Mind the flames It’s about time someone made a video game channelingThe Thingthat letsusbe The Thing. The game in question isCarrion, a gruesome action-exploration title about a mutating monster hell-bent on escaping from a secret underground base. I had funtoying aroundwith the limb-tearer at E3, and now, you can too–Phobia Game Studio and Devolver Digital have releaseda free demo on Steam. For a game like this, player movement is everything, so I’d encourage you to go for it if you’ve heard aboutCarrionbefore or just generally like the “reverse horror game” pitch....

Blast Off! Again? Taito only released retro-compendiumDarius Cozmic Collectionin Japan just yesterday, but already the old-school arcade maker has announced a sequel, titledDarius Cozmic Collection 2,naturally. As noted by Japanese siteDengeki Online, (translated byGematsu)Darius Cozmic Collection 2will be coming to Japan on PS4 and Nintendo Switch at the end of 2020. No further information was released by Taito, and given that the first collection is quite comprehensive, it will be interesting to see what arcade and home ports fill out a second release....

Square Enix is bringing in some top Hollywood AND Hong Kong talent to voice characters in Sleeping Dogs. Here are just some of the actors that will be appearing in the game: Will Yun Lee, Tom Wilkinson, Edison Chen, Parry Shen, Emma Stone, Robin Shou, Terence Yin, James Hong, Lucy Liu, Tzi-Ma, Yunjin Kim, and Kelly Hu. All these actors have been in plenty of action movies, and I love that United Front Games have included actual Hong Kong stars....

Future Kojima Productions titles to hit the platform too Today was the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and while I’m disappointed I’m going to have to wait even longer for an M1-powered iPad Mini, there was a lot to be excited about if you’re a Mac gamer. For anyone who’s been using a Mac as long as I have (20+ years), we know that Apple andgaming haven’t always synced up as well as they should have....

Take a look at yourself, and make a change Bandai Namco, publishers of the next title from Dontnod Entertainment,Twin Mirror, has announced that gameplay footage from the new mystery adventure will be showcased on August 21. This date also happens to be the first day of Gamescom, which takes place in Cologne next week. Twin Mirrorwas first announced at E3,where its teaser trailer features a young man who awakens with a bloodied shirt and a misplaced memory....

It…basically sounds the same as past Arkham games Recently, we learned that the upcomingBatman: Arkham Knightwould be rated “M,” a first for the series. Because of this I kind of assumed that the new game would be doing something different, but based on this ESRB description, that may not be the case. According to the ESRB,Arkham Knightfeatures combat where enemies “cry out in pain,” with “slow-motion impacts,” “tank-like vehicles with machine gun turrets,” and “[vehicle] wheel torture....

Reading patch notes is a good way to start your day EVE Online: Rubicon, the 20th free expansion forEVE Online, is here at last with a hefty patch. The 1.21GB download has a crap ton of new features and bug fixes. I’m downloading it right now, and I should have impressions on it for you guys soon. Also, here’s theRubiconsoundtrack onSoundcloud. You can read all of the patch notesright here, but I listed the most notable changes below....

To this day, it stands as the only MMORPG that I’ve played for any sizable amount of time (around twoish years) and while I may have eventually gotten burned out after numerous late-night grinding sessions, it looks like some Norrathians are still happily spamming /auctions in Greater Faydark, as Sony Online Entertainment has just announced the game’s fifteenth expansion. LabeledSeeds of Destruction, it will give players the ability to recruit NPC hirelings, raise the level cap to 85, and duck tape another 20 zones onto the ever expanding multiverse....

From Many Saint Quartz, One Craft Essence Fate/Grand Ordercontinues to trundle along, feeding the cash of whales and the salty tears of unlucky would-be Masters slaving away in the gacha mines. That said, now it does have something for people who want more to do than farm evil hands and doors to improve their Servants. That something – which is live now – is the next chapter of the game’s main story, and this time we’re headed to the good ol’ U....

A legacy foretold Square Enix,confirming recent whispers, has officially announced that theFinal Fantasy Pixel Remasterseries will be released on PS4 and Nintendo Switch platforms in the spring of 2023, following on from the titles’ previous release on PC and mobile platforms back in 2021. ThePixel Remasterseries contains the first six mainline titles from the iconic RPG franchise, with each release featuring crisp, HD visuals, overhauled controls, a redesigned U.I., and several quality-of-life features....

Panel: Behind the Realm Reborn The 2014 Game Developers Conference is coming next month, and we’re already hearing of some pretty good panels that we’d like to attend. One on my list is theFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Rebornpanel, called “Behind the Realm Reborn.” Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida will be speaking about the launch and relaunch of this MMORPG, covering everything from its initial failure to current day. Square Enix says that he will disclose some of the behind-the-scenes decisions on the relaunch as well as their commitment to their business model....

Later than we were previously told GameStop CEO Paul Raines went on Fox News yesterday to talk about tax season and how consumers receiving their refunds affects the video game retailer. It’s a lot of what you might expect — people with disposable income like to spend it. But, Raines said one very interesting thing about the launch plans of PlayStation VR. When asked specifically about the virtual reality segment, Raines said that GameStop’s all for it, and that it’s projected to worth $80 billion by 2025....

The aggressive tact betrays the work that went into it Blizzard’s communication when it comes toHearthstoneMercenarieswas fairly disastrous. But the reality of how this mode actually turned out is a far cry from the marketing campaign. Guided by a very brisk tutorial, you’re introduced to the core tenets of theMercenaries mode: you take a party along on a quest, kill a few monsters, then repeat. It’s all very simple. You get a party of three characters, spanning the depths of the [mostly]Warcraftlore, and queue up actions....