A long-running rumor has been proven to be reality as Activision has confirmed that they’re bringing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone. The classic world of the famous quartet is coming soon in a limited-time event for the game, as revealed in the trailer below.
While the specific details of the event have yet to be revealed, we can assume some things based on other crossover events in the past (including the recent Terminator and Squid Game Events). There will likely be a track of rewards to earn various TMNT themed items in the game, including outfits, weapons, victory celebrations, stickers for weapons, and more. Also, as seen with all previous packs, we can expect some sort of premium tracer pack which will include more limited items of the same variety. Will we get to actually play as the Turtles in the game? Probably not; it is hard to envision them letting us shoot and kill the iconic figures. Perhaps we’ll see some Footclan costumes or other nameless characters in that capacity. The last time they did a TMNT crossover was in Modern Warfare 2 and Shredder was the only playable character and we could see that again.
We should get the exact details soon as the event is “coming soon”, possibly as soon as later this month.
Believe it or not, we’ve been playing Rainbow Six Siege for nearly a decade, but that doesn’t mean Ubisoft is resting on its laurels when it comes to the hit tactical FPS. Over the weekend, during the championship of the Six Invitational, the publisher teased Rainbow Six Siege X – “the biggest transformation in the game’s history”, according to Ubisoft. All will be revealed during a dedicated showcase event on March 13th at 1:00PM Eastern Time on the Rainbow Six Siege Twitch Channel, but Ubisoft threw us a bone to hold us over. That bone is a 40-second teaser trailer that is indeed a tease. From it, we can glean that environmental destructibility is ramping up, specifically explosive objects, and full-on rappel wall-running is becoming a thing. There’s also a helicopter, perhaps hinting at new game modes, which Ubisoft seems to suggest as well, saying that Siege X will introduce “…graphical and audio upgrades, deepened tactical gameplay, and new ways to play the game.”
I am absolutely stoked to find out more about Rainbow Six Siege X. Check out the new teaser below:
IGN revealed the full roster for WWE 2K25 and features a whopping 300+ wrestlers,
This years roster includes of course all of the big names you see on TV including CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns but features a number of NXT stars making their WWE games debut including Eddy Thorpe, Sol Ruca, Oba Femi, Tatum Paxley, Je'Von Evans. There are also many more members of the Bloodline family we are getting including Three Minute Warning, Islander Haku, The Headshrinkers, High Chief Peter Maivia and more.
Of course with a new WWE game means we have to say goodbye to a number of wrestlers as well. Ones in 2K24 which won't be returning this year include Ricochet, Bobby Lashley, Xia Li, Jinder Mahal, Shane McMahon and other legends like Big Boss Man and Ted DiBiase don't appear to be on the list either.
Every year there seem to have a number of omissions as well and the biggest ones I would say are Guilia and Stephanie Vaquer from NXT and the Motor City Machine Guns who debuted on Smackdown. That said it would not shock me at all if they were DLC for the year as that hasn't been revealed yet.
Obviously I can't post the full list here but IGN has the full roster available on their website.
WWE 2K25 launches on March 14th for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X and PC.
Video courtesy of IGN
Lights, Camera, Save progress. Que The Executive, a Movie Industry Tycoon simulation game from indie gamemakers, Cordyceps Collective, which launched on Steam on Feb 11th.
If you've ever wondered what it takes to create a film from a wholistic view, I'm talking from brainstorming themes and genres all the way to reading reviews, then this is the game for you.
This business tycoon simulation game puts you in the producer and directors chair as you work to develop the perfect box office hit. You'll start with the initial planning phases - picking genres and themes, and of course naming your film. You'll deal with planning and budget, and even get thrown some scandals to handle. Afterall, nothing about filmmaking is as easy as it seems! Watch as your film finally hits the big screen and goes up against the harsh critics, and of course, the general audience.
If you can impress the crowds, you can expand your business to become the biggest name in filmmaking.
Are you ready to win your own awards? Better start practicing your acceptance speech now...
