Gaming

PlayStation has surprised Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales players that have the Platinum Trophy with a freebie. Trophy hunting isn’t as popular as it used to be during its peak on the PS3. However, plenty of hardcore PlayStation gamers still chase trophies, and more specifically, Platinum trophies. In terms of difficulty, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ platinum

At the beginning of this week, Disney introduced its new Lucasfilm Games branding, accompanied by a sizzle reel highlighting recent Star Wars titles. Similar to Marvel Games, Lucasfilm Games will serve as a label for all future titles based on Lucasfilm IP. Not the most exciting news, but it hinted at a future involving games based

Fresh off the announcement of a new Indiana Jones title from Bethesda, Lucasfilm Games announced that an open-world Star Wars game is in development at Ubisoft. Image from Star Wars BATTLEFRONT 2 (2017) An open-world game has been at the top of Star Wars fan wish lists since video game technology advanced enough to make them

A prominent industry insider has shared some new inside information pertaining to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, revealing some details about DLC and a cut character. The information comes way of former Gamer Informer editor and current Kinda Funny Games host, Imran Khan, who recently shared some insight and secrets to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, especially during a time in our lives when we want to be reminded of things that feel safe and familiar. It’s a big reason why the direct market is still controlled by the superheroes we read about as children. The video game community, similarly, will always be attached

Former Rocket League pro and current Rocket League content creator, Lethamyr, has brought Among Us to the popular soccer-with-cars game. The Rocket League content creator is perhaps best-known for his custom Rocket League maps, and how he uses these custom maps to sometimes bring the experience of other games to Rocket League. For example, he

The past week has been a total disaster for Cyberpunk 2077, one of the most anticipated games of the entire generation. Every day of the week featured a new negative headline for the CD Projekt Red title, most of which trace back to its abysmal performance on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Even consumers

During last week’s presentation of The Game Awards, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans were shocked to discover that Sephiroth will be the next fighter to join the Nintendo Switch title. The main villain of Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth is a very fitting pick for Square Enix’s third guest fighter. While many fans are celebrating the

Since the event’s inception, the Game Awards have been more a string of game announcements than a traditional awards ceremony. That was more true than ever in 2020. Due to the pandemic, the game industry’s biggest event of the year, E3, was canceled. Publishers and developers appeared to shift some announcements planned for E3 to

In Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity for Nintendo Switch, you take part in the history of The Legend of Zelda, bringing the epic battles that are referenced by tapestry in Breath of the Wild to life and giving you a chance to pick up a weapon and hurl yourself into the fray. The gang’s all here!

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War released last month, and fans are starting to get a feel for the first-person shooter, and what it has to offer. While reception to the game seems to be fairly strong, there are some issues so far, and Dr Disrespect cited his biggest complaint about the game on

Simple gameplay doesn’t have to limit itself to a barebones presentation. Tetris Effect proved that in 2018, adding pulse-pounding music and psychedelic visuals to the tile-matching classic. Similar to Tetris, indie title Hyper Dot features gameplay which is fairly straightforward but incredibly satisfying. The game, developed singlehandedly by Charles McGregor, is impressive based on those mechanics

[embedded content] Are you ready for more John Mulaney as Spider-Ham? Everyone knows that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse may have been the best superhero movie of all. And everyone also knows that Mulaney as Spider-Ham was the secret sauce that helped make it such a delightful experience, enhanced by his ability to float through the

The announcement of Spider-Man: Miles Morales came as a huge surprise given its predecessor had only been released two years earlier. The game, clearly designed to coincide with the launch of the PlayStation 5, is a shorter experience that builds on the foundation of the 2018 title rather than reinventing the formula. The shorter length

PS5 players have discovered an unusual issue with the DualSense controller. Since the release of the PS5 last week, one of the biggest talking points of the next-gen machine is its impressive and premium controller, the DualSense, which comes packing haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and other improvements that set it apart from the PS4’s DualShock

