Jan 16, 17:00

GamersHeroes Sunday, January 16, 2022 1:58 PM Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Raises $3.4 Million for Prevent Cancer Foundation       The Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2022 Online event concluded its speedrunning marathon with more than $3.4 million raised for Prevent Cancer Foundation. The post Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Raises $3.4 Million for Prevent Cancer Foundation appeared first on GamersHeroes.

GamersHeroes Sunday, January 16, 2022 1:58 PM GRAND CROSS: ReNOVATION Review       The almighty Sun Blade is yours to dcontrol with Eternal Sphere 4 and Henteko Doujin's new shmup GRAND CROSS: ReNOVATION. A super-aggressive vertical shooter with a battle between light and darkness, should players pick up arms and fight? The post GRAND CROSS: ReNOVATION Review appeared first on GamersHeroes.

GamersHeroes Sunday, January 16, 2022 1:58 PM Buck Up and Drive! Review       The Gran Turismo series might pride itself on being the ultimate driving simulator, but Fábio Fontes says nuts to that with his over-the-top racer Buck Up and Drive! Featuring wild drifting, grinding, and even a one-on-one fighting mode, should players buck up (and drive)? The post Buck Up and Drive! Review appeared first on GamersHeroes.

Kotaku Sunday, January 16, 2022 4:45 PM AGDQ 2022 Raises Record $3.4 Million For Charity       Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 is over, but the online speedrunning charity event wrapped up its week-long run with a brand new, all-time record for any GDQ event, raising $3,422,122 across over 49,000 individual donations. It also reached a million dollars and two million dollars faster than any previous GDQ events. Read more...

Kotaku Sunday, January 16, 2022 3:15 PM Pandemic Digital Board Game Is Being Delisted From Mulitple Stores For Unknown Reasons       The digital board game version of Pandemic has disappeared from Steam after it was quietly delisted on January 6. And it will be removed from other digital storefronts throughout the year and its publisher, Asmodee, hasn't explained why beyond a vague statement that the game is being removed for a "multitude of… Read more...

Kotaku Sunday, January 16, 2022 12:45 PM John Carpenter Thinks Halo Infinite Is The Best Of The Series       John Carpenter has played Halo Infinite, the newest game in the long-running Xbox franchise, and he loved it. In fact, the famous director called it the "Best of the Halo series" in a recent tweet. Read more...

Kotaku Sunday, January 16, 2022 11:00 AM Sunday Comics: That's Better       Hello! It's time for Kotaku's Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Read more...

PCGamesN Sunday, January 16, 2022 1:19 PM God of War is the top-rated and most-played Sony game on Steam       It's only been out a few days but the God of War PC port is already proving a tremendous hit for Sony - with several records being broken on the publisher's games, including God of War's Steam concurrent player count and the user rating. Four years after the God of War reboot hit PS4 to much acclaim the game finally arrived on PC via Steam this week, to just as much acclaim or more, somehow. With sequel God of War: Ragnarok out this year on PS5 and PS4, there's obviously a lot of excitement over the series - meaning that a lot of new players are checking out the PC port, and loving it too, apparently. While God of War's concurrent player count on day one was slightly lower than fellow PlayStation port Horizon: Zero Dawn on its first PC day, Sony Santa Monica's title seems to have rallied the troops since then - as the player count has only risen since then, reaching an all-time high for a Sony game on PC of 73,529 earlier today. View the full site

PCGamesN Sunday, January 16, 2022 12:12 PM Sweet Transit is Transport Tycoon meets Factorio, and it's out this year       The PC has a wide range of fantastic games, but something it always needs more of are fun, relaxing titles to enjoy but not get too stressed over - or an update of '90s classic Transport Tycoon mixed with a little bit of Factorio, which is what new title Sweet Transit is all about. Transport Tycoon released in 1994, the same year that the XCOM series began - but unlike that classic strategy series, Transport Tycoon never got a revival despite original creator Chris Sawyer's attempt at a sequel with Locomotion and the original being well-remembered even today as a more chill alternative to SimCity. Now ex-Factorio developer and 3D artist Ernestas Norvaišas has teamed up with publisher Team 17 to create Sweet Transit, which seems to be a spiritual successor to Transport Tycoon. The game's described as a "cosy train-driven city builder" - not enough games are called "cosy" these days - "where the railway is king and trains are the sole means of transportation and expansion". View the full site

