In the recently releasedGrounded II: Making The Last Of Us Part II,Naughty Dogrevealed that the 2020 PS4 hit originally took inspiration from an unlikely source: Bloodborne. In an effort to make the game as distinct as possible from the original, the team stripped out ranged combat entirely, turning the sequel into a melee focused game set in an open world that the player would have gradually gained access to over time....

A talentedElden Ringmodder has addedKingdom Hearts' Sora into the game, complete with equippable Keyblades and voice clips from Kingdom Hearts 3. Just a few weeks ago,Nexus Mods user iwtexplode released a mod that adds Kingdom Hearts' Kairi to the game as a playable characterand finally dismisses the popular fan notion that she’s useless and doesn’t do much to help… by having her make up for it in another game altogether. Of course, Sora’s reputation doesn’t need any saving,but that hasn’t stopped iwtexplode from updating the mod to add him in as well....

I’ve played a lot of survival games, fromRusttoDon’t StarvetoArktoPalworld, but none have scratched the same itch asMinecraftwhen it comes to building. In many, it feels like a practicality first and foremost, a base to store and protect your loot, as well as a home to keep you warm while you avoid the dangers lurking in the wild. Or in some cases, other players who want to ruin your day. Building in survival games is often finicky, relying on schematics that sometimes snap together, and other times go all over the place....

Palworldjust released its first patch, finally fixing a bug that let players steal your pals. As reported byRock Paper Shotgun,before the patch. spheres could capture your legally distinct ‘mons when they had 30 percent or lower HP. This, along with a slew of other glitches, has been fixed. Other noteworthy problems that have been ironed out: pals don’t get stuck in walls when they charge attack anymore, issues with the game crashing “under certain conditions” have been addressed, the game will no longer crash when you exceed 7,000 captured objects, players won’t clip through walls when dismounting, and incorrect in-game text has been updated....

ThePokemon Legendsseries continues, with a new game revealed at today’s Pokemon Presents showcase. Pokemon Legends: Z-A follows on from 2022’sPokemon Legends: Arceus, an open-world game that mixed up the usual Pokemon gameplay loop. Pokemon Legends: Z-A is set in the Kalos region, which was introduced in Pokemon X & Y. Much like how the first Pokemon Legends game gave us a unique take on the Sinnoh region, we can expect the same here in the opposite direction, as Pokemon Legends: Z-A boasts an incredibly futuristic setting, not just a repeat of what we saw in X & Y....

Tekken 8character stats that have been collected on PC and PS5 reveal that Reina is no longer the most popular fighter in the game, and has been usurped by some surprising characters. Although it initially seemed like Azucena was the obvious choice to become the most popular character in Tekken 8, that wasn’t what happened when the game launched last month. To everyone’s surprise (including the game’s director, Katsuhiro Harada), Reina stood out as the most fan-favourite, taking the top spot as the most-played fighter and being the one that everyone was talking about....

Quick Links As nice as it is to not have essay deadlines hanging over me, and to live with a wife and son instead of five fellow beer-swilling housemates, there are elements of my life ten years ago that I miss. One of those things isRock Band, but I didn’t realize quite how much I missed it until I started playing Fortnite Festival. It awakened something in me that had been dormant for a decade, but since you need a controller to play it, that something remained unfulfilled....

Sonicis set to have a very big 2024 across TV, movies, and of course, video games. More info aboutSonic the Hedgehog 3, which hits cinemas at the end of this year, was revealed last week, confirmingJim Carrey will return as Dr. Robotnik. To mark the occasion, Tubbz has turned all of its Sonic figures, including Eggman, into Mini Tubbz, and also re-released boxed versions of some of its regular-sized Sonic figures too....

Bloodbornefans just can’t catch a break asSonyhas left it out of a Twitter poll that asks fans to vote for what they think is the most “supreme"PlayStationexclusive. When you think about the best first-party PlayStation games, what comes to mind? There are certianly a lot of games to choose between, fromThe Last of UsandGod of Warall the way toSpider-ManandGran Turismo, but there’s one game that Sony apparently doesn’t consider to be in that upper echelon of exclusives - Bloodborne....

As announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, the originalStar Wars: Battlefrontgames are coming to Switch on March 14 courtesy ofTomb Raider 1-3 Remastereddeveloper Aspyr. This bundle will also be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam. “Fight in iconic battles from across the Star Wars galaxy in this collection of two classic games,” the Direct announcer said. “Up to 64 players can strike back against familiar faces in massive online battles....

Speaking at the Game Developers Conference earlier this week,Starfieldlead quest designer Will Shen said that he had “no time” when it came to designing the last main quest. “We were finally at a state in the project where we could play through the whole [game]. And it became very clear that we were missing the large final location that was going to the story together and have a satisfying action-filled payoff,” Shen said (as reported byPC Gamer)....

Of all the decks inMagic: The Gathering’s Universes Beyond: Fallout series, Mutant Menace is the one that leans into the weird, wonderful side of the series the hardest. Dedicated to the bizarre creatures and Mutants that wander the Wasteland, the deck puts the effects of the titular nuclear Fallout on full display. You’ll find cards that push the envelope both visually and mechanically in here, with the brand-new rad counter mechanic facilitating some serious graveyard shenanigans....

Into The Inklands brought a wave of new Floodborn Characters toDisney’s Lorcana. All of them are mighty in their own right, and so it’s worth pitting these giants against one another, regardless of which color they originate from. These are cards you are going to be seeing as the meta evolves and shifts. Each one of these cards has staying power when it comes to keeping a spot in any deck....