Yakuzin for a bruisin E3 is next week and Sega will be present on the show floor along with Atlus. The two companies will be showing off a bunch of their upcoming titles with the likes ofYakuza Kiwami 2,Valkyria Chronicles 4,Total War: Three KingdomsandTeam Sonic Racingtaking the spotlights. There will also be gameplay fromShining Resonance Refrainand a brand new trailer forCatherine: Full Body. While there won’t be a formal conference for either company, Sega will be streaming every day from the E3 show floor....

Puyo Puyo is one of those games you’ve either been playing forever or have never heard of. If it’s the latter and you’re a fan of puzzle games, I have to tell you, you’re missing out, because Puyo Puyo is just plain awesome. Sega announcedPuyo Puyo 7is coming soon to the Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS in the most recent issue of Famitsu. The DS gets it first, on July 30th, with the versions for the other two consoles coming later in the year....

How to Get the SA2 Shoes DLC Sonic FrontiersDLC is already available in some form before its November 8 release date: by way of aSoap shoes-esque cosmetic add-onthrough the game’s official site. You might recognize them fromSonic Adventures 2! Here’s the full details from Sega: While we still don’t have any major details on how equipment will work (orthe “Blue Seeds of Defense/Red Seeds of Power” bonuses from the pre-order incentive), it seems like it’ll be a self-explanatory transmog system....

Cross-Buy powers, activate! The ever-hilarious and awesome gameStick it to the Manis available right frikkin’ now in the PSN store for PS Vita. If you read myreview, you know that I absolutely loved the charm, style, and humor of this game and I highly recommend you download it. In fact, if you got it on PS3, you’re able to get it for free for Vita, as the title features Cross-Buy....

Roblox’sSword Legends Simulatorlets you become the ultimate warrior, thanks to the power of your trusty blade. But even with your natural talents, it doesn’t hurt to unlock a few rewards for helpful boosts. Here are all theSword Legends Simulatorcodes and how to redeem them. You can redeem codes inSword Legends Simulatorby following these steps: How can you get more Sword Legends Simulator codes? FollowBladianMC’sTwitter/X account to get moreSword Legends Simulatorcodes. You can discover additional rewards by joining the game’sofficialRobloxgroupor theDiscord channel....

The Spiritfarer documentary is free on YouTube Spiritfareris a special game with a heart of gold. As the team at Thunder Lotus sums it up, it’s “about dying, but not about killing” — a too-rare sight in this medium. In a new making-of documentary fromThe Escapist, the developers explore the original ideas behindSpiritfarer, their very personal inspirations, and how everything came together to form a soothing management game where your main reward is a heartfelt narrative....

Simpsons did it The Simpsonshas been on the air for over 25 years, setting the record for the longest-running scripted show in U.S. television history. The famous family has been pretty much everywhere and done everything in that time, and their occasional correct predictions have led some to assume that the writersmust be time-travellers visiting from the future. I can’t confirm or deny that supposition, but I couldn’t help but notice that almost all of Nintendo’s announced titles for the Switch have been featured on the show....

Grody “Gross” might be your first reaction to these accessories, designed to house your Pokeball Plus accessory that’s set to debut withPokemon: Let’s Go Eevee & Pikachulater this year. They come in brown, blue, red, and yellow, and will run you 626 yen (roughly $5.60), and will cover basically everything but the actual main button. They’ll launch alongside of the game on November 16 and at the moment the only way to order it is through an international seller....

Following just over a year in early access,Wayfinderhas now been released in 1.0 on PC and PlayStation 5 and, for the first time, on Xbox platforms. The full release brings a wealth of content to the game. Namely, there’s an entirely new open-world region called the Crucible, filled with plenty of quests, bosses, secrets, and lore to be discovered. For the lore fanatics, the region was once a machine built by the Architects....

Priority moves are a fixture of competitivePokemon, so naturally, select monsters will benefit from learning Vacuum Wave from TM 184. This one’s a bit of a special case, since it’s a Fighting-Type move that scales off Special Attack. Most Fighting-Type monsters veer towards Attack instead, but those with the stats for this move can really make an impact.Bloodmoon Ursalunais one such example, as that respectable 135 Special Attack can make this move sing....

The ‘Rogue Monkey’ After weeks of teasing(as The Pokemon Company tends to do when they have a multi-billion dollar franchise on their hands), the curtain has finally been pulled back on the new mythical Pokemon that’s debuting inSwordandShield: Zarude. It’s described as a “Rogue Monkey,” and “when fighting, it swings around using trees and their branches, attacking relentlessly with its sharp claws or any other means it has. Its quick wit helps it excel in battles....

You have to Xeno-start somewhere Xenoblade Chronicles 3is out this Friday, and already it’s quite a swell behind it. Monolith Soft’s latest is obviously of high interest to RPG fans, but we’re curious to see who else might finally try the series. This thirdXenoblade Chroniclesgame is the latest Switch game for Monolith, a company that both craftsXeno– games and supports other projects at Nintendo. The firstXenoblade Chronicleswas abig hit for the studio, bringing a massive open-world RPG to the Nintendo Wii....

Can’t wait to check out his whirlwind attack As you all know, being dedicated video game fans, all iconic characters grow from the smallest nuggets of inspiration. Link, Samus, Max Payne, Monty Mole, Manic Miner, all of these fictional gaming stars once fizzled into existence from the inside of a developer’s cortex — though many of them understandably went through a lot of design and personality tweaks before they were in our sweaty hands....