According to the game credits in Valve’s newest card game Artifact, a legendary writer responsible for the iconic Portal 2 and Half-Life 2 Episodes has quietly returned to its former employer. Erik Wolpaw left Valve in 2017, after more than 10 years at the company and his hushed rejoining of Valve lead to speculations what the Seattle-based gaming giant could be up to. Erik Wolpaw joined Valve way back in 2004 and was an important figure at the game studio, who has worked on Valve classics like

Players of GTA Online can now experience car soccer, made super popular by Rocket League, in the brand-new Arena War mode Bomb Ball. Of course, Bomb Ball isn’t just a simple copy of Rocket League and puts its own satirical spin on the vehicular sport. Bomb Ball is live now for all GTA Online players across all platforms and is part of this month’s festive update. Accompanying the new addition of a car combat/sport mode, players of GTA Online will also receive plenty of new ingame cosmetics, cars

While we’re still basking in the glory of some of these games, 2019 is already starting to look mighty appealing. Without further ado, here are GameZone’s most anticipated games of 2019. Resident Evil 2 Remake – Xbox One, PS4, PCRelease Date: January 25th, 2019Resident Evil is one of gaming’s most renowned franchises. Crackdown 3 – Xbox One, PCRelease Date: February 15th, 2019After much delay, Crackdown 3 will finally be released as Xbox One’s first 2019 AAA exclusive in February. Of course, the

This second game, users can now grab free of charge until January 10th, is none other than 2010’s cult platformer Super Meat Boy. The newest addition to this nice trend is the new free game in rotation at the Epic Store. Super Meat Boy was arguably one of the most important titles and responsible for the rise of indie games. Mind you, play not finish, as Super Meat Boy offers a devilishly challenging experience with it’s one-hit-death mechanics. So, head on over to the Epic Store and claim your

For a limited time, you can claim your very own copy of the excellent sci-fi adventure game SOMA for absolutely free on their website. The generous Christmas gift promo is part of GoodOldGames’ winter sale which is currently going on. SOMA is Frictional Games’ most recent game and features all the hallmarks of the talented Swedish studio’s past works. They are probably best known for their atmospheric horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the Penumbra series. It would be a darn shame to tell

Fans of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim should pay attention to Beyond Skyrim. The huge multi-team mod project has unleashed the first video in their dev diary series and it’s a doozy. The dedicated modders behind the project aim to expand the already large world of Skyrim by introducing the entire continent of Tamriel to 2011’s blockbuster RPG. For those unaware of the ambitious project, Beyond Skyrim first started over four years ago. This enormous continent is home to the locations of previous The

Perssonacentral, a dedicated fanpage about all things Persona, reports that Japanese gaming giant Atlus has just updated a domain registration for ‘Persona 5 R’. As such, Persona 5 R was first registered under P5R.JP. Now however, the domain for Persona 5 R was updated. As such, the portion of that leak stating that Persona 5 R is a complete version of Persona 5 and will release in 2019 suddenly becomes a whole lot more believable. Atlus traditionally unveiled games within two weeks of a domain

Popular survival-sandbox game Subnautica has gotten a nice new way to experience the terrors of the depths together with a friend. Courtesy of a dedicated fan and modder, players can now play an early version of the co-op mod Nitrox with a friend on PC. As is shown in the video, the multiplayer mod Nitrox is already offering plenty of useful features to enhance the multiplayer Subnautica experience beyond a simple proof of concept. He first unveiled his work on the multiplayer mod way back in Su

Bethesda’s new direction for their struggling arena first-person shooter Quake Champions has taken a new trajectory with the game getting rid of controversial loot boxes. Instead, players now can acquire a premium Battle Pass, similar to Fortnite and PUBG, which gives them the opportunity to unlock in-game cosmetics. This new December update for Quake Champions is live now on PC but it includes a lot more than just a fundamental shift for the in-game economy. As such, Bethesda decided to transfo

