Picking up shortly after the original, River City Girls 2 brings Misako and Kyoko back into the fray as the two characters set out on an all-new beat-’em-up adventure across the mean streets of River City. You can check out the debut trailer – complete with gorgeous graphics and killer soundtrack – below. A press release for the game confrims that the sequel will include “new moves, new enemies, new recruits, new environments, and the return of an old foe” as well as" await, along with “the same over-the-top sense of humor and adrenaline-pumping combat of its predecessor”....

Yesterday, the Holiday Hoarders event kicked off, sprucing up Paris for the festive period and providing you with two unlocks. The first unlock is Lil’ Flashy, a small robot toy that can help with certain assassinations. The second is an explosive “gift” that doesn’t look suspicious in the slightest, so feel free to set it someplace useful. Playing Holiday Hoarders will also allow you to unlock the Santa Suit for Agent 47, and it’s permanent for Hitman 3 players....

To date, they have drawn something every single day for 321 days straight – which is pretty mad when you think about it – featuring characters from the game in various weird situations. In recent weeks, Hollow Knight’s protagonist has dressed up as a ghost, held a particularly big slice of bacon, and gone go-karting, to call out just a few examples of legit modern art. Hollow Knight was released back in February 2017 on PC after a successful Kickstarter campaign....

And it looks good. Really good. Better than some PS5 games, in fact. In a post over on the PS Blog, Angie Smets (studio director and executive producer at Guerrilla Games) posted a couple of clips of the game running on a PS4 Pro that – genuinely – look super impressive. You see the gifs embedded on this page. Given the half-hearted ports we’ve seen of last-gen games on Sony platforms lately, it’s nice to see a new game coming out is designed to “make sure you get to enjoy the best experience on each platform” (per the blog)....

Horizon Forbidden West is home to troves of old-world treasure, hidden in the dilapidated and decaying bones of a fallen society. Inside these Relic Ruins, your goal is to solve a difficult puzzle and collect a mysterious “Ornament” which can be used later on your adventure. Solving all of the Relic Ruins and finding all of the Ornaments wins you a unique and useful prize you can’t get anywhere else - so they’re worth searching for....

The fear of losing your hard-earned progress is greater than any you could ever experience in The Lands Between, but luckily there are a few simple fixes that should hopefully get you back playing as quickly as possible. The crashes we’ve seen are on the Steam version of the PC game, so this is what we’re aiming to fix. How do I fix Elden Ring crashing? Verify your game files Whenever a patch seems to break your game on Steam, your first port of call should be to verify your game files....

This Actor Status System video update for Star Citizen showcases some of the survival elements of the game and how you will need to prepare for what awaits. You will need to do more than just eat a ration when hungry or put on a jacket in cold weather. Instead, the team is going for a more realistic response to weather and other planetary conditions. How it works, is every room or planet will have a temperature....

Attacking with a mixture of magic and summoned skeletons, the Nameless One can drain your heart in just a couple of seconds if you’re not careful - so it’s best not to give it the chance. While it’s tough to brute force this fight without a tuned build, it’s still much easier than trying to take on the boss fair-and-square. And the rewards make up for the effort - I’ve had unique weapons and all sorts drop from this battle, so it’s worth running through multiple times....

This guide will take you through how to get the Osteo Striga exotic SMG, the Osteo Striga catalyst, and what makes the gun special. Destiny 2 - How to get the Osteo Striga exotic SMG? To obtain the Osteo Striga exotic SMG, you’ll need to pre-order the deluxe edition of Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. This version of the game comes with the Exotic SMG as a bonus for your purchase, alongside Access to Seasons 16, 17, 18, and 19, the two Dungeons released in in year five, and the Throne World Exotic Sparrow!...

This comes following a ban wave from the Respawn Entertainment specifically targeting users of these exploits, rather than general hackers or cheaters. According to Conor Ford of the Security team, 1307 users in total have been banned, including almost 1,000 ranked Apex Predators. A fun fact with this is the split between users banned on particular platforms. The platform with the most exploiters by over 100 bans is PlayStation, followed by PC, Xbox, then the Nintendo Switch with only 20 bans....

