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Rocksteady hopes you’ll stick with Suicide Squad long enough to be excited about this Joker expansion The clown prince of crime appears to be back, but no one’s quite sure how. He’ll also supposedly be a new playable character, too, with his melee weapon being a mace. The big question is whether or not players will still be interested by the time this drops, as previews for the game haven’t exactly been… good ....

Sand Land, Akira Toriyama’s latest anime, makes its way to Disney+ next year 2024 is shaping up to be the year of Sand Land. Released as a film in Japan earlier this year, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toryiama’s Sand Land is releasing as a series on Disney+ next year. Back in August, Toriyama’s lesser known Sand Land series received its first anime adaptation in the form of a CG film, but so far it’s only been available in Japan....

Silent Hill 2 review - Bloober Team’s remake will blow your mind That Silent Hill 2-shaped hole in your heart? It’s gone now, with Bloober Team’s faithful and outright terrifying remake. Image credit:VG247/Bloober Team/Konami “In my restless dreams, I see that town… Silent Hill . You promised you’d take me there again someday,” and Bloober Team has finally done just that, with exceptional quality and faithfulness to the source material. Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 will never replace the original game and the survival horror zeitgeist it was a part of back in 2001, but the developer has ensured that nobody — be it veterans or newcomers — will forget about the eponymous series with its beautiful and ambitious remake of Silent Hill 2 and it’s story anytime soon....

Silent Hill creator’s next game Slitterhead gets an early look at gameplay and a playable dog The game is still yet to receive a proper gameplay trailer. While it’s only “early development footage,” Bokeh Game Studio has given us a look at gameplay in its upcoming horror action game Slitterhead . Announced back in 2021 , Slitterhead is the latest title from Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama. But since its announcement we haven’t seen anything from it, though developer Bokeh Game Studio has been uploading various behind the scenes videos on its YouTube channel over the past two years....

Somehow we’re halfway through Honkai: Star Rail’s Amphoreus storyline already, and Kafka and Silver Wolf are finally back, alongside the debuts of Hysilens and Cerydra Honkai: Star Rail’s latest version has been officially announced, and it all kicks off later this month. Image credit:HoYoverse. Over the weekend, HoYoverse delivered some big news for Honkai: Star Rail enjoyers. The latest special program livestream spells all the beans on the game’s next update, version 3....

Sonic? Yakuza? Persona? Sega wants to release a ‘super game’ in 2026 Just as we all forgot about the Quadruple A, SEGA drops this on us. SEGA has declared its intention to release a ‘super game’ by March 2026, as seen in a recent SEGA Sammy business report . This is included in its plan to become a “Global Leading Contents Provider” by 2030. But what exactly does a super game mean?...

Sons of the Forest’s first patch adds in hang gliders and stops Kelvin ruining your hard work Kelvin’s rebellious streak comes to an end. A new Sons of the Forest patch is here, adding in a ton of features, and fixing plenty of bugs and glitches too. Sons of the Forest recently launched into early access, so obviously things aren’t pitch perfect at the moment. It might be a bit of a glitchy mess, and likely won’t be a smooth experience until the full release, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still a lot of fun ....

Sony is reportedly looking at making another acquisition, and this time it involves Halo Ah yes, thinking about buying big things, we definitely don’t see much of that from companies nowadays. Image credit:VG247/Paramount Sony, yes, the company behind PlayStation, is reportedly considering making a bid to buy Paramount, the massive media that currently has the likes of Nickelodeon and MTV, as well as Paramount Pictures and Paramount+ - though you might well have been able to guess those latter two - under its umbrella....

Sorry Marvel fans, but Deadpool & Wolverine is reviewing worryingly similar to DC’s terrible Flash movie It can’t actually be as bad as The Flash though, right? Image credit:Marvel/ DC Uh oh, despite all the hype, Deadpool & Wolverine appears to be doing more or less just as badly with critics as DC’s mess of a Flash movie. Last year, despite all of the reasons it shouldn’t have, Warner Bros. decided to release the absolute trainwreck that was The Flash....

Square calls Forspoken sales “lackluster” as new update fixes some of the game’s issues and adds new settings Optimization is another key area of focus for this update. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/forspoken_jxiaGFh.jpg?width=570&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“Square calls Forspoken sales “lackluster” as new update fixes some of the game’s issues and adds new settings - 1”> An update for Forspoken was released yesterday and features Quality of Life updates, new settings, and graphical improvements....

