When I played Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout a year ago at E3, in an air conditioned trailer parked in the sunny parking lot occupied by Devolver Digital, I had a pretty good time with it. I'd always liked Takeshi's Castle, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, Double Dare, and Wipeout--the kind of dumb TV game shows about people getting smacked in the face, from which Fall Guys obviously drew inspiration. I thought it'd be a fun game, but I wondered if it'd make much impact when it was eventually released.Obviously, I underestimated the die-hard spirit of a group of cute, bean-shaped competitors all trying desperately to climb a pastel Aggro Crag covered in spinning torture implements and spewing giant, crushing pieces of fruit. Fall Guys has managed to crash through the wall of the gaming zeitgeist where so many others smacked face-first into a false wall, only to fall behind and be forgotten. The goofy little party game where you can barely control your character well enough to be competitive has become the game of the summer.Given the state of the summer of 2020, honestly, it might be more surprising if Fall Guys didn't resonate with just about everyone. It's the perfect game for the moment.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Aegean Sea is a raging inferno. You may have heard tales of a great war between the ancient Greeks and the Trojans, a feud kindled by divine intervention, stoked by love and betrayal, and finally extinguished in an epic siege. In the newest Total War Saga, the Paris-Helen-Menalaus love triangle is the spark that doesn't just ignite the Trojan War of legend--it turns the entire eastern Mediterranean into a tinderbox.As a more focused, more specific take on Total War, Troy has an epic tale to tell. But to the benefit of the series' strategic legacy, Homer's writings set the scene rather than deliver a script, leaving plenty of room for those of us who haven't memorised The Iliad to enjoy crashing one enormous army into another and watching the world burn.At first, Troy seems a bit small. There's just the one map upon which the campaign is played. But that map is absolutely massive, taking in all of mainland Greece, a hefty slab of the western coast of modern-day Turkey and dozens of islands in between. The diverse geography provides a healthy mix of terrain types across the map, which in turn present different strategic challenges: The densely forested mainland is ideal for ambushes and funnelling armies through its mountainous corridors while the islands in the Aegean may be more exposed but any invading force is likely to have suffered attritional losses making the treacherous journey by sea.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Things come easily to the Spiritfarer because everything they do is to help others. This utterly marvelous game charges you with the most precious of cargo: spirits making their last pass through a fantastical world between ours and the next. As the Spiritfarer, it's your duty to aid these souls in their final moments before crossing into eternity. That duty quickly becomes a pleasure as every inch of this spirit world unfolds into joy and wonder. For a game all about death and letting go, Spiritfarer is joyous, full of light and life, while still remaining impossibly true to its raison d'être.Spiritfarer is a 2D platformer with a heavy dose of crafting and management. Your job is to sail the oceans, visiting islands, landmarks, and anomalies to gather and expand your abilities by finding shops, resources, and even ability-granting shrines. Your life as the Spiritfarer is not just a simple ferryman for wayward souls. Instead, you're there to help. It's more than just listening to tales of past lives and learning about your guests--they have needs to be fulfilled before they can move on, too.Some may want to eat certain foods to reminisce, and you'll need to discover the ingredients and recipes to cook for them. Others may want to visit places that spark their imagination, or even just learn how to be comfortable on their own. The knowledge and materials you bring back to your ship will help to expand your enterprise. You'll create a temporary home for the spirits that choose to join you, caring for their every need while strengthening your ability to make these journeys possible, so that when their final one comes, you'll be ready too.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo showcased a variety of new and upcoming indie games during today's Indie World broadcast, but it capped off the presentation with some new details on one of last year's biggest indie hits. Untitled Goose Game is getting a two-player co-op multiplayer mode, and it's coming as part of a free update next month. Though the update debuted on a Nintendo Switch stream, it's coming to all platforms.The free update is scheduled to arrive on September 23, and it adds the ability to play the popular mischief simulator alongside another player. You and a friend will both take control of your own horrible goose and terrorize the unsuspecting townspeople together. The entire game is playable in co-op, and you can even drag each other around in a box for sneaky shenanigans.Untitled Goose Game first released on Switch and PC back in September 2019 and was an immediate success, spawning countless memes and winning developer House House numerous awards. GameSpot we gave it an 8/10 and selected it as one of the best Switch games of the year.