Today No Man’s Sky brings back Mass Effect’s Nomandy as a special N7 Day treat, alongside some handy cross-save support

It’s N7 Day, that wonderful time of year when alien fanciers the world over come together, look at BioWare, and say ‘come on then, do a thing’. Well, the good news is that this year, BioWare’s done a thing with No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games. As of today, Mass Effect’s Normandy is back in … Read more

Today Mass Effect 5 might be BioWare’s main focus now, but don’t expect this year’s “quieter” N7 Day to totally blow your socks off

Hey, Mass Effecters, that day every year when you put on your best Commander Shepard socks, show off that Garrus tattoo you got on your inner thigh for some reason, and look out for Mass Effecty things is almost here. However, if you’re expecting a huge reveal about the series’ next entry from this year’s … Read more

Today “Ending Desmond’s arc was a difficult decision” – Assassin’s Creed’s boss on the issues the series faced with its modern day storyline, and what Shadows is doing to fix it

After Desmond was whacked off in Assassin’s Creed 3, Ubisoft was a bit lost on what to do with the modern story, but it’s hoping to fix things with Shadows. If you can believe it, Assassin’s Creed 3 is 12 years old, which means it’s been just as long since good ole Desmond … Read more

Today Dragon Age: The Veilguard beat its launch day concurrent Steam player peak, while its modders have been busy declaring war on the colour purple

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s positive early momentum in terms of the amount of folks playing it via Steam carried nicely into the first weekend following its release, witn a peak of nearly 90,000 Rooks having descended on Thedas. Veilguard had already posted a pretty impressive concurrent player high on release day, with 70,414 coming on … Read more

Today Holy moly, you lot must love opening Pokemon cards, as Pokemon TCG Pocket is reportedly earning triple the amount Pokemon Go does per day

Yowza, Pokemon TCG Pocket is off to a flying start, as one report says the mobile trading card game is making three times as much as Pokemon Go. If you’re even remotely aware of the real life Pokemon Trading Card Game, you’ll know that it is incredibly popular – not even really because … Read more

Today Remember weird N64 classic Conker’s Bad Fur Day? Well, here’s Doja Cat dressed up as the sunflower from it for Halloween, because video games

Do you remember Conker’s Bad Fur Day? I don’t, because it came out in 2001, and I’d only been out of the womb for a few years at that point, but apparently rapper/singer Doja Cat does, as she’s decided to make her halloween costume this year the – checks notes – flower with big boobs … Read more

Today Helldivers 2’s Liberty Day celebrations see players inevitably fall in love with a crappy meme gun, mainly because you can stab tanks to death with it

Did you enjoy celebrating Liberty Day over the weekend in Helldivers 2? Well, if the answer’s no, you’ve missed out on being part of a horde of players falling in love with the deliberately slightly terrible in sheer performance terms gun that Arrowhead gave the divers as part of its in-game festivities. Liberty Day, if … Read more

Today Helldivers 2’s post Liberty Day MO basically looks like J.O.E.L lobbing the kitchen sink at Super Earth, so here’s hoping you enjoyed your little Galactic War break

Er, Helldivers 2 folks, you might want to start emplying some of the more dramatic post-Liberty Day hangover abatement techniques in your arsenal, if you’re still suffering from the effects of freedom overindulgence. Why? Because Arrowhead’s just dropped a fresh Major Order and it looks pretty damn tough. Yep, after granting everyone some nice free … Read more

Today Fallout: London modders reveal it’s officially surpassed that big one million redeems milestone on Fallout Day, because sometimes life does a thing

It’s October 23, aka Fallout Day, and the folks behind massive mod Fallout: London have elected to celebrate in their own special way – by officially revealing that their creation has now been grabbed on GOG/com by over a million players. Yep, Bethesda itself isn’t the only game development entity finding a way to commemorate … Read more