In fall of 2019, Sony acquired Insomniac Games, developer of Marvel’s Spider-Man, the Ratchet & Clank series, the Spyro series, and more. According to the report, Sony paid for Insomniac with mostly cash. But with the acquisition, Insomniac is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s 14th internal studio. Back then it was Xtreme Software, and the studio has since created some beloved franchises — many of which are PlayStation exclusives like Ratchet & Clank. Sony owns the IP for Ratchet & Clank, but wit

Apex Legends duo mode is back just in time for Valentine’s Day. The fan-favorite mode will be part of the game’s Valentine’s Day Rendezvous event which will also include a few new cosmetics. The duo mode was first released back in November 2019 and became an instant hit with players. The Valentine’s Day event will also include new cosmetics including a Valentine’s 2020 Bade, new Pathfinder and Nessie gun charms, as well as the return of last year’s Through the Heart DMR and Love the Game banner.

On Monday, Capy Games launched Grindstone’s Valentine’s Day update: patch 1.0.5. To celebrate the season of love, Grindstone’s protagonist, Jorj, has a new outfit and arrow to use in combat. The outfit casts Jorj as a needlessly buff Cupid, who sometimes causes two enemies to randomly erupt in hearts, removing them from play. This new Grindstone patch also comes with a gore slider which lets you turn the flying viscera off. But if you’ve always wanted Grindstone to have more blood and guts, the

“The studio got by unscathed but #StormCiara did claim a few casualties on its way through the Rare grounds yesterday. Thanks weather!” The studio got by unscathed but #StormCiara did claim a few casualties on its way through the Rare grounds yesterday. Thanks weather! Banjo and Kazooie can be bought for $5.99, or as part of the Fighters Pass for $24.99.

The retailer initially ran this promotion, which offers three select books, video games, DVDs or Blu-rays for the price of two, in mid-January. Digging through those hundreds of games, books, and movies is overwhelming, but we’ve pulled out a few of our favorites. On the video games front, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch titles are all included. But the largest selection of available titles is from the books category, with just about every genre and format represented. There is some

Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! The virtual reality version of Space Channel 5 sends rookie reporter Ulala to space to cover an alien invasion — one planned by her channel’s boss to boost ratings — and players will take on the role of a viewer. Related The story behind Space Channel 5 VRIn addition to the main story mode, Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! Space Channel 5’s VR re-release was unveiled back in 2016. Then known as Space Channel 5 VR Ukiuki Viewing Show, the gam

Hokko Life is the latest game to join the trend of soothing life simulators where you can farm and decorate to your heart’s content. With all the villagers looking like cats and dogs, Hokko Life appears to be Animal Crossing, but for PC — and we’re on board with that. Unlike Animal Crossing and other life sims, it looks like you can specifically design your furniture, placing couch cushions where you want, while freely rotating the furniture around before you place it. The game will go into earl

But, after a year of updates for the game, BioWare has announced that it is slowing down production on Anthem in order to redesign the game. The team will also work to preserve the game’s flying and combat mechanics, which many players enjoyed. Related Why the combat in Anthem feels so damn goodAnthem will also be online in its current state until the design is ready for launch. The idea of an Anthem 2.0, as mentioned in those reports, sounds similar to what Bioware is describing here. BioWare’s

While it’s a travesty that you can’t pet any of the dogs in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you can, at least, feed them. If you do, some of the good pups will lead Link to buried treasure. This has become the premise for one of the most adorable speedrun categories I’ve ever seen. “All Dog Treasures” attempts to feed the secret-wielding canines in record time. The current world record clocks in at 1:35:51, and it’s held by Twitch streamer Vivoxe as of last month.

