Mortal Kombat movie premieres on U.K. streaming services May 6
Warner Bros. has finally announced a U.K. release date for its cinematic adaptation of NetherRealm Studios' Mortal Kombat. As spotted by Eurogamer, the critically panned but financially successful fighting flick will hit U.K. streaming serv...
Metro Exodus' PC Enhanced Edition arrives on May 6
Artyom's exodus from the Metro is getting a pretty big overhaul next week. 4A Games has confirmed that the PC Enhanced Edition of Metro Exodus will launch on May 6, 2021. The upgrade is free for all owners of the original game, whether it's...
10 video game sequels that were better than the original
Doesn't matter which medium you're working with, sequels can be pretty bad. From low-budget cash-grabs to a follow-up that ruins the original work entirely, there are plenty of ways that they can disappoint. Video games have certainly had t...
Google is adding a search bar to the Stadia web store
Google, a tech company well-known for its search engine Google, has announced that its cloud streaming service Google Stadia is getting a search bar. In a community update today, the Stadia team says the search bar on Stadia for Web is roll...
Cars, tanks, and sharks headline May's PlayStation Plus lineup
The three games coming to PlayStation Plus members next month feature famous vehicles of destruction, from the historical and sporting to the nautical. On May 4, Wreckfest hits the PlayStation 5 lineup, while Battlefield V and Stranded Deep...
Persona 5 Strikers stole 1.3 million hearts (or 'shipments and digital sales')
Publisher Atlus has happily announced that pseudo-sequel Persona 5 Strikers has successfully passed the 1.3 million shipments and digital sales milestone, with the musou-like title finding some sweet success on PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch....
Riot Games 'disappointed' in employee's response to League of Legends legacy fan project
The League of Legends community has been simmering for a little while over Riot's request to shut a fan project down—specifically, the way in which it was handled. Now, the company is saying it is "disappointed" in how it was handled,...
Unreleased SNES title Nightmare Busters back in development for PC and consoles
An unreleased Super Nintendo platformer is finally got to get its day of glory, almost three decades after it was consigned to oblivion. Thanks to publisher Pix'n Love and developer Aurora Game Studios, Nightmare Busters is back in developm...
The Last of Us Part 3 has an outline, but it's not getting made quite yet
Naughty Dog may have more in store for The Last of Us moving past its second part. Creative director Neil Druckmann has said there's an outline for what happens following The Last of Us Part II, though it's not in the works right now. Druck...
For those about to rock: Guilty Gear Strive open beta coming May 13-16
We're still a couple of months away from the launch of hard-rockin' fighter Guilty Gear Strive and the community is getting restless. Fortunately for fans of Arc System Works' stylish slugfest, the publisher has announced dates for its next...
Marvel's Avengers hired a Marvel Heroes developer to help fix their game
Marvel Avengers is hurting as a live service game, which pretty much everyone could have predicted right after reaching the end of it near its launch. But Crystal Dynamics might have a secret weapon up their sleeve: their newly-hired f...
Cancelled Dreamcast project Castlevania Resurrection released to the public
A little bit of gaming history has been made available for the Castlevania community. Konami's cancelled 2000 sequel, Castlevania Resurrection, is now available online, a build of the unfinished Dreamcast title having been uploaded by archi...
Finally, Fallout 76's big Locked and Loaded update is out, here's the patch notes
Fallout 76 just launched the Locked and Loaded update on all platforms, and everything seems good to go. I mean it happened, but it was tested beforehand for a lengthy period of time and the all clear, sans delays, was enough to push it out...
Knife-wielding man arrested at the offices of Genshin Impact developer MiHoYo
On April 24, a knife-wielding attacker was arrested at the offices of Genshin Impact developer miHoYo. While police are still to release an official statement, it is being reported that the man invaded the developer's Shanghai offices, alle...
Here's how the original Shantae was ported to the Nintendo Switch
Ever wonder how a retro port gets re-released? Wonder no more. Without diving too much into the weeds, YouTube creator and coder Modern Vintage Gamer just put out a video on their channel that explains just that; in the context of the ...
Sony reports PlayStation's 'best year ever' as PS5 shipments pass 7.8 million
Sony has released its latest financial earnings report for the latest fiscal year — and it's a real doozy. The industry giant's latest hardware, PlayStation 5, has shipped a staggering 7.8 million units since its launch back in Novemb...
Monster Hunter Rise edges closer to becoming the top-selling Capcom game on only one platform, more free stuff released
The last time we checked in with Capcom's Platinum Title list, Monster Hunter Rise was breaking the top 10. Now, it's sailed past that and is aiming to settle into the top five. Yep, Rise could feasibly become one of the five top-...