Since the dawn of time, well, Kelly time, I've been drawn to puzzle games. I want to dig in, find clues, solve puzzles, survive the game. Like a moth to a flame, if I see a game that looks creepy, mildly twisted, and involves puzzle elements? I'm going to want to learn more.
And maybe you will, too!
From Patrones & Escondites, the makers of the award-winning game Unmemory comes the latest in storytelling puzzle gaming, Your House. A part of Steam's Next Fest, this immersive strategic puzzle game is bound to test it's players in an engaging story, filled with hidden rooms, trapped doors, secret passageways, basically everything that fills my weird little heart with joy.
Can you figure out the secrets that are held within Your House? The demo is now live, so feel free to poke around and see if this one is for you. But beware, some secrets are best kept hidden.
Designer Jeremy Crawford reached all the way back to his childhood—to Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition—when he resurrected the Colossus in the D&D 2024 Monster Manual.
As Wizards of the Coast was going over each creature type (e.g. Monstrosities, Aberrations, Elementals) it noticed that the Constructs category was missing its Big Bad, so to speak. The toughest Construct in the old 2014 5e Monster Manual is the Iron Golem. At a Challenge Rating 16, it's no slouch.
But the Colossus is a CR 25, putting it above Ancient Red and Gold Dragons, and putting it below only one other creature in the Monster Manual—the CR 30 Tarrasque.
So you can see that the Colossus isn't playing around. But a lot of familiar faces (and a few new ones) return to the Construct category:
CREATURE | NEW? | BUT WHY? |
Animated Armor Animated Flying Sword Animated Rug of Smothering |
No |
|
Animated Broom | New in the 2024 Monster Manual | |
Gorgon | New to Constructs (used to be a Monstrosity) | |
Brazen Gorgon | New in the 2024 Monster Manual | "So you can have someone sizzling inside one of these creatures." |
Clay Golem Flesh Golem Iron Golem Stone Golem |
No | |
Helmed Horror | No | "But doesn't have to be as evil as it sounds." The horror is relative. |
Homunculus | No | |
Modron Duodrone, Monodrone, Pentadrone, Quadrone, Tridrone | No | "But why the lips? So much lip filler!" "Modrons are the polyhedral dice you only use on the most special occasions." |
Scarecrow | No | |
Shield Guardian | No |
Regarding Modrons, by the way, when commissioning artists for the 2024 Monster Manual, the designers did ask themselves: Do we keep the lips? Crawford is just as mystified by the lips as interviewer Todd Kenreck. "But...those are our modrons."
Along with Constructs, this grand finale video also talks about the Plants category. Plants sound innocent enough. Until there's a tree growing out of your throat, as at least one piece of artwork depicts. The designers also wish to acknowledge that this is not a scientific category: it is a game category. They do realize fungi are not plants. But a fungus will indeed find itself in the Plant section of D&D. None of D&D's categories are meant to be a scientific taxonomy system.
Some Plants are returning, but none have migrated from other categories (not like Humanoids and Monstrosities have, for example).
CREATURE | NEW? | BUT WHY |
Awakened Shrub | No | |
Awakened Tree | No | |
Gas Spore Fungus Shreiker Fungus Violet Fungus |
No | |
Violet Fungus Necrohulk | New to 2024 Monster Manual | Needed a more powerful version (CR 7) of the Violet Fungus (CR 1/4). "Use this as a trash monster. The town dump comes alive." |
Gulthias Blight | New to 2024 Monster Manual | Brought in from 3e adventures like Sunless Citadel. |
Needle Blight Twig Blight Vine Blight |
No | Also originated in Sunless Citadel like Gulthias Blight above. |
Tree Blight | New to 2024 Monster Manual | |
Shambling Mound | No | |
Treant | No |
D&D 2024 Monster Manuals are sprinkled out in the wild. Especially digital versions if you've preordered the book on D&D Beyond. But it's finally out for everybody else on February 18. You can also read our reviews of the other 2024 Core Rulebooks, the Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide.
The multiplayer survival horror genre is upon us. As Phasmophobia is doing record numbers, and has a huge update coming soon, there's a couple of other games hitting the Steam libraries. One of them, still in early access, is a game called The Headliners.