The 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony was one for the record books: Bong Joon-ho’s comic drama Parasite won Best Picture and Best Director, among other awards, making the film the first foreign language movie to ever win the top award, and the first South Korean feature movie to be recognized at the Oscars. The unusually short, tight ceremony went off without a host and with minimal hitches, but it came with an unusual number of references to the all-male roster of Best Director nominees, and

By Bernie, I mean Harley Quinn’s taxidermied beaver. In Birds of Prey, Harley has a taxidermied beaver, and she talks to it as if it could talk back. Harley named Bernie after her first crush, a troubled boy named Bernie Bash. Wanting something to remember him by, Harley broke into the hunting trophy room of his parents’ home and absconded with a taxidermied beaver which she, naturally, named Bernie. Now you can tell all your friends that you know everything there is to know about Harley Quinn’s

“It’s believable that he’s a fighter,” Mele told Polygon via email, before launching into a glorious dissection of some of The Witcher’s best fight scenes. “The fight scenes are fast-paced, dynamic and Henry Cavill has proven in Superman, Immortals, Justice League, etc, that he has a lot of physicality and can handle fight choreography,” Mele said. Two fight scenes in particular caught the attention of fans, and both happen in the very first episode. “There IS some documentation for using a long

(See: Super Meat Boy predecessor Meat Boy from 2008 or The Behemoth’s 2002 Flash game Alien Hominid.) If you had access to a computer, you could quickly boot up a Flash games website and start playing. As the program grew, and more developers began using it to create games, Flash game portals started popping up. Other times, sites would bid for Flash games through the Flash Game License service (FGL), with the winners getting rights to host the game. “It’s not that we don’t have that now, but th

Dragon Ball FighterZ is getting a third seasons of content — five new fighters — that will bring Ultra Instinct Goku and Kefla to Arc System Works and Bandai Namco’s fighting game. The game’s FighterZ Pass 3 will kick off Feb. 28 with the release of Kefla. The only other confirmed character coming in season 3 is Ultra Instinct Goku, expected sometime in spring 2020. Dragon Ball FighterZ is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. The game was recently confirmed as p

Birds of Prey’s opening weekend is the worst among any DC Films title, earning $33.25 million in North American theaters. It’s significantly short of the $56 to $60 million that Warner Bros. had hoped it would deliver. Despite generally positive reviews, the follow-up to 2016’s Suicide Squad seems to have a number of things holding back its box office performance. And two, Variety suggests that the coronavirus outbreak spreading to southeast Asia has weakened moviegoing in a market Warner Bros.

People love Adam Sandler. Then he gave a damn fine speech poking fun at his critical history, his Netflix deal, and the idea of “Adam Sandler” winning any kind of award. Okay, I wrote a speech, here we go, real quick:Hello, my name is Adam Sandler. I’d like to also give a shout out to my fellow nominees, who will now and forever be known as “the guys who lost to fucking Adam Sandler.” Adam Sandler?

The developer of the NASCAR Heat series is taking its best part — dirt racing — and making a it a video game unto itself. Tony Stewart’s Sprint Car Racing is coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 on Feb. 14, 2020 for $29.99. Monster Games of Northfield, Minnesota is behind the title, which adapts three real-life racing series for console play. Monster added dirt track racing to 2018’s NASCAR Heat 3 and refined its handling and physics for last year’s NASCAR Heat 4. Tony Stewart’s Sprint Car Racing w

Bungie will completely rework swords in March’s Destiny 2 content update, the studio announced Friday. In Destiny, swords have three different moves: light attacks, heavy attacks, and a guard that blocks damage. The swords in Destiny 2 have never been as useful as in the original Destiny. Even the Exotic swords can’t live up to overpowered weapons like Dark-Drinker — with Destiny 2’s Exotic swords, like Worldline Zero, mostly used for speedrunning content. But players won’t know for sure until D

Metro Exodus’ Epic Games Store exclusivity period is about to end — the game will debut on Steam on Saturday, Feb. 15. 4A Games’ first-person shooter was originally set to be available through Steam, but less than three weeks before the game’s release, publisher Deep Silver announced that it would be selling Metro Exodus exclusively in the Epic Games Store — for a whole year. (Metro Exodus also launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One alongside PC, and arrived on Google Stadia in November.) Metro

The soundtrack for Kentucky Route Zero is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. Kentucky Route Zero’s music, composed by artist Ben Babbitt, complements its mysterious and mostly quiet gameplay, helping secure its spot on our top 10 games of the decade list. Purchasing the album on Bandcamp gives access to a high-quality download as an MP3, FLAC, and more. Related The creators of Kentucky Route Zero open up about the ending of their gameKentucky Route Zero launched in se