With the release of Darksiders 3, there are now three Darksiders games in the world. And while Darksiders’ sequels are fine games, it’s hard not to see disappointment in what they are from the very start. The ending of Darksiders is still something I hold dearly as one of the coolest game endings of all time. No matter how good Darksiders 3 was, it was never going to live up to the original promise of Darksiders. In order to get to a point where they could make the Darksiders game that I and a l

Gravity Rush 2 is one of the most creative, joyful and risky open-world games of this console generation. Sony is currently selling Gravity Rush 2 for $5.99 on the PlayStation Store. Gravity Rush 2 gives Sony’s newer, flashier Spider-Man a run for its money when it comes to the sheer pleasure of zipping between skyscrapers at neck-breaking speed. I could exhaust myself enumerating every other little detail that makes this game special. The jaw-dropping mid-game reveal that expands the scope of t

Eric Barone, the one-man creative team behind Stardew Valley, is now wearing a second hat: publisher. Barone, also known as ConcernedApe, wrote on the farming simulation game’s news blog that he will now serve as both lead developer and publisher for the game (on most platforms, anyway). As of Dec. 14, Barone will take over publishing duties from Chucklefish, the U.K.-based company that helped bring Stardew Valley to consoles. Barone acknowledged the amount of effort the publisher put into reali

Multiple Fallout 76 gamers have received lifetime bans from the game, following a harassment incident littered with homophobic slurs that went viral over social media. Later on in the game, the group tracked down the three players, ambushed and killed them — even though in Fallout 76’s PvP, another player’s attacks only do minor damage if fire is not returned. One of the players attacked posted these two videos on the night of Nov. 15, calling Bethesda Softworks’ attention to them. That said, th

The PlayStation Classic’s lineup feels a little muddy, so now seems a perfect opportunity for me to take a step back and define, objectively, the 20 actual best games released in the U.S. for the original PlayStation. I’m not necessarily saying these are the games that should have been on the PlayStation Classic, but … these are the games that should have been on the PlayStation Classic. Chrono Cross(Square, 2000)The Final Fantasy games were Square’s heavy hitters on PlayStation, but it’s this

On Ice, Attack on Titan — to some bigger surprises, namely the strong debuts of older franchises like Bleach and Dragon Ball Z. Also new: Bleach, Digimon and Dragon Ball Z. And Dragon Ball Z is on its own renaissance of late, with Dragon Ball Super’s popular run recently finishing up. But Dragon Ball Super isn’t over with yet: A film based on the sequel anime series is coming to theaters, and it will notably make the villain Broly a part of the Dragon Ball canon for the first time. Some other na

Many players had to create entirely new Fortnite accounts to play on Switch. It was a mess, and the ensuing controversy ultimately led to Sony allowing cross-platform play on its console. This merging feature was supposed to launch this month, but has been delayed until 2019. “Due to some ongoing technical concerns, we will be delaying the Account Merge feature until early next year,” the Fortnite team wrote in an update. “We want to make sure that this process is thoroughly tested and working p

Electronic Art’s customer service Twitter account is offering free seven-day trials of the Origin Access Basic PC game service for those interested in Battlefield 5. Note that Origin Access is a subscription service, and you’ll likely need to cancel it after the seven days if you’re not interested in continuing to use it. Now that the game is available to everyone, EA is offering weeklong trials as a sort of demo. — EA Help (@EAHelp) November 30, 2018The offer is only available until 9:48 a.m. E

This likely means some sort of news about BioWare’s 10-year-old fantasy RPG franchise at The Game Awards, the year-ending announcement gala nominally about games that have already launched. Casey Hudson, the BioWare general manager, alluded to “secret Dragon Age stuff” that he and Mark Darrah, the executive producer on Dragon Age: Inquisition, had mentioned on social media recently. “Dragon Age is an incredibly important franchise in our studio, and we’re excited to continue its legacy,” Hudson

The Pokémon Go Twitter account is going teaser-happy this morning, and it looks like it has a good reason to be: PvP battles are coming to Pokémon Go. ET, mysterious tweets have hinted at something exclamation point-worthy — and the latest of these suggests that the big news is multiplayer battles. First we got gym battles that players can participate in together (even if they’re not much like the gym battles we know from the Pokémon RPGs); this year, we finally got trading. We don’t know how so

