Toward the middle of my time with Maneater, my shark, now the size of a sedan and sporting glowing blue fins and whiskers to help it channel bioelectricity into the water around it, leaped out of a canal and onto the cobblestone dais filled with drunken revelers. As the folks enjoying the shoreline of Port Clovis screamed, my shark flopped after them, deterred by neither lack of limbs nor lack of oxygen as it chased down and chomped partier after partier unfortunate enough to think they could enjoy a gathering this close to Dead Horse Lake.As I gained bloody vengeance against the residents of Port Clovis for their abuse of the marine ecosystem, actor Chris Parnell's voice-over narration filled in some interesting details about the horse monument my prehistoric killing machine was defiling. One year, he explained, a Port Clovis-born horse placed 20th at the Kentucky Derby, creating a new holiday since the local population, known for public drunkenness and petty crime sprees, was eager to celebrate.Maneater provides a lot of these kinds of moments, mixing ridiculous ichthyological carnage and reality-show absurdity to create something hilarious. It's an uneven experience, due largely to technical glitches, frustrating marine predator combat, and repetitive missions. But the longer it goes on, the more fun Maneater becomes, and its presentation keeps it from getting stale.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Star Wars director JJ Abrams, his wife Katie McGrath, and the entire team at Bad Robot productions are donating $10 million to a series of charities to help fight racism amid the protests and unrest surrounding the death of George Floyd.The Bad Robot Instagram page released a statement, confirming the money will go to "organizations and efforts committed to anti-racist agendas that close the gaps, lift the poor, and build a just America for all."The statement calls out police brutality and white privilege, while it also acknowledges that money alone won't fix the issues with America. You can read the full statement below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Minecraft represented a massive paradigm shift in games, having served as a popular proto-example of both early access releases and unstructured, creation-based gameplay. More than a decade later, Minecraft Dungeons doesn't strive toward revolutionary, but it may just use the now-familiar trappings of its namesake to introduce a new generation of players to old-school tropes. The dungeon-crawler is a light, breezy introduction to the genre for newcomers and a friendly, low-impact callback for veterans.Those experienced with games like Diablo or Torchlight already know the basic gist. You venture from a hub area into various environments, battle enemy hordes, occasionally fell some larger-than-life boss monster, and then spend time laying out and sorting through your new loot like a kid who just opened a pack of baseball cards. Rinse, repeat.Within that framework there is some simplification in Minecraft Dungeons, which helps to make it more inviting. You only have six gear slots--melee, bow, armor, and three artifact-based abilities. You won't find specialized classes or complex skill trees here. Everything is tied to your gear, and the level-ups mostly matter in that they determine the quality of your loot drops.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Dragon Ball Legends, the mobile RPG with a card-based battle mechanic, has turned two years old, and it's celebrating with multiple new characters. These new fighters come from the two separate Dragon Ball Z sequel series--Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super.From GT, Legends is adding Omega Shenron and Super Saiyan 4 Goku. Shenron was the final villain of the Dragon Ball spin-off series, and now players of the mobile game can unleash his fearsome power. Super Saiyan 4 was one of the better-received elements of GT, so it's good to see Goku in this form joining the game.From Dragon Ball Super, the game is adding three characters from the Future Trunks arc. Super Saiyan Rage Trunks, Fusion Zamasu, and Super Saiyan Blue Vegito are all coming to the game, letting you relive their intense battles from the series.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

UPDATE: The Killzone: Mercenary servers have returned to operation after a brief downtime. It's unknown what caused the servers to go down, but Vita owners can return to the groundbreaking portable FPS and play online again right now. Perhaps The Last Of Us Part II is right, and the Vita will remain relevant for quite a while yet.The original story is below.Killzone: Mercenary was one of the PlayStation Vita's only exclusive multiplayer shooters for years, with a deep competitive mode alongside its single-player campaign. However, it appears the multiplayer servers have been shut down and this mode is no longer available.Players attempting to connect to the game's multiplayer mode are met with an error message, and GameSpot's sister site ComicBook.com was told by PlayStation Support the servers were indeed shut down. However, it's unclear if this is a permanent closure or if they could return at a later date. The multiplayer mode is still listed on the game's official PlayStation Store page.Killzone: Mercenary released for the PS Vita back in 2013 just a few months before PS4 launch game Killzone: Shadow Fall. They remain the two most recent games in the series, as Mercenary studio Guerilla Cambridge went on to developer VR projects before being shuttered, and Shadow Fall studio Guerilla Games shifted to Horizon: Zero Dawn. Given the cliffhanger ending the series currently has, however, it's possible it could return at a later date.