Here’s everything we know about Death Stranding. Death Stranding is the first game developed by the new Kojima Productions, the studio led by the renowned game designer Hideo Kojima. What we do know is that Death Stranding will be a be an open-world game that will connect other players to each other. What we can assume about the Death Stranding event is that it caused reality itself to go a little haywire. Another aspect of the game we do know about is that Death Stranding will use the same engi

Five international tournaments are taking place around the world at once this week, as it’s time for Rift Rivals. Rivaling regions are fighting it out for bragging rights and glory. With so much happening in one week, we’re keeping it all together in one place in this storystream. Check out all our coverage below. (We know a lot of these games are not happening in your timezone, so you’ll have to catch up on a ton.)

From SEA, which just reformatted from the old GPL, we’re seeing Ascension Gaming, Kuala Lumpur Hunters and Mineski. OPL is being represented by none other than the well-known Dire Wolves, as well as The Chiefs Esports Club and Legacy Esports. ScheduleGroup StageMonday, July 2DetonatioN FocusMe vs The Chiefs Esports Club , 3 a.m. ETvs The Chiefs Esports Club, 6 a.m. ETThe Chiefs Esports Club vs Kuala Lumpur Hunters, 4 a.m.

Under Good Shepherd Entertainment, independent South African developer Nyamakop will release its debut game, Semblance, on July 24. The puzzle platformer takes place in a soft, bouncy world where an infestation of hard material has started to spread through the land. It’s up to the little squishy character to mold and deform the landscape, solve challenging puzzles, and bring the land back to life. Instead of being a static part of the environment, the platforms in Semblance are pivotal pieces o

The studio behind the side-scrolling horror game Detention released a teaser for its upcoming project, Devotion. The story centers around a religious Taiwanese family of three that used to live in an old apartment complex. In terms of gameplay, Devotion seems to follow suit with that of Detention — solving puzzles to unravel mysteries, dive deeper into memories, psyches. Red Candle leans away from traditional horror elements like pop-up scares or excessive gore. Rather, it specializes in transla

The story of P.T., Hideo Kojima’s “playable teaser” for the canceled project Silent Hills, is one of the console generation’s most tragic. They’ve released the first build of a planned full remake of the game for Windows PC. “Prior to having started this project, I’ve only had 6 hours of experience with the Unreal Engine […] and this is my first game. A self-proclaimed PC remake of P.T. The key difference here is that SmoggyChips’ take is called Corridors, although it does bill itself as a por

Two years after the anime series ended, Yuri on Ice is finally getting a movie. Yuri on Ice ran from October 2016 to December 2016 and followed the relationships between Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki, his coach and idol Viktor Nikiforov, and young Russian skater Yuri Plisetsky, as the two skaters compete in the Figure Skating Grand Prix. Yuri K. and Viktor’s relationship was especially praised for depicting a sincere and prominent same-sex couple in a country and sport that regularly deal

While Mario Tennis Aces has dazzled players with its wonderful roster of characters, there will always be a character that’s just not that great compared to the rest of the lineup. That character is Toad, while cute and fearless, just isn’t a great character to main while playing Mario Tennis. He’s widely considered to be the worst character in the game and winning while playing him is just really hard. Many have doubted Toad’s tennis ability, but in a harrowing tournament Quizzle gives Toad ano

Grand Theft Auto 6 is not scheduled for release in 2019, despite the pop-ups that some Grand Theft Auto Online players have been seeing in the game over the past day or so. The pop-up in question, which says in a purported “Rockstar Message” that “GTA VI” is “coming 2019,” has been reported by numerous players on Reddit and the GTA Online support forums. Many of the reports include screenshots, with some players saying that they saw multiple message pop-ups within a few minutes of each other. It

Remember how, in the original Pokémon anime, the absolute coolest characters were the Squirtle Squad? Now the Squirtle Squad is about to be the coolest characters in Pokémon Go, too. We’ve seen Pikachu in a trainer hat, Santa hat, party hat, etc. Because Squirtle is the only Pokémon deserving enough to wear them. The Squirtle Squad continues to own to this day, more than 20 years after it formed.

In an effort to combat toxicity and increase positive player behavior, Blizzard rolled out “endorsements” in one of the game’s latest patches. While we’re all familiar with the mechanics of reporting problematic behavior, endorsements call out those players who have been particularly nice. You can still receive endorsements even if you’ve left the game, provided that you didn’t leave before the match was officially over. You also can’t endorse someone you’re in a group with — the point is that y

That film features a brief flashback to Janet van Dyne’s turn as The Wasp and a post-credits stinger (har har!) in which Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) surprises Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) with her own set of armor. This was all setup — in fact, Janet van Dyne and the Quantum Realm weren’t even in the original Ant-Man script. As we learn early on in Ant-Man and The Wasp, Hope harbors some personal resentment, too: Why didn’t Scott invite her to the brawl? “It’s kind of a sequel to Civil War …

Trading Pokémon has always been a fundamental part of the franchise, but Pokémon Go notably lacked the feature at launch. What do you mean by “trading” Pokémon? You can check out all the details of the Pokémon you’re offered before you agree to the trade. You’ll go through a traditional-style trading screen, where you’ll see your Pokémon trade places with your friend’s. That cost will go down if you’re better friends with the person you’re trading with, however.

And it’s not just the enemies — the design of Blighttown often feels likes it’s actively trying to kill you. Further down toward the ground level, you’ll also be able to pick up the Wanderer Armor set, a slightly heavier armor set that still boasts a respectable poison resistance. Once you get down to the ground level, the second bonfire is in a tunnel. You can continue past the second bonfire to find an elevator to carry you up to Blighttown’s other set of walkways. You’ll find more armor — the

Once you’ve braved Blighttown, defeated the Chaos Witch Quelaag, and rung the second Bell of Awakening, the door to Sen’s Fortress will unlock. You’ll be able to chat with NPCs Siegmeyer of Catarina and Big Hat Logan (who you can also free once you get the Cage Key ). There are four rings to pick up (we’re big fans of the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring ), lots of souls, a few new weapons, and plenty of titanite to be found. ), lots of souls, a few new weapons, and plenty of titanite to be found. You

After you’ve made it to Undead Parish, you’ll unlock the elevators that take you back down to Firelink Shrine. From that elevator, you can roll and jump your way onto the roof over Petrus of Thorolund, where you’ll find the Undead Asylum F2 West key and the giant crow that will carry you back the the Northern Undead Asylum. The key from Firelink Shrine will get you access to the Rusted Iron Ring that lets you walk at normal speed through mud — which is invaluable for navigating Blighttown. The o

Saturday’s rocket launch in Fortnite has opened a series of rifts, or maybe portals, around the game’s map. Let’s take a look at the evidence, and then let’s start digging through the theories about what’s going on. A player on Reddit has a much more scientific comparison of the rift’s size:There are also rifts that seem to be growing on the map itself. I can only assume that’s the correct reason for what’s going on. Another Reddit fan thinks that it’s very possible that the Visitor hijacked a m

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus on the Nintendo Switch is the full game, although some liberties had to be taken visually to make it possible. So if the Switch port of Wolfenstein 2 didn’t get smaller, and it still looks like the original, how in the hell did the porting team at Panic Button manage to pull it off? The resolution in Wolfenstein 2’s Switch port dips down to 640 by 360, according to Digital Foundry, and this porting philosophy takes a fair amount of guts. Panic Button is betting th

Here it is all polished up:The original Xbox prototype from Bill Gates’s GDC 2000 keynote is on display at the new Microsoft Visitor Centre. Seamus Blackley, one of the Xbox’s creators, said they accomplished their purpose. — Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) June 30, 2018Evidently there was more than one, and they sound heavy — or at least unwieldy. — Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) June 30, 2018Blackley was also behind another outsized original Xbox creation — the mighty Duke controller, whi

Iko Uwais, star of the 2011 martial arts action-adventure The Raid, is coming to Netflix via Wu Assassins, a crime drama set in San Francisco. Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of Wu Assassins; in addition to starring, Uwais is also a producer and a stunt and martial arts coordinator. The Raid, and its 2014 sequel, The Raid 2, is probably Uwais’ best-known work. Stephen Fung will direct the first two episodes of Wu Assassins; the directors of the other eight shows will be named later. Netflix did