Star Citizen vs Elite Dangerous in 2024: the games that outlived their biggest rivals The big gaming rivalries of yesteryear usually end with a clear winner… but not always. Image credit:VG247, BAFTA, Cloud Imperium Who won out of Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous , the crowdfunded space sim sensations pitched to us a decade ago by two of the genre’s most celebrated game directors? Star Citizen being a spiritual follow up to Wing Commander and Privateer, and Elite Dangerous being a direct sequel to Elite, Frontier: Elite 2 and Frontier: First Encounters....

Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection has everything we could’ve wanted from it, but still has a ways to go Do or do not. There is no try. Image credit:Aspyr We’re currently living in a golden age of remasters and re-releases, Star Wars or otherwise, if that’s your jam. Given that official preservation of retro video games sucks so much, this is the next best thing for now. After Aspyr’s pretty good streak with LucasArts classics and other IPs like Tomb Raider , expectations for the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection were high....

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection seems to have included a mod without the creator’s permission, even though Aspyr said it wouldn’t in the final release A messy launch stays messy. Image credit:Aspyr/ Pandemic Studios Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection has been a bit of a mess, to the point it included an old mod without the creator’s permission, despite saying it wouldn’t. To the disappointment of many, the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection hasn’t launched in a completely functional state - when it did arrive, servers were an absolute mess, though developer Aspyr did put out a statement explaining why this was the case....

Stardew Valley now has a “secret, experimental” mobile multiplayer mode and it’s so hush-hush that to get in you have to, er, consult an official guide Properly top secret stuff here. I’d say put a stealthy hat on your pet, but that looks to be causing issues right now. Image credit:ConcernedApe Stardew Valley ’s been getting some big updates this week as its 1.6 update has finally arrived on consoles and mobiles, after dropping on PC back in March....

Starfield Supply Line: How to make and sell Aurora Hoping to become a space-faring Aurora baron in Starfield? Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 While you spend much of your time in Starfield jumping between planets, mining resources, and getting to know the various factions across the Settled Systems, you’ll keep hearing about space drug, Aurora . The ‘Supply Line’ quest is one of many that sees you infiltrating Xenofresh Fisheries and manufacturing the drug, as well as smuggling it to Yannick Legrande....

Starfield The Hammer Falls quest guide Our time with the Freestar Rangers is coming to an end. Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 Your time as a Deputy for the Freestar Rangers in Starfield has nearly come to an end. Your assignment to find out where the First mercenaries were, and exactly what their intentions are, will have finally led you to Paxton Hull. You’ll have got the answers you needed, but they probably weren’t what you expected....

Starfield’s latest must-have mod lets you become a professional spaceship designer Finally, take on the career you had in mind when you got your useless degree in starship design. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda/Codegangsta If you’ve spent most of your time with Starfield so far creating and customising a fleet of spacefaring craft in the ship builder, a new mod is offering you the chance to turn your hobby into a career for your character....

Starfield’s moon buggy can do sick jumps, but it can’t outrun the inevitable - modders swapping it for Halo’s Warthog, a Star Wars speeder, and, er, a van See, I told you it wasn’t a totally pointless thing. Image credit:Bethesda/NotSiouxsie Starfield finally got its first land vehicle this week, via a free update Bethesda revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live alongside the Shattered Space DLC’s release date . While it almost definitely won’t convert you if you weren’t already interested in playing more of the game, it is at least spawning an inevitable array of interesting vehicle mods....

Starfield’s planets aren’t all interesting, but they’re not all “supposed to be Disney World” Leave the theme park making to the house of mouse. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/starfield-planets-disney-world.jpg?width=570&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“Starfield’s planets aren’t all interesting, but they’re not all “supposed to be Disney World” - 1”> You’ll probably find that a lot of planets in Starfield are pretty boring, but Bethesda says that’s kind of the point. When Bethesda said that Starfield would have around 1000 planets, immediately questions like “will they all be interesting?...

Steam Next Fest February 2024 Edition: Uncover your next gaming gem by giving these demos a try Warning: May cause uncontrollable Wishlist growth. Image credit:Steam Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition has kicked off, and for its duration, we’re highlighting a small taste of the thousands of demos you can try out. Because it can be a bit overwhelming, each day, we’ll help you wade through the sea of demos with a list focusing on everything from the cutting-edge to diamonds in the rough....