– DiscordIt looks like the management behind chat application Discord has taken some notes of Epics tactics and now announces changes to their own Discord store’s revenue model. From now own, companies who sell their games on the Discord store will keep 90% of the revenue, with Discord getting just 10%. Now, will this mean that the Discord store is going to be the future of PC gaming? Unlikely, at least for now, as Discord has been struggling to make a name for their Discord store which launched

Across two digital game stores, players on the PC can now celebrate a wee bit early in form of two great free games. Oceanic survival game Subnautica and cult adventure game Full Throttle Remastered are available for free now, so head on over to each store and claim your copy before the offers end! The extremely highly rated indie survival game has just made its way on the newly opened Epic Store. As for the next free game we have Full Throttle Remastered. Similar to Subnautica, once you claim F

Developer Daybreak Games has unveiled the newest entry into their online shooter series with PlanetSide Arena. You can pre-order PlanetSide Arena right now on Steam. PlanetSide Arena is going to offer three game modes at launch. PlanetSide Arena will not be a free-to-play title but instead will feature paid Seasons which contain new game modes and content. PlanetSide Arena is not a direct sequel to PlanetSide 2 and thus feels like the developer jumping on the battle royale bandwagon instead of s

After lying dormant for five years, the post-apocalyptic Russian survival series, Metro, is making a return in early 2019. The third entry in the acclaimed series, Metro Exodus, will see players traveling across a larger world while staying true to its somewhat linear roots to keep the core Metro experience. Yesterday, Metro Exodus went gold meaning the game is “finished”. Given it has gone gold so soon, this has allowed publisher Deep Silver to push the game up one whole week. Metro Exodus will

After massive media attention leading up and during the launch period, things got a lot calmer for Bethesda’s latest multiplayer spin-off Fallout 76. While most of that talk was negative, the publisher is trying to win over the large Fallout fanbase by supporting the game post-launch and listening to customer feedback. As promised earlier by Bethesda, the two December updates for Fallout 76 aim to alleviate some of the more easily fixable issues players have been moaning about ever since the gam

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is not only a successful Spidey flick, but it’s also an incredibly potent and beautiful film that sends a powerful message to viewers of all ages. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse follows a half black/half latino teenage boy named Miles Morales stuck trying to navigate his way through life as a wannabe street artist. Into the Spider-Verse is a damn goldmine for merchandising, yet it feels like one of 2018’s most thoughtful films and arguably the most important

Epic from Fortnite fame has just launched their own digital games store on PC. Uniquely to Origin, Uplay and co., the Epic Store is acting more like we are used from platform holders on consoles however. Similarly, Hades, from the creators of Bastion and Transistor will come out first on the Epic Store. As is noticeable, most of these Epic Store exclusives are timed exclusives which means that after a period of time, the games will be available on Steam. Will these kinds of practices help the Ep

SPOILERS FOR THE END OF FAR CRY 5 ARE IN THIS ARTICLE. Earlier this year, Ubisoft returned to their acclaimed first-person mayhem simulator after taking three years off with Far Cry 5. The game has no title as of right now and Ubisoft has only released a teaser for what will be announced tomorrow at The Game Awards. If we had to take a guess, this will be similar to Far Cry Primal or Blood Dragon and gives us a radical setting and toys to play with but it won’t exactly be Far Cry 6. Far Cry 5 is

A YouTuber released a lengthy video showcasing an entirely new, third game mode with Creative Mode. This sandbox mode for Fortnite enables players to create and alter existing maps or even new mini-games. YouTuber Lachlan posted a 15-minute long video, detailing the announced new game mode for Fortnite. The sandbox mode is very reminiscing of Minecraft’s sandbox mode and is likely an attempt by Epic to attract an even bigger audience than they already have. Creative Mode looks to be perfect for

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What better way to spend that time than by watching a movie or TV show on everyone’s favorite streaming service?! A list of what’s coming to Netflix this month can be found below. You can also find a list of things leaving Netflix on the next page (no, Friends is not leaving Netflix anytime soon as previously rumored). : Season 1Available December 7th5 Star Christmas — Netflix FilmBad Blood — Netflix OriginalDogs of Berlin — Netflix OriginalDumplin’ — Netflix FilmFree Rein: The Twelve Neighs of