Get to The Root of the problem EagerRemnantfans finally had their prayers answered during yesterday’s Summer Game Fest presentation, as publisher Gearbox took to the airwaves to announce a release date for the multiplayer shooter —Remnant IIwill launch July 25 on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X. Alongside the new release date, developer Gunfire Gamesprepared a new trailer, showing off the sequel’s new co-op campaign. Up to three players will be able to take up arms against the godly entities that threaten to bring about an end to humanity itself....

I’m having that hat Yesterday saw the announcement of a new all-gal fighter coming from SNK for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch.SNK Heroines: Tag-Team Frenzysees some of the studio’s famous warriors team ups for glamourous punch-fests. A limited edition box-set has also been announced. TheDiamond Dream Editionwill include a copy of the game, on PS4 or Switch, along with a whole host of extras. These include a hardcover art-book, a double-disc soundtrack CD and a selection of pin badges....

Not enough PS5 players used Accolades, so Sony is ending support sometime this fall Sony plans to drop support for the Accolades feature on PlayStation 5, and if you’ve got a PS5 and you don’t know what I’m referring to, you aren’t alone. Accolades were intended as a way for PS5 players toshow “appreciation”for others in online multiplayer games. Users can send Accolades like Helpful, Good Sport, Leader, and Welcoming as a little feel-good post-match moment, and the badges are listed in player profiles....

That’s just 83 cents per teraflop! At E3, we learned that the price of theXbox One X is $500. Five Franklins. It’s a lot of dough. But, some lucky folks who are willing to eat Taco Bell’s dough can nab it for just one percent of the normal cost. Taco Bell and Microsoft just revealed a promotion where they’regiving away an Xbox One Xevery 10 minutes from August 31 to October 4....

Right into the Danger Zone Still deep in the thralls of its Taito love affair, this week’s Arcade Archives offering from the retro enthusiasts over at Hamster Corp is Taito’s late-’80s shmupFighting Hawk, now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Originally released on the arcade market in 1989, at the tail-end of the second shmup renaissance,Fighting Hawkfeatures the time-tested trope of taking World War II artillery and fitting it out with spectacular sci-fi weaponry....

I put it to the test For weeks now, readers have been asking about the CronusMAX Plus. With its grand claims of using “almost any controller on any console,” a lot of people wanted to know if it worked, especially given the pricey $50 price tag for what essentially amounted to a fancy dongle. After some initial issues, it ended up taking me by surprise at how well it worked....

Two swords, one eye As we approach the launch of SNK’s great-lookingSamurai Shodown, the once-weekly character trailers seem to be hurriedly hitting us faster and faster, with today’s new short previewing old-school samurai Jubei Yagyu. Jubei made his debut in the originalSamurai Shodown,a wandering ronin who has left his clan to pursue a path of enlightenment. Still proud of his heritage with the Tokugawa clan, Jubei continues to train younger warriors in the ways of the samurai, hoping that they will keep the clan’s honour and spirit alive in his absence....

Word of mouth is the most powerful marketing tool there is, unfortunately forMindsEye, the new action title from Build A Rocket Boy and former Rockstar Games producer Leslie Benzies. The third-person game is riddled with bugs and crashing issues on both PC and console, for starters, but the game is just apparently not very good according to those who’ve somehow found a way to work through the technical issues to finish it....

This will probably far exceed the source material The Mummy Demasteredisn’t something I’d be remotely interested in — unless we were talking Brendan Fraser’sMummy, or a cool developer was on-board. One of these things is true.Shantaestudio WayForward is developing the game for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The timing doesn’t line up with the film’s theatrical debut this week — it isn’t launching until August — but that’s presumably for the best in terms ofDemasterednot being rushed out the door....

It’s just so damn adorable One of the cutest-looking games that I saw at PAX Prime was Uber Entertainment’sToyRush. Don’t let the cuteness deceive you, though.Toy Rushis shaping up to be a surprisingly deep and fun title. The developers most often recognized forMonday Night Combatput a bit of a twist on what they know the best.Toy Rushis a tower defense title that tasks the player with focusing on an offensive or defensive approach depending on whether engaged in single- or multiplayer....

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition listed for March 12 by retailers in Singapore and Indonesia While BioWare’s remasteredMass Effecttrilogy is still officially aiming for aspring 2021 launch, a pair of retailers are pointing to a March 12 release date for the three-in-oneMass Effect: Legendary Edition. The retailer GS Shop put out apromotional tweetwith the March date while another, Shopitree, included the same info on itslisting for the game. Retailer listings are far from the final say on video game release dates, but in this case, Eurogamer “understands the above date to currently be accurate....

Pre-order for more costumes Capcom has narrowed down the various release dates forUltra Street Fighter IVand, jeez, there’s a lot to keep track of here. Let’s just dive right in. Players who are upgrading toUltrafromSuper SFIVorArcade Editioncan do so for $14.99 starting June 3 on PSN (June 4 in Europe) and June 4 on Xbox Live. The full download and disc release for new players is scheduled for August 5 on consoles ($39....

You’d love to see it The spice must flow. Games must flow too, and hopefully spice and games can flow together at some point in the future. What’s sparking all of this talk ofDuneand games? Well, a potentially explosive film version ofDuneis coming next year from visionary director Denis Villeneuve, and the similarly talented Patrice Désilets is looking to collaborate in some form or another for a game. Before I get your hopes up, note that nothing formal has been discussed at all: this is just something Désilets said on stage for the first time at EGLX duringour Destructoid Q&A panel....