2020-12-16
Very Very Valet is a new cooperative game about parking cars in zany ways. The game, developed by Los Angeles-based studio Toyful Games, debuted during Nintendo's Indie World broadcast on Tuesday."One to four players control an 'elite' team of puppet valets, working together to overcome any and all valet-related challenges," reads Toyful Games' official site. "It's going to take teamwork and a certain 'just park it anywhere' mentality to save the world from a severe parking crisis! It's not enough to just be a valet - be a VERY VERY VALET."Very Very Valet will include more than 20 levels, including city streets, cliffsides, bowling alleys, airports, and trainyards. Toyful Games will also offer "accessible driving controls" for easy pick-up-and-play fun.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
Just a few days ago, The Game Awards 2020 revealed a battery of trailers for highly-anticipated games, like a new Perfect Dark, the Left 4 Dead-like Back 4 Blood, and the dreamy Open Roads. However, for some, the most notable game barely made an appearance at all. Despite receiving the Most Anticipated Game award, From Software's latest project, Elden Ring, didn't receive any new details or trailers, which caused the game's community to explode in a memetic meltdown that still shows no signs of stopping.To be clear, the Elden Ring subreddit is a surprisingly non-toxic environment compared to other video game spaces on the internet, and most of the memes and posts in the community are all in good fun. Still, there was definitely a sense of deflation in the subreddit when The Game Awards ended without an update on the game. One of the top posts all-time on the subreddit came just moments after the event ended, and it speaks for itself:I guess it's time to issue more flairs... from EldenringWe remain among the Accursed from EldenringAnother highly-rated post from the evening of the Game Awards shows a representation of the subreddit giving the game's director Hidetaka Miyazaki the Most Anticipated Game award, only for Miyazaki to casually toss it behind him, a template based on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Yet another appears to be a summoning pentagram made of the 3 previous Dark Souls games, Bloodborne, and Sekiro. Vaati, a well-known figure in the Souls community, tweeted that he is "very happy" for the Elden Ring team winning the award, joking that he "looks forward to them winning it again in 2021."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
Over the next week, we will be posting features for what we've nominated to be the best games of 2020. Then, on December 17, we will crown one of the nominees as GameSpot's Best Game of 2020, so join us as we celebrate these 10 games on the road to the big announcement. Be sure to check out our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best Games of 2020 hub.Spiritfarer is a cozy resource management and farming sim with a dreamy, colorful art style and adorable talking animals. It's also a game about death, grief, and the process of letting go. Though these two aspects may seem at odds, Spiritfarer finds a delicate balance between its lighthearted adventure gameplay and the heavier themes woven throughout, offering a large, intriguing world to explore and characters you'll come to love along the way.Spiritfarer has an amusing connection to one of our other Game of the Year nominees, Hades, both of which feature the mythological ferryman Charon, who transports souls to the world of the dead. But while he plays a more minor role of shopkeeper in Hades, Spiritfarer dives deeper into the role of Charon--the Spiritfarer--and what it might entail if someone else stepped into his shoes. In this case, Charon's successor is a young girl named Stella, who, with the help of her fluffy cat Daffodil, must take on the responsibilities of the Spiritfarer and accompany recently deceased souls to the world beyond this one, marked by an ancient bridge called the Everdoor. Charon's role has ended, and even he must pass through the Everdoor--an early reminder that no one can escape death in the end, even the ferryman of souls.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
Fortnite's new mode, The Spy Within, recreates Among Us in the third-person shooter. It's now available in-game as a special limited-time mode. A Twitch stream featuring Sarah Silverman will showcase the mode and Fortnite's Houseparty video chat system today.The mode is featured in a playlist with several different takes on the murder mystery formula, each made by a different Fortnite creator. The playlist will feature maps from DolphinDom, KKSlider, Bunni_, Wert, Blanky, jstKamui, MackJack, Ritual and Snownymous.One of Fortnite's Spy Within Maps.The mode has 10 players broken up into two teams: eight agents and two spies. The agents must try and complete their objectives before getting killed by the spies. The spies need to eliminate agents while remaining undetected. Sound familiar?Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
Best Buy had some excellent PC gaming deals during Black Friday, and now just before the holidays, two of Razer's best products are discounted: the Razer DeathAdder V2 gaming mouse for $50 (was $70) and the Razer Huntsman Tournament Edition gaming keyboard for $90 (was $130). The DeathAdder V2 deal is only available to those with a My Best Buy account, which is free to sign up for. All you need to do is sign into your account and the discount will be available. Both deals are available until December 17.The DeathAdder V2 and the Huntsman Tournament Edition make for an excellent PC gaming setup and will work perfectly for everything from RPGs like Cyberpunk 2077 to competitive shooters like Fortnite and Rainbow Six Siege. It's also possible to customize both products' Chroma RGB lighting with the Razer Synapse software and sync them together so they match and alternate at the same time.You can see both products below, but if you're interested in more recommendations, check out our guides to the best gaming keyboard and best gaming mouse. We cover a slew of products from Corsair, SteelSeries, HyperX, Razer, and more.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
