Putting a new spin on classic tales Ever since it wasannouncedat the Annapurna Interactive Showcase last year,Storytellerhas been pretty high on my list of most anticipated games. The trailer also let us know that there was a playable demo up onSteam, and for reasons that would take far too long to explain, I didn’t get around to playing it until this week. I may be late to the party when it comes to the demo, but the game still doesn’t have a release date yet, so at least I didn’t miss out there....

‘Timed exclusive DLC weapons,’ yuck Call of Duty: Advanced Warfareis still truckin’, and although the first DLC pack hasn’t officially dropped yet, Season Pass owners get free weapon DLC early. Of course, I meant to say “Xbox owners” get said weapons first. Starting now you can go download the weapon pack before theHavocadd-on drops. It comes with an energy assault rifle and an alternative skin. Yep, this just ended the console wars people....

Morpheus’ conspicuous absence could be explained by an MMO from the ’00s The trailer forThe Matrix Resurrections, a new film inThe Matrixuniverse, dropped this morning. It’s a pretty exciting time forMatrixfans, and doubly so for those who also playedThe Matrix Online. Throughout the trailer forThe Matrix Resurrections, characters new and old appear as Keanu Reeves’ Neo contends with reality and the Matrix once more. But although both Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity appear, Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus is nowhere to be seen....

Right now it’s Japan-only, just like the game It’s true what they say about how many Japanese gaming stores being meccas. Walking into a Super Potato, or an equivalent, was a pretty amazing experience. There’s just gameseverywhere, sometimes on multiple floors. Another piece of plastic that will be joining the shelves over in Japan is the Taiko drum kit, crafted just for the Switch. Yep, to accompany the launch ofDrum Masteron the system the Switch is getting its own piece of hardware from Bandai Namco, which will be released later this year....

Dasvidaniya my friends The Tomorrow Children, the free-to-play online game that featuresMinecraft-style city building combined with Soviet-era dystopian action will be shutting down its servers in Japan on November 1. A post the on title’sJapanese websiteconfirmed as much. The Tomorrow Childrenlaunched on PlayStation 4 in October 2016, after a public beta test earlier that same year. The title was developed by Japan Studio in conjunction with Q-Games. It launched with a paid founders pack but eventually, and unsurprisingly,went free-to-play....

Eugene made some dude $#!+ himself [Editor’s Note: Before we say anything, this recap will obviously go into detail about last night’s episode ofThe Walking Dead, so there are going to be a ton of SPOILERS. Beginning now.] Season 8’s mid-season finale put us on a high note, though perhaps not emotionally, as it ended with the type of sombre sobriety that epitomizes so much of the series. In terms of rapid developments and plot progressions however, it was great, with action jumping about wildly and things happening like you were readingThe Cat in the Hat....

Negan and Gabriel go on a date If you’ve been following AMC’s eighth season ofThe Walking Dead, you know that so far, we’re dealing with the events of a single day, focused around the alliance’s attack on the empire, aka Hilltop-Alexandria-Kingdom (HAK, as I’m fond of calling them–for no reason whatsoever) against the Saviors. Inherently, with a show already in its eighth season, with ratings that aren’t entirely holding steady and showing slight declines, there’s always a sense that endings are inevitable, because they are....

I want to go there Monster Hunter Risecontinues to amaze me. The demo did a pretty good job all on its own, but the concept art and the zones themselves really take the cake. This could be the coolest collective ofMonster Hunterlocales to date. Just take a look at the Frost Islands concept art below (as well as a gameplay video), which proves my point. The officialMonster HunterTwitter account has been showing off many aspects of the game near-daily, including how various weapons work and art for the game....

I’m sorry, Samit, but the only “sports” games I’ll touch are golf ones. EA’sTiger Woods PGA Touris one of the best. They may not be great in the graphics department, but they excel in the gameplay department — kind of like Tiger himself. He may not be great in the loyalty department, but he excels in the game play department. EA has announcedTiger Woods PGA Tour 11for this summer, coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and iPhizzy....

New ‘n’ Tasty ‘n’ Free Odd world? You’re preachin’ to the choir, buddy! Ain’t nothin’ normal about it! Oh, the video game? Yeah, sure.Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tastyis free today on the Epic Games Store. It’s numero dos out of 15 Epic freebies comin’ your way. If you’re new toOddworld, this is a fine place to start.New ‘n’ Tastyis a remake of the original, meaning that you’ll be primed to continue the series if you like what you see....

The pen is mightier Plastic carnage is coming to Steam Early Access on March 17 by way of Joystick Ventures and Kraken Empire’sToy Tactics. Toy Tacticsis described as a “family-friendly, physics-based RTS” where you draw on the map to direct your troops. I’m going to stop you there because the moment you let me draw anything, it’s going to stop being family-friendly. Atbest, I’m going to draw a butt. My flag inAnimal Crossing?...

Toys”R”Us started selling some of the“wave 3” amiibo— Bowser, Sheik, and Toon Link — ahead of schedule at the end of last week. Meanwhile, Toys”R”Us customers have been getting notice that pre-orders on other wave 3 amiibo — Ike, Sonic, King Dedede — have been pushed back (from the likely placeholder, February 1) to February 13, in-line with currentGameStop release estimates. The retailer is also holding a mild sale on amiibo,4 for $44....

Literally a retread When it comes to saving the environment, Ubisoft has taken a unique approach. The publisher has been caught red-handed recycling map layouts and topography in theFar Crygames. As spotted byGamepressure.com(pictured below) the settings ofFar Cry 4andFar Cry Primalare virtually identical from a bird’s-eye view, despite the former taking place in the modern-day Himmalayas and the latter being set in Eastern Europe during the Stone Age. According to an anonymous source speaking withKotaku, theFar Cry Primaldevelopment team usedFar Cry 4‘s heightmaps as a skeleton for the new game, rather than start from scratch....