Roland, Wayne, Tom Purcell, and the cops, 1990As Wayne stares through the one-way glass at Tom Purcell in the interrogation room, we hear the woman who called into the hotline saying “tell him to leave me alone. Roland and Wayne on the Tom Purcell investigation, 1990In a voiceover, Old Wayne tells Elisa what happened next: He and Roland investigated Tom Purcell. And even if it’s not Tom, Wayne is hellbent on solving the case in this do-over investigation. Roland, Wayne and Harris James at Hoyt F

During this week’s Nintendo Direct, the company announced a new game from Platinum Games and director Hideki Kamiya due on Switch later this summer: Astral Chain, an action game starring two characters in a futuristic world. The two characters are suited up in police uniforms, and appear to fight in tandem as they traverse the “multi-cultural futuristic city” in which they patrol. That’s an anime-inspired, action game for you! Nintendo is keeping quiet about the full gameplay details for now, bu

During today’s Direct, Nintendo announced that Rune Factory 4 — released in Japan in 2012 and 2013 in the US — is coming to Switch later this year. At the end of the Rune Factory presentation, Nintendo revealed a bigger piece of news: that Rune Factory 5 is in active development. No screens were actually shown of the game — only a single image of the Rune Factory title and the number five. Rune Factory fans will be able to get their hands on Rune Factory 4: Special on the Nintendo Switch sometim

The critically acclaimed Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is headed to Nintendo Switch. News comes today from Nintendo, which featured the game prominently during its latest Direct presentation on Twitch and YouTube. It was later released for Xbox One in April 2018. The version on display here for Nintendo Switch appears to be a complete version of the game. Hellblade was recently added to the Xbox Game Pass program, and is free to play for subscribers.

Nintendo is bringing the 1993 Game Boy classic adventure The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening to Nintendo Switch later this year. While the new Link’s Awakening will retain the top-down — and occasionally side-scrolling — view of the Game Boy original, the Switch remake will use 3D models and employ a stylish, toy-like aesthetic. The original Link’s Awakening was Nintendo’s first Zelda game for a handheld device and the fourth in the franchise. Link’s Awakening also has ties to the Mario univer

Daemon X Machina, the colorful, mech-driven action game, is getting a free demo launching on the Nintendo Switch eShop Wednesday evening. Nintendo announced the demo, called “Prototype Mission,” during its Nintendo Direct today. Daemon X Machina was announced at E3 last year with a thunderous, metal-filled trailer. The demo will include four missions plus a boss battle, where Tsukuda said players will be able to try out the game’s movement and customization options. After the demo, some players

The remastered Final Fantasy 9 is available on Nintendo Switch today, and Final Fantasy 7 will follow on March 26, Nintendo announced during today’s Nintendo Direct. The updated classics join Final Fantasy 10 and Final Fantasy 10-2, which release April 16 on the console. Additionally, Switch will get 2016’s Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age at some point later this year. Square Enix also has plans for a Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 port of Final Fantasy: The Crystal Chronicles but it has yet

Dragon Quest Builders 2, the sequel to the Dragon Quest block-building action-role-playing game, is coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on July 12, Square Enix announced today. The sequel to 2016’s Dragon Quest Builders will add online multiplayer for up to four players, as well as other new game features. Players can build larger structures, and can travel across air, land, and sea — and can fast-travel using a retro-style map. Builders 2 also adds the ability to raise and farm crops, a

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 dominated the sales charts when it was released in 2018, but patient fans are finally being rewarded for holding off: The game is now on sale for only $39.99 at both GameStop and Amazon. Here are the direct links for each version of the game at these retailers:Red Dead Redemption 2 on PlayStation 4Red Dead Redemption 2 on Xbox OneThis is the lowest price we’ve seen on Red Dead Redemption 2 to date, however, making it a good time to dive in. And Red Dead Redemptio

