Slitterhead: How the Silent Hill Creator Is Building the Most Insane Horror Game of 2024 | VGC

Slitterhead: How Silent Hill’s creator is building 2024’s craziest horror game

In his previous stints at Konami and Sony Japan Studio, game designer Keiichiro Toyama was known for his iconic horror games Silent Hill and Siren, and later for the PlayStation gravity-reversing adventure Gravity Rush. Given his track record, it’s no surprise that his next game, Slitterhead, feels uniquely creepy. Whether or not his little indie … Read more

Elden Ring patch 1.12.3 weakens Bloodfiend’s Arm and other popular weapons | VGC

Elden Ring patch 1.12.3 is now available. The full patch notes, which can be read below, include a nerf to several popular weapons, including the Bloodfiend’s Arm. After the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, the game’s first DLC, videos circulated online of players defeating bosses with just one hit. This was due to some … Read more

Nintendo sues Switch modchip seller and Switch piracy Reddit moderator | VGC

Nintendo has sued a Switch mod chip seller and the moderator of a popular Reddit page dedicated to Switch piracy. The company has filed complaints against Ryan Daly, who runs a store called Modded Hardware, and against r/SwitchPirates moderator Archbox, whose real name is James Williams, TorrentFreak reports. The lawsuit filed against Modded Hardware alleges … Read more

Diablo 4 adds a wave-based survival mode in season 5 | VGC

Blizzard has revealed details about Diablo 4’s fifth season, which will include a wave-based survival mode. The studio detailed some plans for Season 5 in a Campfire Chat video, which can be viewed above, and in a blog post, ahead of this week’s launch of the second Diablo 4 Public Test Realm (PTR). The new … Read more

Preview: Monster Hunter Wilds looks like a crowning moment in Capcom’s second golden age | VGC

Summer Game Fest 2023

“Have you seen the Monster Hunter Wilds demo?” That was the refrain at Summer Game Fest, as word spread about Capcom’s behind-closed-doors showcase of the next big Monster Hunter title. The demo, which Capcom has no official plans to release footage of at the time of writing, was such a hit that people sneaked back … Read more