Send help Have some time to kill? The 2018PlayStation Holiday Salehas begun in North America and with well over a thousand deals, it’s a doozy. There are discounts on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita games and add-ons. Looking at recent-ish PlayStation 4 releases, there’sBatman: Arkham Collection($23.99),Hitman 2($29.99),The Gardens Between($13.99),428: Shibuya Scramble($29.99),Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe($11.99),Fire Pro Wrestling World($29.99),Little Dragons Café($29.99), andOvercooked 2($17.49). As for cheaper recommendations, I’d sayAlienation($4.99),Bloodborne: The Old Hunters($7....

Also, Captain Falcon returns Today, Nintendo was set to tease a “New Fighter Intro Video” at 7AM PST, and tease they did. The new fighter was revealed to be none other than Lucina fromFire Emblem: Awakening. But wait, there’s more! Robin fromFire Emblemis also in, and he has a female gender swapped costume! Chrom was revealed as well, but it isn’t clear if he is a playable character or just a skin/assist trophy/Final Smash, but all signs point to the latter....

It’s blooming marvellous If the first screenshot forTorment: Tides of Numenerais anything to go by, inXile’skickstartedRPG is going have some rather exotic locales — grotesque and exotic. This in-game screenshot shows off the Bloom, and it sounds bloody horrific. Not just a setting, the Bloom is a semi-sentient predator with tendrils that extend through the folds of reality. Somehow, people manage to live in it, exploring its mass and finding and selling the relics they find there....

Activision has reportedly lost the game license The folks at NeoGamr recently picked up on the fact that PC copies of three Activision-publishedBondgames have been pulled from digital distributors like Steam. The outlet says it has since confirmed with sources that this removal was due to the license expiring, though the company doesn’t appear to have issued a statement yet. Either way, the three titles —Quantum of Solace,James Bond 007: Blood Stone, and007 Legends— are currently unavailable on the aforementioned services....

Video game voice actors, represented by the SAG-AFTRA labor union, scored a major victory after an 11-month-long strike by which they sought better working conditions and protections against AI. Now that that’s done, we should look forward—i.e., to the complete removal of AI from game development. After being on strike for nearly an entire year, the SAG-AFTRA labor union representing U.S.-based video game voice actorsmanaged to secure a dealwith media companies that both increases wages and provides better guardrails against artificial intelligence....

Honor and glory in battle will have to wait, asWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2has been delayed for about a year. Publisher Focus Entertainment isholding the releaseto “properly polish the game.” It’s the common reason for delays, even though this one is certainly significant. The game was initially poised to drop late this year, but is now scheduled for “the second half of 2024.” Focus Entertainment won’t let next month be withoutSpace Marinegoodness, however....

Want another traditional Japanese RPG on your Wii? Go on, spoil yourself! As ifArc Rise FantasiaandThe Last Storyisn’t enough, we mustn’t forget Xenoblade, the game where everything takes place on the back of a gigantic frozen God. Seriously. This latest trailer is in Japanese, but the message is understandable in any language. Robots need to get the crap kicked out of them by men with big swords. A simple premise for all concerned....

Xenomorph action that won’t ruin your day Aliens: Colonial Marinesis finally out over more than half a decade of waiting, and the disappointment is real enough to lick. It’s a terrible letdown, to the point that this particularAliensfan — who buys almost anything Xenomorph related — refused to make good on his purchase of aColonial Marinescollector’s edition. I want that Power Loader statue … but I never want to touch the game again....

With the implementation of the 1.6 update forStardew Valley, there are nine new achievements to earn. While they may not be complicated, that doesn’t mean they’re not easy. There have always been a lot of achievements inStardew Valley, rewarding you for everything from donating items to the Museum to reaching Perfection in your playthrough. Now, there’s even more. Here’s how to get them. Stardew Valley 1.6 achievements Books can be found at random in chests throughout the world, whether they’re fished up from the waters around Pelican Town or within Skull Cavern,or otherwise purchased from the Bookseller....

This past week marked the official end ofBungie’s control over theHaloseries. As they hand over the keys to 343 Studios, Bungie had one last parting gift to fans in the formof an infographic stat chart! Bungie collected numerous stats spanning all of the online enabledHalogames, and since 2004 we’ve played roughly 20,880,250,123 games ofHalomatchmaking. To put it in another way, that equals 235,182yearsworth ofHaloplaytime. According to Bungie, “the collective time you’ve spent playingHaloyou could have travelled across the expanse of the Milky Way at the speed of light … and back....

–EggsBertthinks thatBullydeserved more attention from Rockstar. –Flegmashares his thoughts on the video game conversion of theCaptain is Deadboardgame. –Yuknutsshares his thoughts regarding the thought-provoking and controversialSix Days in Fallujahgame. –Black Red GamingreviewsSpeed Limiton the PC. –Mothsshares two thoughts onTomb Raider. –EggsBerthighlights 15 games he is playing and still could be playing for the foreseeable future. –Maxio098uireports that Blizzard has silently removed the Mac installer from all new versions ofDiablo 2....

What’s another six months or so, right? It feels likeDevil’s Third, action veteran Tomonobu Itagaki’s latest venture, was announced forever ago. That’s probably because itwas, and after all these years, we haven’t gotten much info at all on what the game is actually about. But today, Itagaki has revealed a new logo for the game (pictured above) noting that he loves the “metallic feeling of Breitling [the watch company].” He also promises that a full reveal is coming “this year” — I’d bet on E3, possibly with a full release date and platforms....

In a surprise move, the Aymeric Laporte International Stars SBC has been added toEA FC 24Ultimate Teamfollowing the Euro semifinal between France and Spain. This is the first International Stars card to be released in Ultimate Team, and it appears that more such items might be released in the future. The best thing about the new card is the fact that it’s part of a SBC. This allows everyone to unlock the card without having to rely on luck....