Assassin’s Creed Mirage has gotten off to a rough start on Steam, after launching to a much lower peak player count than recent entries in the series. Although Assassin’s Creed Mirage has been available on other PC storefronts since October 2023, it was recently released on Steam after a year of waiting.For many gamers, Assassin’s Creed Mirage represented a great opportunity to hop back into the long-running series, which had taken a new RPG approach with entries Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. Assassin’s Creed Mirage received positive reviews from critics, and was generally seen as a solid return to the series’ roots. It was essentially what many fans had called for over the years. Despite its positive reception, Ubisoft’s decision to leave it off Steam at launch meant that plenty of PC g…

Pokemon GO has addressed a big elephant in the room and confirmed that Mimikyu will not debut at this year’s Halloween event. The Pokemon GO Pokedex has progressed over the years by adding the critters introduced over nine generations, and their variants. Still, the absence of some pocket monsters is felt.One of the most notable omissions in Pokemon GO is Mimikyu, a critter with one of the scariest origin stories. Featured in Gen 7, the Ghost/Fairy-type hides under an old rag that resembles a Pikachu, and no one knows its true appearance. The mystery is so great that stories say that seeing the pocket monster’s real face can cause a terrible illness or death. Despite its being a Pokemon with really creepy origins, Mimikyu has become a much-loved name among fans and Pokemon GO players, who …

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel has announced a Halloween-themed Selection Pack with plenty of spooky cards, as well as a Duel Trial event for the game’s newest cards. Throughout the nearly three years since the popular digital trading card game launched, Konami has given players plenty of new ways to play the game. Each month sees the developer introducing new cards into Master Duel’s cardpool, while new events often feature unique deck-building restrictions and challenges for players to tackle. Now, Konami is getting in the spirit of the spooky season for its next event.Konami has often found unique ways to celebrate different holidays and events within Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel. Seasonal offerings typically feature exclusive cosmetics available for a limited time, like last year’s Halloween event addin…

Aaron Greenberg, VP of Xbox Games Marketing at Microsoft, has clarified a controversial comment made about the Banjo-Kazooie franchise. The first Banjo-Kazooie game was released in 1998 as a Nintendo 64 exclusive. A 3D platformer taking its cues from Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie quickly became a beloved classic of the genre and is still remembered fondly to this day.Rare followed up Banjo-Kazooie with 2000’s Banjo-Tooie, which earned similar acclaim from fans and critics. A couple of Game Boy Advance spin-offs followed, with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts hitting the Xbox 360 in 2008 to mostly positive reviews but a polarizing reception among fans. Many seemed to agree that while Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts was a great game in and of itself, it was far too much of a departure from th…

The Resident Evil 4 remake has crossed an impressive threshold of 8 million copies sold. However, while it’s nothing to scoff at, the game still has a long way to go to even reach the top five in sales of Resident Evil games.The Resident Evil 4 remake was a big hit with fans and critics, bringing back when one of Resident Evil’s most-loved adventures and giving it a fresh current-gen overhaul. It was a difficult task, for sure, but one that Capcom had already proven it was capable of with the prior remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3. Related Capcom Releases New Resident Evil Remake Trilogy Bundle Resident Evil fans now have the chance to pick up a trilogy of Resident Evil remakes in one convenient bundle.1 Now, Capcom is thanking its fans for getting the Resident Evil 4 remake pa…

One of 2021’s most influential games, It Takes Two, has reached 20 million copies sold. Being yet another co-op title from Hazelight Studios, It Takes Two is the second consecutive game of its kind by the indie developer.In a year with major releases from established franchises, such as Resident Evil: Village and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two impressively bagged Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021. The win came on the back of a flurry of highly positive reviews and much fanfare, cementing the EA-published game’s status among the best couch co-op games in history. Notably, It Takes Two crossed the 1 million sales mark within a month of its launch. And now, it has reached another major sales milestone, continuing its stellar run. Related It Takes Two Deserves a …

Around 4.5 million people have played Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, the game’s publisher, Focus Entertainment, has revealed. The company previously claimed that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was able to attract two million players when it launched on September 9.Developed by Saber Interactive, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is a third-person shooter that acts as a direct sequel to the 2011 original made by Relic Entertainment. The latest title has been praised by many for its satisfying combat system, impressive visuals, and accurate representation of the grimdark sci-fi universe crafted by Games Workshop. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 currently has an overall score of 82 on Metacritic, making it one of 2024’s highest-rated games on the review aggregate site, alongside fantasy …

Square Enix has released a new update for the PC version of Final Fantasy 16. The patch aims to address some of the more pressing issues fans have been having with the new port of Final Fantasy 16, which was initially released as a PlayStation 5 exclusive in June 2023.While Square Enix has stated that the game failed to meet expectations, the newest mainline entry in the Final Fantasy series sold over three million copies on PlayStation 5 in its first week. In September 2024, players were finally able to purchase Final Fantasy 16 on PC, along with its Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide DLC expansions. While this opened up the RPG to a larger audience, its large file size, lack of features, and performance issues on PC have caused frustration for many new players. A new patch seeks to…

Ahead of its highly-anticipated 20th Anniversary Celebration, World of Warcraft revealed the patch notes for the 11.0.5 update arriving on October 22. Along with new rewards and challenges, World of Warcraft Patch 11.0.5 will bring sweeping class changes across the board, including more class options for the Dracthyr player race.World of Warcraft Patch 11.0.5 will go live over a month before the 20th Anniversary of the game, which originally launched in November 2004. Alongside the 30th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise, Patch 11.0.5 is a celebration of Blizzard’s keystone series. Players looking to take part in the festivities can travel to the Caverns of Time in Tanaris. Unlike previous anniversary events in World of Warcraft, the party will be held outside the cave entrance, with at…