The Headliners has your typical multiplayer horror rules. Go out, do things, get back alive, get points, and go back out to do more things. As other games have you check off a list of things, The Headliners only requires one: Take good pictures. An alien invasion has hit New York City, and your job is to get the story. The only way to get the story out there, is your given camera. You also get a flashlight, but that is extra. If you've played Dead Rising, you're halfway there.
You can take pictures of various aliens, survivors, or even alien artifacts. You can take pictures of your teammates interacting with things, or getting mopped up by certain aliens. The more action that's going on, the more points you get per picture. Your co-horts can pose and dance to get an even better score. As the time ticks down, more phenomena start to occur, up to and including, a Kaiju monster. Snapping pictures of that in action will net you some good points, but now, you have to get back to the helicopter. You have 10 minutes to complete your mission, and a point threshold to meet. You have three chances to meet that threshold, or you're fired, and you have to start all the way over.
The difficulty ramps up as you're getting more points, and making more money. The money helps you buy better items, like more powerful cameras, with multipliers, and even traps that apparently hold monsters for a few seconds. I say apparently, because we die before ever getting the chance to use them. We're also not sure the monsters can hear you, but we couldn't stop screaming. The game does have proximity chat, and between this, Lethal Company, and Phasmaphobia, this might be my favorite.
Check out the streams below. Right now it's only on Steam. The game doesn't cost much, as it's in early access, and they are constantly updating it. I think they just added fall damage. But don't quote me on that. We were scared, and we didn't get far. Those are just the facts, ma'am. Check it out, and tell those aliens that even though they've come from among them, you're going to make them stars!
The "Bloodied" condition was introduced in Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition (4e). When a creature was reduced to half of its Hit Points (or fewer), it received this Bloodied condition. The creature would then have some life choices to make: keep fighting or start running? When Bloodied, some creatures would become more frenzied and desperate in their attacks. Others might gain a speed boost in order to beat a hasty retreat.
When D&D 5e launched in 2014, the Bloodied condition was removed. In general it might still be a way for a Dungeon Master to describe a monster that had been reduced to at least half its Hit Points, but that was the extent of it. Creatures in 5e would no longer go hard or go home. It was merely a narrative device if DMs didn't like communicating things like, "The gnoll has 14 of 28 Hit Points remaining."
But Bloodied is back in the D&D 2024 Monster Manual, and it's not just to tell players that their enemy is half dead. Let's look at the Boar as an example, since it actually tipped us off in the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook that Bloodied was returning.
Awesome. Boars only have 13 (2d8+4) Hit Points. But when you get one down to about 6 HP, boy, watch out. Life gets inconvenient quickly for players when their enemies are suddenly rolling two 20-sided dice during their attacks.
There's a second type of Bloodied, however, that is less nasty for players. This second type of Bloodied applies to creatures that appear in swarms: Swarm of Bats, Swarm of Venomous Snakes, Swarm of Crawling Claws. There is an unnumbered amount of creatures that appear in a "swarm." So, when a swarm is reduced to half its Hit Points, it is considered Bloodied—which basically means the swarm has been reduced by half its numbers. Bloodied condition for a swarm of creatures now means it only does half damage. Let's look at the brand new and completely disgusting Swarm of Crawling Claws as an example:
There it is. You see how the swarm of creatures, once reduced to half its Hit Points, is now only dealing about half damage. Makes sense. But definitely not as fun—for Dungeon Masters.