I am a huge FPS fan, though, these days spending a lot of hours on Apex Legends, and I recently really enjoyed my time playing the Splitgate beta. Tom told me to get on Quale and give it a whirl as someone who isn’t blinded by nostalgia. So that’s what I did. The video above is me playing through and reacting to the brand-new version of Quake that was dropped during QuakeCon earlier in the week....

Thank the gods of Murder, Death and Tyranny for the quicksave, then. “Saves are broken in this build so I have to do this without saving,” says Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios. Whoops. I recently sat through a playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios in Paris. We watched Swen play through his own game for - according to my voice recording, 2 hours and 41 minutes - and it’s testament to what unfolded that, even sitting in a cold basement on hard wooden benches and with no natural light, we’re still enjoying the performance (because that’s what it is) by the time the screen turns blank....

It was ported to the Nintendo handheld system by stacksmashing, and if you still have your old Game Boy sitting on a shelf somewhere, dust it off so you can try it for yourself thanks to the magic of the internet. It even works on mobile. Alternatively, you can also download the ROM for the original Game Boy here. Wordle has become super popular. In case you are unfamiliar with it, is a web-based word game where you are given six attempts to guess a five-letter word....

The past week saw several major game companies rally in support of Black Lives Matter and equality for Black people. Even those who didn’t donate major funds issued statements of support - all except Valve. This inaction hasn’t gone unnoticed, and some developers have already requested that Valve remove their games from Steam. Julian Glander, the creator of Art Sqool and Lovely Weather We’re Having shared his message to Valve on Twitter....

New World Interactive announced today that Insurgency: Sandstorm arrives September 29 on PS4, and Xbox One. The game will be forward compatible on PS5, and Xbox Series X/S with support for up to 4K resolution and 60fps, but a next-gen enhancement patch will take it even further sometime next year. The modern-day tactical shooter is available to pre-order now in three different editions: standard ($40), deluxe ($70), and gold ($80)....

Iori first joined the King of Fighters series back in 1995, and has long been the main rival of Kyo Kusanagi, making Iori something of a key villain for the esteemed fighting franchise. His appearance in The King of Fighters 15 sees a slight difference in setup to what we’ve seen before, with the character now sporting a jacket-and-red-trousers look, with his brooding fringe drooping over one eye like a 00’s emo frontman....

This is just one of the small stories attached to the belt of Ireland’s biggest competitive gaming event. For over a decade, the pair who created it — alongside a weekly tournament series with AsOne — built a hub where the world could get a taste of Ireland’s passionate community and that community could be spotlighted to the world in turn. Last week, Celtic Throwdown ceased to be. Hanging up their sticks, both AJ and Brian are moving onto new adventures....

John Wick Hex, the strategy-action game from the developer of Thomas Was Alone, is coming to Steam, Switch, and Xbox One. You will be able to pick the game up on December 4. The game is already available for Mac and PC through the Epic Games Store and on PS4. John Wick Hex features an original story based on the John Wick universe. If you perform well as Wick and progress in the main story mode, you will unlock new weapons, suit options, and locations....

Next week on the Epic Games Store you will be able to download and keep Killing Floor 2, The Escapists 2, and Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition. You will have between July 9 and July 16 to claim the games. If you are unfamiliar with Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor 2, the game features a version of Europe that has been overrun by murderous clones called Zeds, created by “rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation....

The news comes from Aesthetic Gamer (via our pals at Eurogamer), a Twitter account that has accurately reported on game leaks in the past. According to the account, one of the games in development will be a soft reboot of the Silent Hill franchise. The other title will reportedly be an episodic experience in the vein of Telltale Games and Until Dawn. “In other news while I’m dropping this stuff, and I think I can talk about this, I’ll mention there is a couple new Silent Hill games in the works,” Aesthetic Gamer writes in a post....