Square Enix has announced that you'll be able to replay The Quiet Man--a game about a protagonist who's deaf--on a second playthrough with sound. The choice to do so is optional, according to Gematsu, but Square Enix's decision to add the feature is slightly puzzling, as it appears to undermine the whole point of the game.On The Quiet Man's Steam page, Square Enix writes you "play as a deaf charac... more.

The annual Haunted Hallows has returned to Rocket League. This limited-time Halloween-themed event adds a new currency to Psyonix's game that allows you to buy special cosmetic items for your battle cars.During Haunted Hallows, playing in and completing online matches allows you to earn Candy Corn currency. Candy Corn can be redeemed for Halloween-themed battle car decals, toppers, wheels, and oth... more.

After the amazing gaming year that was 2017, many wondered how well 2018 would turn out. Fortunately for everyone, it has been great. The first half of the year has yielded a wealth of fantastic games, and there's more on the horizon. Upcoming games for the rest of this 2018 include slew of hotly anticipated new games, like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man, and a whole... more.

Ubisoft has issued a new patch for Assassin's Creed Odyssey on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The 1.0.5 patch weighs in at 0.16 GB on PS4 and 0.1 GB on Xbox One, and focuses on squashing bugs--including fixing one issue that only appeared after a previous patch.According to the patch notes, it improves stability and fixes an issue that would make the game crash to the dashboard after the release of u... more.

Blizzard is holding a Diablo-themed contest, with some real-life loot at stake. The Legendary Scavenger Hunt will send you searching for items across the Internet and even some in real life, each of which will reward you with entries in a random drawing for various Diablo prizes.The announcement promises that clues will be doled out regularly through the Diablo Twitter page. Deciphering those clu... more.

You can get to the battle royale a little faster in Fortnite, thanks to a buff of sorts to the Battle Bus. Epic has rolled out an update that makes it move 25% faster while flying, so you can start jumping out and heading for the fray that much quicker.Epic didn't give a specific reason for letting the Battle Bus driver hit the gas. Presumably as the audience has grown more accustomed to dropping ... more.

Developer Psyonix has announced that it has pushed its plans for expanded Rocket League cross-platform functionality into early next year. However, one silver lining is that Sony's recent announcement of cross-play support--led by demand for Fortnite among others--means that the studio can prep its plans to work across all platforms, including PS4.The announcement came as part of the Rocket League... more.

There has been chatter about the so-called death of single-player games, and while this is surely overstated, a shift toward multiplayer is absolutely happening in some franchises. The Battlefield franchise, which is developed by EA's DICE studio in Sweden, is bringing back the much-loved War Stories single-player campaign from Battlefield 1 for the new Battlefield V. I recently had the chance to ... more.

Nintendo is celebrating Halloween by making Mario a zombie. A new Zombie Mario costume is now available in Super Mario Odyssey for Nintendo Switch. It includes themed headgear in the form of an axe through Mario's skull, as well as an outfit that shows Mario with dead eyes and ripped clothing that appears to be meant to look as if it is stained with blood.It is truly horrific. A new special outfit... more.

Ubisoft has canceled one of Assassin's Creed Odyssey's first live events. The NPC "Damais The Indifferent" was supposed to show up in the game this week but he did not. Delays and cancellations are unfortunate, but Ubisoft's tweet about this instance provides a nice amount of levity to soften the blow."Rumour has it that Damais bailed at the very last minute," Ubisoft said in a tweet. "Apparently... more.