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Today's Nintendo Indie World showcase included heaps of upcoming titles for Nintendo's hybrid system, but the company also did its usual thing and announced that it will surprise-drop some big titles onto the eShop today. The games available today are a mix of brand-new titles and ports we'd been crossing our fingers for, and a few of them had not previously been announced for Switch.Here are the six titles, and two demos, that you can look forward to grabbing on the Switch eShop. You can also potentially look forward to a Nintendo Direct next week, although that remains unofficial.SpiritfarerSpiritfarer is a much-anticipated title in which you act as a ferrymaster for the undead. It's up to you to manage your boat, explore, and carry souls into the next life. It could be heavy stuff, but developer Thunder Lotus Games hopes that players will find some solace in it. Read more about it in GameSpot's Spiritfarer review. (The game is also out now on Xbox One and PC via Xbox Game Pass.)Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Rocksteady is one of the biggest game studios in the UK, being best-known for its work on the Batman: Arkham franchise. According to a new report from The Guardian, 10 of the 16 women at the studio signed a letter to their bosses in 2018 that accused management of allowing a culture of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior to fester.As an anonymous signatory to the letter revealed, it was initially kept private due to the company's secretive nature, as well as fears that the signers would be kept off the credits for the studio's upcoming Suicide Squad game. (This is a pervasive and justified fear in the games industry among vulnerable workers.) However, according to the report, since the letter was sent, management's response has been a single hour-long training seminar, and several of the signers have since left the company due to working conditions."I have heard everything from groping claims to incidents involving directors, all of whom are men," the signatory told the Guardian. "Yet the only thing we had as a result was a company-wide seminar that lasted an hour. Everyone who attended was asked to sign a statement confirming that they'd received the training. It felt that it was a just way for them to cover their arses."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters are still running rampant throughout Verdansk. Some are even selling accounts that are already verified with phone numbers, bypassing security features that Infinity Ward has implemented.Cheaters have been buying and selling accounts for the majority of Warzone's lifespan and it seems like none of Infinity Ward's efforts have prevented them from doing so. The Santa Monica-based studio added two-factor authentication, where players need a phone to use the free-to-play PC version of the game, back in May. Infinity Ward called it "another step to provide an additional layer of security for players."One cheater told Vice that the accounts being sold are being created through automation, meaning that some groups could be selling a high number of them.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Electronic Arts' newly named subscription service EA Play, a combination of both EA Access and Origin Access, is making its way to Steam on August 31.This means you can play a bunch of EA titles--such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Titanfall 2, as well as upcoming releases like Madden NFL 21 and Star Wars: Squadrons--on Steam for the cost of a single subscription. While EA Play launches on Steam later this month, the service is currently available on PC via Origin, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Steam launch makes it the fourth platform EA Play will be available on.Following the consolidation and name change, the formerly known Origin Access Premier is now called EA Play Pro. Both EA Play and Play Pro are available on PC for Origin and Steam. Play costs $5 a month ($30 a year), while Play Pro retails for $15 a month ($100 a year). EA Play provides limited access to a vault of games, whereas EA Play Pro expands on that to provide unlimited access to more games, including new releases. EA Play, by contrast, includes a 10-hour trial for new releases, as well as early access to games like Madden NFL 21 (starting August 21) and FIFA 21 (starting October 1).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Rocket League player tjbrother has remade the hit VR game Beat Saber within Steam Workshop. He's one of many players who have tried to create their own way to play Rocket League.Players have to adjust the position of their car midair as transparent red and blue shapes fly in their direction. The goal is to match the shapes with the ones at the end of the car, as shown in the video below.It's a little rough around the edges as it currently stands, but it's still a great take on Rocket League's car control mechanics. Tjbrother has also offered to help other players bring various Rocket League songs into the mode.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you're looking for a monitor to work on from home or even just an extra display to add to your setup, then Staples has a great deal on a monitor right now. A 24-inch AOC desktop monitor is on sale for $99.99, and with promo code 38890, its price drops to $80. Unfortunately, as our sister site CNET notes, you'll need to hit $100 or more to use that code--they suggest adding this 25-cent ruler to your cart, which will make you eligible for the 20% off discount.The AOC monitor comes with free shipping and can arrive as soon as tomorrow, depending on when you order and where you're located. There's also the option to pick up the display in a Staples store near you--and if the store already has stock, then you'll be able to pick it up as early as today. AOC 24-inch monitor $80 (was $180) with promo code 38890 The AOC 24-inch display comes with one HDMI port, one VGA port, 8ms response time, and a 1080p resolution paired with a 60Hz refresh rate. The AOC monitor features an slim profile and borderless bezel, which