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Make your drifting dreams come true with a free code for the beta of KartRider: Drift. The pre-download starts today on Xbox One, Steam, and Nexon Launcher, but you can still register to play the game until June 8.A lot of the winners of the first giveaway reached out to ask for more beta keys to share with friends and we are here to make that happen.To enter the giveaway you have to read the official rules, accept the terms and conditions and fill out the form below. If you don’t see the form from your mobile device please use this link and make sure your ad blocker is disabled.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Horror is often bulging with contradictions and illogical deaths. Take, for example, the hapless victim who runs into a dead end when hounded by a machete-wielding murderer, or deeper into the unsettling darkness of the woods where unknown terrors lie in wait. On the other hand there's Edward, the everyday man you're embodying in Those Who Remain, the type of horror protagonist who is decidedly more aware of the dire situation he finds himself in. Despite being unwittingly caught up in the spooky affairs within the sleepy town of Dormont, he seems to regard the scenes of terror and panic unfolding around him with the detachment and fatigue of a man who desperately wants everything to blow over. Scenes of sheer exasperation in the game are absurdly common; Edward routinely shouts variations of “Not you again!” as he scrambles from yet another blood-thirsty demon that's frantically clambering towards him.It's not difficult to empathize with Edward's circumstances--and by that, I mean the exhaustion of going through, over and over again, the onerous cycle of looking for the right object to unlock the next objective with, and painstakingly searching for clues that will move the plot along, while eluding a freakish behemoth that's screeching for your blood. To put it plainly, Those Who Remain is essentially a three-dimensional version of a find-the-hidden-object game, where flinging furniture about and peering into every single desk drawer you spot are par for the course. Edward wanders about a lot just to look for things--into a luxurious mansion, the town's post office, the national library--and even traverses through into a parallel, alternate dimension to hunt down more keys, letters, and in one instance, weed killers.Like many horror games, Those Who Remain is also draped in shadows, which piles on the growing tedium and frustration of searching for these items. Even in the midst of looking for these in murky corners, Edward also has to constantly seek refuge in illuminated spots against glowy-eyed specters, which can be seen silently observing him from the pitch darkness of the abandoned town. The notion of giving your enemies such a distinct form seems like a novelty in a genre that usually presents them as some wispy, unknowable force, but the ruse soon wears thin after you realize there's not much more to this idea. In the end, the impenetrable darkness simply functions as an invisible barrier that prevents you from wandering into places you shouldn't be in just yet, while hardly posing any real, active danger.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new docuseries focused on The Office is in the works, and it's taking a unique angle. The new show, "Fan Level Midnight: Devoted to The Office," will center on the fans of the show and speak to why the program remains so enduringly popular. As evidence of the gigantic appeal of the show, years after it went off the air, NBC reportedly paid $500 million to take The Office away from Netflix.Fan Level Midnight, which is a reference to the in-universe Michael Scott super-spy movie Threat Level Midnight, will focus on stories and people who fell in love with the show. One of the subjects is an auto mechanic from Arizona who saved someone's life using CPR lessons from the show. Another is Sarah McKenzie Baron, who plays Michael Scott on the musical parody of The Office. Some of the talent from the show, including Leslie David Baker (Stanley Hudson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Robert Shafer (Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration), and Calvin Tenner (Glenn) will appear in the docuseries, along with director/producer Paul Feig. Additionally, former NBC executive Kevin Reilly--who championed The Office when others did not--will show up as well.