PCGamesN Sunday, January 16, 2022 11:01 AM Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 raised nearly $3.5 million for charity       After a week of the Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 event and multiple speedruns by various streamers for charity - which included games such as Deathloop, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and even Deltarune - the organisers have revealed that AGDQ 2022 has broken records and raised almost $3.5 million USD for charity. The latest Games Done Quick charity event kicked off last weekend with the fantastic likes of Deathloop - which streamer CreeperHntr completed in under half an hour - and by the middle of the week the organisers revealed that AGDQ 2022 had hit the $1 million USD mark faster than any previous speedrunning charity events. Now AGDQ 2022 has wrapped up and the final total raised for charity Prevent Cancer Foundation is a whopping $3,416,729 USD - which is apparently "officially the most we've ever raised in the history of Games Done Quick" according to a tweet on the event's account. It's a truly fantastic achievement by any measure, especially tied to such an entertaining event. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best indie games, New PC games, Retro PC games

Twinfinite Sunday, January 16, 2022 2:26 PM Naraka: Bladepoint Teases New Hero Justina Gu With New Trailer       Today 24 Entertainment released a new trailer teasing another new hero coming to its game Naraka: Bladepoint. The post Naraka: Bladepoint Teases New Hero Justina Gu With New Trailer appeared first on Twinfinite.

Twinfinite Sunday, January 16, 2022 2:06 PM I Am an Air Traffic Controller 4: Sendai Gets New Gameplay Trailer       Japanese developer Technobrain revealed a new trailer for the recently-revealed Sendai Airport for its ATC Simulator I Am an Air Traffic Controller 4. The post I Am an Air Traffic Controller 4: Sendai Gets New Gameplay Trailer appeared first on Twinfinite.

Siliconera Sunday, January 16, 2022 4:00 PM Hololive Council New Kimono Outfits Revealed       The Council has decided its wardrobe. The post Hololive Council New Kimono Outfits Revealed appeared first on Siliconera.

Siliconera Sunday, January 16, 2022 3:00 PM Monster Hunter Rise PC Version Offers a Wealth of Customization       The wealth of customization options keep the game looking great and allows for players on lower-end rigs to enjoy the game. The post Monster Hunter Rise PC Version Offers a Wealth of Customization appeared first on Siliconera.

Siliconera Sunday, January 16, 2022 1:30 PM New Honkai Impact 3rd Soundtrack Covers APHO Chapter       Fans can enjoy the melancholic music from the latest chapter of A Post-Honkai Odyssey. The post New Honkai Impact 3rd Soundtrack Covers APHO Chapter appeared first on Siliconera.

Siliconera Sunday, January 16, 2022 12:00 PM Dress Up Like the Shinra Mascot Stamp in FFVII The First Soldier       Dress up as the good boy who never stops helping. The post Dress Up Like the Shinra Mascot Stamp in FFVII The First Soldier appeared first on Siliconera.

Siliconera Sunday, January 16, 2022 10:30 AM World Trigger Season Finale Postponed Amid Tsunami Warnings       The Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings on the night of January 15th The post World Trigger Season Finale Postponed Amid Tsunami Warnings appeared first on Siliconera.

Gamer Empire Sunday, January 16, 2022 4:22 PM RAID: Shadow Legends – Beginner's Guide: Tips to Become a Better Player       RAID: Shadow Legends is a strategy RPG mobile game featuring more than 400 unique champions, each with their own set of skills and playstyle. The objective of the game is to beat stages of enemies, collect champions, build your ultimate team, upgrade and customize your champions, and read new heights with your clan. Plarium is […] The post RAID: Shadow Legends – Beginner's Guide: Tips to Become a Better Player appeared first on Gamer Empire.

Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, January 16, 2022 1:35 PM How to Unlock the Fertilizer Salesperson World Quest in Genshin Impact       To complete or at least increase your world exploration progress in Inazuma, you need to complete world quests, and one of them is the "Fertilizer… Salesperson?". This world quest will only be available to you after you have completed Sanggonomiya Kokomi's story quest Dracaena Somnolenta chapter. Once the prerequisite quest is done, go to Bourou […]

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PCGamesN Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:57 AM WWE 2K22 might finally be coming out in March       It's been a few years since wrestling fans have got a new WWE game, but now a leak suggests the WWE 2K22 release date may be as soon as March - with the leak also revealing pre-order details, early access, and the cover featuring a very colourful Rey Mysterio. As 2K Games is hoping people have forgotten, its last wrestling was WWE 2K20 released back in 2019 and was incredibly broken. It became the laughing stock of the internet, and was actually so bad WWE 2K21 got cancelled altogether. 2K Games told fans the series would be taking a year off to make sure that disaster wouldn't happen again. Well, it's been more than that - in fact, it's nearly been a full year since WWE 2K22 was announced and there's still no word about the game's release. Until today, of course, as leaker Nils Ahrensmeier has posted a lot of information about the game - including WWE 2K22's two covers and a release date of March 11, with three-day early access starting March 8 available presumably as part of the deluxe edition or a pre-order bonus. View the full site

