Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown came out for PC just yesterday. It’s been 12 years since the release of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, and fans of the series are justifiably excited. That being said, Ace Combat 7 is also a ton of fun. I would argue that the barrier to entry for a modern combat flight simulator is the single greatest barrier in all of gaming. That’s incredibly difficult to do in the real world, and Ace Combat 7 makes it terribly satisfying.

This is all part and parcel of Sunless Skies, the latest Gothic horror, rogue-like RPG title from Failbetter Games and a direct sequel to Sunless Sea. I tried Sunless Sea and bounced off of it, but Sunless Skies has improved several of the frustrating parts of that game. In Sunless Skies, the society is built around a clockwork sun, with numerous factions brewing rebellion. Sunless Skies is a massive game, and it’s rare that a game this size comes without at least some quibbles. When I’m not pla

A flood of new iOS and Android games arrives each month, and there are always some hidden gems in the mix. Nano Golf: Hole in OneNitrome has established itself as the go-to publisher for odd but enticing arcade-style games with chunky pixel graphics — such as Leap Day and Magic Touch — and Nano Golf: Hole in One is another example of its impressive knack for finding small, quality games. Available on iOS and Android , free with in-app purchases. Available on iOS and Android , free with in-app pu

Atlus is bringing Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, the dungeon crawler/role-playing game starring a crossover cast of Persona characters, to North America on June 4. The game will feature characters from Persona 3, Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4, and Persona 5 on an all-new adventure. Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth will be released in two forms: a special launch edition that includes the 3DS game and a quartet of buttons, which costs $39.99, and the “Showtime” premium edition, which costs $69.

A collection of PlayStation 4 games from independent publishers is available in a new Humble Bundle, which launched this afternoon. And according to Humble, the combined value is $239 — which means you’ll save over $200 on this indie bundle. Pay $1 or more to get the first three PS4 games: Grim Fandango Remastered (MSRP $14.99), The Bard’s Tale (MSRP $9.99), and InnerSpace (MSRP $19.99). The indie PS4 bundle will be available at the Humble store through Feb. 12. This is the first mixed-publisher

Star Control: Origins is once again up for sale on both the Steam marketplace and GOG.com. The spacefaring role-playing game, which was released in September 2018, was temporarily removed from sale on both platforms following a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claim against its developer, Stardock Games. The claim was made by the Star Control series’ creators, Fred Ford and Paul Reiche. The situation escalated in December 2018 when a federal judge cleared the path for Ford and Reiche to i

Chinese internet company NetEase announced it has purchased a minority stake in Quantic Dream, the French developer behind Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human, as part of an investment in “the development and creation of the next generation games.”NetEase did not disclose the monetary terms of its investment in Quantic Dream. The investment will “support [Quantic Dream]’s vision of becoming a global, multi-franchise entertainment company, and to develop advanced technologies and games for the f

For a full look at every change that’s coming to Fortnite with today’s patch, check out the full patch notes below. This resolves an issue where vehicles could be damaged when using Balloons while on a vehicle. Within this mode, player built structures can now be edited by any player, regardless of team status. Bug FixesParty Invite Notifications will now appear when in the Game Mode select screen. Accepting the invite from the notification will take you to the proper game mode and join the part

Xbox Live Gold subscribers will get access to two Xbox One games — Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and Super Bomberman R — in February as part of Microsoft’s Games with Gold program. The retro game will be joined by actual Konami game Super Bomberman R, the 2018 Xbox One update to Hudson’s classic multiplayer action game. The Xbox One version of Super Bomberman R includes a platform-exclusive character: Halo’s Master Chief. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Rogue — the Xbox 360 version — will join orig

There are also some nice quality-of-life changes to the Forges and another shot at making scout rifles useful. Let’s take a look at the five things you need to know about Destiny 2’s latest patch, with the full patch notes to follow. With the exception of the MIDA Multi-tool in 2017, scout rifles have been replaced in the meta with auto rifles, pulse rifles, and hand cannons. In this new patch, players will be able to hold Ballistics Logs over the weekly reset, with a maximum of five per charact

Palkia will be Pokémon Go’s next legendary to catch, Niantic announced. Palkia will be around as of 1 p.m. PST tomorrow. The exclusive legendary Pokémon from Pokémon Pearl, which makes up half of the fourth-generation pair of games, is the latest legendary to make its Pokémon Go debut. Dialga, the legendary star of counterpart Pokémon Diamond, has yet to appear. (Pokémon Diamond and Pearl get real weird, y’all.)

