As spotted by our pals at Eurogamer, Cloud Imperium Games is claiming Crytek’s latest attempt to dismiss its own lawsuit against them was because “Crytek can no longer delay the inevitable reckoning that its claim is and has always been meritless.” The new court document was filed on January 17. “This is not a case of a diligent plaintiff sensibly backing out early on,” the studio argues. “It is instead a study of an abusive use of litigation and publicity....

Barone posted a screenshot of Stardew Valley’s new menu on his Twitter account over the weekend, showing off a wealth of new options including: a “remixed” Community Center Bundles, a guarantee one-year completion check box, a mine rewards drop-down box, and a setting that allows you to prevent monsters from spawning on your farm. “If you’re a seasoned player thinking of starting a new farm when 1.5 comes out, I’d like to highlight a couple of new features,” Barone tweeted....

Valve has gone live with the latest Steam Labs experimental feature: Play Next. Like Interactive Recommender, Play Next uses machine learning to analyse your gaming habits and help recommend other games it thinks you’d enjoy. This time, however, Valve is turning its gaze to users’ own libraries of owned games. Play Next will show sets of three games, from your library, that you should play next. If you don’t like what it throws up, you can scroll and generate more....

As you may already expect, the Steam Replay 2022 details your personal experiences on Steam over the past year. You can view which games you spent the most time with, how many achievements you managed to unlock, and even which genres you enjoyed the most. As far as Wrapped summaries of our years in gaming go, Steam’s Replay is by far the most detailed. This might work out in your favour when it comes to flexing gaming achievements, unless you spent most of your year playing games you’d rather not share… To access your Steam Replay, all you need to do is open Steam, and your personalised stats for the year should be offered to you in a small pop-up window....

This year’s Summer Game Fest is going to be “more condensed” than its debut in 2020. That’s according to organiser Geoff Keighley, who said on Twitter that the team was going to “make it more condensed.” In a subsequent tweet, the industry personality said that its debut last year was “tough” due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Last year was tough with COVID, appreciate the vote on confidence,” Keighley wrote. “We are seeing what can come together!...

Keep in mind that unlike sinking sand in the next stage, Shifting Sand Land, the lava here hurts but doesn’t immediately kill. In fact, Mario bounces high off the Lava in a huge jump, holding his burning behind - which can be used to get back to platforms or even cheat a little to reach ledges that a normal jump wouldn’t. The Lethal Lava Land painting is in the castle basement, very central....

As if there wasn’t enough falling into the void to your death in Tick Tock Clock, Rainbow Ride doubles down on that idea for the 15th and final full-length stage in Mario 64. You reach the stage in the topmost floors of the castle. There are rooms high up you’ll need to trouble jump into - one leads to a secret level, while the other leads to Rainbow Ride. Here’s how to get Rainbow Ride’s seven stars:...

This is a short, 12 week delay for the game. Which, in the grand scheme of things, isn’t that big of a deal. I mean, the game was first announced in 2014. It’s 2022. You do the math. Dead Island 2 has, frankly, been through the rigmarole when it comes to development teams and delays. That said, Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver recognise this. The statement regarding the delay reads, “The irony of delating Dead Island 2 is not lost on us, and we are as disappointed as you undoubtedly are....

Nintendo has this morning announced the results of its full year financials (FY2020). The year, ending March 31, 2021, broke new records for the company. Revenue for the full year amounted to $16.59 billion, a whopping 34.4% increase compared the previous fiscal year. It’s not quite Nintendo’s highest ever revenue, however, but FY2020 is only behind the legendary FY08/09. What is a new record, though, is Nintendo’s operating profit, which totalled $6....

According to the NPD, February 2022 consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories fell 6% year-over-year (yoy) to $4.4 billion. Declines were experienced across the board, but hardware showed the largest yoy decline. Year-to-date spending reached $9.1 billion, a 4% decrease when compared to the same period in 2021. Hardware dollar sales fell 27% yoy to $295 million with year-to-date dollar sales declining 5% yoy to $685 million....

I consider Synthetik among the best top-down shooters ever. Its unique way of translating tactical shooter mechanics to an isometric perspective, along with its punchy sounds and explosive action combine to create one of the most original games in the genre. After years of supporting the game with free and paid content, developer Flow Fire has returned today to announce a sequel: Synthetik 2. The new game is early in development, and it’s coming to Steam Early Access this summer....

We’ve known for a while that the latest entry in Bandai Namco’s well-loved RPG series would be coming to new-gen and last-gen (the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game were announced earlier this year), but now we know we’re going to get to try them even sooner. Bandai Namco has announced that a playable demo for the is set to arrive next week, available on PlayStation and Xbox platforms on August 18....

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, teased yesterday, was announced today during Nacon Connect as the next entry in the series. In development at KT Racing, the game promises to retain the “DNA of the series,” based on a love of “beautiful cars and the joy of driving around a luxurious island world recreated at 1:1 scale.” Players in the game will be competing against each other in the Solar Crown, a competition with “mysterious stakes,” to elevate their character’s status within the community....

Wonderfully written, inventive, intriguing and sometimes shocking, the game is chock full of interesting additional missions to undertake. Some are diplomatic excursions, some are monster hunts, some have you investigating wizards who love cheese. There are dozens upon dozens of them, especially once you factor in the game’s major expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine. Here are the best in the game – just a handful of the ones you absolutely have to check out....

A devious merchant from Port Ormos, Dori knows how to get returns for every investment, and that savvy business sense carries over into her skillset. She might be a 4-star Electro character, but Dori has some of the best energy recharge capabilities with her skill, burst, and some excellent passive talents. She might be ready to go right out of the box, but you still need to pay some attention to how you build Dori if you want the full effect....

The best Warzone SMGs maximize their high rate of fire with good range, speed, and power, though they’re still a picky bunch to work with. You’ll need to find the right attachments to get the most out of your SMGs, and lucky for you, our best Warzone SMG list does all the work. Best Warzone SMG: Bullfrog Bullfrog reigns as the best Warzone SMG if only because it’s so versatile....

We spoke with producer and director Naoki Yoshida – aka Yoshi-P – and lead story designer Natsuko Ishikawa, about some of our favourite moments and what makes them so impactful, as well as the trials of developing during lockdown, and the strain of such a huge launch. Be warned as there are some major spoilers ahead. Naoki Yoshida: It’s quite difficult to pick a certain scene in particular, but if I had to, I would say the one where the Warrior of Light parts ways with Venat, now as Hydaelyn....

This is the most significant look yet at actual gameplay from the Dead Space spiritual successor, and it shows off a little bit of the combat, the dreadfully dark environments, and a few of the terrible, malformed monstrosities we’ll be coming across in our journey. The Dead Space DNA is clearer than ever with this trailer. While it might not be Isaac’s classic Plasma Cutter, the new weapon seems just as good at severing limbs from bodies....

The Devil in Me takes you to a brand-new location with an all-new cast, then takes inspiration from of the most infamous serial killers of all time, and introduces new gameplay mechanics to boot. It seems that any fan of Dark Pictures or even true crime is undoubtedly going to enjoy the game, but we sat down with The Devil in Me’s game director, Tom Heaton, to ask exactly what he thinks we should all be looking forward to and why....

Entering the same crowded marketplace that includes behemoths like Destiny and Warframe, and the corpses of high-profile failures like Anthem, must be a daunting prospect. But Korean developers Nexon have gone and done it anyway, and the result is The First Descendant, an extremely “one of those sorts of games” effort that seems to blend elements from every single one of its genre contemporaries into a sort of gloop. And, look, gloop isn’t necessarily a bad thing, right?...