PCGamesN Sunday, January 16, 2022 8:09 AM AGDQ streamer beats Sekiro boss blindfolded and makes us all look bad       Much like From Software's more famous Dark Souls games, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is one of the toughest games around - with early boss Gyoubu one of the toughest fights in the game. Now, as part of the AGDQ 2022 event, streamer Mitchriz beat the Sekiro boss blindfolded and made us all look terrible in comparison. The latest Awesome Games Done Quick event ran its series of streams for charity this week, and AGDQ 2022 quickly shot past $1 million dollars raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation in record time. While all the speedrunning streams so far have been impressive, taking on one of the toughest bosses in one of the toughest games around without taking a hit or being able to see the screen is on a whole new level. Streamer Mitchriz, however, did exactly that. You can check out the whole fight below as part of yesterday's stream, with the Gyoubu boss battle coming around 17 minutes into their blindfolded speedrun. Mitchriz managed the whole game in a respectable speedrunning time of around two hours - and was completely blind for the whole thing, remember. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Sekiro review, Sekiro bosses guide, Sekiro Treasure Carp scales

PCGamesN Sunday, January 16, 2022 6:36 AM Pandemic has been delisted on Steam for "a multitude of reasons"       Publisher Asmodee Digital has quietly pulled the digital version of Pandemic: The Board Game from Steam, with other digital platforms to follow soon. While perhaps not a board game on PC that people might want to play right now, the publisher has said that it's delisting Pandemic for "a multitude of reasons". Back in August 2018, Asmodee published a digital version of the popular board game Pandemic by Z-Man Games on Steam - tasking several players with containing a crazy "what if" science fiction scenario where a deadly infectious disease spreads over the planet. Of course, it all got a little too real after a while, but the game continued to be sold on Steam throughout the last two years - even getting a "Mutation" DLC last year. On January 6 this year, however, Asmodee delisted Pandemic from Steam. According to Reddit user bad_boy_barry (via PC Gamer), who got in touch with the publisher, it confirms that it is removing Pandemic from sale. "We have worked hard over 4 years on Pandemic and withdrawing it from the stores has not been an easy choice," the statement reads. View the full site

Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, January 16, 2022 6:00 AM The Sunday Papers       Sundays are for buying a Werther's Original from your local petrol station. Before you treat yourself, let's read this week's best writing about games (and game related things). Read more

Siliconera Sunday, January 16, 2022 10:30 AM World Trigger Season Finale Postponed Amid Tsunami Warnings       The Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings on the night of January 15th The post World Trigger Season Finale Postponed Amid Tsunami Warnings appeared first on Siliconera.

Siliconera Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:00 AM Genshin Impact Yun Jin Chinese Opera Song Released       It is performed by Yang Yang. The post Genshin Impact Yun Jin Chinese Opera Song Released appeared first on Siliconera.

Destructoid Sunday, January 16, 2022 6:30 AM So, how did Destructoid's most anticipated games of 2021 turn out?       We had a great batting average last year Twenty twenty-one probably isn't going to make the history books as one... The post So, how did Destructoid's most anticipated games of 2021 turn out? appeared first on Destructoid.

Destructoid Sunday, January 16, 2022 6:00 AM Whatcha been playing this week, Destructoid?       House Hunting Happy Saturday, my friends, and welcome to Whatcha Been Playing? Do you like your home? I'm not a... The post Whatcha been playing this week, Destructoid? appeared first on Destructoid.

Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:45 AM How to Defeat the Hive Knight in Hollow Knight       The Knight encounters a plethora of enemies in Team Cherry's Hollow Knight. One of these enemies is the most valiant and skilled knight of the Hive, the Hive Knight. The Hive Knight is an optional boss and is the protector of the Hive Queen Vespa. Even though it is apparent that the queen in the […]

Jan 16, 04:00

Pivotal Gamers Sunday, January 16, 2022 3:25 AM Free Hiddenverse: The Iron Tower       Hello folks. We have another excellent giveaway from Giveaway Of The Day for Hiddenverse: The Iron Tower. Read on for their offering. Hiddenverse: The Iron Tower is available as a Giveaway of the day!You have limited time to download, install and register it. A few words about Hiddenverse: The Iron Tower Exclusive offer from Giveaway of the Day and ToomkyGames! No third-party advertising and brows...