Lucy and Rob put Mario Kart 8’s new top speed up against its old one on some fan favourite tracks.

Team Veni Vidi Vici has posted new gameplay videos that show off the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of racing game Project Cars. The videos arrive just shortly after developer Slightly Mad Studios announced that Project Cars would run in 1080p/60fps on PS4 and 900p/60fps on Xbox One. The PS4 video (above) was […]

Electronic Arts announced today that it is shutting down a handful of its PC free-to-play games, including Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, FIFA World, and Need for Speed World. EA Studios executive vice president Patrick Soderlund wrote in a blog post today that, while free-to-play PC game Star Wars: The Old Republic is still going strong, […]

The best twin stick shooters turn tension and survival into an accessible kind of thrill. There’s something inherently satisfying about flying around and avoiding being hit as you shoot at the increasingly numerous ships. Threading the needle with your ship as you narrowly cut through a tight blob of enemies is exhilarating, and the sheer […]

Destiny fans may need to wait until May to play the game’s House of Wolves expansion, but the online shooter is introducing a variety of changes much sooner–today, in fact–by way of the game’s latest patch. Update 1.1.2 will launch across Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4 today, April 14, sometime in […]

Watch extended gameplay footage from In Verbis Virtus featuring the Giant Bomb crew.

The long-awaited PC edition of Rockstar’s open-world action game Grand Theft Auto V has finally arrived. Now, one player has uploaded a series of videos showing off the game running at the highest settings. YouTube user taltigolt (via VG247), has posted a handful of videos to their channel, including some in 4K you can watch […]

Publisher Nordic Games has added another franchise to its stable. The company, which previously acquired the rights to Darksiders, Red Faction, and de Blob from THQ, announced Tuesday that it had entered into an agreement with 2015 Games to buy the Vietnam-themed Men of Valor franchise. Nordic Games didn’t announce any plans for a sequel […]

NetherRealm’s new fighting game, Mortal Kombat X, features microtransactions that allow players to buy “Easy Fatalities” and more, it has been revealed. The game’s Xbox One and PlayStation 4 product pages show that players can buy five Easy Fatalities for 99 cents or a pack of 30 for $5. Fatalities, the Mortal Kombat franchise’s gruesome […]

Image credit: Kotaku Square Enix’s “secret” game, which the company started teasing last week, has been officially revealed. The Final Fantasy publisher on Tuesday announced Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, the fifth game in the main series. Kotaku and Siliconera have the first details for the game. Star Ocean 5 is in development for PlayStation […]