The first of three free content updates for Sonic Frontiers has been released, and it comes with newly added features and modes.Dubbed the Sights, Sounds, and Speed update, it includes a Photo Mode and a Juke Box that allows you to play your favorite tracks while exploring the Starfall Islands. It includes tracks from Sonic Frontiers and past Sonic games. Totaling 53 songs, 13 are instantly…

Witchfire, the gothic roguelite first-person shooter from Polish indie developers The Astronauts, was recently shown off during the Future Games Show Spring Showcase.Featuring commentary from senior game designer Karol Krok, the video displays the different types of spellcraft available to witch hunters. These include spells, hexes, and curses which can be used upon enemies.The wide variety of…

Ironmace, the developer of fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure Dark and Darker, has pulled the game's page off Steam.The developers have run into issues of late with industry giant Nexon going after the studio. Apparently, one of the developers used to work at the company and is accused of stealing assets and code which Nexon claims are being used in Dark and Darker.Two weeks ago, Ironmace was…

While we all love a good bargain, cheap doesn’t always mean cheerful. Sometimes it leads to regret, and wishing you’d bought a couple of Freddo’s with your pennies instead. But there’s also always the chance you’ll stumble onto some real treasure. That’s why we decided to raid the bargain bin end of the Nintendo Switch eShop for the 10 cheapest games we could find to see if taking the risk on low…

Resident Evil 4 Remake is out today, and even with most people still at work, it is already doing well on Steam.According to SteamDB, Resident Evil 4 Remake has 140,240 concurrent users as of press time, and we expect the number to grow over the weekend.Compared to other Resident Evil games on Steam, the remake has set a new concurrent record compared to the previous holder Resident Evil Village…

Sonic Origins should’ve been a home run. A slam dunk. A punt return for touchdown. A midfield bicycle kick that shears the keeper’s body in two to slam into the back of the net. Four of the greatest games of all time. How could you possibly go wrong? “Hold my chilli dog,” said Sega. It was a mess.I wrote about it at the time, calling the game a “masterclass in messing up a classic”. The problems…

Capcom has acknowledged reports of a visual problem in the PS5 version of Resident Evil 4 Remake earlier, after players reported it shortly after the game went live. The issue simply causes flickering lights at the bottom of the screen, and seems to only be limited to PS5.Capcom said that it's aware of the issue, and had intended to fully fix it in a future patch. But the good news for players…

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is a roaring carnival of witless bullshit. There are things in this movie which defy any sane classification: simply saying them out loud makes you seem as if you're confessing to some crime or other. At about 15 separate points during the movie, your mind will whisper ‘can everyone else see this, or have I totally snapped? Am I dead?’. In the Silent Hill 2…

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that Microsoft would not have the incentive to keep Call of Duty off competing consoles such as PlayStation should the Activision Blizzard merger go through.In an addendum released today, the CMA also provisionally concluded the acquisition of Activision Blizzard would not result in a substantial lessening of competition in the…

Welcome to VG247's Best Games Ever Podcast: Episode 44: The best game where you'd swap places with the main character.You’d think that swapping lives with any video game protagonist would be preferable to continuing as a regular ol’ human in the real world. After all, we don’t have magic, or spaceships, or unfettered access to military grade ordinance. But most video game protagonists have to…