Starting with the co-creators is a smart move Although the quality of theFalloutseries has waxed and waned over the years, the name still means something. The original series was a trailblazer in the genre, and there’s still a lot of goodwill left from modern adaptationslikeFallout: New Vegas. To remind people of how important this series is, Bethesda is running a new Fallout retrospective series,which you can watch for free on YouTube....

Big shakeup in the Top Ten Call of Duty: WWIIremains untouchable, as it sits confidently at the top of the UK charts for a fourth week. It seems likely that Activision’s shooter will hold the top spot throughout December. EA’sFIFA 18has returned to second place, with their sci-fi shooterStar Wars: Battlefront IIslipping to fourth. As frenzied Christmas shopping begins, multiple big-name titles made re-entries, withGran Turismo: Sport,Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus,Need for Speed Paybackand… erm…Fallout 4all returning to the Top Ten....

Doom 4 with a virtual-reality headset ‘would have been a huge win’ As much as I want John Carmack to do good work at Oculus VR, it was sad to see himdepart from id Software. In an interview withUSA Today, he elaborated on why he chose to leave instead of working at multiple companies simultaneously (because that’s an option for him). “I would have been content probably staying there [at id] working with the people and technology that I know and the work we were doing,” Carmack said....

Aiming for a Q4 2022 release across Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One Some games look so sweet, it doesn’t matter if they fall outside your everyday genres — you’re still drawn in. As someone who rarely invests 50-plus hours into turn-based JRPG comfort food, that’s how I seeChained Echoes, an upcomingSuper Nintendo-style adventurefrom Matthias Linda. It’s a world of dragons and mechs, and it looks fantastic. There’s a new trailer out today in collaboration withDeck13 Spotlight, the indie-boosting arm ofThe Surgedeveloper Deck13 Interactive, which also reppedCrossCode....

Moving on Diablo III‘s Auction House has seen its last new listing. As of today, the controversial marketplace exists only as a place for players to finish up their current auctions before the tab disappears altogether. Players have until June 24 — more than three months — to claim any gold or items. After that deadline, they vanish into the ether forever and can’t be obtained. At that point, all traces of the Auction House will be permanently gone....

Fresh from Codemasters comes this new trailer forColin McRae’s DiRT 2, highlighting a few of the game’s 100 events in nine countries across the globe. All of the footage is straight out of the game this time around, and I for one am happy to take the accompanying Scars On Broadway over whatever that music was in the last trailer I posted. If you haven’t yet tried the demo that’s available on XBLA and PSN, you’re missing out....

Now targeting winter 2018 on Nintendo Switch I’ve had my eye onDragon Marked for Deathsince August 2017, and even with a new winter 2018 launch window announced for the four-player co-op action-RPG, my interest hasn’t faltered. This looks like yet another gem from the crew at Inti Creates (Mega Man Zero,Mega Man ZX,Azure Striker Gunvolt). Co-op support is online and local, so we’re set there. As this story trailer suggests, you’ll play as a member of the Dragonblood Clan seeking revenge against the Medius Empire....

The Brine is one of the first enemies players are introduced to inDragon’s Dogma 2, though they might not realize it, and it’s going to be a pain for the entire game. If you haven’t played the originalDragon’s Dogma, then you might not know that The Brine is an enemy that spans both games. It’s been part of the lore of this world since ancient times, long before players began their stories....

WhereThe Conduitis exciting because it promises to be the first fully featured online FPS on the Wii, andThe Grinderlooks promising for it’s co-op and horror/comedy combo,Gladiator A.D.’s claim to fame is being damn strange. It’s both ultra-violent and ultra-realistic, a combination that’s never been seen on the Wii before. It plays sort of likeBushido Blade, and also sort of likePunch-Out!!, but it’s actually nothing like either game in almost every way....

The Robbie Keane On This Day Hero SBC is now live inEA FC 25, and you can complete this challenge to earn a brand new Hero card. The On This Day campaign is brand new in this year’s Ultimate Team, and the SBC guarantees everyone a special card. All you have to do is to complete the challenge before it expires from Ultimate Team. Let’s take a look at how to complete the challenge in Ultimate Team....

The power of the cloud! Fresh out of EA’s E3 conference, EA has announced ‘Origin Access Premiere,’ a new cloud gaming and subscription service coming this summer with titles such asFIFA 19,Anthem,Madden, and “many more titles in the years to come.” Basically, this more or less seems like EA’s version of Xbox Game Pass. Notably, this is also the first time in over a decade theMaddenseries will be making its way to PC....

So says the new trailer out of TGS 2021 It’s been a few months since the closed beta test forFinalFantasy VII The First Soldier. The free-to-play battle royale, which takes place 30 years before the start ofFinal Fantasy VIIand tells the origins of the SOLDIER program, was announced for a 2021 release date back when it was originally revealed. According to a new trailer out of the Tokyo Game Show, it’s still on track to meet that goal with a planned worldwide launch for later this year....

Last weekwe saw a lot of different opinions offered by both sides. A lot argued thatJade Empire‘s detailed gameplay went to waste because it was boring and didn’t amount to as much as it should have. At the same time, a lot of Dtoiders felt that Ninja Gaiden’s gameplay was repetitive and more about quantity than quality. In the end, here were the results: This week the Xbox odd game debate brackets come to an end asNinja GaidenandStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicgo head to head....