(Image credit: Image via Redditor Bynine)You wouldn’t think Doom, a game about murdering as many demons from hell as quickly as possible, and Animal Crossing, a game about idyllic village life, would have much in common. I don’t know if the combination of Doomguy and Isabelle, Animal Crossing’s extremely lovable mayoral secretary, has quite hit meme status yet. Doomguy and Isabelle having a podcast Requested by @MrAgentStrange pic.twitter.com/ACHjzrZvyQOctober 25, 2019The appeal of the crossover

The Walking Dead games were delisted from Steam in late 2018, a victim of the surprise implosion of developer Telltale Games. New series owner Skybound Games later brought them back to the Epic Games Store, and they remain available on Steam for people who have already purchased them. That will soon change, as Skybound announced today that Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season 1, Season 2, A New Frontier, and The Final Season will all be re-released on Steam later this week. Skybound didn’t say whe

(Image credit: Epic Games)Why, Rippley, have you lost weight? No, that’s just Fortnite’s newest skin, a very undersea-looking, sniper rifle-toting killer named “Jellie.” Introduced this Tuesday in Fortnite’s item shop for a cool 1,200 V-Bucks, Jellie sports a distinctly blobbish vibe, just minus 50 or so pounds. If you grab Jellie from the item shop, you’ll also get the Shellie back bling, which looks like a cute little tortoise shell. (Image credit: Epic Games)Sold separately, we’ve got the Sca

The Witcher on Netflix was a big success, and not just among people who fav-and-share images of muscular white-haired men in bathtubs. “During December, we also launched The Witcher, which is tracking to be our biggest season one TV series ever. Through its first four weeks of release, 76 million member households chose to watch this action-packed fantasy, starring Henry Cavill,” Netflix wrote. Season two of The Witcher on Netflix is expected to debut sometime in 2021. That gives you lots of tim

Honestly, a lot of bad Star Wars games have been released over the years. Star Wars: Rebellion(Image credit: LucasArts)Developer Coolhand InteractiveYear 1998This Star Wars RTS is interesting because it features systems normally associated with 4X games: namely diplomacy, espionage, and exploration. Star Wars Chess(Image credit: LucasArts)Developer Software ToolworksYear 1993This rather shameless Star Wars cash-in uses the base code of popular chess sim Chessmaster 3000, so it’s perfectly playab

Doom Eternal is not a nice, relaxing game about slowly sauntering. It’s fast, ultra-violent and you’re going to be juggling a lot of guns, demons and abilities. That echoes what Wes wrote in his Doom Eternal preview, which threw a lot at him straight away. 2016’s Doom, according to How Long to Beat, clocks in at around 11 hours if you’re just focused on finishing the campaign, which is half of Doom Eternal’s reported length, though your mileage will almost certainly vary. If it really will take

AMD formally launched its Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics card to retail today, and with it came an embargo lift on reviews and benchmarks (we posted our own review this morning). In the end, the 5600 XT nearly matches the higher-end 5700 XT in performance, for $50 less (in terms of MSRP). I’ll start with the cards that are in-stock:PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT (1620MHz boost, 2 fans)—$279.99, NeweggXFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro (1,620MHz boost, 2 fans)—$279.99, NeweggPowercolor Red Dragon 5600

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is not detected in Radeon Software games manager. An intermittent black screen or loss of display may occur when the system is left idle at desktop. Radeon Software may open with an inconsistent size or may not keep its previously set size when opened. Some Radeon RX 5700 series graphics users may intermittently experience a black screen while gaming or on desktop. You can update to latest Adrenalin driver release through the Radeon Software utility, or follow thi

With Cyberpunk 2077 now delayed until September, the only thing we’re getting in April is a new line of Funko Pops based on the male and female versions of V, as well as two different versions of Keanu’s Johnny Silverhand. They will invade your nightmares and never leave. Keanu’s hair and beard makes his Funko Pop’s hideous head look even more monstrous, so I guess he wins the award for least breathtaking toy. (Image credit: Funko Pop)(Image credit: Funko Pop)(Image credit: Funko Pop)(Image cred

Playtonic’s colourful 2.5D platformer Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair will be getting a free demo on Steam this week, which you’ll be able to grab on January 23. Impossible Lair is the second game in the Yooka-Laylee series, which started back in 2017. We played Impossible Lair back in June and called it “basically Donkey Kong Country on PC.” James described it has a near-perfect recreation of the DK’s weight and momentum, which is no surprise since some of DK Country’s creative talent work