makes it look great for an $80 display. Unfortunately, however, that 8ms response time isn't the best for gaming. See at Staples Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new kind of Tomogunchi is now available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It's called Tomogunchi Turbo and it features a bigger, full-color screen and unlockable charms.Tomogunchis are wristwatch-like companions that feed off your in-game kills. Similar to a Tamagotchi, a handheld digital pet released in the late '90s, Tomogunchis are needy little pets that require constant attention or they die.The Tomogunchi Turbo takes the virtual pet to the next level with a bigger screen on the watch face, vivid colors to display your little companion's various moods, "better buttons," and more. Much like the previous Tomogunchi, Turbo requires kills to help the pet grow and destruction to help it evolve. The official Call of Duty Twitter account shared a video showing off the Tomogunchi Turbo, which you can check out below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo Directs have a history of getting leaked by insiders before they air, and it appears that the same thing might be happening once again. VentureBeat reporter Jeff Grubb posted a tweet yesterday that suggested that Nintendo will hold another event before the end of the month, and a ResetEra user who leaked this week's Indie World Showcase made a similar claim.Have you heard about these video games? pic.twitter.com/qVE6WnrI8D — grubbsnax is back (@JeffGrubb) August 17, 2020According to VGC, sources have indicated that Nintendo will hold some sort of event in August or September. July's Nintendo Direct Mini was leaked in a similar manner, lending more credence to these rumors.This Nintendo Direct would come at an extremely popular time for game announcements. The DC FanDome event will include more details on Rocksteady's hotly-anticipated Suicide Squad game, as well as the rumored new Batman game from WB Games Montreal. It also comes in the wake of Nintendo's own Indie World stream, which came with a barrage of game announcements, including Hades, Grindstone, Hypnospace Outlaw, and many others.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Marvel's upcoming horror-superhero film New Mutants has released a new 60-second featurette. The clip features the cast, which includes Alice Braga Morales (The Suicide Squad), Blu Hunt (The Originals), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), and others joyfully distilling down the complicated plot in under a minute. Check it out below.After a lengthy series of well-documented delays over the last two years, New Mutants will be in theaters August 28. Even though that date isn't all that far away, the repeated doubling down on late August in the face of COVID complicating theater re-openings may instill more uncertainty than confidence. It doesn't help that last week's reminder the movie will be hitting IMAX theaters was in a tweet that assured fans with a hard to parse "yeah, really."Fans and skeptics alike could be forgiven for not feeling certain about New Mutants arriving in theaters. Long before COVID, the movie was originally scheduled to be released in theaters April 13, 2018.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Larian Studios has revealed exactly when you'll be able to start playing Baldur's Gate III during their Panel from Hell livestream. An Early Access release is coming to PC and Stadia on September 30, barring any last-minute delays. This release is being framed as the first "act" of the game's Early Access period, which may go for a while.A new CGI trailer has debuted, showing off Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells, and the first area players will visit in the game. If you're a Dungeons & Dragons fan, you'll recognize it from the recent Descent into Avernus module, which will tie into Baldur's Gate III. In the game's opening, players will need to make an escape from the nautiloid ship they're held captive on, even as it jumps between planes of existence.Other locations will feature in the final game, but they will be announced at a later date.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Oculus is owned by social media giant Facebook, and the VR firm has traditionally kept its parent company away from its policy decisions. That's set to change. In a recent tweet, Oculus announced that all users must log in with a Facebook account when they use an Oculus device for the first time--and many people aren't happy with the news.Today, we’re announcing some important updates to how people log into Oculus devices, while still keeping their VR profile. Starting in October 2020, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account. // https://t.co/SMeDOXgehN — Oculus (@oculus) August 18, 2020According to follow-up tweets, existing users will have the option to merge their Oculus account with their Facebook account. If a user chooses not to merge their account, they can continue using their Oculus account until January 1, 2023, when the company will end support for Oculus accounts. Past that date, devices will continue to work, but not at "full functionality"--whatever that means.The policy change was met with widespread condemnation on social media, with many users saying that they're unwilling to merge their accounts, or that they deleted their Facebook accounts years ago. Oculus claims that the move will make it easier for users to "find, connect, and play with friends in VR." However, that's not enough to offset general displeasure with the use of Facebook, even prompting public responses from some prominent game developers. Among those to speak out is God of War director Cory Barlog, who shared his thoughts in no uncertain terms.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com