Banjo-Kazooie is coming to Nintendo Switch Online in January 2022

Banjo-Kazooie is coming to Nintendo Switch Online in January 2022. The classicRaregame will be the second newN64title added to the Expansion Pack tier since its launch in October. It will follow N64’s Paper Mario, whichjoins the Switch Online Expansion Pack service today. Switch Online’s N64 library launched in October with nine games including Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Star Fox 64, Yoshi’s Story,The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mario Tennis, Dr Mario 64, Sin & Punishment and WinBack....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Dr. Erika Thomas DDS

Batman Arkham Knight DLC ‘now free via Epic Games store too’

The Epic Games store has reportedly released free Batman Arkham Collection DLC, after the trilogy was made available to users at no cost without any add-on packs included. TheEpic Games store has been giving away six free Batman gamessince last Thursday including the Batman Arkham Collection, which bundles Arkham Asylum, Arkham City and Arkham Knight. According toGame Watcher, the promotion didn’t include the Batman Arkham Knight DLC at launch, but the game’s season pass has now been made available to allEpic Games storeusers free of charge....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Nathan Snyder

Bethesda, it’s time to let someone else make Fallout 5

It’s been almost a decade since the last single-player Fallout game. It’ll probably be another decade until we get another one, fromBethesdaat least. After Fallout 4,Todd Howard’s team set a course for the stars, and the Fallout license was granted to a mix of Bethesda Game Studios and BGS Austin to developFallout 76. While Fallout 76’s fortunes have improved greatly since its troubled launch, and there are plenty of players that will swear by its content all these years later, the lack of a proper single-player title, or even the faint notion that it’s something Bethesda will work on before 2028 is disappointing....

June 21, 2025 · 5 min · 931 words · Michelle Lopez

Blizzard reveals Diablo 4’s ‘highly customisable’ Rogue class

Blizzard Entertainment provided a fresh look at Diablo 4 on Friday with the reveal of the Rogue character class. “The mantra forDiablo 4has been customisation first and the Rogue takes this to a whole new level,” game director Luis Barriga said during BlizzCon’s opening ceremony. “From the beginning the Rogue has been an incredibly flexible class, able to adapt to any situation. Our goal is to let you create the kind of Rogue that you want to play....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Kristina Carroll

Call of Duty Warzone has a new PS5 and Xbox Series X|S texture pack

Activision has released a new high-resolution texture pack for Call of Duty Warzone and Black Ops Cold War. The texture pack, which weighs in at just under 7GB on consoles, is available forXbox,PlayStationandPC. It’s recommended for 1440p displays and above, and thus is only useful for those playing onXbox One X,Xbox Series X|S,PS4 ProandPlayStation 5consoles. This is the fifth texture pack released forCall of Duty Warzoneso far. Previous packs improved the visual detail for guns and character models featured in the shooter....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Daniel Hogan

Call of Duty: Warzone’s 20GB Season 6 update can now be pre-loaded on PS4

PlayStation users are now able to pre-load Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone’s Season 6 update. The version 1.27 update is around 20GB in size and will allow players to install the Season 6 content ahead of its official unlock time of September 28 at 11PM PT / September 29 at 7AM BST, reportsCharlie Intel. It’s the secondWarzoneandModern WarfareseasonPlayStationhas allowed players to pre-load, following criticism of the games’ increasing file size....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Sara Harris DVM

Children of Silentown is an endearingly moody Tim Burton-inspired adventure

“Don’t ever go into the forest.” If someone was to tell you that, they’ve probably got a pretty good reason for it. That’s the warning issued to Lucy, the main protagonist inChildren of Silentown, which is released on January 11 onSteam,Xbox,PlayStationandSwitch. Lucy is a young girl who lives in a village deep in a forest. The forest itself is inhabited by monsters, so it’s made perfectly clear to Lucy that she should never stray from the village....

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 792 words · Patrick Davis

Composer says Kojima changed Death Stranding 2 ‘because it wasn’t polarizing enough’

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach composer Woodkid has said that Hideo Kojima made changes to Death Stranding 2 because early testers of the game liked it too much. Death Stranding 2: On The Beachwill be released on June 26, exclusively forPlayStation 5. Now, in a new interview, Woodkid, real name Yoann Lemoine, has discussed his time providing music for the game, and working with creative directorHideo Kojima. “There’s a key moment where we had a discussion, probably halfway [through] when we were doing the game, where he came to me and he said, ‘We have a problem....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Mark Baker

Cyberpunk 2077 PC will include more ray-tracing effects than expected

Cyberpunk 2077’s PC version will include more ray-tracing visual effects than previously thought. Nvidia announced on Thursdaythat as part of its technical partnership with developerCD Projekt Red, it has extended the RTX supportannounced at E3 2019to a total of four ray-traced effects in the game. On PCCyberpunk 2077will support the following ray-tracing effects: Each of these effects is powered by DirectX 12 Ultimate’s DXR Raytracing API, and are optimized for GeForce RTX graphics GPUs....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Caitlin Moore

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty ‘totally rebuilds’ AI, skill trees, loot and more

Cyberpunk 2077’s upcoming Phantom Liberty DLC will entirely overhaul the way the game is played, VGC has been told. In an interview with creative director Pawel Sasko and quest designer Despoina Anetaki, we were told that “all the core mains systems” of the game have been “redone or updated in a major way”. “The biggest ones are the perks and skill trees, which have been rebuilt completely,” Sasko told us....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Robert Leach

Cyberpunk 2077 update adds new customization and photo mode features

Cyberpunk 2077’s latest update is now live, adding a range of new customization options for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Title update 2.2 is themed around player expression.,CD Projektsaid in a reveal stream showcasing its new features, which is viewable below. Fresh character customization options include new variants of cosmetic cyberware, tattoos, and makeup options. Vehicle custiomization has also been extended to all luxury or sports cars that have partnered with Rayfield....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Michael Herrera

Days Gone story trailer released

Sony has released a new story trailer for Days Gone, the upcoming PS4 exclusive from its Bend Studio. The single-player, action-adventure game is set in an open-word, post-pandemic America. “Step into the dirt flecked shoes of former outlaw biker Deacon St. John, a bounty hunter trying to find a reason to live in a land surrounded by death,” readsSony’s official game overview. “Scavenge through abandoned settlements for equipment to craft valuable items and weapons, or take your chances with other survivors trying to eke out a living through fair trade… or more violent means....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Anthony Rowland

Deltarune will be cross-buy on Switch 1 & 2, and on PS4 & PS5, developer confirms

The upcoming paid version of Deltarune will be cross-buy across the same family of platforms, its developer has revealed. The paid release ofToby Fox‘s successor to Undertale will be released on June 5 forSwitch 2, Switch,PS5,PS4,PCandMac. This will consist of Chapters 1 and 2 – which were previously released for free – as well as the new Chapters 3 and 4 – and will cost $24.99. “And we’re gonna do (basically) the same thing onNintendoplatforms!...

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Kelly Perry