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Resolutiion constantly implies there’s more going on than you realize. Its strong anti-imperialist messaging pushes you to question the nature of your mission. Its mechanics, including the fact that most enemies fall incapacitated before you kill them, suggests that maybe you should show mercy when given the choice. The concept of scholars studying the world in VR, seeking to understand things without seeing what's in front of them, challenges you to question when knowledge is useful. Walls and signs adorned with intricate symbols and filled with cryptic, interactive elements forces you to consider the possibility that you’ll need to be extremely clever and dig really deep to find the truth.That truth is extremely hard to come by, though. Even after combing the world and finding out how many of the pieces fit, I walked away feeling that Resolutiion’s big philosophical questions stirred my mind. However, its obtuse attempts to manifest them as a deep, mysterious puzzle beneath the game’s surface-level objectives created a gap between the loose, but entertaining Metroid-style action game I played and the intellectually stimulating action-puzzle I could tell was there but had trouble parsing.Resolutiion is a stylish game. Its smooth-moving but highly pixelated art style evokes games like Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery, Below, and Hyper Light Drifter at a glance, but it has its own thrown-together mix of cultural influences that create a unique setting. The backdrop of its world, a post-apocalyptic ruin rebuilding in the shadow of a cyberpunk dystopia, permeates every screen. The landscape blends large swaths of concrete and sand with bright, unnatural skies. Its characters range from Buddhist monk laborers to talking deer and bunnies espousing subversive anti-imperialist rhetoric.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is preparing to launch its new season of content, and a Season 4 teaser trailer drops some intriguing hints about what to expect. Season 4 has been delayed, with one of the franchise's most iconic characters making an appearance. Fans of the original Modern Warfare trilogy will be very happy to see who it is.Call Of Duty: Season 4 Start DateThe new season of Call of Duty was scheduled to kick off on June 3, but it has been delayed in the wake of the homicide of George Floyd by Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin. A trailer has been released, though, and it confirms the return of the fan-favorite character Captain Price. He was also featured in the campaign mode for the reimagined Modern Warfare, serving a crucial role in the game's story and leading into a potential sequel.Here's what we know ahead of its launch. A new date has not been announced as of yet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Season 4 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, and Season 7 of Call of Duty: Mobile, is being delayed in the wake of the homicide of George Floyd by Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin. In a brief statement on Twitter, the official Call of Duty Twitter account announced that the start of new seasons across these three Call of Duty games has been pushed back.These seasons will now debut at a later date. They were due to begin on June 3."Right now it's time for those speaking up for equality, justice, and change to be seen and heard," the tweet reads. "We stand alongside you."pic.twitter.com/8uNhuhDGAp — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) June 2, 2020Call of Duty publisher Activision is one of several companies that has released a public statement about the Black Lives Matter movement. If you want to take personal, material action, BET has a list of charities worth supporting.GameSpot's summer gaming show, Play For All, started on June 1 and will run the weeks to come. The show was built on bringing the gaming community together and leveraging our passion and solidarity to benefit those in need. It feels right that we should extend our fundraising efforts to include those fighting against the systemic injustices faced by black people in America, along with supporting Direct Relief's COVID-19 efforts aiding front-line medical workers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Avatar 2, along with every other live-action movie with filming plans over the last several months, has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with sets being shut down. The film is being shot in New Zealand, where there is currently only one active case of the virus, and it looks like production will start up again soon.Producer Jon Landau previously announced his plans to return to set to commence filming again, and it seems that he's been joined by director James Cameron. Variety is reporting that Cameron arrived in Wellington, alongside Landau, on Sunday May 31, and has now begun a mandatory 14-day quarantine period.Landau announced their arrival on Instagram, complete with a photo of the two men wearing masks at the airport. "Made it to New Zealand," the post reads. "Our 14-day government supervised self-isolation now begins." Variety reports that the two men were allowed into the country, which is otherwise closed off to international travel, due to a border exemption for visitors who represent "significant economic value."