The Division 2 isn’t yet a year old, but Ubisoft is already selling it for peanuts in its Lunar New Year Sale. The base game, season pass and special editions are all 85% off, so you can get started for only £7.50, and for another £8.50 you can get all the Year 1 DLC. While The Division 2 has had some steep discounts before, this is the cheapest we’ve seen it. At this price, however, it’s well worth taking the plunge. Samuel Roberts gave it an 82 in his Division 2 review, calling it an “hour-eat

Godfall is a ‘looter-slasher’ with the distinction of being the very first confirmed PlayStation 5 game. Aside from an announcement trailer and a few brief gifs, not much of Godfall has been shown yet, but never fear, because an enterprising Redditor has captured a whopping six seconds of the game. According to user YeahQuarterDongIng, it’s “a fraction of the footage from an unreleased trailer I have”. A whole lot of “slashing” is shown, but as for the “looting”, well, I’m sure we’ll hear more a

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet is a faux documentary series about the most popular MMO in the world—the titular Raven’s Quest—and the team of developers making it. Nobody’s actually seen it yet, outside of the production team and presumably a few folks at Apple TV, because it doesn’t debut until February, but even so it’s already been renewed for a second season. Grimm is played by Rob McElhenney, the creator and star of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; his Always Sunny compatriots Charlie Day

(Image credit: Sega)While not as unanimously adored as Mario, people still have a lot of time for ye olde Sonic the Hedgehog. Today comes more proof of that, with Sega announcing its Sonic 2020 initiative. Basically, the company has promised (via a press release posted on this Japanese site) that new Sonic news will issue on the 20th day of every month in 2020. There’s also a portal site, though that’s also in Japanese. (Image credit: Sega)That Sonic the Hedgehog movie hits cinemas in February,

“The accounts for 2019 show that the company claimed £37.6 million in Video Games Tax Relief, taking its total to £80 million since the scheme was introduced,” the Tax Watch report says. One of the pre-approval criteria cited in the consultation is that the relief program be “sustainable and not open to abuse,” and that it should be “create substantial additional avoidance opportunities” for company that take advantage of it. “The UK’s program to support the growth of a broad range of creative i

This reasonably-equipped gaming laptop is half off its list price right now. A new gaming laptop brand is making a splash on Walmart with tantalizing prices for the hardware. It’s called Evoo Gaming, and following up on the 17-inch model I wrote about last week, here’s a 15-inch configuration with a 9th generation Intel Core i7-9750H processor and GeForce GTX 1650 for $649. That’s half off its list price, though I wouldn’t recommended this collection of hardware for $1,299—there are better optio

Nvidia has made available a ‘hotfix’ GPU driver (version 442.01) to address a trio of bugs affecting some GeForce setups, one of which causes The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine to crash during a “specific cut scene.” I’m not sure which specific cut scene Nvidia is referring to, but if you’re experiencing any crashing issues in the Blood and Wine expansion, it’s worth installing the hotfix and crossing your fingers. The hotfix also addresses an issue related to streaming Call of Duty: Mode

I was quite taken by the idea of Pandemic Express when it was announced last year. The player numbers haven’t been great, though (to put it mildly), and so publisher Tinybuild is taking another run at it by making the game free to play. Under the new system, players will earn “stars” by playing matches that can be spent on costumes, emojis, and in-game music. “We believe this is the most fair and transparent way to do free to play,” Tinybuild said. Tinybuild didn’t say how, or if, the change wil

You can look at the Black Desert Online 2020 roadmap here, but you won’t have to wait long for one of its most exciting additions. Throughout the first quarter of 2020, the Witch, Wizard, Striker, Mystic, Lahn, and Guardian will all receive their new Succession abilities. Black Desert Online’s 2020 roadmap also includes some features that’ll benefit everyone. Around summer, players can expect another story chapter and accompanying area called O’dyllita. It will presumably be updated later this y

Capcom has released a graphic with the Monster Hunter World: Iceborne update roadmap for the first half of 2020, through May, with detailed information on January through April. Notably, the PC version of Iceborne will be synchronized with the console version in April—-both versions will have the same content. Hunters, here is the latest Monster Hunter World: #Iceborne Title Update Roadmap for 2020.Content will sync up on PS4, Xbox One & PC starting in April. pic.twitter.com/yYhk013yaPJanuary 19