#GamingFlips

A curated computer games & video gaming magazine of the best articles, including videos, audio and #GamingWednesday, from around the Web.

Best PlayStation 4 games you can play online without PlayStation Plus in 2019
androidcentral.com - Jennifer Locke
While PlayStation Plus is usually a requirement to play online multiplayer, there are notable exceptions to this rule. Most free-to-play games …
Tetris
Tetris 99 might be the best battle royale yet
eurogamer.net - Martin Robinson
Really? Do I really, honestly, truthfully, hand on heart believe that Tetris 99, a free-to-play spin on an age-old classic that stealth dropped on …
Anthem is fascinating and flawed
eurogamer.net - Martin Robinson
Timing is everything. Anthem comes at the end of a scrabble of releases as the fiscal year ticks over, though it's the most high-profile of the lot; …
Fortnite
Norwich's Fortnite Live festival was a complete disaster
eurogamer.net - Tom Phillips
A festival designed to recreate Fortnite on the outskirts of Norwich has, somewhat predictably, not lived up to expectations. Event organisers flogged …
Metro Exodus
Tech Interview: Metro Exodus, ray tracing and the 4A Engine's open world upgrades
eurogamer.net - Alex Battaglia
Remember the days when key technological innovations in gaming debuted on PC? The rise of multi-platform development and the arrival of PC technology …
Apex Legends
Respawn has already banned over 16,000 Apex Legends cheaters
eurogamer.net - Wesley Yin-Poole
Cheaters flock to popular games, so it comes as no surprise to see cheating already hit Apex Legends. In a post on the Apex Legends subreddit, …
Alfonso Ribeiro
Fortnite dance litigation crumbles as Alfonso Ribeiro refused Carlton dance copyright
eurogamer.net - Robert Purchese
Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor known for playing Carlton in the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has hit a major stumbling block in his legal …
The secret stories of Metro
eurogamer.net - Sean Martin
The station is abandoned, the platform crowned with a mountain of junk. There are books, pieces of furniture, newspapers, broken bicycles, busts of …
Gaming Reviews
Eastshade Review - Brushing Up
GameSpot - David Wildgoose
There's a blacksmith, toiling away in the markets of the capital of Nava, who thinks making swords is boring. Why create something, she argues, when death is its only use? She'd rather make a kettle any
Starbreeze sells System Shock 3 publishing rights back to dev
eurogamer.net - Wesley Yin-Poole
Embattled Swedish game company Starbreeze has raised much-needed cash by selling the publishing rights to System Shock 3 back to the game's developer. …
Washington D.C.
The Division 2's open beta dated for March
eurogamer.net - Matt Wales
Hot on the heels of the Division 2's recent private beta, Ubisoft has announced that it's holding an open beta, so that anyone may sample the online …
Rockstar tackling "destructive player behaviour" in next Red Dead Online update
eurogamer.net - Matt Wales
Rockstar's Red Dead Online beta is getting a major update on February 26th, and it's set to introduce a whole range of new features, balances, and …
Autism
Character before condition - looking at gaming and autism representation
eurogamer.net - Laura Francis
Representation is key, they say. One of the most beautiful and soul-stirring thing about video games is that not only can they offer enriching …
Video game history is the future in The Eternal Castle
eurogamer.net - Sam Greer
The first thing you need to know about The Eternal Castle is it's a remaster of the 1987 original of the same name. Well... except it isn't. This …
Metro Exodus review - 4A's post-nuclear shooter widens its horizons without losing its soul
eurogamer.net - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Far from just another map-clearing game, Metro's first above-ground outing is an atmospheric, characterful voyage across a ruined Russia. There are …
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus Review - Bound By Blood
GameSpot - Michael Higham
Beyond the dark, oppressive tunnels and radioactive surface of Moscow are the societies that emerge from a nuclear apocalypse and prospective lands habitable for new life. It's a sensible change in setting
Sony Interactive Entertainment
God Of War Wins Game Of The Year At DICE Awards
GameSpot - Eddie Makuch
The 22nd D.I.C.E. Awards took place in Las Vegas tonight, and Sony's God of War was a big winner. The PlayStation 4 exclusive took home nine total awards, including the highly coveted overall Game of Year.
An epilogue for the staff of Telltale
eurogamer.net - Connor Makar
At the tail end of last year, I wrote an article on Telltale's closure. I talked to those who had worked there about what it was like at the company …
PlayStation
PlayStation Boss Predicts "Post-Console" World
GameSpot - Eddie Makuch
Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss Shawn Layden has laid down a ambitious prediction for where he thinks the video game industry could be headed. Speaking to Game Informer, Layden said
The impossible architecture of video games
eurogamer.net - Ewan Wilson
There is a saying in architecture that no building is unbuildable, only unbuilt. Structures may be impossible in the here and now, but have the …
Gaming
Apex Legends smashes 25 million player mark, dominates Twitch
eurogamer.net - Emma Kent
First it was a million, then 10m, and now 25m. Apex Legends has experienced some seriously rapid growth, and its latest player milestone indicates …
PlayStation
PlayStation Boss Explains How "The World Changed" And E3 Didn't
GameSpot - Steve Watts
Sony's decision to forgo E3 2019 caused waves, and the statement regarding its rationale revolved mostly around finding "inventive opportunities to engage the community" and plans to "think differently
Grand Theft Auto
Steam Awards 2018 Winners Announced; Most Aren't From 2018
GameSpot - Steve Watts
The Steam Awards for 2018 have been announced, honoring games and developers as voted by the community. This year's awards spanned eight categories, from traditional ones like Game of the Year and VR of
Atari
Back when Atari made art
eurogamer.net - Martin Robinson
The best game I ever played, I played over one single weekend. And I've spent years tracking it down since. Put some of that time down to the haziness …
Grand Theft Auto
PUBG scoops Game of the Year at the 2018 Steam Awards
eurogamer.net - Vikki Blake
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has topped Valve's 2018 Steam Awards as its overall Game of the Year. Launched alongside Steam's 12th Annual Winter Sale …
Titan Fall
Titanfall battle royale Apex Legends hits 10 million player milestone in just 72 hours
eurogamer.net - Matt Wales
On Tuesday morning, it was looking distinctly like Respawn Entertainment's battle royale gamble had paid off, with Apex Legends having amassed 1 …
Solar System
Astroneer Review - New Frontiers
GameSpot - Alessandro Barbosa
It's rare that you'll ever feel stressed while playing Astroneer. Its colourful planets and soothing synth soundtrack make exploring its handful of varied planets a treat for the senses, but its reined-in
Gaming Reviews
Sunless Skies Review - Text Appeal
GameSpot - David Wildgoose
Would you like to hear a Tale of Terror or a Sky-Story? Relay some Salon-Stewed Gossip or pass on a Savage Secret? The names given to the various forms of currency exchanged across Sunless Skies give a
PC Gaming
Disney Says EA Has Been "Good" Partner For Star Wars Games Despite Loot Box Controversy
GameSpot - Eddie Makuch
At one point in time, media giant Disney published video games like Disney Infinity and Epic Mickey in-house through its now-defunct Disney Interactive Studios. That's no longer the case, as it now primarily