Month: September 2024

The Casting of Frank Stone is an odd name for a horror game. It almost implies we ought to know who Frank Stone is, or why his “casting” (whatever that means in this context) is notable. But after playing the game’s prologue, I still feel out of the loop. Supermassive, famous for cinematic horror games such as Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures Anthology, has been handed the reins to Behaviour Interactive’s Dead By Daylight (DBD) franchise for a cinematic spin-off that plays much like its other popular games.That’s an exciting prospect in itself. Supermassive’s playable horror movies routinely make for terrific party games. But my prevailing impression after an hour with the game is that DBD fans will get more out of this than those who come in without knowing the PvP horror gam…

You might not be aware, but Eli Roth directed a Borderlands movie based on the popular video game franchise and it comes out this week. The official review embargo lifts on August 8, however, social impressions were free to run wild and they are not the best.The film doesn’t adapt any specific Borderlands story but takes place in the world of Pandora and within the lore of the land. A major recognizable element is Jack Black as Claptrap, the game’s robotic guide, and your character’s sidekick. The main observation seems to be the comparison between that and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which was a reinvention of the team from the comics.

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Walmart’s Back-to-School Sale is in full swing, giving you a chance to score hundreds of products at some of the lowest prices of the year. You’ll find more than just pencils and notebooks discounted, as a handful of gaming laptops, tablets, earbuds, and other tech gadgets are included in the event. Many are also eligible for same-day pickup, while all are eligible for Walmart’s free 30-day returns policy. See all Walmart tech deals

Walmart Back-to-School Sale

Highlights include an Acer Nitro 31.5-inch ultrawide gaming monitor for only $159, an HP Victus gaming laptop with RTX 4050 GPU for $599, Bluetooth earbuds for just $20, and a popular Android tablet for kids for only $50. Check out more notable Walmart deals below:Tablets

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Can you ever have too much Batman in your life? Science says no, even if you’re planning to read this gigantic 1,648-page hardcover collection of comic book stories based on Rocksteady’s brilliant Arkham trilogy. Now available to preorder for $150 and scheduled to arrive on September 24, Batman: The Arkham Saga is an essential companion piece for anyone who’s a fan of the Arkham games developed by Rocksteady and Warner Bros. Montreal. And the new omnibus edition compiles the whole saga in one volume that may or may not require Batman levels of strength to carry around. Preorder at Amazon If the price sounds high, just tell yourself it only costs 11 cents per page, which is a pretty great deal. Joking aside, the omnibus could realistically be split into five volumes (at least) at …

Update: The new season showcased at this event is now live. You can see everything new in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4, the new weapons, map changes, and the new battle pass. The original story follows.Disney made an enormous investment in Epic Games and Fortnite earlier this year, and while it’s going to be some time before many aspects of this team-up bear fruit, we’ll be getting some of our first peeks at what’s in store for Disney x Fortnite at the D23 Expo in Anaheim this weekend. Even better: You’ll be able to watch this panel on an exclusive livestream inside Fortnite, and doing so will net you the Peelverine Plushie back Bling for free. The only other way to watch is to actually be in the room in Anaheim.The presentation is happening on Saturday night at 8:…

Following the release of Splitgate 2’s cinematic announcement trailer, developer 1047 Games has released a gameplay trailer for the upcoming free-to-play FPS, giving players a detailed look at what kind of portal-hopping action they can engage in when the game launches in 2025.The trailer features gameplay and commentary from some of Splitgate’s most popular competitive players and content creators, including Timothy “iiTzTimmy” An, George “KingGeorge” Kassa, and Ian “Enable” Wyatt.

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For the second time in the past 12 months, Disney is raising prices for its streaming services, including Disney+. CEO Bob Iger discussed this on the company’s earnings call, saying Disney actually has more pricing leverage–that is, the ability to raise prices–than before thanks to the appeal of the platform as he sees it.”Every time we’ve taken a price increase, we’ve had only modest churn from that. Nothing that we would consider significant,” he said. A “churn” rate refers to losses from people leaving a given service.Iger said the introduction of new features to Disney+ like the upcoming ESPN tile and continuous playlists, along with high-profile movies coming to the platform, gives Disney the ability to raise prices without issue.”The pricing leverage we have is actually in…

WolfEye Studios, a developer founded and largely comprised of former Arkane employees, is working on its sophomore effort. In a recent tweet, co-founder Raphaël Colantonio revealed that WolfEye’s next game will likely excite fans of Dishonored and Prey.”We’ll reveal a bit more about our next game in a few days,” wrote Colantonio. “Fans of the previous 1st person games I was involved with (Dishonored and Prey) will be happy.”

We’ll reveal a bit more about our next game in a few days… Fans of the previous 1st person games I was involved with (Dishonored and Prey) will be happy. — Raphael Colantonio (@rafcolantonio) August 6, 2024

A few months ago, WolfEye Studios was …

Mojang Studios and Hive Games recently launched the first-ever private Minecraft server for Seattle Children’s Hospital. On the server, patients can play “in a safe and monitored environment” with one another.As the Seattle Children’s blog post points out, the children can now explore the hospital in Minecraft, even if they can’t leave their rooms. The Minecraft hospital was designed by attending surgeon and pediatric otolaryngologist Henry Ou, MD, and the project’s goal was to help children feel more comfortable in the hospital.The server itself is supported in more than 10 languages. It includes survival elements and minigames to ensure children of all ages can enjoy it. One of the minigames includes a parkour mode in which players race to specific points before time runs out, all while …

After just a week on the market, Sony has decided to remove Concord from sale and will take the game’s servers offline. The move comes after the game failed to find an audience, with a reported 25,000 sales and very low player numbers.Game director Ryan Ellis said, “While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended.”Concord is no longer available to buy and the servers will go offline on September 6. Ellis said the team will “explore options” for how to “better reach our players,” which sounds like the game could return in some form down the road.Sony is refunding people who bought Concord. Those who bought the game on PS5 will get an automatic refund to their payment meth…