Resident Evil Re:Verse delayed until summer 2021
Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Re:Verse has faced delays and will no longer launch simultaneously with Resident Evil Village next month. The pack-in multiplayer title, bundled for free with all copies of the incoming survival horro...
Lost Soul Aside resurfaces with some impressive new gameplay
You might remember that, back in 2016, a game called Lost Soul Aside was making the rounds. It's easy to see why; even today, the flashy action in its trailers is pretty dang impressive. Lost Soul Aside disappeared from the public eye for a...
If you're not yet sold on next-gen, what dream title would pull you in?
We're approaching the six-month mark of gaming's ninth generation, and it's been a liiiittle slow getting started. While we should all remember that most console generations have moved deliberately in their early days, it appears that a com...
Let's Build a Zoo looks like an adorable zoo management sim with a dark side
Today, publisher No More Robots and developer Springloaded Games announced Let's Build a Zoo, a new management game all about maintaining a zoo. But while it looks cute as heck, there's a shadier side to this whole thing should you choose t...
Review: World of Demons
Show of hands: who here thought World of Demons was quietly canceled months ago? I know I did. When it was announced in 2018, I was really looking forward to seeing what PlatinumGames could do with mobile gaming given it's behind the b...
New iOS update adds support for Xbox Series X and PS5 controllers
It's taken its sweet time, but Apple has finally released Version 14.5 of its iOS software, which adds support for both the PS5's Dual Sense as well as Xbox Series X/S' non-fancied-named controller. iOS 14.5 passed a beta test period back i...
Pop open an incognito tab, NSFW games have never been better
Ever since the first pixely penises flopped onto Atari screens in the early 1980s, erotic video games have earned a mainstream reputation of being heteronormative and, well, bad. A lot of erotic video games came from small software companie...
Nintendo's Miitopia gets a new demo today
If you've been eager to revisit the magical land of Miitopia, you'll get your chance today. A new demo is live on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo's Mii-made journey. The demo takes place in the game's first area, and you'll be able to creat...
NieR Replicant debuts in the top spot of the UK Charts
It looks like Square Enix's wistful remaster NieR Replicant is getting set to break a helluva lot of new hearts, as the updated RPG was the best-selling physical release in Britain last week, debuting at number one in the UK Charts. It shou...
Titanfall 2 sees huge player resurgence ahead of Apex Legends crossover
Respawn Entertainment's Titanfall 2 is one of the finest first-person-shooters ever made, with an exciting, adrenaline-fueled, top-tier single-player campaign that only improves as it progresses. Five years on from the sequel's initial laun...
A modder created a way to take Fire Emblem out of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
By the time Byleth hit Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in early 2020, enough was enough for a lot of people. Some people were sick of Fire Emblem characters flooding the game, and even though Nintendo hasn't repeated the cadence since (afterward...
Monster Hunter Rise's Ver.2.0 update adds layered armor and massive monsters
Monster Hunter Rise is set to get its big 2.0 title update soon, and it's coming with more than just a few new ways to hunt. Some monsters making a return are always notable, but there are also some new ways to grow outside the hunting grou...
May's Xbox Games with Gold line up is meh again and hey, another LEGO game
Xbox Live Games with Gold...look how they massacred my boy! Last month wasn't much better and we're looking at a very dry May too. Maybe Microsoft is saving all their energy for June and E3? This month is slim, with Armello, Dungeons 3, LEG...
Super Mario Party randomly got a huge update that enables online play
Super Mario Party came out in 2018. Did you forget about it? Because Nintendo did! Despite being perfect for DLC it kind of just....existed, and managed to muster up the sixth overall best-selling Switch software spot with 13.82 million uni...
Former Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono appointed President of Delightworks
In a sudden and frankly surprising turn of events, Yoshinori Ono has been officially appointed President and COO of Delightworks, the company behind mobile phenomenon Fate/Grand Order, upcoming fighter Melty Blood: Type Lumina, and recent d...
Capcom Arcade Stadium is getting paid 'invincibility' DLC
Yesterday, we reported that radical retro compilation Capcom Arcade Stadium was making the leap from Nintendo Switch to PS4, PC, and Xbox One. Since then, the publisher has made several addendums to the announcement, including the reveal of...
Capcom extending its Resident Evil Village demo availability to a full week
While very few had a problem with the well-received demos for Capcom's upcoming Resident Evil Village, many were left frustrated with the publisher's decision to release the taster trial in slight, 24-hour windows. It appears that Capcom ha...