Here are all 28 creatures that have the Bloodied condition either in their Traits (typically making the monster more aggressive) or in their Actions (typically reducing its damage):
CREATURE | BLOODIED |
EFFECT |
Berserker, Berserker Commander | Bloodied Frenzy (Trait) | While Bloodied, the berserker has Advantage on attack rolls and saving throws. |
Black Pudding, Ochre Jelly | Split (Reaction) | Trigger: While the [monster] is Large or Medium and has 10+ Hit Points, it becomes Bloodied. Response: The pudding splits into two new Black Puddings/Ochre Jellies. |
Blood Hawk | Beak (Action) | Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4+2) Piercing damage, or 6 (1d8+2) Piercing damage if the target is Bloodied. |
Boar, Giant Boar, Quaggoth, Quaggoth Thonot | Bloodied Fury (Trait) | While Bloodied, the [monster] has Advantage on attack rolls. |
Clay Golem, Flesh Golem | Berserk (Trait) | Whenever the golem starts its turn Bloodied, roll 1d6. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its turns while berserk, the golem attacks the nearest creature it can see. If no creature is near enough to move to and attack, the golem attacks an object. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to be berserk until it is destroyed or it is no longer Bloodied. |
Giant Hyena | Rampage (Bonus Action) | Immediately after dealing damage to a creature that was already Bloodied, the hyena can move up to half its Speed, and it makes on Bite attack |
Gnoll Warrior, Gnoll Pack Lord, Gnoll Fang of Yeenoghu, Gnoll Demoniac | Rampage (Bonus Action) | Immediately after dealing damage to a creature that is already Bloodied, the [monster] moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one [melee/ranged] attack. |
Troll | Loathsome Limbs (Trait) | If the troll ends any turn Bloodied and took 15+ Slashing damage during that turn, one fo the troll's limbs is severed, falls into the troll's space, and become a Troll Limb . The limb acts immediately after the troll's turn. The troll has 1 Exhaustion level for each missing limb, and it grows replacement limbs the next time it regains Hit Points. |
Swarm of: Bats, Crawling Claws, Dretches, Insects, Larvae, Lemures, Piranhas, Rats, Ravens, Stirges, Venomous Snakes | Melee Attack Roll (Action) | Basically, the swarm does reduced damage when Bloodied. |
Have fun with this information, Dungeon Masters. Twenty-eight creatures is nowhere near the 500+ creatures in the entire Monster Manual, but this Bloodied pack seems like they could fit themselves into a lot of situations. It doesn't have to be rare.
And as the designers at Wizards of the Coast would encourage you to do: add the Bloodied condition to any creature you want. These 28 or only a start. Where it ends is up to you.
The D&D 2024 Monster Manual officially launches for everybody on February 18.
Hey all you Taxi Life fans - if you've loved the thrill of driving customers from pickup to drop off but you're itching for a new adventure, you're going to love the latest news from NACON.
Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator | Delivery Driver DLC now offers players the opportunity to simulate the fast-paced life of a courier, transferring packages from destination to destination. Unlock new vehicles as you navigate through the city, meeting timelines and keeping your fragile parcels safe and secure.
The Delivery Driver DLC version offers many of the same challenges you've faced in the previous Taxi Life games, such as obeying traffic laws, navigating traffic jams, and making sure your customers are happy with the service you're providing.
Adhere to the laws of the road, deliver your packages on time, make customers happy, and watch your revenue soar with Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator | Delivery Driver DLC, available on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store).
Now get out of the way, I have a package to deliver!
Build A Rocket Boy, the new studio from former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies, announced that MindsEye, its cinematic single-player action game, is launching this Summer for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Not only that, but they’ve shared two new trailers setting up the game’s story, as well as a new look at gameplay.
For starters, the cinematic trailer is very cinematic, introducing us to Jacob Diaz, a former soldier equipped with a mysterious neural implant that has afflicted him with flashbacks to his time in the military. MindsEye takes place in a fictional desert metropolis called Redrock, which Build A Rocket Boy promises will be a richly detailed world full of hidden conspiracies, stories, and AI technology.
Meanwhile, the new gameplay trailer shows off some slick cover-based third-person combat. But on foot is not your only battleground, as you will also engage in high-speed chases both in cars and aircraft.
One final interesting note – MindsEye is the first game to be born of Build A Rocket Boy’s larger “metaverse” game known as EVERYWHERE, which sounds similar to the direction the Assassin’s Creed franchise is heading with its Animus Hub. Essentially, the in-game universe will expand upon itself with all future games and experiences accessible from this central hub.