We’ve written about the stupidity of the British prison service and its insistence on letting inmates have the latest videogames before, but this about takes the cake. PS3s were alreadysupposed to be banneddue to a prisoner’s potential to exploit Wi-Fi, but it seems that Rye Hill Prison didn’t get the memo, because inmates were doing exactly that! Quitewhycriminals are being awarded PS3s in the first place, I do not know, but Rye Hill Prison was handing them out and the convicts were able to get them online to chatter with the outside world....

If you’ve playedPalworldfor even a little while, chances are you have seen the absolutely gargantuan tree in the distance. Many have tried to reach the tree, and some have succeeded, even building a base there. But is this a smart move?In short, no.But let’s investigate. In case you missed it, there’s a massive tree on an island to the west of the Astral Mountains. It’s easily the largest thing on the map, raises a lot of questions and at the moment, absolutely none of those questions have been answered by Pocketpair....

The same can’t be said for film, though According to a recent survey bychildcare.co.uk, 86 percent of parents in the United Kingdom allow their kids to play games that are mature-rated without any sort of supervision and without knowledge of the games’ content. The sample group consisted of 2,171 parents, 72 percent of which (1,563) were mothers. However, these same parents are much more discerning about film. When asked similar questions about cinema, only 23 percent of them admitted to not following guidelines about mature-rated movies....

Finally, you can escape Raccoon City Dead by Daylightrevealed theResident Evilchapter itteased a little while ago, and it’s going back to the classics. Both Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine, as well as Nemesis (or The Tyrant) and the Racoon City Police Station are coming toDead by Daylightnext month. Leon and Jill will be Survivor characters, and they each have their own special Perks. Leon in particular can create a flash-bang grenade once the generators have reached a certain level of repair, something that’s new to the asymmetrical horror game....

Switch version still not dated Rimewill launch this week on PC, PS4, and Xbox One after quite a bit of strife on Tequila Works’ part. But it’s also slated for Switch, eventually, and when it does hit that platform it’ll be locked at 720p all around. Speaking to Game Reactor, the developers clarified that Tantalus Media, the studio that’s handling the port, are only working on 720p for both docked (TV) and portable mode....

At some point after the PC release, BioWare’s upcoming RPGDragon Age: Originswill be coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. While specifics of release are still unknown, lead designer of the game Brent Knowles was willing to at least say that the console version of the game will be much like the PC experience. In an interview withEurogamer, Knowles said thatDragon Agewill have “the whole feature set of the PC experience,” and the proof is in the prototype....

Your story isn’t over just yet, Clementine During theWalking Deadpanel at New York Comic-Con this weekend, Robert Kirkman (co-creator ofThe Walking Dead) announced that Skybound Games has acquired the rights for Telltale’sWalking Deadseries. Kirkman stated, “We’ve successfully negotiated with Telltale Games for our company Skybound to come in and see Season 4 of the Telltale game to completion.” He then added, “the world can’t lose Andrew Lincoln and Clementine in the same year....

Luckily, I didn’t encounter it Sony has just sent word to Destructoid regarding a progression-hindering bug forBloodborne— I’ll be as vague as possible to avoid spoilers. It specifically deals with an item called the Lunarium Key not appearing in an area that is roughly one third of the way through the game. To spur this bug and halt your progress one must initiate online co-op as a guest (using theSmallResonant Bell) or as a hostile invader (Sinister Resonant Bell) in the Forbidden Woods area....

The PS4’s unexpected system seller BeforeBloodbornewas released on PS4 a few months ago, Sony had optimistic expectations for how the game would perform. Apparently, even going in with optimistic expectations for its performance, Sony were surprised by how wellBloodborneperformed when it was released. Speaking toMCV, Sony UK Managing Director Fergal Gara said“It did surprise us. We had expectations to do well. We looked at the Souls series as a frame of reference, and we thought we could do better than that....

Some would say that clawing together 535,423 sales since December 17 isn’t a very impressive launch for thePlayStation Vita, especially when 321,407 of those sales were had in the first week. Sony, however, thinks it’s pretty good going. “Now the company has not publicly announced the units of shipping and sales, at the appropriate time, we would do so. But as far as the sell-through, three weeks have passed and sell-through is 500,000,” claimed chief financial officer Masaru Kato....

Bad Robot Interactive’s lackluster dual-stick shooterStar Trek D-A-Cis heading to PlayStation Network. Earlier today, publisher Paramount Digital Entertainment revealed that the movie-licensed downloadable game would hit Sony’s downloadable service later this summer with a few minor tweaks. PSN players will be able to set limits for matches (kills, time) and adjust AI difficulty. In addition that, Bad Robot has retooled Conquest control point snatching, and made the online portion much more bearable....

As you’re completing missions for Constellation, you’ll eventually be tasked with traveling to Bessel III-A and Freya III. You might find your progress halted at this point if you get a message informing you need to obtain a ship with a 21LY grav jump range. If you haven’t been focusing on spaceships and ranking up your Piloting skill inStarfield, this can be a difficult requirement to meet. You aren’t left completely helpless, however, and there are a few ways to overcome the problem....

Here’s the PC release schedule Capcom has shared its revised launch schedule for the PC version ofStreet Fighter V, and there’s good news depending on where you live. Some of you can start playing as early as tonight. Europe: Feb. 16 @ 0:00am UK (UTC+00:00)AUS/NZ: Feb. 16 @ 11:00am Sydney (UTC+10:00)Americas: Feb. 16 @ 0:00am EST (Feb. 15 @ 9:00pm PST)Asia: Feb. 17 @ 2:00am JST (UTC+09:00) As an intermittent fighting game fan who gives a damn about single-player content, I’m planning to hold out until the cinematic campaign arrives in June....