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Skater XL preview: Cruising through Downtown Los Angeles

It's no secret that we've missed skating games here at Shacknews. After pretty much every major event, you can always count on us to wonder where the next Skate game is. But while Tony Hawk and Skate don't look like they're coming back anytime soon, if ever, there are always indie gaming developers who think on a similar wavelength. Easy Day Studios has also been excited to bring skateboarding games back to prominence and they're looking to lead the way with Skater XL. Skater XL touches more on the Skate

Torchlight 3 Deepens Customization With New Forts System And Player Housing

Formerly Torchlight Frontiers, Torchlight III for PC is a more traditional sequel to the original games, moving away from the original incarnation's online-only focus. Set for release sometime in 2020, the third game retains the focus on the loot-driven isometric action-RPG gameplay where you'll slay monsters and grow in power with your chosen class. Though it's fully playable offline, it still features some of Frontiers' more clever innovations, which come in the form of more in-depth online gameplay and opportunities for player creativity.In the latest trailer for Torchlight III, we

Resident Evil 3 remake dino mod swaps zombies for raptors

Let's face it, the Resident Evil 3 remake Dino Evil mod is about as close as we'll get to a Dino Crisis remake for now. Resident Evil 3 remake is really great by most consensus and continues to prove that Capcom has a pretty good winning formula with their latest remade games. While they prepare new Resident Evil titles, many players want to see them continue to revamp their dated products with cool new adaptations. Dino Crisis is likely high on the list of what a lot of players want

An Animal Crossing: New Horizons player built Earthbound’s first town in game

Sometimes when Nintendo won't give us what we want, we just have to make due. Take a look at this Animal Crossing: New Horizons build of Earthbound's Onett. How ecstatic would Nintendo fans be if an Earthbound or, knock on wood, Mother 3 remaster or port on Nintendo Switch came to be? One can surely dream, but if dreaming isn’t enough, we can also play around with the tools Nintendo gives us in other games. Such is the case of one player who took their Animal Crossing: New Horizons island

Rocksmith 2014 Edition DLC Ends After 383 Weeks, Team Moves On To New Project

Rocksmith 2014 Edition is ending its DLC support after over five years of weekly releases. The newly released Opeth song pack is the final piece releasing, Ubisoft has announced, and the game's library is now complete after 383 weeks straight of DLC releases. Rocksmith 2014 Edition now features 1570 songs if you bought all the DLC, spanning seven decades of artists (plus Bach, an 18th century outlier). According to the post to the Rocksmith website, the team is moving away from DLC because they have "been hard at work on

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review

A lot has changed in real life since I first started playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons at the end of February, and even since I wrote my review in progress in the middle of March. Having such a wholesome game during an objectively bad time has been something of a blessing for a lot of people, myself included, and I'd be lying if I said it hasn't affected how I play New Horizons. I find myself turning to the game at night when I can't sleep, or during the day

Rougelite Action Platformer Fury Unleashed Coming to Xbox One May 8

Hi everyone! For over five years now, Awesome Games Studio has been busy creating an action-platformer game with rogue-lite elements that takes place inside a comic book world. The main design goal was to make a title that brings you a feeling of being an unstoppable action hero. A feeling somewhat similar to the games of old, which I enjoyed in my childhood and believe many of you are familiar with. Titles like Contra and Metal Slug both come to mind. Both of them were an inspiration for Fury Unleashed,

PS5 vs Xbox Series X: Specs and comparisons guide

The prelude to the launch of a new console generation is always one of the most exciting parts of being a video game enthusiast. New hardware generations always bring massive advancements in visual fidelity and immersion, as well as new gameplay possibilities. Both Microsoft and Sony are expected to launch their ninth-generation console sometime near the end of this year and both companies have now begun offering official statements on the technical specifications of these new machines. Every console manufacturer likes to brag that it will offer the most advanced

Announcing Adobe Animate CC 2019

The Adobe Animate team is excited to announce the latest version of Adobe Animate CC. This new version pushes the boundaries of the animation space with Asset warping, Layer Parenting, layer effects, and automatic lip syncing — all designed to enhance the quality of animations created with the tool. In addition, Animate CC 2019 enables 2D animators to use their existing skills for creating VR experiences (beta), introduces a new WebGL-based runtime (beta), significant performance enhancements to the HTML Canvas output, and much more. Some of the new features include: