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While there has never been any official statement that theApe Escapeseries is dead and buried, its future is completely blank at the moment. There hasn’t been a new game since 2011’sPlayStation Move Ape Escapespin-off andApe Escape’s 20th anniversarycame and went with not even a remake or re-release. A Twitter account was made specifically for the anniversary, but it has been abandoned since June 2020. In lieu of any official project fromSony, one die-hardApe Escapefan called Yahya Danboos on YouTube decided to remake a portion of the original PlayStation game in Unreal Engine 4....

Summary Forza Motorsportditches the open-world formula of previous entries and returns players tocompetitive on-track racingwhich features a variety of iconic tracks. While speed isn’t everything when it comes to winning races, it is certainly still important, and as a result, cars have been classified into separate categories to ensure that racing is kept fair. The fastest cars are to be found at the upper end of the P and X classes, which feature race cars from both the World Endurance Championship and Formula One....

InFinal Fantasy 10, players take on the role of Tidus, a famous Blitzball player who plays for the Zanarkand Abes. Blitzball is a fictional sport Square Enix imagined forFinal Fantasy 10, where the basic concept is that it’s like underwater soccer. Teams play against each other in giant, floating spheres of water, and while Blitzball is first introduced in a cut-scene,Final Fantasy 10eventually gives players the opportunity to try the sport for themselves....

Summary Forza Motorsport’s upcoming Update 4 will add Daytona International Speedway to the game, among other new cars and a new career tour. Capping off a solid 2023 for Xbox in terms of first-party game releases,Forza Motorsportlaunched in October to positive reception and will serve as a platform for ongoing updates for years to come. As it’s been six years sinceForza Motorsport 7’s launch in 2017, sim racing fans have been looking forward toForza Motorsport(2023) for quite some time, with twocritically adoredForza Horizontitlesproviding some arcade racing fun in between....

Heroishreleased exclusively for Apple Arcade on July 22, offering players a castle defense experience with theselectable hero element ofOverwatchand card-based attacks. Developed by Sunblink Entertainment, a studio opened by Julian Farrior ofDragonValefame,Heroishaims to balance its medieval set dressing with a more modern, irreverent sense of humor. One of the game’s six main characters, Lord Marduke, literally runs around the battlefield with an electric guitar as he commands hordes of demons inHeroish’s Cursed campaign....

Wronged Usis an upcoming indie horror experience featuring a twisted story that unwinds in a dark open world full of exploration, monsters, and shady characters. All of this was made possible with the capabilities of Unreal Engine and its approachability for devs—both new and experienced. This upcomingSilent HillsandDark Souls-inspired survival horror game by Delusional Studiodoesn’t have a release date at this time, but it’s expected to release in the future on both PC and consoles....

Quick Links Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, like most FromSotware games, features several NPCs with highly desirable weapons. Whether it’sFreyja’s Greatsword,Rellana’s Twin Blade’s, or Messmer’sSpear of the Impaler, players want many of the weapons they’ll see NPCs and bosses using. One of the coolest weapons players will encounter is Sir Ansbach’sObsidian Laminascythe. As players make their way through Ansbach’s Quest, they’ll likely wonder if it’s possible toget Obsidian Lamina inShadow of the Erdtree....

The mangaka behind the smash-hit mangaHunter x Hunter, created a Twitter account for seemingly one purpose only - to tease fans that finally, new chapters may be on the way. He tweeted on May 24th that four new chapters are ready and that they may not be the end.Hunter x Hunterwas first published in 1998, and currently has 36 volumes.The manga’s popularity led to it becoming an anime withnearly 200 episodesacross two series, along with a couple of movies and seven video games....

Summary While a few minor zombie-related movies were released between the 1930s and 1940s, it wasGeorge A. Romero’s 1968 classicNight of the Living Deadthat really popularized the zombie genre for the first time in mainstream media. Pretty much as soon as the medium appeared, zombies would quickly find their way into video games, with the early 1980s gameZombie Zombiebeing one of the first major examples to feature them. But while zombies continued to creep in and out of video games for the next decade or so, the real onslaught began in 1996....

Summary A notable gaming industry leaker, Midori, has revealed the codename for a new project in the works at Nintendo, with it potentially being a brand-new 3DSuper Mariogame. Fans of theSuper Mariofranchise have had a lot to play throughout 2023 and 2024, between the release of spin-offs likePrincess Peach: Showtime, remakes of beloved games likeSuper Mario RPGandPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and the launch ofSuper Mario Bros. Wonder, which has been lauded as one of the best 2DSuper Mariogames....

With the holiday season just around the corner, the busiest time in gaming is gearing up. Withcountless new game releases coming this fall, players will need to choose carefully about which titles they’re going to spend the rest of 2021 with. As exampled during both the Xbox showcase and Opening Night Live at Gamescom this week, Microsoft has a lot of big releases scheduled to be coming to theXbox Series Xfor the rest of the year....

MultiVersuskicked of Season 1 last month, attracting millions of players and becoming a huge success out of the gate. To keep fans engaged,MultiVersusdeveloper Player First Games will need to ensure that there’s a steady stream of new content released for the crossover fighting game. The main way this will be accomplished is through the addition of new characters, and it seems as thoughMultiVersus' next character will be added sooner rather than later....

There’s nothing quite as relaxing as fishing, but someOverwatch 2players seem to have missed that memo, as their recent shenanigans are leading to ruined matches and frustrating player experiences.Overwatch 2’s newest map Arctic Peninsula comes equipped with a fishing hole that spits out fish upon being shot at. Some cheeky players have pushed the limits of this fun feature to an almost game-breaking degree. Season 3 ofOverwatch 2brings much-needed changes to the seasonal model and the game itself....