Gnosia was announced for an English language release on Switch during the latest Nintendo Indie World Showcase, and it looks very interesting. This is a social deduction game about figuring out which members of a spaceship crew are alien invaders disguised as other crew members. It's a similar premise to Among Us, except that this is a single-player visual novel game.A round of Gnosia lasts only 5-15 minutes, with the player losing if the number of Gnosia on board overtakes the number of humans. Each time you play, which characters are human and which aren't changes, so you'll need to make fresh deductions each time.Over many games, you can learn some of the secrets of the Gnosia.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
Hitman 3, the conclusion to the current Hitman trilogy, releases on January 20, and now the first cinematic has been revealed. If you didn't finish the first two games, you might want to do so before watching it, though.The trailer shows Agent 47 teaming up with Lucas Grey, the Shadow Client, as they go after Providence together. The organization has been pulling a lot of strings behind the scenes across the entire trilogy, and while Grey was an enemy for much of the first two games, things changed at the end of Hitman 2.You can watch the full cinematic above, and get excited for Hitman 3's release early next year. The trailer also gives us a brief glimpse of the outside of the Dubai map building, which will be the first mission.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't just have a massive arsenal of weapons and cybernetics to acquire; it also has an enormous suite of vehicles to drive. With more than 30 cars and bikes to find throughout your career as a Street Samurai in Night City, you have plenty of options when it comes to getting around town in style and with astonishing speed.However, Night City and its surrounding areas also hide some vehicles that will take some effort to find and acquire. In this quick roundup, we pulled together a list of some of the more iconic cars you can see in the game. While most vehicles in the game can be stolen or bought, we've rounded up the ones you can find by doing quests or just by heading to the right part of town.Jackie's Arch (Motorcycle)This motorcycle will be one of the first bikes you'll add to your catalog of vehicles. Custom made for Jackie, this souped-up and well-designed motorcycle--with some fantastic decals--is an excellent pick for anyone looking for a reliable bike to cruise Night City.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
At this point, it's well-documented that the Nintendo Switch has had an incredible year, with sales of the console up across 2020. Now, Nintendo of Canada has announced some sales milestones the Switch has achieved in the country this year, and they're very impressive.So far, the system has sold 790,000 units through the end of November. In that last month alone, the system sold an incredible 148,000 units. In 2019, the Switch sold 628,000 units in total in the country. Canada has a total population of 37.5 million, and now a lot of them are Switch owners.These figures include the combined totals of the standard Switch and the portable-only Switch Lite.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
For most of Cyberpunk 2077, you'll have free rein to take on activities in Night City in any order you please. Much of the main story is divided into parallel investigations as V tries to find people who might know about the biochip in their head, and at any point, you can wander off and work your way through a variety of side missions. At some point, though, you'll hit the end of the road. From here, the main story continues on to its conclusion, leaving you with no opportunities to do any more side content until you've reached the end.Cyberpunk 2077 politely marks this point in the story for you, flashing a big "Point of No Return" message on your screen so you don't bumble into the game's finale before you're ready. But at the same time, Night City is absolutely overwhelmingly flush with things to do, from side jobs to Fixer gigs to question marks and NCPD scanner hustles. And if you're not interested in completing everything, or if you find yourself impatient to know how it all ends, you might be asking how much of all that side material you absolutely need to do.The good news is that there's a lot of side quests you can ignore without consequence. The bad news is that a few of them can be pretty important to how the game shakes out, even having an effect on the ending. Here's a complete rundown of everything you should scratch off your list before you pass the Point of No Return in Cyberpunk 2077 so you can be in the best possible story shape for the endgame. It's worth noting, though, that you can continue to level up your character and earn some extremely powerful weapons through additional side quests, and pursuing that stuff might not be a bad idea. Although we tried to limit them, there are SPOILERS beyond this point!Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
