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Little Nightmares can't live up to the stomach-clenching dread of its second act

Little Nightmares isn't going to keep you awake, but it certainly has its moments. Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platformer best likened to Limbo and Inside, in that you run left to right, solving puzzles and platforming, while occasionally suffering anxiety in the face of escalating tension and expecting at any moment to suffer a gruesome death. Little Nightmares offers some absolutely sublime moments of dread and intrigue, but just can’t sustain that momentum.

You can't get Dying Light on Switch via EU eShop because the game is banned in Germany

Dying Light may have launched on the Nintendo Switch, but if you're eager to download and play the game in Europe, you're out of luck: the game is not available on the eShop because it's banned in Germany, it turns out. Dying Light's recently-announced Switch port was supposed to go live yesterday, October 19, but frustrated players in EU regions noticed it never got listed on the Switch's digital storefront. In a post over on Reddit, a member of the dvelopment team at Techland explained why the game is only available physically in some EU regions.

Battlefield 4: China Rising DLC broadens horizons for both veterans and raw recruits

Battlefield 4's China Rising DLC drops today for Premium Members, and Paul Davies not only played through it, but spoke with DICE Producer Craig McLeod on how the developer inspires veteran players while encouraging raw recruits. Battlefield 4 DLC schedule China Rising - out December 3 today for Premium Members, general release on December 17 Second Assault - contains BF3 maps: Operation Metro, Caspian Border, Gulf of Oman, and Operation Firestorm.

Destiny’s Challenge of the Elders: How to beat Keksis the Betrayed

This Fallen Captain of the Devils deprives Guardians of almost all power, other than the will to fight and the ability to handle your gun. This page is part of our guide to Challenge of the Elders, the Prison of Elders end-game activity included as part of Destiny’s April update. It’s updated every Tuesday and includes all the information you need on the weekly reset, modifiers and bosses. The Prison of Elders Level 42 encounter with Keksis is considerably more troublesome than at Level 41, the Taken boss hurling his balls of darkness non-stop.

John DiMaggio goes off at fan for asking about the "sexual preference" of Gears 5's protagonist

During a Gears 5 panel at E3 this week, legendary actor John DiMaggio had a bit of an over-the-top response to a fan question. John DiMaggio is mostly known in games for portraying Marcus Fenix in Gears of War. As you might have seen in Gears 5 footage released so far, Fenix does return in the upcoming sequel. DiMaggio, along with his co-stars and Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson, were guests on a panel hosted this week at the E3 Coliseum.

PUBG disables Steam player trading to prevent skin sales on third-party sites

In a surprise move, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. has temporarily disabled trading of all game items. PUBG Corp. announced the news in a Steam blog post, but strangely did not share it on Twitter or though other social channels. Disabling item trading means players won't be able to gift or trade weapon and character skins. The only to buy or sell items at this stage is going through Steam's Market, which nets PUBG Corp.

Google Glass game Psyclops is a bit like Space Invaders

The inevitable wave of Google Glass games and game-like hacks is upon us. See footage of Psyclops in action through the break. Posting on Google Plus, developer Sean McCracken described the games as "like a 3D Space Invaders mixed with Missile Command" and said it was nearly done. According to The Guardian, the video below shows a demonstration running on a Kindle Fire, because it's a bit hard to film a Google Glass display.

Someone added a giant Xbox Series X to Microsoft's HQ in Flight Simulator

Microsoft's Washington HQ will be much harder to miss now. Twitter user Oh_Gaz has created a couple-hundred-meter-tall Xbox Series X "building" in Microsoft Flight Simulator - seemingly for no reason. The model sits in Microsoft's campus at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, and shares a lot of details with the real Xbox Series X design. Oh_Gaz not only made a big black slab, they modelled the top fan grill, the back ports, and the Xbox logo-shaped power button.

The best co-op games | VG247

It's time for the best co-op games. Humanity is unlike any other species on Earth. Look around you - look at all we can do. I am typing my brain thoughts on some ethereal electronic space that only exists to us, transferring my ideas to your mind like some arcane telepath. It’s amazing when you really think about it. Know what else are amazing? Video games. Since the first video game released, technology has improved, fidelity has increased, and the creative ingenuity of the field hasn’t slowed down an ounce.

This is how you can play Resident Evil 5 in splitscreen on PC

If you want to play Resident Evil 5 in splitscreen co-op, Capcom has got a few instructions for you. Having come under fire for seemingly "ripping out" splitscreen support from the Steam release of Resident Evil 5, Capcom has offered a few steps to help those looking to replicate the GFWL experience. The steps were provided to Eurogamer by the publisher, but that doesn't mean they're officially supporting it. "