Sony Pulls The Plug On PS5’s First Live-Service Flop 5 Years Later

Flashy vehicular combat game Destruction AllStars was one of the first exclusives for the PlayStation 5. It arrived in February 2021 to mixed reviews, just a few months after the console had launched. Rather than an exception, its underwhelming performance proved the rule for Sony’s live-service ambitions this console generation. The company announced Tuesday that…

AMD Ryzen 7 price drops on 9800X3D and 9850X3D are making these flagship gaming CPUs affordable at last

If you’re looking to make a serious CPU upgrade, right now is a great time to buy either the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D or Ryzen 7 9800X3D. In the last few weeks, prices for AMD’s flagship gaming CPUs have steadily dropped, making them both nearly the lowest price they’ve ever been. The 9850X3D is the…

First-Party PS5 Exclusive Shuts Down Servers, Delisted From PS Store

A first-party PlayStation 5 exclusive has shut down its servers. The game has also been delisted from the PlayStation Store, but it does remain playable in some forms. What first-party PS5 game has been delisted and shut down? Destruction AllStars, the vehicular combat game from Lucid Games, has shut down its multiplayer servers. The game…

Paralives charmed me on day one, but the roadmap outlines the real life sim of my dreams

As someone who is slowly burning out on The Sims 4 and bounced off the uncanny sameness of Inzoi’s world, Paralives was my last hope for a new direction in life sims. No pressure to the small indie team at Paralives Studio, but I was feeling very “this hits, or I’m over the genre for…

World of Tanks Heat is here, and the hero shooter-esque spin-off has five free tanks in it for you

When World of Tanks Heat was revealed at Gamescom last year, I was pleasantly surprised. No, it wasn’t just the trailer’s score, The Prodigy’s ‘The Day Is My Enemy,’ that caught my attention. The concept itself: a blend of hero shooter and vehicular fighting game, is nothing special, but the presentation was nonetheless captivating. Now,…

PS5 Exclusive Destruction AllStars Has Been Delisted And Is Shutting Down This Fall

Destruction AllStars, the multiplayer vehicular arena combat game, was among the PlayStation 5’s first exclusive titles, and now it’s time to bid it farewell. The game is shutting down this Fall and has already been removed from sale. Players are receiving emails from PlayStation notifying them that, as of today, Destruction AllStars has been delisted…