In this July 31, 2020, file photo, Romelia Navarro, 64, weeps while hugging her husband, Antonio, in his final moments in a COVID-19 unit at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has almost topped 500,000—a number so staggering that a top health researchers …
Read More »Dead Man’s Phone is an interactive crime drama coming to mobile next month
Electric Noir Studios is releasing its BAFTA-nominated mystery game Dead Man’s Phone on iOS and Android in March. In Dead Man’s Phone, you play as a London detective working in New Scotland Yard who investigates and solves homicides using the victims’ smartphones. During the game you search through the phone’s …
Read More »Stubbs The Zombie Comes Back From The Dead Next Month
Aspyr Media has announced the return of Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse. The cult hit came out on the original Xbox in 2005 before jumping to PC and Mac later that year. Now, the publisher is bringing the zombie title back from the dead, giving players a …
Read More »Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen Dead Man’s Tale Exotic Quest Guide
A new week means a new exotic quest in Destiny 2: Beyond Light Season of the Chosen. To get the latest exotic, which is a Scout Rifle called Dead Man’s Tale, you’re going to need to revisit an old strike and get real cozy with Zavala. Here’s what you need to …
Read More »App Army Assemble: The Captain is Dead – How does this digital adaptation compare to the board game?
The Captain is Dead started life as a board game before Thunderbox Entertainment decided to adapt it for mobile devices. It’s something that’s increasingly popular on mobile and we welcome it. Giving a board game a new lease of life digitally can introduce it to a whole new audience. So, …
Read More »The Captain is Dead review — Beautifully complicated
The Captain Is Dead is a game brought to us by Thunderbox Entertainment and is based on the board game of the same name. In the board game, the captain is dead, as you can probably tell from the title. You and other members of the crew must use their special …
Read More »Pocket Gamer Podcast: Episode 541 – Apex Legends, The Captain is Dead
This week James and Matthew examine the latest nail in Stadia’s coffin, and the imminent arrival of Apex Legends on Switch – and hopefully mobile. New releases include The Captain is Dead, Crimson Company, Infinity Kingdom, and more. Download episode 541: (right click to save-as, left click to play) …
Read More »The Captain is Dead, the adaptation of the sci-fi board game, is available now for iOS and Android
Thunberbox Entertainment has finally launched The Captain is Dead for iOS, Android and Steam after it was announced in August 2019. We’ve followed its progress here on Pocket Gamer having covered the game during both of LaunchPad events. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s an adaptation of the board game of the …
Read More »Dead Cells Getting Free Trial For Nintendo Switch Online Members
Free game trials have become a trend for Nintendo Switch Online, previously granting subscribers limited-time access to games like Crash Team Racing and Overwatch. Dead Cells opens its doors next, and from January 26 to February 1, Switch players can indulge in one of the generation’s best action roguelikes. Not …
Read More »Dead Cells is releasing its Fatal Falls DLC on 26th January, but mobile players will have to wait a little longer
Playdigious is releasing a new DLC for Dead Cells later this month on 26th January for PC and consoles, but it’ll be a little while before the update appears on mobile. The DLC is called Fatal Falls and it’s the 22nd major update to the award-winning roguelike platformer, bringing new …
Read More »Dead Cells’ Fatal Falls DLC Launches This Month
Dead Cells was one of 2018’s best games (and our favorite roguelike), and it has a big DLC arriving in just a couple of weeks. Fatal Falls launches January 26 for consoles and PC, and injects the already stellar experience with deadly new enemies, additional biomes, and, of course, a …
Read More »Dead By Daylight Studio Outlines Upcoming HUD Changes And More Tweaks Coming Soon
Behaviour Interactive has continuously made improvements to Dead by Daylight since launch, cultivating a loyal community of players that are always looking ahead to the next content drop. While more horror stories are inevitably on the way, the studio behind the adventure outlined a few other key changes that are …
Read More »Replay – Left 4 Dead 2
In the first Replay episode of the year, the Game Informer crew plays through the second installment in Valve’s iconic zombie series, Left 4 Dead 2. Join Andrew Reiner, Liana Ruppert, Kim Wallace, and myself for an FPS romp through the game’s first campaign, during which we navigate a hotel that’s engulfed in …
Read More »Replay – Left 4 Dead
Before 2008, Valve was already known as one of the premier studios for creating engaging and masterful first-person shooting experiences with titles such as Half-Life, Counter-Strike, and Portal. But then the company did what the great ones always seem to do: they continued to build their legacy by creating one …
Read More »Left 4 Dead Spiritual Successor Back 4 Blood Revealed With Two Trailers
Worms, death, blood, and zombies – what more could you possibly want? Back 4 Blood by Turtle Rock was shown off at The Game Awards 2020 with a gruesome new trailer perfect for those that love gore with their…well, gore. The trailer almost looks like a more actualized version of Left …
Read More »Dead Space Creator Announces Grotesque Horror Game The Callisto Protocol
Striking Distance Studios has announced The Callisto Protocol, a new grotesque horror game. The trailer doesn’t give us much insight into how the gameplay will be, but it does show an abhorrent creature kill a guy while a menacing man watches from afar. This single-player, third-person survival-horror game comes from the …
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