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Surveillance is out of control, technology is numbing the minds of the masses, and the government (or corporations, or some combination thereof) has become fascist and corrupt, stripping freedoms and assassinating dissidents in the name of security. That familiar premise has been utilized again and again in works ranging from 1984 to Westworld, and it's also the state of the world in Liberated, a cyberpunk-ish side-scrolling action game that's as much comic book as video game. The tech dystopia is well-worn territory in movies, books, comics, and video games, and Liberated offers little that hasn't been done better elsewhere.Liberated's story is pretty much a carbon copy of its more interesting inspirations. The same is true with its frustrating side-scroller gameplay, which is both overly simplistic and often frustrating. It's unfortunate that the playable parts and the story that are meant to drive the game can't match up to its gorgeous, comics-inspired art style--paging through all those great-looking panels will make you wonder if Liberated wouldn't have made a pretty good comic, instead of a lackluster game.To be fair, Liberated's story is mostly a comic book. The game is presented as though you're reading through four volumes of a graphic novel of the same name. As you pass over panel after panel, you'll occasionally pause on one that becomes a playable side-scrolling level, where you're generally tasked with shooting a lot of enemies, or hiding from them and breaking their necks as they pass by.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's easy to recognize Crucible's many design influences. The Amazon-published third-person multiplayer game features hero-style characters with abilities similar to those found in Overwatch. Its one MOBA-centric game mode should feel familiar to you if you've played Smite or the now-defunct Paragon. And even its light progression system echoes the one found in Gearbox's Battleborn. Crucible attempts to remix a lot of existing ideas and cohesively tie them together into something more successful, but as a result, it fails to create an identity for itself.Crucible takes place on an alien planet primed for off-world mining, which plays host to three game modes on its single map. Heart of the Hive is as close to a MOBA as Crucible gets, with a focus on PvP and PvE play as two teams fight to secure the hearts of dangerous hives. Alpha Hunters is a spin on battle royale, with teams of two skirmishing in short matches. Lastly, Harvester Command combines traits of team deathmatch and classic point control, rewarding players for kills and the number of objectives controlled on the map. In each mode, you have a choice to play as one of 10 characters, each with a handful of unique abilities and unlockable traits.Heart of the Hive is the main event, pitting two teams of four against one another on a large map filled with AI enemies as you hunt down periodically spawning hives and attempt to capture three of their underlying hearts. Like in most MOBAs, you kill these enemies for XP, levelling up your character to improve your health, damage, and ability effectiveness. But in Crucible, there's no challenge involved in killing these enemies; it's easy enough to tackle a large group of them alone without any risk, dancing around their slow and predictable attack patterns. It reduces the necessary farming of experience to a mindless annoyance, made even more irritating by the fact that it's predominantly how you'll spend most of your time in this mode.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has an interesting economy, to say the least. If you've been playing the game for at least a few days, you've likely sold fruit, bugs, fish, and various random items to make a quick bell. This will get you by for a bit, but you'll need to get better income sources as your house payments start to balloon and you have to make larger infrastructure improvements around town. That's where the "stalk market"-- the game's take on the stock market--comes into play. Animal Crossing: New Horizons lets you trade in a high-risk and high-reward speculation system, and with interest rates recently reduced for savings, you'll need to make the most of it. Named for the turnips you're buying and selling, the stalk market is a finicky thing. But you can stand to make major profits if you keep an eye on Timmy and Tommy's prices and know when to sell. We've rounded up everything you need to know about Animal Crossing's turnip trade, from how to buy turnips to the types of stalk market patterns you should look out for and our best tips.For more financial tips, check out our guide to making money in New Horizons.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com