Neither rain nor sleet nor global pandemic can stop the release of new Star Wars merchandise, with the first of nine “Mando Monday” release events taking place today, showcasing new products inspired by The Mandalorian on Disney+. Several of Baby Yoda’s co-stars on The Mandalorian, including Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, and Giancarlo Esposito appeared on digital event that unveiled

On Tuesday of last week, CD Project Red shared that the hotly anticipated video game Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed yet again. The developer only pushed the release back 3 weeks, but the move from November 19 to December 10 reverberates across the entire video game industry and video game fandom. Read about how the

[adrotate group=”10″] In Acrossing the Miles, The Beat’s intrepid Animal Crossing travel reporter Avery Kaplan will leave her home base on Dharma Island to soar across the Dodo skies and visit the finest creators in comics on their respective virtual islands. In today’s entry, it’s into the Crisis Zone as she visits Simon Hanselmann on the island of Tasmania! On the

WWE superstar Zelina Vega is always turning heads with her cosplay, and she recently showed Pokemon some love with some adorable takes on the series. To celebrate the Halloween holiday in particular, Vega released a series of cosplay featuring her takes on popular characters from comic books, video games and more and this included Pokemon.

Writer Kurt Busiek has revealed new information on an unpublished comic series that would have been based on the Final Fantasy games. The comic would have been written by Busiek, with interior art by Dell Barras, letters by John Costanza, covers by Mike Mignola, and Hollywood Comics on publishing duties. While the series never saw

A merchandise bag from Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan features a cameo from an unexpected Nintendo character: a red Pikmin! Despite the name of the attraction, Super Nintendo World focuses predominantly on characters from the Super Mario family, as opposed to franchises like Star Fox, Animal Crossing, or Metroid. The Pikmin’s appearance here

When Electronic Arts surprise announced Star Wars: Squadrons just four months before its release, the video game publisher tried to keep expectations low. EA priced the flight combat game at a modest $39.99 and said not to expect any post-launch content. But any concern that those tempered expectations were a poor reflection on the game’s

YouTube has issued an apology for a tweet it made today about content creators on its platform. If you didn’t see the tweet, it poked fun at how long many content creators take to get to the subject of a video using the “no one” meme format. On the surface level, the tweet seemed relatively

No matter how you prefer to catch em all, today was a big news day. First, October 22nd, 2020 was announced as the release date for The Crown Tundra, the second round of DLC for Pokémon Sword and Shield on Nintendo Switch. Plus, Pokémon GO will soon connect to Pokémon Home. And on top of all

Microsoft started the week with a bang. Just a day before the Xbox Series X will be available to pre-order, Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed that the company acquired Bethesda Softworks through the purchase of its parent company Zenimax Media. That means Xbox now owns beloved properties including Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and DOOM, as well as

Developers Superbrothers A/V Inc. and Pine Scented Software Ltd. have announced that Jett: The Far Shore has been pushed back to 2021. It seems that the game isn’t quite where the developers would like it to be, so it will now release sometime next year. Jett: The Far Shore made its debut during the PS5

From the beginning of its development, Marvel’s Avengers was at odds with itself. Its publisher Square Enix understood that most consumers were looking for a story-driven campaign from a video game starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, but knew that kind of game limits Square Enix’s earning potential to solely the sale of the game.  Eager to

Two weeks before the October 2 release of starfighter combat game Star Wars: Squadrons, EA debuted “Hunted,” a cinematic short that teases the story mode. You can watch the 7-minute video below. [embedded content] The bulk of the short is comprised of an action sequence that sees a TIE Fighter attempting to escape an X-Wing hot

Following Sony’s PlayStation 5 Showcase, we finally know the price of both next-generation consoles. Last week Microsoft confirmed a leak that they’re selling the high-powered Xbox Series X for $499 their next-gen but more modestly powered and modestly priced alternative the Xbox Series S for $299. We already knew that Sony was releasing two different

Last June, an expanded remaster of the acclaimed Playstation Spider-Man video game was announced that included a new and substantial story element with Miles Morales donning the Spidey uniform. While fans initially believed that this was a direct sequel to the game focused on Miles Morales and were somewhat disappointed that it was just an