Dread X Collection: An imperfect collection of unchained creativity
[I'm a huge fan of bite-sized games. The goofier and weirder, the better. I had heard of Dread X Collection before, but I'd never really taken a closer look at it until Mr. Knives conveniently put this blog together covering the series. Imm...
Forget Shades, goats are my mortal enemy in Nier Replicant
The world of Nier Replicant is full of dangerous mysteries. In its opening moments, you fight swathes of malevolent creatures determined to strike you down. Yet none of them draws my ire as much as those damn goats. I'm still working my way...
Abandon your individuality in EA's The Urbz: Sims in the City
In 2000, while humanity was crawling from the wreckage and trying to rebuild after the devastation of Y2K, The Sims exploded on the PC. It was an opportunity for people to look down upon their creations, trap them in the pool until they dro...
Dying Light 2's lead game designer answers some community questions, including the lack of firearms
Dying Light 2 recently resurfaced after a quiet spell, and with it, the devs behind the game are starting to answer some questions fans have had about the parkour-infused action game. In the first of a new AMA series, Dying Light 2's lead g...
There's a reason NEO: The World Ends with You isn't called The World End with You 2
It was one of the biggest surprise announcements of 2020. After more than a decade of fans pleading and Square Enix teasing, we learned last summer a sequel to The World Ends with You was in development. For those like myself, it was a...
Apex Legends' Arenas is a new, round-based permanent mode
Apex Legends has toyed around with different modes since its launch, but it's adding a permanent one to the rotation with its next season. Arenas is a new take on the Apex Games, focused on rounds and team-against-team combat, rather than t...
Outriders dev People Can Fly acquires Phosphor Studios
Polish studio People Can Fly, fresh off of the success of its sci-fi shooter Outriders, has announced that it has acquired U.S. outfit Phosphor Studios. The Chicago-based outfit is the third American studio in People Can Fly's portfolio, an...
Dragon Quest Builders 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass next week
The journey of the apprentice builder and his amnesiac friend Malroth is coming to Xbox, and it will be headed to Game Pass as well. Square Enix and Xbox confirmed today that 2019's Dragon Quest Builders 2 is coming to Xbox One and Xbox Ser...
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection hits PS4, PC, and Xbox One June 1
Nintendo Switch remaster Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection is getting set to bring its twitchy platforming action to multiple platforms in June, when the glossy new edition of Capcom's 1985 arcade will come leaping onto PS4, PC, and Xbox One.
Did you know you could see all four Divine Beasts from the top of Link's Zelda: Breath of the Wild house? I didn't!
"Did you know?" The amount of Zelda: Breath of the Wild posts I could start with that phrase...and in some cases, I have! Four years on, and we're still discovering stuff together as a community. Oh no, not another Breath of the Wild&n...
Deathsmiles, Cotton, Psikyo, and Strikers among the shmup headlines out of Daikanshasai 2021
This past weekend was a very exciting one for shmup fans, as it saw the 2021 edition of Japan's Shooting Game Daikanshasai presentation, bringing a full magazine of headlines regarding the timeless and beloved shmup genre — one of the...
Ubisoft is taking more time to release big Assassin's Creed Valhalla updates to avoid more bugs
Have you ever played an Assassin's Creed game and thought "this probably needed a little more time?" For once, Ubisoft agrees. Valhalla has been suffering from a number of bugs for a while now, which came to a head when an update ...
Capcom Arcade Stadium brings coin-op classics to PS4, PC, and Xbox One next month
Capcom has announced that its retro-infused celebration of its formative years, Capcom Arcade Stadium, will be bringing its catalog of classics to the PS4, PC, and Xbox One platforms on May 25, following on from its release on Nintendo Swit...
Godfall might be coming to PS4, and I hope it's a smoother launch
Oh my God, Godfall is probably coming to PS4. That wasn't a dramatic declarative statement, mind! Because this very niche, very odd action game isn't worth freaking out over. Although I enjoyed it for what it was, it ended up being a s...
A Ratchet & Clank-focused State of Play is on the way
We just got a new look at the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart this morning, but that isn't the only one we'll see this week. Sony has announced a new State of Play for Thursday, April 29 at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. In today's PlaySta...
Skullgirls will reveal its newest DLC character next week
It's 2021, and plucky punch-up Skullgirls is in as strong a position as it has ever been. Despite not being the biggest brawler on the block, Autumn Games' excellent tag-fighter has endured against the odds to remain one of the slickest fig...
Oops, someone designed another cool looking Switch UI mockup with folders
The Switch UI has been surprisingly dormant since it was released. While it gets the job done in some respects, it lacks a lot of modern features like folders and other perks. Plus, the menu sound design is a huge downgrade compared to the ...
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