Sega and ASCII Media Works’ fighter heads west this summer Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climaxis coming west this summer, Sega just announced. The crossover project celebrates the 20th anniversary ofDengeki Bunko, pitting characters fromSword Art Online, Spice & Wolf, and other series against one another. Familiar faces from Sega’s catalog, includingVirtua Fighter‘s Akira Yuki and Selvaria ofValkyria Chroniclesfame, also join the fray as unlockable characters. Moreover, the rings themselves draw inspiration from Sega titles likeSonic the HedgehogandPhantasy Star Online....

Activision has already introduced several big-name crossovers duringModern Warfare 3’slife cycle, but leaks point to a massive event coming in Season 4. Season 3 Reloaded just started, but players are already looking forward to what’s next.CoDleakerWarfareForumdiscovered files mentioningFallout,Gundam, andThe Crowcrossovers in a data mine. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise as Amazon Prime’sFallout showsparked a resurgence in popularity for the storied franchise. SeveralFallouttitles hit newconcurrent player peaks, and the show was quickly renewed for a second season after shattering expectations....

Forza Motorsportstill isn’t a perfect game, not by a long shot, but it ismuch better than it was on day one. Vehicle selection is still questionable in some respects, though things are looking up. The first order of business is new-generation NASCAR, surprising as it may be. I was already quite fond ofUpdate 13’s assortment of content both new and oldanda huge roster of quality-of-life updates, but Update 14 aims to properly outpace it....

Fun with thumbnails! I wrote aboutFirewatch‘stopless teens, meaty hands, and mysteryway, way back at the beginning of this year (wanna feel old!?). The gorgeous, narrative driven game from artist Olly Moss,Mark of the Ninjadesigner Nels Anderson, and season oneThe Walking Deadwriters and designers Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin seemed like it was doing that same GDC demo at PlayStation Experience, but IGN has some additional gameplay from after that section in the game....

Yes,Sushi Academyis another one of those silly games where you make food with a stylus, but it’s more than that. It also educates players on the art of sushi. In-game challenges show you how sushi is made, but an included “Sushipedia” gives you the lowdown on this popular food’s history. I hope it goes into how sushi was originally eaten with the hands as a quick snack, because I always find myself arguing with know-it-all foodies about that....

We are followingPodtoid 344: Eaten by an AlligatorandPodtoid 345: Pokemon Go Outsidewith what is sure to be another preposterously-named episode that we’re about to record. But lest we not forget that extra little secret sauce to our show: your questions. Leave us some questions in the comments and we might read ’em on air, from life advice to video game stuff to something neat you want to share. Shy? Have a lengthy diatribe or interesting story?...

An advent calendar, but with armor pieces and cosmetics As everyone goes home for the holidays, it looks like you’ll have reason to boot up the Xboxbetween annual festive traditions. 343 Industries announced theWinter Contingency eventforHalo Infinitetoday: a series of daily gifts just for logging on and playing. Starting today, Dec. 21, and running through Dec. 30, there will be ten unique Holiday-themed rewards to acquire. Just log in and play a match of Arena or Big Team Battle....

Hogwarts Legacyadds more combat challenges as you pick up more spells, and at some point, it kind of hits critical mass. One such challenge is “flip a Troll’s club,” which is incredibly vague. Here’s how to do it and how to complete the similarly cryptic “hit a Troll with its own boulder” challenge. How do you flip a Troll’s club in Hogwarts Legacy? To flip a Troll’s club, you must use the quite literalFlipendo spell....

One of the most beloved characters inDisney Dreamlight Valley(although I may be biased) is Stitch. Unfortunately, unlocking Stitch and bringing the adorable Project 626 to the Valley is not straightforward, but don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. Loosely speaking, there are five steps between you and getting Stitch as a resident in your Valley, and most of them involve socks in various states of disrepair. Unfortunately, these steps are part of a multi-quest chain, and you’ll have to wait at least 10 days between beginning and completion....

Completing all of your available weekly quests is one of the most efficient ways to earn lots of XP in Fortnite. They’re sometimes decently challenging to figure out, though, as is the case with the hit Spires in different matches mission. Since you’re not given any additional guidance for this task, figuring out how to tackle it can be quite difficult. It’s not too tricky to get done once you understand what’s being asked of you, though, so here’show to hit Spires in different matches inFortnite....

There is nothing more terrifying than going through a game ofR.E.P.O.and praying your squad doesn’t crash and burn, causing you to start everything from the beginning with none of your upgrades or purchases intact. Out of fear, players are looking for ways to either manually save or back up save data so they can keep a run going if the worst comes to be. But how does saving in-game work, exactly?...

Let me just say it: I’m not the best at first person shooters. Something about the perspective and orientation makes me feel claustrophobic. Yeah, weird, I know. So it is with pride that I can announce to Destructoid, that during an official play session of the newCall of Duty: World at WarDLC, I got second (to last) place. This is playing against fellow game journalists, who, as we all know, are theworld’s bestgamers....

Hotline Miami, FTL, and more up for awards The annual Independent Games Festival will be taking place on March 27 during GDC 2013 and the list ofmain competition finalists has now been revealed. Pruned from a list of over 580 entries, the nominees here are truly some of the best indie games we’ve played this year. Up for the Seamus McNally Grand Prize areHotline Miami,FTL,Cart Life,Little InfernoandKentucky Route Zero. Also up for a variety of awards in other categories are titles likeSpace Team,Thirty Flights of Loving,Super Hexagon, andIntrusion 2....