Blizzard Entertainment has no “frontline release” planned for the 2019 fiscal year, the company announced today during its quarterly earnings call with investors, meaning there won’t be any new titles in the next 12 months — including a long hoped-for mainline entry into the Diablo franchise. “We expect materially lower financial performance this year,” said Activision Blizzard president Collister “Coddy” Johnson on the conference call, during which company brass discussed its 2018 fiscal year e

The Happy Hob came closer than ever to achieving that goal today, but his streak was ruined by an unexpected challenger — Demon’s Souls’ tutorial boss. He’d completed Bloodborne, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls, and Dark Souls 3 — in that order — without being hit by a single enemy. (Vanguard is also a completely optional boss, but it puts The Happy Hob’s God Run total boss count at 69, a funny number.) The Happy Hob is currently in the process of yet another God Run attempt, which he’s restarting with

And it’s only really from Mass Effect 1 until now where we kind of had a type, interestingly,” he says. “Super core to a BioWare game is the shared experience,” Hudson says. Former Mass Effect project lead Casey Hudson then returned to BioWare as Flynn’s replacement. Of course, this being a BioWare game, there was a specific kind of reaction to the reveal ahead of E3 2017: Was this just another “shared-world shooter”? “I’m a lifelong Star Wars fan; KOTOR is one of my all-time favorite BioWare ga

Two new game modes are coming to H1Z1 Battle Royale, in what Daybreak Games calls the game’s largest update so far on PlayStation 4. The update, like the game itself, is free and rolls out Feb. 21. The new content is part of the game’s third season, which includes a new battle pass that is likewise billed as the largest yet. H1Z1 Battle Royale began on PC in 2015 as a mode — developed with the help of Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds — of the Early Access version o

A Fallut 76 player accidentally clipped into and was stuck inside the supposedly inaccessible Vault 63 — a sealed area players believe may be the scene of some upcoming story extension or DLC. Vault 63 is located in Fallout 76’s Ash Heap region in the southwest of the map. A terminal by the sealed Vault 63 door has a keycard slot that accepts a “Vault 63 access ID card,” implying that there’s some way to get inside — which McStaken has now confirmed. According to Nukapedia, Vault 63 is one of th

That’s likely why EA is taking the risk of cannibalizing its own success with the release of Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends, a free-to-play battle royale shooter. The opportunity Fortnite posed when Respawn started development also now comes with a downside: Apex Legends is casting a long shadow. Everything works out as EA hopes, and Apex Legends and Anthem build their own large, dedicated audiences without hurting each other’s chances for success. Anthem has no competitive multiplayer mod

Look at the side of the safe to find its combination: Left 2, Right 12, Left 8. Treatment Pool RoomBack on the southern side of the room, head through the door with the exit sign above it. Jump down into the sewage and head left, away from the path you just opened. In this room, you’ll find Plug Sockets for the Queen Plug and the King Plug. Here’s how to solve the puzzle:Take the Queen Plug from the Plug Socket it’s in (which will close the door).

ReceptionIn the hallway, interact with the computer behind the reception desk to read the Nap Room Log. Head into the room behind the desk to save and shuffle your inventory. Now head across the hall into the Security Room (where Sherry isn’t). Nap RoomSnag the Shotgun Shells on the counter, the Regulator (Flamethrower) in the locker, which makes your flamethrower use less ammo. Nap RoomBacktrack to the Nap Room, and use the Signal Modulator set to OSS in the Circuit Breaker.

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In recent years, Chinese science fiction has grown in popularity among English-speaking audiences, urged on by blockbuster books like Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem. Liu isn’t the only such writer whose works are available in English — this year will see several new translations from Chinese science fiction authors hitting bookstores. One of the best science fiction authors working in China now is joining them — Xia Jia (pen name of Wang Yao), who is getting a translated collection of her sh

The refunds are only good for those who:Bought Guitar Hero Live in the United States. In June 2018, Activision announced that Guitar Hero TV, the streaming music service for Guitar Hero Live, would close in December, leaving the game with just the 42 songs provided on the disc. Guitar Hero TV had a song catalog of 484 at the time of the announcement. Guitar Hero Live released Oct. 20, 2015, on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. But a year after Guitar Hero Live’s release