‘NBA Live 19’ becomes more inclusive, finally lets you create a female player
For the first time in the series, NBA Live 19 will let you create custom female basketball stars. The players will be playable in The One story mode, and can compete against male players on the blacktop. The game is out this September and includes new player animation tools and improved AI.
No one’s buying EA’s flagship game ‘Battlefield V’
Market analysts at Cowen have said that the early pre-order numbers for Electronic Arts' upcoming shooter Battlefield V have been disappointing. The game is scheduled to arrive this October, and will release in between Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Battle your demons on the go when ‘Diablo III’ hits Switch this November
Blizzard's acclaimed action-RPG Diablo III will release for Nintendo Switch on November 2. Diablo III: Eternal Collection includes both local and online cooperative play as well as Switch-exclusive cosmetic items, and the port includes access to the game's expansions and seasonal content.
Fill up your backlog with the best games on Steam
Even with competitors like the Epic Games Store and UPlay, Steam is the largest marketplace for PC games. Here are the best Steam games you should have.
No Man’s Sky Online is a radical — and free — multiplayer coming this summer
Hello Games has announced the Beyond update for No Man's Sky, a major content addition that will apparently transform how multiplayer and social interactions work within the survival game. It originally launched in 2016 but has undergone several overhauls that have improved on the original formula.
Pascal’s Wager review: Finally, a Souls-like for your phone
Pascal's Wager is essentially a Dark Souls game on mobile devices. Somehow, that was not a complete disaster. While mostly imitating FromSoftware, the game also has a few unique ideas that add a nice twist of strategy to the standard formula, including a "sanity" system during battles.
Nintendo will not offer cross-platform play for its first-party games
Nintendo has confirmed that it has no plans to enable cross-play functionality in any of its first-party games, the majority of which are exclusive to a single system like the Switch or 3DS. Microsoft is currently the only first-party publisher to release games this way on a regular basis.
FIFA 20 review: Volta brings flair to the familiar
FIFA 20 largely keeps teh franchise's standard pitch-based soccer intact with iterative mechanical changes, but it thrives in the street-based Volta Football mode, which is great for longtime fans and newcomers. The Frostbite engine is starting to show its age, however, and the game could use a new coat of paint.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare manages to capture the essence of the original Modern Warfare trilogy without being held slave to its more antiquated elements. The result is Infinity Ward's best game in years, with exceptional strong campaign and competitive multiplayer modes and no-nonsense progression.