After a long, slow rollout, Halo: The Master Chief Collection is fully available on PC--but it's not done with major updates yet. Halo 1-4, plus 3 ODST and Halo Reach, will receive more features in 2021, developer 343 Industries has promised, with many big features currently in active development.As part of the MCC December 2020 Update, 343 Industries' "farn" has outlined some of the improvements coming to the six Master Chief Collection titles coming next year, including various quality-of-life changes and new options.Here's everything that the team is actively working on right now, with most of these updates planned for early 2021.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-16
There are a lot of perks you can buy for your character in Cyberpunk 2077, allowing you to customize your version of V to fit your play style and the ways you want to approach the game. There's one perk, however, that you should absolutely avoid--at least in the early part of the game when you're trying to earn money. That perk is called "Scrapper," and it will rob you.You'll find the Scrapper perk under the Technical Ability attribute, on the Crafting skill tree. At first, it sounds useful enough. Scrapper allows you to automatically break down junk items into crafting components. Cyberpunk 2077 is littered with things that are considered "junk," like old vinyl records, ashtrays, packs of cards, lighters, and dildos. (It's worth noting that a recent update seems to have drastically reduced the number of dildos appearing in the game. For a while, though, there were so. many. dildos.)Most of the junk items you find in Night City really are junk, and if you check them out in your Backpack, you'll find that they're pretty worthless. Most junk items will net you about 3 Eurodollars (or "eddies" in Night City parlance), so they're basically not worth the effort you'd expend in picking them up and lugging them to a vendor to unload them. Along that line, you might think Scrapper sounds great, since you can instantly break down junk you don't actually want, and that way it's not littering your backpack, weighing down your character (in a literal sense, because if you become over-encumbered by the stuff you're carrying, you won't be able to move quickly).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-15
Fall Guys: Season 3 is bringing more than just new levels to the battle royale. The new season also adds crown ranks, a ranking system that focuses on how much players win. Rewards for winning more include new cosmetics like golden costumes."The more crowns you grab, the higher your crown rank rises," reads a post on the PlayStation Blog that revealed the new feature. "And with it, players will unlock a world of curious and highly desirable rewards, including exclusive colors and patterns to leave other players in no doubt of your commitment to the bean cause."One of the most coveted rewards will be golden variants for costumes from previous seasons, like the knight and hot dog outfits. Mediatonic didn't clarify how much work it would be to unlock these costumes, but the studio did say they were the most "prestigious addition(s)" to the game yet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-15
GameSpot recently revealed our picks for the best games of 2020, and now Amazon has given one of them a very nice discount. Yakuza: Like A Dragon is down to $40 on Xbox Series X and Xbox One and $35.48 on PS4--the latter version is also playable on PS5. There's no listed end date for this deal, so we're not sure how long it will last. And of course, supplies are also limited, so if you're interested, you'll want to snag it soon. Yakuza: Like A Dragon $40 on Xbox | $35.48 on PlayStation Yakuza: Like A Dragon trades in the melee combat action for turn-based RPG battles, as protagonist Kasuga Ichiban is a huge Dragon Quest fan and sees the world as a big JRPG adventure. Despite the radical change in gameplay, Like A Dragon still captures the soul and spirit of the Yakuza series, with a heartfelt story, loveable characters, and over-the-top humour. See at Amazon The latest Yakuza game is playable on PS5, though only via backwards compatibility. A next-gen update for Sony's platform is coming next year. Right now, the only "next-gen" version of Yakuza: Like A Dragon is available on the Xbox Series X. If you don't own a next-gen console yet, you can buy either version of the game and upgrade for free when you get one in the future.In GameSpot's Yakuza: Like A Dragon review, editor Michael Higham scored it a 9/10, praising the game's characters, energy-filled turn-based combat, and the large amount of exciting and rewarding side content. He called it "a passing of the torch, and a fantastic entry in a beloved franchise that proves that it's in good hands with Kasuga Ichiban."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com
2020-12-15
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is rolling into Season 1 this week, which also means a new season for the battle royale Warzone mode. Activision has laid out the Season 1 cosmetic drops in detail with a new trailer. The battle pass can earn you up to 1300 COD points, which you can use for the next battle pass.According to an in-depth blog post, purchasing the Season 1 battle pass will instantly unlock several goodies before you ever start working your way through. First up is Stitch, a new elite Operator. His kit includes a Release Agent operator mission, which will reward you with two skins (Storm Diver and Spectre) along with a calling card and emblem. Stitch's nemesis, Adler, also gets an instant unlock with the Traveler skin and an operator mission. That one will grant you the Summit and Globatrotter skins, plus the associated calling card, emblem, and XP. You'll also get a Silver Flash Watch, and a 10% XP bonus.The battle pass is also granting extra rewards through the Zombies mode for the first time. You can complete Containment Zone missions to unlock the Siberian Ghost and Toxic Terror skins plus other cosmetics. Another Zombies mission unlocks at tier 20 and unlocks Garcia's Sicario skin.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com