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Return to Monkey Island is shipping out in 2022

Apr 5, 2022, 15:44 Sacha Loric News

The point-and-click pirate adventure series makes a long-awaited return after 13 years.

Guybrush Threepwood lives! It’s been almost 32 years since the very first Curse of Monkey Island hit the shelves and signaled the peak of LucasArts’ point-and-click adventure games. It’s also been 13 years since the last entry to the series, Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island. But finally, we have a proper sequel with Return to Monkey Island, launching later this year and picking up from where Monkey Island 2 left off. Here’s the announcement trailer. ...

Nobody Saves the World lands on Switch and PlayStation this month

Apr 5, 2022, 15:00 Fyra Frost News

Drinkbox Studios' wacky adventure expands to other platforms with local co-op as a bonus.

Nobody Saves the World is a crazy action RPG where you play as a character who is able to shapeshift into many forms. Each of those forms has different abilities, and only by mastering and combining them will you be able to stop the Calamity from spreading corruption across the land. In the game, you are Nobody, a hollow-eyed character that manages to steal the wand of the legendary wizard Nostramagus and embarks on an epic journey to defeat the Calamity....

EA outlines map changes for Battlefield 2042

Apr 5, 2022, 10:00 Fyra Frost News

DICE plans on implementing a wide range of changes to the maps in Battlefield 2042 to enhance the gameplay experience.

Despite the huge number of fans of the Battlefield franchise, Battlefield 2042 has not managed to become as successful as other installments in the series. The state of the game at launch was quite disappointing for many players due to a number of things. Complaints about the performance, the game systems, and even the design of the maps rapidly appeared on the official forums and social media. DICE has been working quite hard to fix the...

Age of Empires IV Season One kicks off this week

Apr 4, 2022, 19:00 Fyra Frost News

Get ready to climb to the top of the Age of Empires IV leaderboards in its first ranked season.

When Microsoft revealed the post-launch roadmap for Age of Empires IV last November, it was quite clear that the return of the RTS franchise was a solid bet for the fans. The game includes novelties that take the gameplay to a new level, including modern graphics, new mechanics, factions, units, and more. It offers exactly what the fans were looking for in a new Age of Empires game. Microsoft is going to add plenty of additional...

The hottest upcoming game remakes and ports this April

Apr 4, 2022, 17:44 Sacha Loric News

April is bringing several remakes and ports for popular franchises for other platforms.

Remakes and ports to new platforms can give good games new life. Coincidentally, this month of April is packed with several games that have been either remade, ported, or both. Here they are in order of release: Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition April 7, 2022 Chrono Trigger’s critically acclaimed sequel now comes to the PC,...

Final Fantasy XIV continues to expand after Endwalker

Apr 4, 2022, 12:00 Fyra Frost News

Square Enix outlines the content coming to Final Fantasy XIV with Patch 6.1, including new raids, questlines, and more.

The launch of the Endwalker expansion for Final Fantasy XIV caused some problems due to the game's huge fan base. Square Enix has solved all of them by now, and everything is back to normal in the most played MMORPG worldwide; therefore, the developers can focus on adding even more new content to the game. Final Fantasy XIV Director Naoki Yoshida has detailed the new features coming to the game with Patch 6.1, a free update...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night gets a crossover with Child of Light

Apr 4, 2022, 09:00 Sacha Loric News

You can play as Aurora from Child of Light in Bloodstained's free update to version 1.30.

Indie games are great because of their continuous updates and openness to crossovers, like with Dead Cells crossing over with the likes of Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, Hyper Light Drifter, Guacamelee, Skul: The Hero Slayer, and Curse of the Dead Gods. Now, Aurora from Child of Light is getting the same treatment, becoming the final playable character in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. ...

Get Total War: Warhammer free on PC

Apr 1, 2022, 18:00 Fyra Frost Free Games

Creative Assembly introduces you to an epic fantasy universe with one of its best strategy games, Total War: Warhammer.

At this point, everyone that plays video games on PC knows that you can get one or more games for free every week on Epic Games Store. Some people may argue that they are not all triple-A games, but the selection has included quite a few. In fact, you can get one of the best strategy games inspired by Games Workshop's miniatures games this week. Total War: Warhammer is entirely free to claim on Epic Games Store until next Thursday. Warhammer...

Hyper Light Drifter sequel revealed: ‘Hyper Light Breaker’

Apr 1, 2022, 12:28 Sacha Loric News

The sequel exchanges the original's 2D pixel graphics and platformer gameplay for a 3D open world roguelite approach.

Developer Heart Machine announced that they are making Hyper Light Breaker, a sequel to their action RPG hit Hyper Light Drifter. Only this time, they are trading the original’s top-down view and 2D pixels for stylized 3D graphics and wide open-world biomes that players can explore. Check out the announcement trailer now: ...

Diablo IV will feature more than 150 procedurally generated dungeons

Mar 31, 2022, 17:00 Murillo Zerbinatto News

The new Diablo IV quarterly update shares more about the game's setting, visual tone, and dungeons.

Blizzard shared a boatload of new information and videos about Diablo IV's development in a new quarterly update. These videos focused on exploration and environments, each on a specific area within the game. The report also stated that Diablo IV will feature more than 150 procedurally generated dungeons to explore. For those who are asking "procedu-what?" It means that dungeons layouts are random each time you visit them on a different game session, something already usual in the Diablo...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is releasing in April

Mar 31, 2022, 15:53 Sacha Loric News

After two years of delays, Crows Crows Crows has announced when their re-imagining is finally coming out.

After several delays, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe finally has a release date, and it’s absolutely perfect. The launch is on April 27th—4/27, which are the digits on Stanley’s office door. Here’s the latest trailer for The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, a loving recreation of the original trailer with a few significant changes. The Stanley...

Anno 1800 details the contents of its fourth season

Mar 31, 2022, 12:00 Fyra Frost News

Anno 1800 focuses on the New World and its growth with the new DLCs in the Season 4 Pass.

There are many games in the city-building genre, but not so many of them have managed to maintain themselves in such good shape as Anno 1800. The base game offers an intense experience by itself, with plenty of options to develop your cities in real-time and many strategic elements. The combination of these would be enough to deliver quite a good gameplay experience, but they are accompanied by detailed graphics, several gameplay modes, and a wide range of features that...

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