This puzzling PC game needs to be on your radar this February

It’s the season of romance — and what better way to spend a cozy evening than binge-watching a romantic anime with your boo?

Don't expect new games in any of PlayStation's biggest existing franchises before the end of this financial year, Sony has said.

The CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has discussed the design of the game’s in-game transactions, and how he believes titles with such micropayments need to “earn the right to monetise”.

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Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room have released the long awaited extended gameplay reveal for Vampire: the Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

On January 4, I received an email I had both been anticipating and dreading for months. My copy of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, one of my most anticipated games of 2024, had dropped into my inbox. Usually, that moment would give me a jolt of energy. I love critiquing games that have real substance, and I was still chewing on 2020’s unforgettable Yakuza: Like a Dragon several years later. That RPG tells a thematically rich story about an unlikely hero finding his confidence amid a quest to take on Japan’s criminal underworld.

Razer, a brand that’s popular among gamers, is currently offering the Razer Blade 17 gaming laptop with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card at $1,600 off. The discount, which slashes the price of the powerful device by nearly half from $3,400 to $1,800, doesn’t make the gaming laptop cheap, but it’s going to give you excellent value. You need to hurry in completing the transaction though, as we’re not sure how much time is remaining before its price goes back to normal.

Shared-world puzzle game Islands of Insight now has a release date: 13th February.

Gamers who are planning to upgrade their gaming PC may want to take advantage of Lenovo’s offer for the eighth-generation Lenovo Legion Tower 5i with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card. From the gaming desktop’s original price of $1,930, a 28% discount brings it down to $1,380, for huge savings of $550 that you can spend on monitor deals and more video games. This bargain is only available for a limited time though, and once it’s gone, we’re not sure when you’ll get another chance at it, so it’s highly recommended that you proceed with the purchase now if you’re interested in this gaming PC.

Earlier this month, I witnessed a digital miracle. In a press briefing ahead of CES, Nvidia showed off a demo for its Ace microservice, an AI suite capable of generating fully voiced AI characters. I watched in awe as a demoist spoke to an in-game NPC through a microphone, only to have the digital character respond in real time. It was a true sci-fi feat, but there was one question: How did it learn to do that?

It’s going to be a busy year for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. The subscription service is expected to get an influx of high-profile games in 2024.Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 and Avowed are leading the charge, and there’s a good chance that we’ll see a lot of Activision Blizzard games on the service soon. What’s always more exciting to me, though, are the games I’ve never heard of. Some of my favorite Game Pass titles over the year have been left-field indies that I learned about the very day they launched. Call them pleasant surprises.

League of Legends publisher Riot Games has cut 11% of its staff, resulting in 530 layoffs. The major company restructure will see the company’s entire Riot Forge studio shut down and include cuts to theLegends of Runeterra development team.