PlayStation’s top downloaded games for December 2021 have been revealed, and across North American and European regions, Among Us rose to the top on both PS5 and PS4 consoles. Among Us made its console debut in December, and at a $4 price-point, the popular social game was an easy purchase for fans and newcomers alike.While…
The odds of a Days Gone sequel ever happening might be slim at best, but that didn’t stop developer Sony Bend from envisioning what a follow-up game could add to its mix of zombie apocalypse sandbox after production had wrapped. In an interview with USA Today, Days Gone director Jeff Ross spoke about plans for…
Half-Life was given a nice coat of fresh paint with the release of Black Mesa a few years ago, but if that overhaul wasn’t enough then some additional ray tracing could bring even more life into the classic shooter.Half-Life: Ray Traced is a new mod for the Valve-developer shooter which seeks to add path-traced lighting…
Members of the r/PokemonGo subreddit–the largest Pokemon Go community on Reddit with 3.5 million members–have been asked by Niantic directly to offer their feedback on the game’s raiding system.Developer Niantic–through its partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology called the Niantic x RIT Geo Games and Media Research Lab–reached out to the Reddit community asking…
In context: Wordle is a simple word game similar to the colored-peg game Mastermind. Players get six guesses to find a five-letter word. The letters turn different colors for each guess to hint at how close the player’s guess is. Green means the letter is in the correct place, yellow means it is in the…
In brief: The ongoing chip shortage continues to affect vehicle production at manufacturing facilities around the globe. Some experts believe the shortage will ease up later this year, but that’s doing little to help the situation at the moment. A spokesperson for Ford Motor recently told Reuters that it plans to suspend or cut production…
Forward-looking: In the last few days, engineering samples of the Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs have popped up in photos and a video. Sure, they don’t reveal much, but they show that Intel is making steady progress towards their release. Above is a photo of an Arc GPU given to VideoCardz by an anonymous source. It…
An unfinished build of Horizon Forbidden West has leaked online, ahead of the game’s upcoming launch on February 18. Images claiming to be from a PS4 version of the game began appearing online this week, and according to VGC’s sources, the content is genuine.The build that leaked is mostly complete, and aside from some missing…
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has commented on Microsoft’s relationship with Activision in the wake of abuse allegations against the Call of Duty and Warcraft giant. Speaking to The New York Times, Spencer said Xbox has “changed how we do certain things” with Activision, but he didn’t go into specifics.”The work we do specifically with a…
The recent release of Euphoria Season 2 on HBO, which stars Zendaya, has set a new viewership record for the streaming platform. Sunday night’s Season 2 premiere reached 2.4 million viewers across all platforms. This sets the record for “strongest digital premiere performance” for any HBO show since HBO Max launched in May 2021, according…
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