Playing as a sniper inBorderlandsmeant that you got to see a lot of heads pop in juicy showers of blood and eyeballs. Going throughBorderlands 2with a similar build, I started to notice that headshots were no longer satisfying, as skulls remains defiantly shatterproof. I’m not alone. The gore seems to have been toned down from the first game, to the point where specific limb-shredding no longer seems possible. Total body disruption is doable, and there’s still plenty of blood, but those critical hits just don’t feel as critical anymore....

Wish you were here? Anyone fancying a spot of sun, sea, surf, and… sinisterness is in luck, as today will see publisher Raw Fury launch the PlayStation port of its Lovecraft-inspired graphic adventureCall of the Sea,following on from its previous release on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass platforms. Developed by indie outfit Out of the Blue,Call of the Seais a period piece mystery title, and follows a young woman, Norah, on a quest to track down her missing husband, who vanished while on an expedition to explore uncharted lands....

CCP has completely changed its game plan in the past year. After announcing that VR initiatives were kaput, they bolsteredEVE Onlineand shifted some personnel around. Oh, and they decided to forgo the big “EVE Fanfest” meetup in Iceland in 2019, right in their home city of Reykjavik. Instead, CCP will be holding multiple events around the world. They were vague up until today, but now we have a full road map of what’s to come....

With rumors about the next game consoles intensifying over these past months, it feels like 2012 might finally be the year when Microsoft and Sony let the details slip. But not everyoneis so optimistic, and in the case of Sony, nothing is in the pipeline for E3. During this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, Sony’s Kaz Hirai responded to a roundtable question regarding whether or not they would announce the successor to the PlayStation 3 during June’s trade show....

Ultizen Games of Shanghai is presenting the first Xbox Live game ever made in China,Crazy Mouse. Enter irony here: Chinese gamers cannot play it, as the Xbox 360 is not sold in China. I guess they’ll have to go back tokilling themselves playing MMOsor something. The game comes out this week for XBLA and puts you in the role of a gastronomist mouse navigating a 2D maze gobbling food and trying to meet the legendary gourmet....

Don’t be a birdbrain In today’s contest you can winDodo Peakfor Switch! About 90% of my gaming time is devoted to puzzle games these days. I’ve got a bunch on my Switch, and even more on my phone — I use them to convince myself I’m keeping mentally sharp and not letting my brain go to mush. Be a smarty-pants like me, and win a copy of cute puzzle gameDodo Peakfor your Switch!...

How will we be gaming in 2029? At the close of the last decade, otherwise known as two weeks ago, the video game industry was once again in a state of flux. In fact, the industry has been in flux for most of the 2010s. From the explosion of mobile at the start of the decade to the decentralized platforms of cloud gaming at the end, the past ten years have been perhaps the most adventurous the medium has seen since the ’80s....

According to family therapist Dr. Linda Mintle, videogames will make you terrified of the world, deaden your sensitivity to pain, fail at school, become a delinquent, and learn how to harm people in real life. Considering she writes for a site that asks “Are tattoos okay for Christians,” it’s safe to say this is a woman whose finger is really on the pulse of modern issues! Providing no evidence to substantiate her claims, Mintle hasstated as factthat videogames are more than mere entertainment, allowing children to practice violence, altering their personality, and teaching them to fear a world that they see as hostile....

Thirty minutes to cover fifteen years Telltale Games is a big deal these days. It employs over 300 people who work with huge franchises likeGame of ThronesorMinecraft. But it hasn’t always been that way. Released today, the documentary Telltale Games: Story Mode details the creation and evolution of the studio, beginning with Dan Connors and Kevin Bruner working on classic adventure games at LucasArts, all the way through to today’s more narrative-focused experiences like the fantasticTales from the Borderlands....

Should’ve bargained some more A few months back, Marvel unveiled a few variant comic covers which featured a number ofMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinitecharacters. I personally ignored it for the most part, thinking any characters featured could’ve been a poor tease or some kind of red herring. The most peculiar of which was theSpider-Man/Deadpool#20 cover featuring Firebrand and Dormammu. See, at the time of the initial announcement, the four characters hadn’t been announced or confirmed....

To win each race inDriving Simulator, you need a super fast and powerful car. However, purchasing the fastest vehicles and customizing them requires a lot of cash. Completing daily tasks and winning races will bring you money, but what if there was a way to skip the grind? WithDriving Simulatorcodes, you can obtain significant amounts of cash quickly, so you can get the car of your dreams and take part in races hassle-free....

If you are excited to see the Amazon Prime Secret Level series, featuring works that explore a lot of exciting gaming worlds and universes, you are not alone. These are all the games that are going to be featured in the 15-episode series. Every game in Amazon Prime’s Secret Level series Below is a list of the games that will be featured in each episode. That’s a really interesting list, and I’m incredibly curious to see what they do with a lot of these properties, especially PAC-MAN and Mega Man....

Get your small lumps of plastic today! Do you like small plastic bits of tat as much as I do? Great! Well you might want to know thatFunko has announcedits three newest lines of the Funko Pop! Figurine collection. Considering a certain bit of news that might’ve been announced yesterday, I’m sure interest will be high. In July, Funko will be releasing aFalloutcollection of figurines, seemingly based more onFallout 3thanNew Vegasor the upcoming game....