Fallout 76’s next patch, out Dec. 4, will fix a ton of bugs that have plagued the game since its Nov. 14 launch, as well as deliver an enhanced Stash size and other quality-of-life adjustments, according to patch notes that developer Bethesda Game Studios published Friday. The enhanced Stash (now 600, was 400) requested almost immediately by Fallout 76 players, was announced on Monday when Bethesda Softworks acknowledged the game’s slipshod launch and poor reception. Fallout 76 is also getting a

Mamoru Hosoda has made a name for himself as the director of fantastical anime, though as weird as his films become, they remain centered on the emotional journey, and providing catharsis that the real world rarely offers. These films have their characters learn of greater worlds beyond themselves, and each frame of this process is immensely detailed and textured, every scene brimming with imagination. The image of the real world melting away around Kun shows that Hosoda doesn’t disparage the of

The release of Fallout 76 has been rocky, to say the least, and now the next title in The Elder Scrolls series has been delayed into 2019. The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play mobile title, and likely the closest that fans of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim will get to a massively single-player role-playing game until The Elder Scrolls 6, which was teased at E3 2018. In a tweet today, that window has been pushed back to “early 2019.”The Elder Scrolls: Blades

Another Marvel Netflix co-production has come to an end as the streaming giant announced on Thursday night that it has canceled Daredevil, the first of the company’s collaborations with Marvel Entertainment, after three seasons. Daredevil is the latest in a streak of cancellations by Netflix of Marvel shows. In October, both Luke Cage and Iron Fist were canceled after just two seasons. In a statement from Netflix, the company said, “while the series on Netflix has ended, the three existing seaso

Destiny 2’s Season of the Forge started this week, but the Black Armory mini-expansion is still shrouded in mystery. Set to release on Dec. 4, little is known about Black Armory and the content coming in Destiny 2’s Annual Pass. While the boxes currently aren’t giving any rewards, the Forge Centurions themselves have a small chance to drop a new Black Armory weapon. The final exotic in Black Armory is one that we’re pretty excited about — although it’s not entirely confirmed. This new Black Armo

In this week’s blog post, Bungie revealed how players will be able to hit power level 650 when Destiny 2: Black Armory arrives next week. This will up the current power level by 50 points, giving the most dedicated Destiny players a new goal to shoot for. In order to earn items above 600 power, players simply need to own Forsaken, not the Annual Pass and Black Armory. For players looking for a new goal, the upcoming Scourge of the Past raid — exclusive to Black Armory players — will be released

Critical EdgeTo do a Critical Edge, press all three attack buttons (A, B and K) at the same time. Nightmare can plow directly through attacks with his armored Critical Edge, and Taki will disappear before she delivers hers. Soul ChargeTo do a Soul Charge, press back and all three attack buttons at the same time. The startup of Soul Charge is extremely fast — faster in fact than a Critical Edge. Critical Edge or Soul Charge?

It would be unfair to talk about Soulcalibur 6 without bringing up the Ring Out, the bane of so many beginners. Rather than being the player who gets knocked out of the ring every time and complains about it, why not be the player knocking them out of the ring? If the opponent won’t let you sidestep, try and regain the initiative with a quick slash and sidestep again. If they aren’t being cautious, knock them right out of the ring, but if they are, your goal changes. Once you have successfully w

Guard Impact (forward + G)Guard Impact is Soulcalibur 6’s parry mechanic. In this video, first Sophitia does a Guard Impact to show you what it looks like. However, they can use a Guard Impact, and if they guess correctly they can turn the tables on you. It’s even possible to get caught in a back-and-forth with Guard Impact if both players continue to predict each other’s attacks perfectly. To get out of this situation, try using Break attacks, or mixing up your timing with a move that’s just a

The relationship between high, mid, and low attacks is common to every 3D fighting game, going back to the genre’s origins in Virtua Fighter and Tekken. Mid attacks tend to be your hard hits and combo starters, so crouching is a much more dangerous position than standing. The best way to defend against a low attack is to crouch guard, but many low attacks are so fast that you can’t expect to be able to block them on reaction. As such, low attacks sprinkled judiciously into one’s attack pattern a