Adding salt to the wound was Harper’s monthly reminder that he was behind the times: Nintendo Power magazine. The magazine debuted a contest dubbed “Design the Game of the Future,” which tasked readers to imagine a console, game or character that might be all the rage in the year 2064. He was far more focused on his upcoming summer vacation and his transition to high school. Nintendo Power was planning on detailing his winning entry and his visit for its 100th issue, due to be mailed to readers

We finally know where this year’s Mid-Season Invitational will take place: Vietnam and Taiwan. This is the first time Riot has brought a professional League of Legends international tournament to Vietnam, though a part of the 2014 World Championship was held in Taiwan before. This year’s MSI tournament will look a lot like the previous year’s with the top teams from the world’s numerous domestic leagues heading to Hanoi to take each other on. Last year’s MSI tournament was hosted throughout Euro

That includes a cameo of sorts in Marvel’s Spider-Man, the PlayStation 4 game developed by Insomniac Games. Spider-Man’s Future Foundation costume comes from another team founded by Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards. The Future Foundation, whose members have included the likes of Spider-Man, Dr. Doom, Ant-Man, the original Fantastic Four, and Reed and Sue Richards’ super-powered kids, wore slick, matching black-and-white costumes. The Future Foundation debuted in 2010, in Fantastic Four #579, and S

Last summer, 8Bitdo released a series of DIY kits to convert your controllers to wireless Bluetooth models. The so-called Retro Receiver for Sega Genesis & Mega Drive is available for pre-order from Amazon today for $19.99, and ships on Feb. 28. While this will obviously enable use of any Bluetooth-modified DIY controllers, it will also let you play your Genesis with a host of other Bluetooth controllers, such as the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4, the Xbox One Bluetooth controller, and the Switch

Dragon Ball FighterZ will continue to grow in 2019 with six new characters as part of the game’s second season. Joining Jiren and Videl are the Dragon Ball Super version of Broly — who is already available as a downloadable fighter in his Super Saiyan form — and the SSGSS form of Gogeta. Broly (DBS) and Gogeta (SSGSS) are “coming soon,” according to Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball FighterZ Pass 2 trailer, but do not have a firm release date. In the FighterZ Pass 2 trailer, you can see Jiren, who appe

Metro Exodus will be released exclusively on the Epic Games Store on Feb. 15, publisher Deep Silver and storefront owner Epic Games announced Monday. This means that Windows PC customers will not be able to buy Metro Exodus through Steam at launch, despite the game’s listing on Steam advertising pre-orders. “Any customer with an outstanding pre-order for Metro Exodus on PC through any digital retailer will receive their game as expected,” the announcement states. Both Deep Silver and Epic Games

Supplies Storage RoomWhat’s inside the Supplies Storage Room is not quite a puzzle, but it might as well be. Head to the right and go through the already-open Queen Plug door again. Instead of taking the stairs, go straight to the far wall, turn left, and place the King Plug in the panel. When you go through, loop to your left and to retrieve the the Queen Plug from the center hallway. Come back to the end, go back through the gate on the left, and pick up the King Plug.

Hey, if someone can bring Desert Bus into Doom, why not, right? The modder, Exkodius, put everything up on moddb.com earlier this week (as seen by Kotaku and rounded up by moddb.com today). Not at all!” writes Exkodius. Some screens here make it rather easy to understand:The mod is working off the GZDoom source port. Maybe one fine day I’ll come back and poke at it some more.” The files are available at moddb.com.

All hail the King of Atlantis: Aquaman is now officially DC’s top-grossing movie worldwide. That splashes past the $1.085 billion mark set by Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, making the movie DC Comics and Warner Bros. top-performing superhero adaptation. Though Aquaman now tops the DC charts, the James Wan-directed film is only the seventh top-grossing film comic book movie of all time. When it comes to the domestic box office, however, Aquaman still staggers behind The Dark Knight an