Control map in testing on the PTR Along with today’sD.Va animated short, Blizzard has also dropped a new map that’s playable now on the PTR. I’m at the point where additional maps are more noteworthy than any other type of reveal for this game, and I especially dig that the latest, Busan, is a control map. Three for the price of one! Busan is made up of three different locations. There’s the tranquil temple setting of Sanctuary, the hustle and bustle of Downtown, and MEKA Base, an area that’ll look familiar if you caught the short....

SvS (Spider versus Spider) There are about a dozen possible takeaways from Ubisoft announcingWatch Dogs: Legion‘s post-launch content plans. Maybe you’d like to focus on the fact that some is free and some is paid-for. Or, you might zero in on the fact that the protagonists from the first two games show up in the story DLC. Me? I’d like to shine that spotlight on the unlicensedBattleBotsmultiplayer mode. Soon after launch,Watch Dogs: Legionis getting a PvP mode called Spider-Bot Arena....

If you’re wondering what SVP means inMarvel Rivals, I’m going to do what I’m not supposed to do in these sorts of articles and just give you an answer:it means Second Valuable Player. So, if MVP means Most Valuable Player, then SVP is the runner-up: the Second Valuable Player. Another possible acronym could be SMVP or “Second-Most Valuable Player,” but I guess that doesn’t look as flash. I don’t have much else to talk about, so let’s explore that....

I can dig it We know Yoko Taro can be an eccentric dude, but he also has great taste. Speaking to Famitsu in regards to the recent re-release ofIkaruga(andNieR: Automata on Xbox One for that matter), Taro mused on how the classic shoot ’em up (shmup) influenced his work — specificallyNieR: Automata, a game that wears its shmup love on its sleeve. According to Taro, it was much more than just “putting a ton of bullets on-screen at once” and bullet hell influences: “Ikarugainfluenced how I synchronize the game sequences with the music....

There are lots of Forest Minions waiting to be uncovered across the Cursed Hollow event maps inPhasmophobia. One of the many locations you need to find them on is 13 Willow Street. This map is fairly small, but there are still plenty of spots for Forest Minions to hide. You don’t want to miss out on earning event points, so here areall the Forest Minion nest locations around 13 Willow Street inPhasmophobia....

While April has seen another wave of new additions to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, Sony has quietly confirmed that no less than 25 games will be leaving the service towards the end of May. All these games will still be available for purchase on the PlayStation Store, though, if you ever want to keep playing them. Below, you’ll find a full alphabetized list of every game that will leave the PS Plus Game Catalog on May 21....

Ah, the halcyon days of gaming where furry mascots hopped across and fell off platforms. Among many of its kind stoodRatchet & Clank, a game that started a franchise that continues to this day. For the curious, here are all theRatchet & Clankgames in release order. I’m not saying you should play everyRatchet & Clankgame, in order or otherwise. But you should at least look into the franchise if you enjoy platforming, shooting, and general space-faring hijinks....

It might seem sus, but you have to believe me when I tell you that, according to a recent PlayStation blog,Among US VRis on its way to PSVR2. In the past,we’ve reportedon the virtual reality version of the hit party game coming to Steam and Meta Quest, but now that the PSVR2 has been out for a while, it’d seem Sony is hitting the Emergency Alert button and planning a release for its headset....

Your choice of a weapon ultimately determines the fate of aZombiesround, either leading to chaos or making you feel like an undead-killing boss. Now that I’ve become familiar with the game, I’ve come across guns that lean more towards the latter. I’m talking about the tools that help you dominate the higher rounds or even the formidable Easter Egg Main Quests. So if you want to ease the stress of this action-packed mode, here are the best weapons to use inCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies....

To claim victory inMarvel RivalsUltron’s Battle Matrix Protocol event, choosing the right Modules is crucial. Some of the most powerful ones you’ll unlock are Strengthen Modules, and there are quite a lot to choose from. Trying to decide which ones are right for your team can be fairly tricky, so here’s a breakdown of thebest Strengthen Modules you can choose inMarvel RivalsUltron’s Battle Matrix Protocol event. Table of contents What are the best Strengthen Modules for Ultron’s Battle Matrix Protocol event in Marvel Rivals?...

Nintendo revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct that fighting game fans will be able to relive the nostalgic late 90s of beating up their friends across 8 classic fighting games includingCapcom vs. SNK Millenium Fight 2000 Pro,Capcom vs. SNK 2 Mark of the Millenium 2001,Project Justice,Capcom Fighting Evolution,Street Fighter Alpha,Plasma Sword,Power Stone, andPower Stone 2.Capcom Fight Collection 2is set to release in 2025. Ok soCapcom vs SNK 2is huge, andCapcom Fighting EvolutionandStreet Fighter Alphaas well....

Here’s new footage from Anime Expo Bandai Namco loves to hype up their stuff with trailers that showcase anime cutscenes, explosions, and lots of drama, but it takes them a while to give us cold hard gameplay. Enter this demo video forCode VeinfromAnime Expo, which gives us a few head-to-head confrontations with the demonic enemies. We naturally get a look at the slower methodical action, which seems to rely heavily on an iFrame roll system....

The gameplay left me feeling ambivalent at E3 “Have you playedFar Crybefore?” That was the first thing a Ubisoft rep asked me behind closed doors as I picked up a controller, selected a gun-fetching dog as my companion, and waited to load into Hope County, Montana. “Most of them,” I said, before attempting to tally them up one by one. “Wait, actually, what was the last one? Was itPrimal? Yeah....