So many confusing naming conventions PoPoLoCroiswill be fusing withHarvest MoonforPoPoLoCrois Farm Story.The game will feature several characters from thePoPoLoCroisseries, and the protagonist will be Prince Pietro. In addition to command-based RPG battles, he will also have a farm where he will grow crops. The game will be developed by Marvelous, the same developer behind the Harvest Moon games in the past. However, the game will be published in North America by XSEED instead of Natsume....

Nothing like having a friendly brawl inSuper Smash Bros… In a series featuring over 89 playable fighters, there’s no shortage of options for the player to choose from. While the franchise has always been known for stuffing each subsequent title full of characters, usually each with their respective balancing concerns, there are still a decent number of standout figures that most people in theSmashcommunity can probably agree warrant inclusion on any list of must-picks....

Keep on Speedrunnin’ The record-smashing folks over atGames Done Quickare at it again, as another awesome speed running event is scheduled for this week. Dedicated video game fans will once again be blitzing through a host of titles, old and new, in a worthy effort to raise money for a good cause. Fleet Fatales is slightly different in concept to GDQ’s typical marathon events, however, in that it specifically boasts an all-women squad of runners....

Now has the power of the 7800? Atari’s strange little entry into the modern console market, the Atari VCS, has unfortunately been hit with another delay. The crowdfunded console has been pushed back to put a little more juice under the hood, with a new release window tentatively set for the end of 2019. A new Vega-graphics based AMD Ryzen processor is being implemented within the retro-looking box, which will not allow for more powerful visual processing, but should also help the VCS run a little cooler and quieter....

As well as PS3 and PS Vita When a new console comes out and there’s nothing left to play, we sometimes resort to buying games we’d otherwise never get. Thinking back to some of the utter garbage I bought on Xbox Live Arcade in the Xbox 360’s first year sends me to a sad place indeed. Desperate times. Now, I’m not necessarily sayingBackgammon Blitzwill be one of those titles for you, but it might be....

Boxing. Just boxing. Tuatara Games have dropped their multi-player alien-smacker,Bare Butt Boxing, on Early Access today. Bare Butt Boxingis a physics-based fighting game. You don the big padded gloves of punching and duke it out with a fleet of other aliens doing the same. The goal is to clobber your friends and family enough to launch them into conveniently supplied portals to get points. There’s a veritable charcuterie of boxing arenas to throw down in, each with unique hazards and quirks....

Anyone rememberSasha fromAnarchy Reigns? She’s the violent lady who looks nothing likeBayonettaexcept for the fact that they both have big shiny butts. That was enough to get some people to call her a Bayonetta clone. Butts — they mean a lot to people. In fact, if you look up “Anarchy ReignsBig Butt” in the Dtoid search field, that story about Sasha is the first thing that comes up. Strangely enough, if you look up “Anarchy ReignsBig Booty”, a story aboutthe relatively small-butted Mathildais the first thing you get....

One night stand deals Edit 5/19:As of 12PM Pacific these deals are still live, hours past their intended expiration. They may continue through the weekend. A new flash coupon at GMG puts the PC version ofMass Effect: AndromedaandWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IIIat theirlowest pricesto date. The savings won’t last long, but right now both Spring 2017 Triple-A games are 50% off. We’ve talked aboutAndromeda‘s price drop quite a number of times in the past few months, and we suspect you’ll be seeing more discounts as we head towards Summer and Fall....

What hand will you be dealt? Publisher Playdigious has revealed that the Lovecraft-inspired card gameCultist Simulatoris in the process of being ported to Nintendo Switch, following on from its 2018 release on PC and its transition to iOS and Android platforms last year. Developed by British studio Weather Factory,Cultist Simulatoris an extremely strange and mysterious card game set within a nameless dystopian society. Described by its makers as “a game of apocalypse and yearning” – yep – Players must uncover hidden agendas and realities within this sinister landscape, but may find that their decisions and actions lead to establishing a gathering of ardent followers over the game’s extended play time....

Will probably be a Chaos fighter Square Enix is still going forward with Dissidia Final Fantasy, which is constantly getting new updates in Japanese arcades in the form of fighters and levels. Following upon Alexandriaand Garland, the team has announced that a new characterwill be revealed on June 27at 21:00 JST. The stream will also deal with information regarding an official tournament this summer, and balance changes. Many are speculating that another villain is going to join the fray given that Garland opened the gates for Chaos characters....

[Update:Turns out thatTHQ sold the rights to EAfor an“undisclosed cash payment,” which is of more immediate use to the ailing publisher.] In what is soon to be huge news for UFC fans, EA and UFC president Dana White have just announced an official partnership to bring UFC games under the EA banner in a multi-year deal. If you know anything aboutDana White’s notoriously big mouth, you’ll remember that he consistently jabbed at EA, even going so far as saying he’s “at war....

We can’t stop feeling alright InParty Hard, you break up raucous parties by committing mass murder.Party Hard Tycoonis a spin-off taking place in the same world with the same irreverence. Although I never got to see the knife-wielding maniac from the original game, I’m choosing to believe at least one of my parties ended in mayhem, just like I’m choosing to believe both games have Andrew W.K.’s blessing. I’m not much of a partier in any sense of the word, but I do know my management sims, and this one was described as being similar toTheme Hospital, a game I keep going back to even a decade after its initial release....

From artist Olly Moss and people behind Mark of the Ninja and The Walking Dead I am into this. It’s a bit inscrutable, sure, but a mystery game needs to be mysterious. I was intoFirewatchas soon as I heard of the talent involved. Artist Olly Moss, whose work weenjoy regularly, along withMark of the Ninjadesigner Nels Anderson, and season oneThe Walking Deadwriters and designers Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin. You are alone in the Wyoming wilderness, save for the voice on the other side of your radio....