Microsoft ‘invited something new’ to the Xbox E3 briefing

Let’s hear your best and worst guesses Ever stare at a word or phrase for too long and start to lose your grip with reality? That was me pondering the latest tease for Microsoft’sXbox E3 2019 briefingjust now. It’s a simple tweet, but it has brought out rather imaginative speculation online about what awaits us this Sunday, June 9. — Xbox (@Xbox)July 21, 2025 I’m hesitantly leaning toward new hardware right now....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Timothy Larson

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Rita’s Rewind looks like a retro-tastic good time

Digitial Eclipse unveiled the next game in the Hasbro Retro Arcade asMighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewindand it looks like a ton of fun. Coming in late 2024,Rita’s Rewindis an all-new adventure with an originalPower Rangersstoryline that mixes franchise lore with retro gameplay. InRita’s Rewind, players face off against a robotic reincarnation of the Power Rangers’ long time nemesis. Robo-Rita conjures a portal to send herself back in time to stop the Power Rangers by forming an alliance with her younger self....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Ariana Guerrero

Modder shows how they hooked their Power Glove up to Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

The power of gaming in the palm of your hand ThePower Gloveis one of the more infamous retro peripherals around, using a gauntlet to strap a controller fully onto your wrist. It’s meant for older Nintendo consoles, but modder Will It Work? onYouTubeused the controller to wire it up to something a bit more modern inMario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Will It Work has many videos, breaking down how they connect disparate controllers and consoles together....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Amy Townsend

MoMA adds retro pioneers, Minecraft to its art collection

Mo’ games In March, New York’s Museum of Modern Artadded 14 videogamesto its Architecture and Design collection, with the intent of acquiring 40 over the next few years. The initial group was a varied sample, fromTetristoVib-RibbontoCanabalt. Among the hopeful additions areGrim Fandango,Chrono Trigger,Space Invaders,The Legend of Zelda, andSuper Mario 64. However, the newest additions come mostly from the 70’s and 80’s, outside of the wildly popularMinecraft, including a console addition: the Magnavox Odyssey....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Dylan Fitzgerald

Nintendo unveils more Miitomo details, has microtransactions

I’m just in it for the points Nintendo is starting to share some more details forMiitomo, and dumped a whole bunch of info on us this morning. In addition to opening up pre-registration and the Nintendo Account signup page, the publisher has also noted that if you create your account before the app arrives you’ll get bonus Platinum Points. Launching as a free app, you can customize your Mii, which can be generated by snapping a photo — thankfully, you can easily import your existing Mii by way of a QR code....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Cynthia Duncan

No Man’s Sky is about to fix its corn tree problem, hopefully

No Man’s Skyhas come a ridiculously long way since it first came out,almost seven years ago. Its latest big update,Worlds – Part 1, set out to rework its planet generation algorithms, and though it’s been a big success, there are some problems. Like the corn trees, for example. Notably, while this problem isn’t wholly universal — I myself havenotcome across the now-infamous corn trees — some players report that this cob-based plant has taken over virtually every lush planet’s flora after the Worlds – Part 1 update came out....

May 19, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · Christopher Kim

OnLive brings console gaming to Xperia Play with update

That little “PlayStation Phone” will soon be able to do a lot more than boot up old PlayStation games. OnLive announces today that the slide-out controls of the Xperia Play are now supported in their Android app. This means that you’ll have access to the phone’s dedicated joysticks and buttons in OnLive streamed AAA console games. “From the moment we launched our OnLive Android app, gamers began asking about Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY game control support,” said Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder and CEO....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Geoffrey Vega

Overwatch has seven skins for Lunar New Year 2020

Brigitte, Moira, Sombra, and more Overwatchis ringing in theYear of the Ratwith its Lunar New Year 2020 celebration. The event just went live across PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, and it’s running until February 6. In terms of character skins, there are seven legendaries and three epic outfits, the latter of which are unlockable through weekly challenges and don’t need to be unboxed or purchased with in-game credits....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Robin White

PC Port Report: Papo & Yo

No less tragic, but a lot prettier [Want to know how a developer handled the PC version of a multiplatform game? Check out the PC Port Report for the full scoop.] When I playedPapo & Yoin August, last year, I quickly found myself fascinated byVander Caballero’s semi-autobiographical exploration of the effect an alcoholic, abusive parent can have on a young child. It’s a beautiful, yet tragic game, and at moments — especially since I never had the misfortune to suffer ill-treatment at the hands of my parents — exceedingly awkward, as players experience something that’s obviously so personal to the creator....

May 19, 2025 · 4 min · 827 words · Nathan Martinez

PC puzzler The Pedestrian coming to PS4 in January 2021

Look both ways… Skookum Arts’The Pedestrianis coming to PS4 in the new year. As revealed during yesterday’s State of Play presentation, the quirky and inventive puzzle-platformer will arrive on Sony’s black box in January 2021, almost a year after itsoriginal release on PC. InThe Pedestrian, players guild a simplistic, Ted Bellingham-style figure through a variety of “real-world” environments, traversing through each new are via road signs, wall charts, graphs, sketches, and other 2D locations littered throughout the environment....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Tyler Graham

Persona 2 Eternal Punishment coming to PSP

The news that everyone knew was coming but wanted to hear anyway has broke: Atlus has announced thatPersona 2: Eternal Punishmentis coming to PSP on May 17th, 2012 in Japan.Eternal Punishmentwas the only part of Persona 2 to (officially) make it to English-speaking shores back in the PlayStation 1 days. This time the main character is Maya Amano, a party member fromInnocent Sinbest known for having a pair of hearts on unfortunate places of her shirt....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Thomas Rios

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness ‘green herb’ booze might not offer the immediate health boost you’d expect

Heeey… ish up to uz to takke out umbreza… We’re still a couple of months out from the premiere of Netflix CG seriesResident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and honestly,I think it’s looking pretty sweet. Capcom obviously has stock in the adaptation, as the publisher has planned a slew of merchandise for the series, including clothing apparel and — of all things —Biohazardbooze. As spotted by Siliconera, popular Japanese liquor brandCocalerowill be rebranding bottles of its herb-based liqueur for release alongside the new series....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Susan Barber

Square Enix holds a massive Xbox Live sale

50% off…almost everything Square Enix has kicked off a massive Xbox Live sale, discounting a ton of games at 50% off, some of which have discounted DLC. You’ll find the list with links below, which consist of anything fromDeus Ex: Human Revolutionfor $14.99, toSleeping Dogsfor $19.99 with DLC sales. If I may make some more obscure recommendations,Geonis a lovely little puzzler and is easily worth $4.99.Lara Croft and the Guardian of Lightis also a nice diversion (get theRaziel and Kain packand support that IP!...

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Elizabeth Ferrell