Since the release of teaser footage for Resident Evil Village last month, it’s fair to say there has been a lot of chat online about Lady Dimitrescu, the utterly gigantic villain of the piece. She has captured quite a few imaginations, it would seem, and speculation has been rife regarding just how vast the millineried monstress actually is.
Yesterday the discussion was settled for good by the Resident Evil Twitter account, which posted a statement from Village’s art director, Tomonori Takano, confirming Dimitrescu’s height as 9’6”. That’s... very tall indeed. Admittedly, the figure includes her hat and high heels, but even wearing flats, she’d top nine foot. The question remains, however: what else would she top? No, not like that, you wretches. What I mean to say, is that I’ve made a comparison chart, featuring Dimitrescu and a selection of other vast creatures, both real and imagined. Come and have a look.
Rez has been around for almost 20 years at this point, blending block-rockin' beats with on-rails shooting and 4 a.m. ketamine-trip visuals. It's gone through a few iterations over the years, with creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi edging closer and closer to realising the rhythm game's full potential with each new version released.
Yesterday we named viking survival 'em up Valheim as one of the most interesting games releasing this month. And now: it has released. It's out now in Steam Eearly Access and there's a new trailer below.
Valve have been ordered to pay $4 million in damages for allegedly infringing patents with the Steam Controller. Ironburg Inventions, the patent holding company for controller brand SCUF Gaming, alleged that they warned Valve of the infringement in 2014.
We can hardly think about RPGs without someone popping up in the comments to say, "What, no Pathfinder: Kingmaker?". So this is for you, traditional cRPG fan: the sequel, Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous is now available in beta to those who backed it on Kickstarter. And there's a new trailer below for everyone who didn't.
I didn't realise how much I wanted a proper good space RTS until I saw the trailer for Star Exodus. It's got heavy Battlestar Galactica vibes, as it's about leading the last survivors of humanity across the galaxy, trying to keep morale up, and getting into scraps with various enemies. It also looks slightly naff, like a budget concept trailer for a game that doesn't quite exist yet.
Cyberpunk 2077 continues to compel me to do the grimace emoji face on a weekly basis. Here's the latest reason to wince: developers CD Projekt Red say that there's a security vulnerability in external DLL files used by the game that means you should be careful while using mods and custom saves with the game.
Western Digital's SSDs have always tended to play second fiddle to their Samsung rivals. It was true of their Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD, which lags quite a bit behind Samsung's consistently excellent 860 Evo, and also it's true of their previous flagship NVMe drive, the WD Black SN750, which was nearly as quick as Samsung's 970 Evo Plus, but just not quite. Happily, WD's latest NVMe SSD has finally bucked that trend, with the Black SN850 steaming past Samsung's 980 Pro to become my new PCIe 4.0 SSD of choice.
Bloober Team’s latest seemed to split reviewers when the embargo lifted last week. Some hailed it as a game of the year contender, while others claimed it was the drizzling poos. I think the name of the game perfectly sums up my feelings on it.
With only one week left in Destiny 2's Season Of The Hunt, Bungie today announced what's next: Season Of The Chosen. The baddie will be Emperor Caiatl, the daughter of our old mate Calus, after she drops by to politely request our submission. I heard y'all are horny for giant ladies? Caiatl has tusks and all. Come meet her in the new trailer.